Yves Leterme

Yves Leterme is a former Prime Minister of Belgium (2008, 2009-2011). Mr Leterme has held the position of Secretary General of The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) from 2014-2019. Between 2011-2014, Leterme served as...

James Michel

James Alix Michel was born on the island of Mahé, Seychelles, on 16th August 1944.  In April 2016, an amendment to the Constitution, proposed by Michel, limiting presidential mandates to two terms of 5 years in office was approved by the country’s National Assembly....

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, President Sirleaf is U.S. educated, she holds a master’s in public administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She also earned a degree in accounting at Madison Business College in Wisconsin and received a...

Aminata Touré

Aminata Touré is a Senegalese politician and Human Rights activist. She held several governmental positions, including Prime Minister (2013-2014), Minister of Justice (2012-2013), President’s Special Envoy for Internal and External Affairs (2015-2019), and President...

François Hollande

François Hollande is a former President of France (2012-2017).  Born in Rouen, France in 1954, Mr Hollande graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Panthéon-Assas University and then attended the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He graduated...