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Lee Hong-koo

Oct 20, 2017

Date of Birth: May 9, 1934. Education: Studied at the Seoul National University (1953), Degree from Emory University (1959), and PhD in Political Science from Yale University. Professional Experience: Hong-koo has had a distinguished teaching career as a Professor at...

Tarja Halonen

Oct 20, 2017

Date of Birth: 24 December 1943. Political Career: Tarja Halonen is the former President of the Republic of Finland (2000 – 2012). She was the 11th President of the Republic of Finland and Finland’s first female head of state. Tarja Halonen was born in Helsinki...

César Gaviria

Oct 20, 2017

Date and Place of Birth: 31 March 1947, Pereira (Colombia). Education: César Gaviria received a Degree in Economics from the University of the Andes in Bogotá. Professional Experience: From 1983 to 1986, César Gaviria was a columnist for El Tiempo and Director of La...

Joaquim Chissano

Oct 20, 2017

Joaquim Chissano is a former President of Mozambique. Born 22 October 1939, in Gaza province, south of Mozambique, Mr. Chissano registered at the University of Poitiers, France to study Medicine in 1961 but in 1963 decided to leave his studies and move to Tanzania to...

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Oct 20, 2017

Kjell Magne Bondevik has been a Club de Madrid Member since 2005.  Bondevik, born in Molde, Norway in 1947, embarked on a career that blended politics, religion, and international diplomacy. He began his journey at the Norwegian School of Theology, becoming ordained...