- John Prescott
John Leslie Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician, former Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State and current Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hull East. He was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party after coming second in the Labour leadership election in 1994, and was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 General Election. A former ship's steward and trade union activist, … - Gordon Brown
Dr James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service, the current Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and the Leader of the Labour Party since 27 June 2007. Before this, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007. - Najib Tun Razak
Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (born July 23, 1953, in Kuala Lipis, Pahang) is a Malaysian politician and has been the country's Deputy Prime Minister since January 7, 2004. Najib is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and is currently its Deputy President. Najib is the eldest son of Tun Abdul Razak, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, a nephew of Tun Hussein Onn, the third PM, and a cousin of Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein, … - Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert ; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert became Prime Minister on April 14, 2006 but had been exercising the powers of the office since they were transferred to him on January 4, 2006 after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Olmert's title for that period was Acting Prime Minister. Olmert has previously been the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Finance minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, … - Mark Vaile
Mark Anthony James Vaile (born 18 April 1956), Australian politician, is Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the National Party of Australia. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Lyne, New South Wales. Vaile was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and worked as a farm machinery retailer and stock and station and real estate agent before entering politics. - Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong (born February 10 1952) is the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore. He also serves as the Minister for Finance. Lee Hsien Loong is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and is married to Ho Ching, who is the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the government-owned Temasek Holdings. - Jim Anderton
James Patrick Anderton, (born 21 January 1938) almost always referred to as Jim Anderton, is leader of the Progressive Party, a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. He has served in Parliament since 1984. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002. - John Anderson
John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005. - John Manley
John Paul Manley, (born January 5, 1950, in Ottawa, Ontario) PC, BA, LL.B is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He is a former Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2004 and a Cabinet Minister from 1993 to 2003. - Boris Nemtsov
Boris Efimovich Nemtsov (born October 9 1959) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, one of co-founders of the Russian political party Union of Right Forces, and is one of the few remaining outspoken critics of President Vladimir Putin. - Anne McLellan
A. Anne McLellan, P.C., LL.M., LL.B, B.A. (born August 31, 1950, in Hants County, Nova Scotia) is an academic and politician. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, serving most recently as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. - Lal Krishna Advani
Lal Krishna Advani, also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (b. November 8, 1927), served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until year-end 2005 and is Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha. He is a prominent figure in his party and was the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in the Indian government (1998-2004). He was conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 1999. - Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi ( Thai : aaa aaa aaaaaa aaaaa , born May 30 , 1946 in Bangkok , Thailand ) is the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the World Trade Organization from September 1 , 2002 to September 1 , 2005 . He was succeeded by Pascal Lamy . Born in Thailand, he is of Chinese Hakka descent. [ 1 ] - Nick Raynsford
Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, known as Nick Raynsford, (born January 28, 1945) was born in Northampton and educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Degree in History in 1966. He had been rusticated (suspended) for a year for night climbing, in the course of which he had displayed a banner against the Vietnam War between the pinnacles of King's College Chapel. - Gianfranco Fini
Gianfranco Fini (born January 3, 1952) is an Italian politician. Fini was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. He is separated from his wife Daniela di Sotto and has one daughter, holds a degree in psychology and is a journalist by trade (since 1979). He ran for the mayorship of Rome in 1993 but was defeated by Francesco Rutelli. He is the leader of the conservative National Alliance (AN - "Alleanza Nazionale"). - Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky </ref> He resigned from the Knesset on November 20, 2006. As of June 18, 2007, Sharansky is the president of Beit Hatefutsot, the Jewish diaspora museum. - Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician. She is the president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party) and the party's Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh since 1999. She is also the wife of former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim. - Alexandr Vondra
Alexandr "Saša" Vondra (born 17 August 1961 in Prague) was the foreign minister of the Czech Republic from 4 September 2006 to 9 January 2007 and Senator for Litoměřice district for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since autumn Czech Senate election, 2006. In the new government reshuffle announced for late December 2006, he is to become a deputy Prime Minister for European affairs. He graduated in geography from Charles University in Prague in 1984. - Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her father, Victor K. Copps, was one of the most influential mayors of the City of Hamilton; the city's landmark sports arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour. - Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, usually known as Jean Chrétien, PC, CC, QC, BA, BCL, LLD (h.c.) (born January 11, 1934), served as the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003. He was also the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003. - Kim Beazley
