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Jean-Claude Juncker

Jul 12, 2022

Jean Claude Juncker became Prime Minister of Luxembourg in 1995 after years of serving as the Grand Duchy’s Finance Minister. Early on in his premiership, Juncker was a staunch proponent of European integration, contributing to the Maastricht treaty and many other...

Joachim Gauck

Jul 12, 2022

Joachim Gauck is a former President of Germany (2012 and 2017). In 1989, Gauck was one of the founders of the New Forum, a pro-democracy political movement, and became its spokesperson in Rostock, his hometown in Eastern Germany. Months later, in March 1990, he was...

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

Apr 20, 2022

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca is a former President of the Republic of Malta (2014- 2019). The House of Representatives, for the first time in its history, unanimously approved a parliamentary resolution nominating her as President.  At the age of 55 years, Coleiro Preca...

Doris Leuthard

Apr 6, 2022

Doris Leuthard was the President of Switzerland in 2010 and 2017.  Born in 1963, Doris Leuthard studied law at the University of Zurich and completed language and study courses in Paris and Calgary. She was a partner in a law firm before entering politics. From 1999...