- Raymond Wieczorek
Raymond J Wieczorek is a Republican politician currently representing District 4 in the New Hampshire Executive Council. Wieczorek was elected to the Council in 2002. He served five terms as mayor of Manchester in the 1990's. Wieczorek is a Korean War veteran, a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and owner of the Wieczorek Insurance Agency. He resides in Manchester, where he has lived since 1958, with his wife Susan. - James Tien
James Tien Pei Chun <small>GBS JP</small>; (born January 8, 1947 in Shanghai) is currently the Chairman of the Liberal Party (LP), a pro-business and pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong, and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). He was also a member of the District Council of Hong Kong District Council in the Central and Western district. Professionally he is a garment merchant in Hong Kong, … - David Li
Sir David Li Kwok-po GBS, OBE, JP (born March 13, 1939 in London, England) is the current Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia in Hong Kong, with family roots in Heshan, Guangdong. He was educated at Uppingham School in the United Kingdom. Li was elected OBE. In 2001, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. - Tsang Yok-Sing
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing <small>GBS JP</small>; (Chinese: 曾鈺成) (born 1947 in Guangzhou, Guangdong with family root in Shunde, Guangdong) is the founding Chairman (1992-2003) of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He is currently a member of both the Executive Council and Legislative Council. - Robert Baldwin
Robert Baldwin was born at York (now Toronto). He, along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, lead the first responsible ministry in Canada, regarded by some as the first truly Canadian government. His father, William Warren Baldwin (d. 1844), moved to Upper Canada from Ireland in 1798; though a man of wealth and good family and a devoted member of the Church of England, … - Audrey Eu
Audrey Eu, <small>LLB (HKU), LLM (London), SC, JP</small>; was born on September 11, 1953 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shanghai. She is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and is currently the party leader of the Civic Party. - Leo Apotheker
Léo Apotheker is a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG. Léo Apotheker has been a member of the SAP AG Executive Board and President of Global Customer Solutions & Operations since 2002.In his role, he is responsible for all of SAP’s customer operations including consulting, education and training, sales, marketing, SMB, and field services. Prior to that, he was President of SAP EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) from 1999 to 2002. - Ahmadu Bello
Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello (1910 - 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and was the first premier of the Northern Nigeria region from 1954-1966. He was one of the prominent leaders in Northern Nigeria along side Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, both of whom where prominent in negotiations about the region's place in an independent Nigeria. As leader of the Northern People's Congress, the party was able to win the 1959 parliamentary elections. However, he was assassinated on January, 15 1966 - John Tsang
Mr John Tsang Chun-wah, JP, is the current Financial Secretary(FS) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. His responsibility is to assist the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in overseeing policy formulation and implementation in financial, monetary, economic, trade and employment matters. He exercises control over the Exchange Fund, with the assistance of the Monetary Authority. He is a member of the Executive Council. He is also in charge of the Government Budget. - John Shea
John D. Shea is a New Hampshire Democratic politician currently representing District 2 in the New Hampshire Executive Council. Shea was elected to the Council in 2006, defeating 12-term incumbent Peter Spaulding. He benefited from robust support for the Democrats in New Hampshire's 2006 elections, which saw the party take both of the state's Congressional seats and win control of both houses of the state legislature. The victory came as a surprise to Shea, … - Rick Thorpe
Rick Thorpe is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He represents the riding of Okanagan-Westside, and has been an MLA since 1996.<br /> He currently serves in the provincial Executive Council as the Minister of Small Business and Revenue. He has previously served as Minister of Competition, Science and Enterprise. - Thomas Scott
Thomas Scott (baptised 18 October 1746 - July 29 1824) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in the parish of Kingoldrum, Angus, Scotland and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London. He was called to the bar in 1793. In 1800, he was appointed attorney general in Upper Canada. He was appointed to the Executive Council for the province in 1805. The following year, he became Chief Justice for Upper Canada and was appointed to the Executive Council. - York Chow
York Chow Yat Ngok is the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his current position in 2004. Chow is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession. He was appointed Hospital Chief Executive of Queen Mary Hospital in 2001. Chow was appointed a Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee in 1997. During his studies in The University of Hong Kong since 1967, he stayed in St. - Nat Lacour
