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Jan Peter Balkenende

Feb 3, 2020

Jan Peter Balkenende is a former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (2002 to 2010).  Mr Balkenende studied Economic and Social History (MA) and Law (LLM) and obtained a PhD in Law. He worked at the Netherlands’ Universities Council, the Research...

Mariano Rajoy

Nov 21, 2019

Mariano Rajoy is a former President of Spain (2011 to 2018). Rajoy studied Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, where he graduated in 1978.  He began his political career by joining the People’s Alliance (AP), the predecessor of the...

Helen Clark

Oct 20, 2019

Helen Clark is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999 – 2008). She was the first woman to become Prime Minister following a General Election and the second to serve from that office. Born in Te Pahu, New Zealand on 26 February 1950, Ms Clark holds an MA in...

T. Anthony Jones

Oct 20, 2019

Dr. Anthony Jones is the Vice President and Executive Director of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America and a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology since 1993 at Northeastern University. He holds a doctorate from Princeton University in Sociology and is...

Yves Leterme

Jul 25, 2019

Yves Leterme is a former Prime Minister of Belgium (2008, 2009-2011). Mr Leterme has held the position of Secretary General of The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) from 2014-2019. Between 2011-2014, Leterme served as...