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Juan Somavía

Jul 20, 2022

Juan Somavía was Director-General of the ILO from March 1999 to September 2012. Prior to his election as Director-General of the ILO, Mr Somavia was Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations in New York from 1990 to 1999, representing the newly elected democratic...

Ángel Gurría

May 4, 2022

Ángel Gurría is a Mexican diplomat and economist. He served as Secretary General of OECD from 2006 to 2021. He is a world-known specialist in the fields of debt management and of development banking. Moreover, he has been a vocal spokesman in the fight against Climate...

Ban Ki-Moon

Oct 20, 2017

Ban Ki-moon was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. His priorities have been to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges, from climate change and economic upheaval to pandemics and increasing pressures involving food, energy and...

Enrique Valentín Iglesias

Oct 20, 2017

Enrique Valentín Iglesias García was born on 29 March 1930 in Arancedo, Spain. His parents emigrated to Uruguay in 1934 and Enrique was naturalized as a Uruguayan citizen. By university, Iglesias had established an interest in government and economics; in 1953, he...

Javier Solana

Oct 20, 2017

Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga was born on July 14, 1942, in Madrid, Spain. He is president of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (Barcelona-Madrid). He is also distinguished fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings Institution, Fisher Family Fellow at...