"'"' (born 1948 in Tehran, Iran) is the current Israeli Minister of Transportation and a Deputy Prime Minister, and a former Minister of Defense. Previously he was the 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was the first Israeli of Iranian origin to achieve that post. Mofaz was born in Tehran, although his parents came from Isfahan. Mofaz has had the unique distinction of serving under four different Israeli Prime Ministers, …

Meir Sheetrit (born 10 October 1948) is an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and Minister of the Interior. He also served as Acting Justice Minister for three months in 2006. Sheetrit was born in Ksar Souk (now Errachidia), in Morocco, in 1957 his family immigrated to Israel. Sheetrit holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Bar-Ilan University. Sheetrit is married and is a father to two children.

Brad Clark (born 1960 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton, Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.

Al Palladini (born 1943 in Latina, Italy, died March 7, 2001 in Mexico) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris. Before entering political life, Palladini was the owner of a large automobile dealership in Woodbridge, Ontario (becoming locally famous for the slogan, …

Dominique Perben is a French politician. Born in Lyon, he was French Minister of Transportation from 2005 to 2007. He was previously Minister of Justice (2002-05), Minister of Civil Service and Administration (1995-1997) and Minister of Overseas France (1993-1995). Perben has been a Deputy (or MP) in the National Assembly for the fifth district of Saone-et-Loire since 1986. He has been Mayor of Chalon-sur-Saône since 1989.

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (born 18 March 1944) is a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset and Minister of Transportation and Tourism.

Moshe Carmel (born 17 January 1911, died August 14 2003) was an Israeli soldier and politician. He served as Minister of Transportation for eight years.

Yosef Sapir (born January 27, 1902, died February 26, 1972) was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party. Between 1940 and 1951, Sapir served as the mayor of Petah Tikva, where a major street (part of Road 481) has been named after him.

Shaul Yahalom (born 27 September 1947 in Tel Aviv) was an Israeli politician in the National Religious Party. He was first elected to the Knesset in the 1992 elections. In 1998, he was appointed Minister of Transportation. He lost his seat in the 2006 elections when the party was reduced to three seats. Yahalom is known for his initiation and support for laws helping the disabled, for which he has gained much respect. He is married and has four children.

Efraim Sneh (born 19 September 1944) is an Israeli politician and physician. He is a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and is the current Deputy Defense Minister. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Sneh is the son of Moshe Sneh, who was one of the heads of the Haganah. His father was elected to the first Knesset as a representative of Mapam, before defecting to Maki, the Israeli Communist Party. Sneh served in the Nahal infantry battalion from 1962 to 1964.

Margaret-Ann (née O'Rourke) Blaney, B.S.W. (born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian journalist and politician. She is currently the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Rothesay (formerly Saint John-Kings). Blaney worked as a reporter for both television and radio from 1982-1993 when she became a candidate against Brian Tobin in the 1993 Canadian federal election finishing a distant second.

Jean-Claude Gayssot is a French politician. A member of the French Communist Party (PCF), he was Minister of Transportation in Lionel Jospin (Socialist Party)'s government, from 1997 to 2002. He gave his name to the 1990 "Gayssot Act" repressing Holocaust denial and speech in favor of racial discrimination. He is also at the origins of the Act on housing projects (loi SRU), which imposes a 20% housing projects limits in each town lest they pay a penalty fine, …

Gilles Pouliot (born May 25, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a member of the Ontario legislature from 1985 to 1999, representing the Northern Ontario riding of Lake Nipigon for the New Democratic Party. He was first elected in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative Jim Files by over 1,200 votes. He was re-elected by greater margins in the provincial elections of 1987 and 1990.

Edward A. Fulton (born March 19, 1938 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson. Fulton was educated at the R.H. King Collegiate Institute in Scarborough. He served as an alderman in the City of Scarborough (now part of Toronto) from 1969 to 1984, and was a city controller from 1984 to 1985.

Laurent Eynac (October 4 1886 - 1970) was a French politician who was appointed Minister of Transportation on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936. He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire.

Aluf Aharon Remez was an Israeli politician and the second commander of the Israeli Air Force. Remez was born in British Mandated Palestine in Tel Aviv. His military career began when he entered the Haganah in 1936, but just three years later he was sponsored by the Jewish Agency to receive flying lessons in New Jersey and join the Royal Air Force. At the end of 1947 Sherut Avir, the air wing of the Haganah, was formed.

William Munro Wrye (born December 25, 1944 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson. Wrye was educated at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, and worked as a television producer before entering political life. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, …

George Dadamo (born November 3, 1953 in Windsor, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Dadamo worked in radio before entering politics, and was a member of CKLW/CKWW in Windsor, CKCK in Regina, Saskatchewan and CHNL in Kamloops, British Columbia between 1973 and 1989. He is also a former member of the Canadian Auto Workers union.

Edward Michael Havrot (born June 4, 1927) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1975 and again from 1977 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Born in Poland, Havrot moved to Ontario as a child and was educated in Kirkland Lake. He was a businessman before entering political life, and was active in the Royal Canadian Legion. Havrot served on the Kirkland Lake council in 1966-67, …

Tore Killingland is a Norwegian politician (Liberal Party), business manager and environmentalist and is CEO of EnPro. Prior to this he was chairman of Natur og Ungdom (1971 - 1973), worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Environment and Consumer Centre of Norway before becoming political advisor for the Ministers of Transportation Odd Einar Dørum and Dag Jostein Fjærvoll (1997 - 2000). Between 2002 and 2006 he served as General Secretary of Friends of the Earth Norway.

Shimon Peres Wednesday became the 9th President of the State of Israel.

Vice-président du Gouvernement wallon et ministre du Budget, des Finances, de l'équipement et du Patrimoine. Vice-président du Gouvernement de la Communauté française de Belgique et ministre du Budget, mais aurait voulu être chanteur.

Meir Sheetrit, MK: Minister without Portfolio (Likud) Meir Sheetrit was born in 1948 in Morocco and immigrated to Israel in 1957. He holds an MA in Political Science from Bar-Ilan University. He served in the IDF, with the rank of captain. Meir Sheetrit served as Mayor of Yavneh (1974-87) and as Treasurer of the Jewish Agency (1988-92). He is a member of the Board of Ben-Gurion University, the Open University and Bar-Ilan University.

Frank Klees and his family immigrated to Canada from Germany when he was 5 years of age and they settled in the south western Ontario community of Leamington . Although Frank's educational background included studies in theology, he spent the 1970s, '80s and early '90s in business, starting in the financial services business in marketing and management with the Canada Life Assurance Co. in Windsor and Toronto .