José Manuel Ramos-Horta

José Ramos-Horta is currently president of Timor-Leste.  Born in 1949, he became the second president of the country after it achieved independence from Indonesia in 2002, taking office in May 2007. He also held the post of Prime Minister (2006 – 2007), and is a...

Boris Tadic

Date and Place of Birth 15 January, 1958, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Education Boris Tadić graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade, studying Social Psychology.  Mr. Tadić later served as a lecturer at the University of Belgrade,...

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Date and Place of Birth: Micheline Calmy-Rey was born on 8 July 1945 in Sion in the Canton of Valais. Education: She studied at the Graduate Institute in Geneva where she obtained a Master’s degree in Political Science. For 20 years, she ran a small enterprise active...

Jerzy Buzek

Date and Place of Birth: 3 July 1940, Smilovici (Poland). Political Career: Jerzy Buzek is a Member of the European Parliament, working in the parliamentary committees on Foreign Affairs as well as on Industry, Research and Energy. On 14 July 2009 he was elected the...

Roza Otunbayeva

Date and Place of Birth: 23 August 1950, Osh, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR. Education: Roza Otunbayeva graduated from the Philosophy Faculty of Moscow State University in 1972. She was a senior professor and head of the philosophy department at Kyrgyz State National University....