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Jean-Claude Juncker

Jul 12, 2022

Jean Claude Juncker became Prime Minister of Luxembourg in 1995 after years of serving as the Grand Duchy’s Finance Minister. Early on in his premiership, Juncker was a staunch proponent of European integration, contributing to the Maastricht treaty and many other...

Hilda Heine

Jul 12, 2022

President Hilda C. Heine is the first Marshallese woman to hold this office. She served as the eighth President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands from 2016 to 2020, and was reelected in 2024.​ Dr. Heine attended school in the United States where she earned her...

Joachim Wilhelm Gauck

Jul 12, 2022

Joachim Wilhelm Gauck is a former President of Germany (2012 and 2017). In 1989, Gauck was one of the founders of the New Forum, a pro-democracy political movement, and became its spokesperson in Rostock, his hometown in Eastern Germany. Months later, in March 1990,...

Ángel Gurría

May 4, 2022

Ángel Gurría is a Mexican diplomat and economist. He served as Secretary General of OECD from 2006 to 2021. He is a world-known specialist in the fields of debt management and of development banking. Moreover, he has been a vocal spokesman in the fight against Climate...

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

Apr 20, 2022

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca is a former President of the Republic of Malta (2014- 2019). The House of Representatives, for the first time in its history, unanimously approved a parliamentary resolution nominating her as President.  At the age of 55 years, Coleiro Preca...