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Mariano Rajoy

Nov 21, 2019

Mariano Rajoy is a former President of Spain (2011 to 2018). Rajoy studied Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, where he graduated in 1978.  He began his political career by joining the People’s Alliance (AP), the predecessor of the...

Helen Clark

Oct 20, 2019

Helen Clark is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999 – 2008). She was the first woman to become Prime Minister following a General Election and the second to serve from that office. Born in Te Pahu, New Zealand on 26 February 1950, Ms Clark holds an MA in...

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...