Aung San Suu Kyi

Date and Place of Birth: 19 June 1945, Rangoon (Burma). Education: Suu Kyi graduated from St Hugh’s College, Oxford, obtaining a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Political Career: Daughter of the assassinated nationalist General Aung San,...

Festus Mogae

Date and Place of Birth: 21 August 1939, Serowe (Botswana). Education: Festus Mogae attended North West London Polytechnic School and received an Honours Degree in Economics from Oxford University, as well as a Degree in Development Economics from Sussex University....

Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo is a former President of Nigeria. He served for two successive terms from 1976-1979 and 1999-2007. Mr. Obasanjo pledged to continue the restoration of civilian government and to carry forward the reform programme to improve the quality of public...

Kofi Annan

Date and Place of Birth: 8 April 1938, Kumasi (Ghana). Education: Mr. Annan began studying for a degree in Economics at the Kumasi College of Science and Technology, now the Kwane Nkrumah University of Science and Technology of Ghana. He received a Ford Foundation...

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a former President of Spain. He served between 2004 and 2011. His two terms were characterised by civic and social reforms, the management of the international economic crisis of 2007-2008, and the ceasefire of Basque separatist group...