Tung Chee Hwa

Tung Chee Hwa

male, 72 years old
Chinese values, handover of Hong Kong, the Honourable, Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong, Grand Bauhinia Medal, Asianfinancialcrisis
The Honourable Tung Chee Hwa, GBM, D.S.Sc."(honoris causa)" ; <small>&lt;/small> (born July 7, 1937 in Shanghai, China) was the first elected Chief...
Suharto

Suharto

male, 88 years old
haji, el-Haj Mohammed Suharto, gcb, Indonesian National Revolution, came to power in a coup, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath…Asianfinancialcrisis
Suharto GCB (born June 8, 1921) is a former Indonesian military and political leader. He served as a military officer in the Indonesian National...
Supachai Panitchpakdi

Supachai Panitchpakdi

male, 63 years old
world trade organization, Asianfinancialcrisis, UN Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Thai Chinese, hakka
Supachai Panitchpakdi ( Thai : aaa aaa aaaaaa aaaaa , born May 30 , 1946 in Bangkok , Thailand ) is the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on...
Fidel V. Ramos

Fidel V. Ramos

male, 81 years old
Centro Escolar University alumni, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University alumni, Military personnel of the Vietnam War, Military personnel of the Korean War, Fidel Valdez Ramos…Asianfinancialcrisis
Fidel Valdez Ramos (born March 18, 1928) was the 12th President of the Philippines. He succeeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998, when he...
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

male, 77 years old
Army Commander of the Royal Thai Army, prime minister, Thai, Prime Minister of Thailand, Asianfinancialcrisis, New Aspiration Party
General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is a Thai politician, General, Defence Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Thailand's 22nd Prime Minister from...
Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

male, 56 years old
Economist, capital control, International Development Economics Associates, Internal Security Act, Asianfinancialcrisis, United Nations Secretariat
Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 11 December 1952), better known as Jomo KS, is a prominent Malaysian economist, who is currently serving as the United...

Daniel Lian

male
Economist, Thaksinomics, Thai economy, Economy of Thailand, Asianfinancialcrisis, English-language
Daniel Lian is Southeast Asia Economist for Morgan Stanley, based out of Singapore. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the East-West Center in...
John L. Thornton

John L. Thornton

male
Board of Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, icbc, Yale School of Management, Brookings Institution, Goldman Sachs International…Asianfinancialcrisis
John L. Thornton is Professor and Director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is a former President and Co-COO of Goldman...

Kim Woo-Jung

male
Park Chung Hee, Daewoo Group, Kim Woo-joong, Asianfinancialcrisis, South Korean, From daegu
Kim Woo-jung was the founder and former chairman of the Daewoo Group. Born in December 17th 1936, in Daegu, he was the son of the Provincial...
Richard Read

Richard Read

male, 52 years old
From Portland, Oregon, Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism winner, Harvard University, The Christian Science Monitor, Amherst College alumni, Asianfinancialcrisis
Richard Read (born 1957) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist. Born in St Andrews, Scotland and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Read...