Dervis Eroglu, President of Northern Cyprus (since April 23, 2010) Dr. Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938) is a political figure and President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). He was Prime Minister of the entity from 1985 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2004, and leader of the National Unity Party. His party won the general elections in 2009 and More →
Sir Arthur Foulkes, Governor-General of Bahamas (sworn in on April 14, 2010) Arthur Alexander Foulkes was born at Mathew Town, Inagua, 11 May 1928, son of the late Dr. William A. Foulkes and Mrs. Julie Foulkes nee Maisonneuve. He was educated at public schools in Mathew Town and in Nassau and first worked at The Nassau Guardian as a linotype More →
Bronislaw Komorowski, Acting President of Poland After President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, was killed in a plane crush on April 10, 2010, the marshal of the Sejm (Polish Parliament), Bronislaw Komorowski, became Acting President. Bronislaw Komorowski was born on June 4, 1952 in Oborniki Slaskie, near Wroclaw, a family with strong traditions of independence and landowners. In Communist times he More →
President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, flees the capital after a major public uprising. Roza Otunbayeva, the former Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs, declares herself head of the provisional Government of Kyrgyzstan. Ruslan Kazakbayev is appointed Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan. Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov submits his resignation to Otunbayeva, who on April 8 announces the formation of the interim Cabinet More →
Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen 1942: Born in Bayt al-Ahmar as a member of the Sanhan tribe of the Hashid tribe. 1958: Joins the army only 16 years old. 1962 September 26: Saleh leads a coup that replaces the Muslim monarchy of North Yemen with a civilian government. 1974: Saleh takes part in the coup that brings Ibrahim al-Hamdi More →
Legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in More →
Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez was born July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela. Both his parents were school teachers. From an early age, Hugo was sent to live with his paternal grandmother in Sabaneta. There Hugo attended elementary school at the Julián Pino School. Later, Chavez attended high school at the Daniel Florencio O’Leary School in the More →
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Head of Vatican City Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born at Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany) on 16 April 1927 (Holy Saturday) and was baptised on the same day. His father, a policeman, belonged to an old family of farmers from Lower Bavaria of modest economic resources. His mother was More →
Iolu Abil, President of Vanuatu Iolu Johnson Abil (born 1942) is a Vanuatuan politician. He was elected and sworn in as the President of Vanuatu on 2 September 2009. Abil is from Tanna island, which is located in Vanuatu’s southernmost Tafea Province. He was born in the village of Lauaneai on Tanna in the New Hebrides in 1942 to parents More →
Islam Abdughanievich Karimov, President of Uzbekistan The words “first”, “for the first time”, “never before” have been used more often and insistently lately when talking about Uzbekistan. After 1989, the days of the republic were full of so many events and phenomena that it would be sufficient for dozens of years in other times. Among them was the declaration of More →
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas, President of Uruguay Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (pron IPA: [taβa'ɾe ra'mon 'bahkes 'rosas]) (born 17 January 1940) is the current President of Uruguay. A physician (oncologist) by training, he is a member of the centre-left Broad Front coalition (Frente Amplio in Spanish). Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004 and took office on March 1 More →
Barack H. Obama, President of the United States of America 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 father from Kenya and a More →
Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown was born in 1951 and went to school in Kirkcaldy. He studied at Edinburgh University, where he gained a PhD and was elected the youngest ever Rector. In 1983 Gordon Brown was elected to Parliament. Today, as MP for the constituency where he was brought up, he is proud More →
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, was elected as the new President of the United Arab Emirates on 3rd November, to succeed his father, the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. HH Sheikh Khalifa has committed himself to continue in the More →
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine Elected the President of Ukraine on February 7, 2010. Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych, Ukrainian, was born July 9, 1950 to a working class family in Yenakiyevo, Donetsk region. A graduate of Donetsk Polytechnical Institute (now Donetsk State Technical University) and a mechanical engineer by training, he has an MA in international law from the Ukrainian Academy More →