Nat LaCour is an American labor union leader and teacher. As of 2007, he is the secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and a member of the AFL-CIO executive council. Originally a school teacher with the New Orleans public schools, he became a labor union activist with the AFT. Becoming president of the AFT affiliate in the city, he engineered a merger with the National Education Association local to form the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO). - Francis Bond Head
Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 - 20 July 1875), known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837. Bond Head was a soldier in the British army from 1811-1825, and afterwards attempted to set up a mining company in Argentina. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1836 in an attempt by the British government to appease the reformers in the colony, such as William Lyon Mackenzie, … - Arthur Li
Prof. Arthur Kwok Cheung Li <small> GBS JP</small>; (born 1945 in Hong Kong with family roots in Heshan, Guangdong) was a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Secretary for Education and Manpower from August 2002 to June 2007, when he was not re-appointed following allegations of interference into academic freedom at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. - Peter Russell
Peter Russell (11 June 1733 - 30 September 1808) was a gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada. Born in Cork, Ireland, Russell attended Cambridge briefly. His debts forced him to enter the British Army during the Seven Years' War. After fleeing due to gambling debts, Russell returned to America during the Revolutionary War, seeking promotion in the military and becoming a captain. - John Simpson
John Simpson (December 27 1807 - September 19 1878) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England in 1807 and came to Niagara in Upper Canada in 1835 where he entered business as a bookseller. With George Menzies as a partner, he began publishing the "Niagara Chronicle" in 1837. He also published some other works, including "The Canadian mercantile almanack", and became sole owner of the newspaper in 1839. - William Campbell
Sir William Campbell (2 August 1758 - 18 January 1834) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada and a resident of Toronto. He also held political appointments in both Nova Scotia and Upper Canada. He was born in Caithness, Scotland in 1758. At the beginning of the American Revolution, he joined the 76th Foot Regiment, went to North America and was taken prisoner at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. In 1784, he settled at Guysborough, Nova Scotia. - Ambrose Lee
Ambrose Lee Siu Kwong <small>IDSM JP</small>; is Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his post in August 2003, replacing Regina Ip. - Michael Adams
Michael Adams (August 13, 1845 - January 1, 1899) was a Canadian politician. Born in Douglastown, Parish of Newcastle, New Brunswick, of Irish descent, Martin was educated in Douglastown. He has was married twice: first, in 1869, to Miss Catherine L. Patterson, and second, on November 29, 1882, to Miss Nealis. He was called to the Bar of New Brunswick on October 14, 1868, and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in February, 1891. - James Irvine
James Irvine (1766 - September 27 1829) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in England in 1766, from parents of Scottish descent, and came to Quebec City with his family in 1766. He formed a retail firm in partnership with John Munro that operated until 1797, when Irvine returned to England. The following year, he formed an import/export company with John McNaught and later James Leslie. - Yeoh Eng-Kiong
Yeoh Eng Kiong (born 1946) was Secretary for Health and Welfare of Hong Kong between 1999 and 2002, and Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food and member of the Executive Council between 2002 to 2004. - William Robertson
William Robertson (ca 1760 - December 3 1806) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Scotland around 1760 and settled in Detroit in 1782. By 1788, he was an important merchant in the fur trade in the area and he was appointed to the district court and land board of the Hesse District of Upper Canada. Robertson resigned from his position as judge because he felt he was not qualified. - David Laird
David Laird, PC (March 12, 1833 - January 12, 1914) was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor in charge of the territory. He was born on New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island. He was Member of Parliament for Queen's County Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1876 for the Liberal Party of Canada. During his term in parliament he served as Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, and Minister of the Interior. - Peter Mitchell
Peter M. Mitchell, PC (January 4, 1824 - October 25, 1899) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. After a career in law and in business as a shipbuilder, Mitchell entered New Brunswick politics in 1852, while it was still a colony of the United Kingdom. He ran as a reform candidate for the colonial House of Assembly, but was defeated. Mitchell was a supporter of responsible government and the Liberal Party. - Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731-May 11, 1814) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He was born in Boston and attended the Boston Latin School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1749, then taught school and studied theology. He became a merchant and traveled to the southern colonies, Spain, the Azores and England. He returned home and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1757 or 1759, … - Chung Sze Yuen
