International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who

Former Prime Minister of Iraq; born: 1947, Karbala; education: Univ. of Mosul, Doctor of Medicine; political career: elected as a mem. of the Islamic Sawa Party; left Iraq, due to repression, moved to Iran until 1990; Helped in founding of Islamic Supreme Council, 1982; lived in London, 1990-2003, returned when regime outsted; participated in founding of the Iraqi National Council; First Pres., Governing Council, 2003; Vice Pres., Iraq, 2004; Prime Minister, 2005; Mem., House of Reps, 2006-14; Pres., Iraqi National Alliance, 2010; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2014-18.

Former Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Syria to the UN in New York; languages: Arabic, English, French, Persian; education: BA, Diploma of Higher Studies, Univ. of Damascus; Diploma of Higher Studies, Doctorate 3rd Cycle in Political Science, Univ. of Sceaux, France; Univ. of Paris V - La Sorbonne, Paris, France; Univ. of Sharif Hedayatullah-Jakarta, Indonesia; professional career: Perm. Rep. to the UN in New York, 2006-2021.

Lebanese, Retired Diplomat; born: 1946; languages: Arabic, English, Spanish; education: Lebanese Univ. (MA, Public Law; MA Private Law; PhD, Int. Law); professional career: 1st Sec. and Consul in Jeddah, 1972-77; Chargé d'Affaires, Havana, 1977-79; Acting Head, Legal Dept., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beirut, 1979-81; Chargé d'Affaires, Conakry, 1981-82; Amb. to Ghana, 1983-87; Dir. of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1988-90; Amb. to Canada, 1990-2000; Dir. of Admin. and Finance, Min. of Foreign Affairs, 2000-03; Amb., Lebanon to Russia, 2003-10; publications: Cons…

Former Vice Chancellor, Federal Minister for Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice, Administrative Court, Austria; political career: Vice Chancellor, Government of Austria, 2019-2020; Federal Minister for Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice, June 2019-Jan. 2020; professional career: Vice Pres. of the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Administrative Court),1991-93; Pres., Verwaltungsgerichtshof, April 1993-2013; Professorship, Inst. for Legal Philosophy, Religious and Cultural Law, Univ. of Vienna, 2014-19.

Secretary of State for Scotland, UK Government; party: Conservative; political career: MP. Dumfries and Galloway, UK, June 2017-; Assistant Whip, 2019; Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip), 2019; Secretary of State for Scotland, July 2019-; committees: Treasury, 2017-18; office address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom; e-mail: [email protected]; URL: http://www.alisterjack.co.uk/.

Congresswoman, Texas 18th District, US House of Representatives; education: Yale Univ.; Univ. of Virginia Law School; party: Democratic Party; political career: Congresswoman, Texas 18th District, US House of Representatives, as of 2015, serving her tenth term; professional career: Fmr. Dir., State Bar of Texas; committees: House Homeland Security and Judicary Cttees.; office address: US House of Representatives, 2252 RHOB, Washington, DC 20515, USA; phone: +1 202 225 3816; URL: http://jacksonlee.house.gov/.

Former Ambassador, US Embassy, Ghana; education: Bowdoin College, Maine, BA; George Washington Univ., Washington DC, MA, International Affairs; National Defense Univ., MS, National Resource Strategy; professional career: career diplomat, joined Foreign Service, 1982; Assignments incl: Morocco, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire; Portugal, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Burundi, Canada, most recently: Amb. to the Republic of Cameroon, 2010-13; Principal Dep. Assist. Sec. of State for African Affairs, 2013-15; Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, 2015-18.

Ambassador to Ethiopia, US Embassy; education: BA, John Hopkins Univ.; MA, John Hopkins Univ. School of Advanced International Studies; professional career: Extensive career in the Foreign Service; most recently, Dep. Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Riga, Latvia, 2000-03; Amb. to Turkmenistan, 2003-06; Amb. to Tajikistan, 2006-09; Amb. to Kosovo, 2012-15; Ambassador to Ethiopia, Feb. 2022-; office address: US Embassy, Entoto Street, Addis Ababa (PO Box 1014), Ethiopia; URL: http://et.usembassy.gov/.

Prime Minister, Government of Sint Maarten; born: 1968, Aruba; political career: Minister of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, 2012-13, 2015-18; MP, 2014-; Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, 2019-; office address: Office of the Prime Minister, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.

