International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who

Former Prime Minister, Government of Macedonia; born: 1974, Strumica; education: Skopje Univ., Economics, Bachelors, Masters; party: SDSM; political career: Mayor, Strumica-2016; MP, 2003-05; mem, SDSM, vice pres., central board, 2006-08, acting president, 2008l vice pres., central cttee., leader, 2013-2021; prime minister, May 2017-Jan. 2020, August 2020-Nov. 2021; professional career: various board memberships.

Former Captain Regent, San Marino; born: 1972; party: RETE; political career: Politician; One of founders of RETE, 2012, President; Mem., Great and General Council, 2013-; Captain Regent, April-Oct. 2020; professional career: Entrepreneur, clothing; Founder, Pro Bimbi Association, president, -2013.

Former President, Supreme Court; born: 1957; education: Univ. of Tirania; professional career: Lecturer, International Public Law, European Law & Human Rights Law, Univ. of Tirana; Amb. of Albania in the Fed. Rep. of Germany, 1992-97; Academic; Max-Planck Inst; Mem., Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Org. for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2001-; Mem., Constitutional court, 2003-13; Mem., Supreme Court, 2013, Chief Justice, 2013-19.

Former Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bulgaria; born: 1975; political career: Dep. Minister of Regional Dev. and Public Works, 2009-13; Gen. Sec. of the Administration of President Plevneliev, 2012-13; Chief of Staff to the President, 2013-15; Dep. Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, caretaker government, President Plevneliev, 2013 and 2014; Minister of Justice, 2015-17; MP, 2017-Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2017-2021; professional caree…

Member of Parliament, House of Commons; born: 1967; party: Conservative; political career: Local Councillor, Wandsworth, 1994-2006; MP for Stratford-on-Avon, May 2010-; Secretary of State for Education, Sept. 2021-July 2022; Chancellor of the Exchequer, July 2022-Sept. 2022; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Sept.-Oct. 2022; Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office), Oct. 2022-Feb. 2023; professional career: European Marketing Dir., Smith & Brooks Ltd.; Co-founder and CEO, YouGov plc, 2000-2010; committees: Business, Innovation and Skills, 2010-15; Arms E…

President, UNMO; education: Universiti Putra Malaysia; party: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); political career: MP, 1995-; Minister of Defence, 2009-13; Minister of Home Affairs & Internal Security, 2013-18; Deputy Prime Minister, 2015-18; President, UMNO, 2018-; charged with corruption, 2018, faces 47 charges, as of Feb. 2022, the trial was still ongoing; office address: United Malays National Organisation, Menara Dato Onn, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; URL: https://umno.org.my/.

Administrator, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands; education: Western Australia; political career: Councillor, Shire of Christmas Island; Treasurer, Ocean Territories Regional Dev. Org.; Administrator, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, June 2023-; office address: Office of the Administrator, The Settlement, Christmas Island.

President, Agnes Scott College; education: Mount Holyoke College; Northeastern Univ. School of Law, JD; professional career: Adjunct Prof.of Law, Boston Univ. School of Law; Georgetown Univ. Law Center; partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo; Gen. Counsel, USTDA, 2000-06, Dep. Dir., 2006-09; Director, 2010-17; President, Agnes Scott College; office address: Agnes Scott College, 141 E College Avenue, Decatur. GA 30030, USA; URL: https://www.agnesscott.edu/.

Former Minister-President, Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico; professional career: Academic; lawyer; Professor, Constitutional Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho; tenured professor, constitutional procedural law and constitutional law and human rights, Univ. Panamericana; Chair, constitutional law, UNAM; Univ. Iberoamericana; Minister President, Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, 2019-2022.

Republic of ZambiaGeneral Profile Capital: Lusaka (Population estimate, 2018: 2.5 million) Head of State:Hakainde Hichilema (President) Vice President: Mutale Nalumango National Flag: Green background with on the lower fly side, an orange eagle in flight over a rectangular block of three vertical stripes in red, black and orangeConstitution and Government ConstitutionAt the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland on 31 December 1963, Northern Rhodesia (as Zambia was then known) achieved internal self government under a new Const…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Malaysia; political career: Chief Minister of Perak, 2008-18; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gov. of Malaysia, Dec. 2022-; Senator, Dec. 2022-; professional career: Academic; Adjunct Prof., IIUM Malaysia; Professor, Putra Business School, UPM; office address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1 Jalan Wisma Putra, Presint 2, 62603 Putrajaya, Malaysia; URL: http://www.kln.gov.my.