Kim Christian Beazley (born December 14 1948), son of Kim Edward Beazley, is an Australian politician, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006. Beazley was a minister under Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1991 and under Paul Keating from 1991 to 1996. He was Deputy Prime Minister in 1995-1996. Elected Labor Leader in March 1996, he resigned in November 2001 after losing two federal elections. - Andrzej Lepper
Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper is a Polish politician, the leader of Samoobrona RP (Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland) political party. He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development between May 5, 2006, and September 22, 2006, and again from October 16, 2006, to July 9, 2007, in the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński. Lepper's civil profession prior to entering politics was farming in the village of Zielnowo, Pomerania. - Judith Tizard
Judith Tizard (Born 3 January 1956) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. - Jayantha Dhanapala
Jayantha Dhanapala is a member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Dr. Dhanapala was Sri Lanka's official candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, before withdrawing from the race on 29 September 2006. - Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali is an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996. - Herb Gray
Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC (born May 25, 1931, Windsor, Ontario) is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title "The Right Honourable" who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held. Prior to entering elected politics, Gray pursued studies in Commerce at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and in Law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, Ontario. - Jean Asselborn
Jean Asselborn (born 27 April 1949 in Steinfort) is a Luxembourgian politician. Since July 31, 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker. He was the President of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the second-largest political party in the Grand Duchy, between 1997 and 2004. - Sar Kheng
Sar Kheng is the Cambodian Minister of the Interior. In this capacity he also holds the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and is one of the highest ranking members of that party. Sar has been the Minister of the Interior since 1998. Until March 2006 he was the co-interior minister along with a member of another party, but he then became sole interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle. - Geoffrey Howe
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and finally Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister. - Don McKinnon
Donald Charles McKinnon, PC, (born February 27, 1939) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He is currently Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations. - Ghafar Baba
Tun Ghafar Baba (February 18 1925-April 23 2006) was a Malaysian politician from Melaka and a former Deputy Prime Minister. He was born on February 18 1925 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, the son of an impoverished villager. Ghafar Baba became a teacher and later became a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party, which is part of the governing Barisan Nasional coalition. - Marek Belka
Marek Belka (b. January 9, 1952 in Łódź) is a Polish professor of Economics, designated Prime Minister of Poland by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on March 29, 2004 and sworn into office the next May 2. He failed to receive the required parliamentary support on May 14, but on June 11 he was designated again. - Gerrit Zalm
Gerrit Zalm (born May 6, 1952) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. He was the longest serving Minister of Finance in the history of the Netherlands and has been responsible for numerous reforms of the Dutch economy. - Jean Charest
John James Charest, PC, LL.B., MNA known as Jean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec. He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party (1993 - 1998), the current leader of the Parti libéral du Québec and, the 29th Premier of Quebec. - Don Mazankowski
Donald Frank Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE (born July 27, 1935, in Viking, Alberta) was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He is currently a consultant with the law firm Gowlings Lafleur Henderson. He also serves as a director or trustee for a number of companies, including Weyerhaeuser Co., ATCO Ltd., Shaw Communications Inc., and Power Corporation of Canada. - Goh Keng Swee
Goh Keng Swee (bn October 6 1918 in Malacca) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. Goh was a son of a rich Malacca family. Although his father, Goh Leng Inn, was a manager of a rubber plantation, his mother was from the family that produced famous Malaysian politicians Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son, Tun Tan Siew Sin - who would someday be Goh's lifelong political opponent. - Pongpol Adireksarn
Pongpol Adireksarn (born March 23, 1942,) is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai party. Using the pen name Paul Adirex he is also an author of several novels. Adireksarn received a BA from Lehigh University in 1964, and an MA from the American University in 1966. Upon returning to Thailand, he took a position at the Department of Economic Relations Ministry of Economic Affairs, followed by a position in the Thai Department of Central Intelligence. - Andrew Robathan
Andrew Robert George Robathan (born 17 July 1951) is a British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaby in Leicestershire. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, Robathan went on to Oriel College, Oxford before becoming an officer in the Coldstream Guards and the SAS. He was first elected as MP for Blaby in 1992 succeeding Nigel Lawson, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Blaby is a safe seat for the Conservatives, … - Giuliano Amato
Giuliano Amato (born May 13, 1938) is an Italian politician. He was Prime Minister of Italy twice, first from 1992 to 1993 and then from 2000 to 2001. He was more recently Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the new European Constitution and headed the Amato Group. He is commonly nicknamed "dottor Sottile", (which means both "Dr. Thin" and "Dr. Subtle", a joke about both his physical thinness and his political insightfulness). - Laila Freivalds
Laila Freivalds (born June 22, 1942) is a Latvian-born Swedish Social Democratic politician and a former Swedish Minister for Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister. Freivalds was born in Riga, Latvia, during World War II, and escaped to Sweden with her family. She graduated with a Candidate of Law ("juris kandidat") from Uppsala University in 1970 after which she served in the Swedish Court System until 1976.
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