Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Felipe Calderón is a former President of Mexico (2006-2012). Born on 18 August 1962 in Morelia, in the State of Michoacán, Mexico, Mr Calderón obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He also graduated with a Masters...

Rupiah Banda

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

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

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

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....