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Kevin Rudd

Oct 20, 2017

Kevin Rudd was twice Prime Minister of Australia, from 2007-2010, and again in 2013. He served as leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2006-2010. The Rudd Government’s first acts included signing the Kyoto Protocol and delivering an apology to Indigenous...

Jigmi Yoser Thinley

Oct 20, 2017

Jigmi Y. Thinley is the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008–2013).  Born in Bhutan in 1952, Jigmi Y. Thinley graduated with an honors degree from St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University and went on to obtain a Master’s degree in public...

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...

George Papandreou

Oct 20, 2017

George A. Papandreou was born on June 16, 1952, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He graduated from Amherst College and holds an M.Sc. in Sociology and Development from London School of Economics. An MP since 1981, he served in several government posts, as...