Judge, General Court, Court of Justice of the European Union; education: Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, law; College of Europe; professional career: Luxembourg Bar, 1981; attaché de justice, Office of the Public Attorney of Luxembourg, 1983; Judge, Luxembourg District Court,1984; Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Communities, 1986-96; President, Institut Universitaire International Luxembourg (IUIL); Judge, General Court, Court of Justice of the EU, 1996-, Pres., 2007-2020; office address: Court of Justice of the EU, Rue du Fort Niedergr…

Minister of Justice, Government of Tunisia; political career: Minister of State Property and Land Affairs, Gov. of Tunisia, 2020-2021; Minister of Justice, Oct. 2021-; professional career: Magistrate; Advisor, Court of Cassation; First Pres., Court of Appeal, Nabeul; Pres., Court of First Instance, Grombalia; Pres., Criminal Chamber, Court of First Instance, Nabeul; office address: Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, 31 Avenue Bab Benats, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia; URL: http://www.e-justice.tn/.

Guyana, Vice President, Government of Guyana; born: 1964; education: Moscow, M.Sc. Economics, 1990; political career: Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, 1992-93; Jnr. Minister of Finance, 1993-95; First Vice-Pres. and Minister of Finance; Pres. and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Guyana, 1999-2011; Vice-President, August 2020-; professional career: Economist in Macro-economic Planning Div. State Planning Secretariat, 1990-92; Dir. Guyana Water Authority, Nat Bank of Industry and Commerce, Caribbean Development Bank; Chmn. C…

Norwegian, Former Secretary General, Council of Europe; born: 5 November 1950, Drammen, Norway; education: Univ. degree, econ, 1975; party: Labour Party; political career: Exec. Sec., Norwegian Labour Youth League, Buskerud County, 1973-76; Labour Party Mem., Buskerud County Cncl., 1975-79; Exec. Sec., Norwegian Labour Youth League, 1977-81; Project and Planning Officer, Norwegian Lab. Party, 1981-86; Acting Sec. General, Norwegian Lab. Party, 1986-87; Party Sec., Norwegian Labour Party, 1987-92, Chmn., Norwegian Lab…

Former President, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); professional career: Journalist; policial analyst; Pres., FOCSIV (a federation of development cooperation NGOs), 1994-2000; Founding Mem., Italian Third Sector Forum; Pres., National Council of ACLI, Christian Association of Italian Workers, 2008-12; Mem., European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), 2002-, Vice-pres., Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship, EESC, 2004, Vice-Pres., Group III, Mem., Committee Bureau, Mem., …

Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Slovak Republic; born: 1954; education: Slovak Technical Univ., Bratislava; C.Sc., macro-molecular chemistry; political career: Minister of Economy, Slovak Republic, -2010; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2012-16; professional career: Production-Technology, Plastika a.s., 1992-2003; Dir., Duslo, a.s., 2003-05; Head of Field Division, Fac. of Material Sciences and Technology, Slovak Technical Univ., 2005-06; Chair, Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO), 2017-2020.

Minister of External Affairs, Government of India; party: BJP; political career: Minister of External Affairs, 2019-; professional career: career diplomat, joined Indian Foreign Service, 1977; Postings include: Amb. to the Czech Rep., 2001-04; High Commissioner to Singapore, 2007-09; Amb. to China, 2009-13; Amb. to the US, 2014-15; office address: Ministry of External Affairs, South Block, New Delhi 110 011, India; URL: http://www.meaindia.nic.in.

Former Minister, Indian Government; education: Univ. of Delhi; party: Bharatiya Janata Party; political career: Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, 2001-04; Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, 2009-14; Minister of Finance, 2014, Minister of Corporate Affairs, 2014, Minister of Defence, May- Nov. 2014, also, Minister of Information, -2016, Minister of Defence, 2017-19; professional career: Lawyer.

Prime Minister, Government of Iceland; born: 1976; education: BA, MA, Univ. of Iceland; political career: MP, 2007-; Dep. Chair, Left-Green Movement parly group, 2007-09; Minister of Education, Science and Culture, 2009-13; Minister for Nordic Co-operation, 2009-13; Chair, Left-Green Movement, 2013-; Prime Minister, 2017-; office address: Office of the Prime Minister, Stjórnarrádshúsinu v/Laekjartorg, 150 Reykjavík, Iceland; e-mail: [email protected]; URL: https://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/.

Governor, Central Bank of Afghanistan; education: Ph.D, Islamic Banking; professional career: Governor, Central Bank of Afghanistan, Oct. 2021-; office address: Da Afghanistan Bank (Bank of Afghanistan), Ibni Sina Wat, Kabul, Afghanistan; URL: http://dab.gov.af/.

Former Minister of Defence Production, Government of Pakistan; political career: Minister of Education, Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, 2000; Minister of Education, 2001-05; Minister of Social Welfare and Special Education, 2005-07; Minister of Defence Production, 2018-2022.