International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who

Former Prime Minister, Burkina Faso Government; political career: MP, 1997-2007; Minister of Health, 1992-97; Minister of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research, 1997-2000; Pres., Committee of Finance and Budget, 2002-07; Commissioner, Dept. of Regional Markets, Trade, Competition and Cooperation, Commission de l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine, 2007-17; Prime Minister, Government of Burkina Faso, Jan. 2019-Jan. 2022.

Former First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Acting Prime Minister, Government of Serbia; born: 1966; education: Univ. of Belgrade; political career: Spokesperson, Socialist Party, Party leader, 2006; First Dep. PM, Minister of Internal Affairs, 2008-12; Prime Minister, 2012-14; First Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2014-2021; Acting Prime Minister, May-June 2017.

Former President, Constitutional Court of Angola; political career: Mem., National Assembly, 1992-2004; Dep. Minister of Justice, 1992-2004; Minister of Justice, 2004-08; professional career: Lawyer; Amb. of Angola to Argentina and Morocco, 2009-13; Pres., Supreme Court, 2014-17; Pres. of the Constitutional Court, 2017-2021.

Governor-General, Papua New Guinea; political career: MP, 2002; Minister of Defence, 2007-11; Governor-General, Feb. 2017-; office address: Office of the Governor General, Waigini, Port Moresby.

Former Minister of Justice, Government of Mauritania; born: 31 December 1952, Boutilimitt, Mauritania; education: Univ. Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France; Law; political career: Minister of Justice, 2015-18; professional career: Lawyer; Legal adviser to the Cabinet of the President of the Republic, 2012; Pres., National Commission of Degrees, 2013.

India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.General Profile Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Daman Former Capital of Dadra and Nagar H…

Prime Minister, Government of Nepal; born: 11 December 1954 , Annapurna region, Nepal; education: BSc., Agriculture, Inst. of Agriculture and Animal Science, Chitwan; party: Chmn., Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist); political career: Supreme Commander of Maoist Army; Prime Minister, Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, August 2008-May 2009; Prime Minister, Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation; Livestock Development; Women, Children and Social Welfare Development; Science and Technology, August 2016-2017; Prime …

Senator, US Senate; education: Montana State Univ.; party: Republican; political career: Mem., House of Representatives 2012-14; Mem., US Senate, 2014-; professional career: Proctor & Gamble; family construction company; VP of Customer Service, Right Now Technologies; committees: Energy and Natural Resources; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Indian Affairs; Appropriations; 115th Congress: Appropriations; Energy and Natural Resources; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Agriculture; Indian Affairs; 116th Congress: Fin…

Former Governor, Central Bank of Montenegro; education: Fac. of Economics, Titograd, Bachelor's, 1973, Masters, 1986; professional career: long career, National Bank of Montenegro, 1975-2001, most recently Vice-Gov., 1991-2001; Dir.-Gen., Central Bank of Montenegro, 2001-12, Vice-Gov., 2012-13, Governor, 2013-16.

Former MP for Scunthorpe, House of Commons; party: Labour; political career: Councillor and Council Leader, North Lincolnshire Council; MP for Scunthorpe, May 2010-19; Opp. Whip, 2011-15; Shadow Dep. Leader of the House of Commons, 2015; Shadow Minister (Education), 2015-16; Opposition Whip, 2016; committees: Education Select Cttee., 2010-11; Procedure, 2011-.

Former Governor, Turks and Caicos; political career: Governor, Turks and Caicos, 2019-2023; professional career: Military, 1981-96, incl. serving in Germany and Northern lreland; advisor to the State Secretary of State of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff; long-standing diplomatic career; postings in Lagos, Delhi, Washington DC, Islamabad. Most recently: First Sec., Political, South Asia, Middle East and Counter Terrorism, Washington, 2005-07; Counsellor, Political, South Asia and Counter Terrorism, Islamba…

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Commissioner, Equality, European Commission; political career: MP, Malta, 1996-2009; Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, 2013-17; Minister for European Affairs and Equality, 2017-19; Commissioner, Equality, European Commission, 2019-; office address: European Commission, rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 170, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium; URL: https://europa.eu/.

Former Governor, State of North Dakota; born: 1948; education: Yale Univ., 1970, BA, American Studies; political career: North Dakota legislature, 1985, eight terms; chmn., House Appropriations Cttee.; Lieutenant Governor, 2000-2010; Governor, State of North Dakota, 2010-16; professional career: Farmer.

Former Lieutenant-Governor, Jersey; education: Bath Univ., Aeronautical Engineering; professional career: joined Royal Air Force, 1975, numerous roles, incld. tactical reconnaissance and ground attack roles; commanded RAF's Jaguar Force, 1977-99; Air Commodores; Dir., Eurofighter (Typhoon) Programme Assurance Group, Ministry of Defence; Air Vice-Marshal; Capability Mgr for Information Superiority; Controller Aircraft, Air Force Board, 2004; Strategic personnel (HR) director, Royal Air Force, 2007, Chief …

Transitional President (deposed), Government of Burkina Faso; political career: Military; Lt. Col. and Commander; Member, Presidental Guard to Blaise Compaoré; President, Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, 2022-; Led Coup against President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Jan. 2022; Interim President, Burkino Faso, Jan. -March 2022; Transitional President, Burkina Faso, March-Sept. 2022.

US Ambassador to Fiji, US Embassy; professional career: career mem., Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor; postings incl. Brazil, UK, Iraq, Cambodia, Laos, Washington DC, France, Mauritania; Most recently: Consul Gen., US Consulate Gen., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Dir., Office of Maritime Southeast Asian Affairs, State Dept., Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Burean of Consular Affairs; Dep. Chief of Mission, Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., US Embassy, Wellington, New Zealand; Ambassador to the Rep. of Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Nauru and Tuvalu, 2022-; office addre…

Romanian, Former Prime Minister, Government of Romania; born: 1963; political career: Mem., PSD, 1966-; Local councillor, Videle, 2004-08; County Councillor, Teleorman County council; Mem., National Counicl of the Social Democratic Party, 2005-; Mem., National Standing Bureau of the Social Democratic Party, Oct. 2015-; Vice. Pres., PSD National Women's Org., 2010-14, Pres., 2015-; Mem., European Parliament, 2009-18; Vice- Chair, European Parliament's cttee. on Agriculture and Rural Development, 2014-18; P…

Former Prime Minister, Government of Niger; born: 1951; education: Studied Political Science in France; party: Independent; political career: Minister of Animal Resources and Hydraulics, 1987-88; Minister of Communication, Culture, Youth, and Sports, and Government Spokesman, 1999; Prime Minister Feb. 2010-April 2011.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport, Works, Lands and Physical Planning, Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; political career: MP, 2001-; Minister of State for Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries, 2000-05; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2005; Minister of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Lands & Surveys and Physical Planning, -2021; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport, Works, Lands and Physical Planning, 2021-; professional career: Chmn., WIBDECO (Marketing); office address: House of Assembly, Kingstown, St. Vincent a…