Chung Sze Yuen (鍾士元) (b. 3 November 1917), mechanical engineer, industrialist and Hong Kong politician. He succeeded Lydia Selina Dunn (The Baroness Dunn, DBE) (鄧蓮如), as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council until Chris Patten (The Lord Patten of Barnes, CH) became the Governor of Hong Kong. He has been more influential in Hong Kong politics when Tung Chee Hwa became the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, … - Rogerio Hyndman Lobo
Sir Rogerio Hyndman Lobo, CBE, (羅保, also known as Rogerio Lobo and Roger Lobo, is a businessman of Portuguese and Scottish descent and has been an active philanthropist and politician in Hong Kong. Born 15 September 1923, he has been a member of the Urban Council, Executive Council and Legislative Council. - Michael David Thomas
Michael David Thomas, CMG, QC, SC was the second last Attorney General of Hong Kong before the transfer of sovereignty in 1997. He served the post from 1983 to 1988, under the Governorship of Sir Edward Youde and Lord Wilson of Tillyorn. His wife is Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn, <small>DBE</small>, who was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in Hong Kong in 1985-1992. *Essex Court Chambers website - John Hamilton Gray
John Hamilton Gray (born May 3, 1814, died June 5, 1889) was a Canadian politician, jurist and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He should not be confused with John Hamilton Gray, a Prince Edward Island politician (and Father of Confederation) in the same era. Gray's grandfather, Joseph Gray, was a United Empire Loyalist from Boston who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia following the American Revolution. - James Leslie
James Leslie (September 4 1786 - December 6 1873) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was named to the Senate of Canada for Alma division in 1867 and died in office. He was born in Kair, Kincardineshire, Scotland in 1786, studied at Marischal College and the University of Aberdeen and came to Lower Canada in 1804. Leslie owned a food wholesale company in Montreal. - Don Schultz
Don Schultz is Vice-President of the United States Chess Federation. He was born in New York in 1937 and currently lives in Florida. He was elected to that position on August 14 2005. He is also a rated chess expert. Schultz first ran for USCF President in 1966, but was defeated by Marshall Rohland. In the 1980s Schultz was US Delegate to FIDE, the World Chess Federation. In 1986 in Dubai, Schultz was elected to the Executive Council of FIDE. - William Henry Draper
William Henry Draper (March 11 1801 - November 3 1877) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born near London, England in 1801 and ran away to sea at age 15. In 1820, he settled in Hamilton Township in Upper Canada. He moved to Port Hope, studied law and was called to the bar in 1828. In 1829, he secured a position in the office of John Beverley Robinson and then partnered with Christopher Alexander Hagerman, … - William Dummer Powell
William Dummer Powell (November 5 1755-September 6 1834) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1755, the son of a prosperous merchant. He studied in Boston, Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and Rotterdam. On his return, he studied law with the attorney general of Massachusetts, Jonathan Sewall. Powell was a loyalist and, after his marriage to Anne Murray who was the daughter of a Boston physician from Scotland, … - James Boyle Uniacke
James Boyle Uniacke (Halifax 1799 - 26 March 1858 Halifax) led the first responsible government in Canada or any colony of the British Empire. He was the first Premier of Nova Scotia from 1848 to 1854 serving concurrently as the colony's Attorney-General. The son of Richard John Uniacke, James was born to politics and entered the colony's legislative assembly in 1832 as a Conservative. - James Colledge Pope
James Colledge Pope, PC (June 11, 1826 - May 18, 1885) was a land proprietor and politician on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. He served as premier of the colony from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1872. He was premier of PEI in 1873 when the island joined Canadian confederation. Pope was a successful businessman who was at one point the island's third largest shipowner. He entered PEI politics in 1857 when the island was still a colony of the United Kingdom. - James Baby
James Baby was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born Jacques Baby, the son of Jacques Baby, to a prosperous family in Detroit in 1763 and educated in Upper Canada, then part of the province of Quebec, where his uncle, François Baby, lived. In 1792, he was appointed to the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Upper Canada and became lieutenant for Kent County. In 1793, he was appointed judge in the Western District. - Henry Allcock
Henry Allcock (baptised January 26 1759 - February 22 1808) was a judge and political figure in Upper and Lower Canada. He was born in Birmingham, England in 1759 and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London. He was called to the bar in 1791. In 1798, he was appointed judge in the Court of King's Bench of Upper Canada. In 1800, he was elected to the 3rd Parliament of Upper Canada representing Durham, Simcoe and 1st York. - Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards (1820 - October 4 1894) was an Ontario, Canada lawyer and political figure. He represented Niagara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874. He was born in Brockville in 1820 and educated in Toronto. He was called to the bar in 1844. In 1858, he was named Queen's Counsel. He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1867 by-election after the sitting member resigned.
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