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Yves Leterme

Jul 25, 2019

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

Apr 22, 2019

James Alix Michel was born on 16 August 1944 on the island of Mahé, Seychelles. He was the third president of the Republic of Seychelles, succeeding France Albert René upon the retirement of the latter on 14 April 2004, and was elected as president in July 2006,...

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Apr 5, 2019

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

Jan 15, 2019

Aminata Touré, born in Dakar, Senegal in 1962, is a prominent politician and human rights activist who served as Senegal’s Prime Minister from 2013 to 2014, becoming the second woman to hold this position in the country. She holds a PhD in International Business...

François Hollande

Dec 3, 2018

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...