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 →
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born in 1942 in Inkandla, KwaZulu Natal to Gcinamazwi and Nokubhekisisa Zuma. Forced by circumstance to educate himself – his father had died and his mother could not afford to pay for formal schooling – he established an informal school in his village. Influenced by a trade unionist family More →
Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma, the Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), is considered by his numerous followers all around Sierra Leone and in the Diaspora as The Hope of the Future. Born October 2nd 1953 in Makeni, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone , Koroma attended the Sierra Leone Church primary School, Government Secondary More →
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Former President of Philippines The President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, holds many records. Elected as Senator during her first try in politics in 1992, she was re-elected Senator in 1995 with nearly 16 million votes, the highest number of votes in Philippine history at that time. She was elected Vice President of the Philippines in 1998 with More →
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Former President of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua was born in Katsina Town, Katsina State in 1951. He started his primary education at Rafukka Primary School, Katsina in 1958. He left Rafukka for Dutsinma Boarding Primary School in 1962 from where he completed his primary education in 1964. Between 1965-1969, Umaru Yar’adua was at Government College, More →
Edward Fenech-Adami, Former President of Malta Edward Fenech-Adami was elected President of the Republic on 4th April 2004. Edward Fenech-Adami was born in 1934, the son of a customs officer. He was educated at the Jesuits College and the University of Malta, where he first studied economics and the classics and later law. He was called to the bar in More →
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Former President of Kyrgyzstan Born on August 1, 1949 in the village Masadan (Teyit), Suzak district, Jalal-Abad region of Kyrgyz USSR. Childhood Kurmanbek Bakiev grew up in the little village of Masadan, with population of about 70-80 families. Later, his family moved close to the city of Jalal- Abad, and Kurmanbek went to the Russian school №3 there. More →
President Lee Myung-Bak, President of South Korea President Lee Myung-bak was elected president on December 19th, 2007 and was sworn in as the 17th President of the Republic of Korea on February 25th, 2008. President Lee was born on December 19th (1941), his marriage to First Lady Kim Yoon-ok took place on December 19th and he was elected on December More →
László Sólyom, Former President of Hungary László Sólyom was born on 3rd January 1942 in Pécs. He graduated from the Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences of the University of Pécs in 1965 and the same year also qualified as a librarian in the National Széchényi Library. Between 1966 and 1969 he worked as assistant lecturer at the Institute of More →
Oscar Rafael de Jesus Arias Sanchez, Former President of Costa Rica Born to an upper class family in the province of Heredia, Óscar Arias concluded his secondary schooling at the Colegio Saint Francis in the capital city of San José. He then enrolled in Boston University with the intention of studying medicine, but he soon returned to his home country More →
Alvaro Uribe Velez, President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe was born in Medellin, capital of the department of Antioquia on July 4th, 1952. He is married to Lina Uribe. They have two sons: Tomás and Jerónimo. Alvaro Uribe holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Antioquia and a post-graduate degree in Management and Administration from Harvard University. From 1998 More →
Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile Born December 1, 1949. He was the winner of the second round of the presidential election that took place on Sunday, January 17, 2010, and took office on Thursday March 11, 2010. He is a well known economist, investor, businessperson, politician, former Senator, and leader of the presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition Coalition for Change. More →