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James Michel

Apr 22, 2019

James Alix Michel was born on the island of Mahé, Seychelles, on 16th August 1944.  In April 2016, an amendment to the Constitution, proposed by Michel, limiting presidential mandates to two terms of 5 years in office was approved by the country’s National Assembly....

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Apr 5, 2019

Born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, President Sirleaf is U.S. educated, she holds a master’s in public administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She also earned a degree in accounting at Madison Business College in Wisconsin and received a...

Aminata Touré

Jan 15, 2019

Aminata Touré is a Senegalese politician and Human Rights activist. She held several governmental positions, including Prime Minister (2013-2014), Minister of Justice (2012-2013), President’s Special Envoy for Internal and External Affairs (2015-2019), and President...

Cristina Manzano

Dec 17, 2018

Cristina Manzano is the director of Esglobal, a leading digital publication on global affairs in Spanish and editorial coordinator of Pensamiento Iberoamericano, a magazine edited by the Iberoamerican General Secretariat (SEGIB). She is also an advisor to Diego...

François Hollande

Dec 3, 2018

François Hollande is a former President of France (2012-2017).  Born in Rouen, France in 1954, Mr Hollande graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Panthéon-Assas University and then attended the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He graduated...