Governor, Central Bank of Mozambique; education: John Hopkins Univ., USA, Ph.D, Economics; professional career: long career at IMF, 1988-2016, various positions incl. Head of Mission to Armenia, Costa Rica, Gambia, Guatemala, Liberia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Zimbabwe, most recently, Head of Mission to Djibouti and Somalia, Dept. of Midde East and Central Asia; Governor, Bank of Mozambique, 2016-; office address: Bank of Mozambique, PO Box 423, Av. 25 de Setembro 1679, Maputo, Mozambique; URL: http://www.bancomoc.mz/.

Iranian, Former Minister of Oil, Iranian Government; born: 1952, Kermanshah; education: Tehran Univ., MS, Civil Engineering; political career: Mem., Central Council of Construction Jahad 1982; Minister of Jahad-e-Sazandegi 1984-88; Minister of Energy; Minister of Oil, 1998-2005, 2013-2021; professional career: Academic, Tehran Univ., 1977; teaching in several universities.

Diplomat; education: Univ. of Trieste, Law; professional career: career diplomat; Head of Disarmament, Arms Control and Cooperative Security at NATO, 1991-97; Chair., negotiations on the adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 1997-2000; Perm. Rep. of Italy to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, 2000-02; Dir., Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE, 2002-06; UN Special Rep. to Kosovo and Head of the UN Interim Administ…

Director for Euro-Mediterranean Diplomacy and Intercultural Affairs (EDIA), International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES); education: Univ. of Trieste, Doctorate in Law; professional career: career diplomat; joined Italian Foreign Ministry, 1978; Second Sec., Italian Emb., Abu Dhabi, 1979-82; First sec. for multilateral affairs, Italian Emb., Vienna, 1982-87; Foreign Ministry in Rome, 1987-91; Seconded to NATO, Head, Disarmanent, Arms Control and Cooperative Security Section, 1991-97; DCM, Italian …

Czech, Executive Director, Vaclav Havel Library; born: 1949; education: Charles Univ., Prague; McGill Univ., Montreal; research fellow, Psychiatric Research Inst., Prague; political career: Senator, 1996-2002; professional career: Correspondent with Reuters 1988; Mem., independent cultural initiative The Open Dialogue, 1989; founding mem., revived Czech chapter of P.E.N., the international writers organization; Founding Mem. then Press Spokesman of Civic Forum, 1989; Adviser and Press Secy. to President Václav Havel 1990…

Former Minister, Government of the Czech Republic; education: Jan Evangelista Purkyne Univ., Brno, 1982; party: Czech Social Democratic Party; political career: Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, 2002-06; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2014-17; Minister of Culture, 2019-2020.

Ambassador of Italy, US Embassy; professional career: career diplomat, incl. First Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, 2000-03; Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission to the UN, Geneva, 2007-11; Head of the EU delegation to the UN and Other International Organizations, Geneva, 2011-14; Perm. Rep. to NATO, Brussels, 2014-16; Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister, 2016-18; Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, 2018-2022; Ambassador of Italy to the US, 2022-; office address: Italian Embassy, 3000 Whitehaven Street, NW, Washingt…

President, Pakistan People's Party; born: 22 July 1955, Karachi, Pakistan; married: Benazir Bhutto, dec'd; public role of spouse: Former PM of Pakistan; political career: Mem., National Assembly; Imprisoned 1990-93; Minister of the Environment, 1993-96; Imprisoned 1997-2004; Co-Chmn.(with son Bilawal), PPP, 2007-15, President, 2015-; President of Pakistan, 2008-13; office address: Pakistan People's Party, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Iran; born: 1960; political career: Dep. Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, 1992-2002; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2013-2021; professional career: Dep. UN Amb., 1989-92; Ambassador to the UN, 2002-07; Emissary of Iran to UN for talks on Afghanistan, 2001.