Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (died on Mar 6, 2013) Vice President Nicolas Maduro will assume the presidency in the interim until the elections take place. On October 8, 2012 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wins a 4th term in office by defeating the opposition leader Henrique Capriles. Hugo Chávez was born July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela. Both his More →
Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (since Dec 26, 2012) Shinzō Abe (born 21 September, 1954) is a Japanese politician and the current President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the chairman of the Oyagaku propulsion parliamentary group. Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September 2006. More →
Xi Jinping, President of China (elected on Nov 15, 2012) Xi Jinping (pinyin: Xí Jìnpíng; pronounced [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ], born 1 June 1953) is the current “paramount leader” of the People’s Republic of China. He currently serves as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, the country’s Vice President, the President of the More →
Barack H. Obama, President of the United States of America (re-elected on Nov 6, 2012) His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others. With a More →
Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau (elected on Nov 6, 2012) Thomas Esang Remengesau, Jr. (born 29 February 1956) is a Palauan politician who was President of Palau from 2001 to 2009. He was elected to another four-year term as President in November 2012. He became Vice-President in 1992 and was elected as President in 2000; he took office on January More →
Eliud Williams, President of Dominica (since Sept 17, 2012) Eliud Williams (born 1948) is a Dominican politician, who is currently serving as the seventh President of Dominica. He obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration at the University of the West Indies.[1] He served as Commissioner of Cooperatives from 1985 to 1987, then had a career in public service until More →
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia (since Sept 16, 2012) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali: Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, Arabic: حسن شيخ محمود) (born 29 November 1955) is a Somali politician. He is the current President of Somalia, having been elected on 10 September 2012 and inaugurated into office six days later. A civic, academic and political activist, he was previously a More →
Danilo Medina, President of the Dominican Republic (since Aug 16, 2012) Danilo Medina Sánchez (born 10 November 1951) is a Dominican politician who is the President of the Dominican Republic since August 16, 2012. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic from 1994 to 1995 and subsequently served as Secretary of State of the Presidency More →
Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritur (since July 21, 2012) Rajkeswur Purryag is a Mauritian politician who has been President of Mauritius since 2012. He was elected as the fifth President of Mauritius by the National Assembly and took office on 21 July 2012. He succeeded Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who spent nine years as President from 2003 until resigning in March More →
Bujar Nishani, President of Albania (since July 24, 2012) Bujar Faik Nishani (born surname also Mehmeti) (born 29 September 1966) is an Albanian politician who has been President of Albania since July 2012. At the time of his election, Nishani was a member of the Democratic Party of Albania, an MP, and the Minister of Interior. Constitutionally he had to More →
John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama (/məˈhɑːmə/; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been President of Ghana since July 2012. He was the Vice President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012, and he took office as President on 24 July 2012 following the death of his predecessor, President John Atta Mills. A communications More →
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland (reelected on Jun 30, 2012) Mr. Grímsson has a Ph.D. degree in Political Science. He was a professor at the University of Iceland, served as Member of Althingi (parliament), was Minister of Finance 1988-1991 and served as chairman of the People’s Alliance Party. Mr. Grímsson was born in Ísafjörður in Northwest Iceland on 14 More →
Mohamed Morsy, President of Egypt (since June 30, 2012) Mohamed Morsi Isa El-Ayyat (born August 20, 1951) is the fifth and current President of Egypt, having assumed office June 30, 2012. Morsi was a Member of Parliament in the People’s Assembly of Egypt from 2000 to 2005 and a leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood. He became Chairman of the More →
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of Russia (Re-elected on Mar 4, 2012. Took office on May 7, 2012) Vladimir Putin was born in Leningrad on October 7, 1952. In 1975, he graduated with a degree in law from Leningrad State University. He later earned a Ph.D. degree in economics. After graduation, Mr. Putin was assigned to work in the KGB. From More →
François Hollande, President of France (elected on May 6, 2012) François Gérard Georges Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who is the President-elect of France. He also served as the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008 and as a Deputy of the National Assembly of France for Corrèze’s 1st Constituency since 1997, and More →
János Áder, President of Hungary Áder grew up in the small town of Csorna in Győr-Moson-Sopron county. Beginning in 1978, he studied law for five years at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1986 to 1990, he was a research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Sociological Research Institute. Áder, who has More →
José Maria Vasconcelos, President of East Timor (elected on Apr 16, 2012) José Maria Vasconcelos, popularly known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for “Two Sharp Eyes”) is an East Timorese politician who was elected as President of East Timor in April 2012. Before entering politics, he was the Commander of the FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste More →
Leonid Tibilov, President of South Ossetia (Elected on Apr 8, 2012) Leonid Tibilov (born 28 March 1952 in Verkhny Dvan, Znaur district) is a South Ossetian politician who is the President-elect of South Ossetia after winning the 2012 South Ossetian presidential election. Leonid Tibilov is a former head of the KGB in South Ossetia from 1992 to 1998. He was then More →
His Excellency, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi (Died on Apr 7, 2012. Vice President Joyce Banda becomes next President) His Excellency, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika comes from Kamoto Village in Thyolo, southern Malawi. He officially became the President of the Republic of Malawi on May 24, 2004. He holds a PhD in Development Economics from the Pacific Western University, More →