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Rupiah Banda

Oct 20, 2017

Date and Place of Birth: 19 February 1937, Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Education: Rupiah Banda earned a BA in Economic History from the Lund University in 1964.  Professional career and political career: Rupiah Bwezani Banda is the fourth President of Zambia...

José Manuel Ramos-Horta

Oct 20, 2017

José Ramos-Horta is currently president of Timor-Leste.  Born in 1949, he became the second president of the country after it achieved independence from Indonesia in 2002, taking office in May 2007. He also held the post of Prime Minister (2006 – 2007), and is a...

Boris Tadic

Oct 20, 2017

Date and Place of Birth: 15 January 1958, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Education: Boris Tadić graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade, studying Social Psychology.  Mr. Tadić later served as a lecturer at the University of Belgrade,...

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Oct 20, 2017

Date and Place of Birth: 8 July 1945, in Sion (Sweden). Education: She studied at the Graduate Institute in Geneva where she obtained a Master’s degree in Political Science. For 20 years, she ran a small enterprise active in the book- distribution business....

Jerzy Karol Buzek

Oct 20, 2017

Date and Place of Birth: 3 July 1940, Smilovici (Poland). Political Career: Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Member of the European Parliament, working in the parliamentary committees on Foreign Affairs as well as on Industry, Research and Energy. On 14 July 2009 he was elected...