- Bill Deedes
Lord Deedes powerfully recounted stories of his travels and experiences at numerous receptions and events championing children's rights and winning support for UNICEF's work. Lord Deedes also contributed to the 'Weekenders' book series including the award winning "Weekenders-Travels in the Heart of Africa" and "Weekenders-Adventures in Calcutta", both of which have raised funds for UNICEF's work with children. - Simon Upton
Simon Upton is Chairman of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development. The round table is an informal forum offering key participants in the sustainable development debate an opportunity to take stock of progress at global level and think laterally about solutions that are difficult to introduce in formal negotiating processes. - Douglas Devananda
Kathiravelu Nithyananda Devananda (born 1957 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka), popularly known as Douglas Devananda, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Cabinet Minister. Originally a Tamil militant, he gave up violence and is currently the leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Due to his strong opposition to and vocal criticism of the rebel LTTE organization, … - John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a former British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. During his time as Prime Minister, the world went through a period of transition after the end of the Cold War. This included the growing importance of the European Union and the debate surrounding Britain's ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. - Belinda Stronach
Belinda Stronach has scraped together what smarts she could muster and has dropped out of the Liberal leadership race. She thought she could go off into the sunset quietly, but, boy, was she ever wrong. The newspapers today essentially ripped her a new one for using some really silly pretext for dropping out, instead of admitting to the real reasons: She can't speak French, and she'll never learn it. She simply has no talent for languages. - Thomas Crerar
Thomas Alexander Crerar, PC, CC, LL.D (June 17, 1876 - April 11, 1975) was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age. Crerar rose to prominence as leader of the Manitoba Grain Growers association in the 1910s. Although he had no experience as an elected official, … - Salvador Allende
Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (July 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death, reportedly by suicide, during the coup d'état of September 11, 1973. Allende's career in Chilean government spanned nearly forty years. As a Socialist Party and Marxist politician, he became a senator, deputy, cabinet minister and after failing in the 1952, 1958, … - Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt, born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is currently also a Bollywood star. In 1984 he joined the Congress (I) party and was elected to Parliament for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West. - Ray Mallon
Ray Mallon (b. 1955 in Thornaby) is the directly-elected Mayor of Middlesbrough in England. - Stephen Byers
Stephen John Byers (born April 13, 1953) is a British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North and is a former cabinet minister. - George Smitherman
George Smitherman MPP (born 1963) is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Toronto Centre—Rosedale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is notable for being the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario, and the first openly gay cabinet minister. Smitherman is the current Deputy Premier of Ontario. Smitherman has been active in politics for a long time. - Karan Singh
Karan Singh (1931-) is an Indian politician, author and diplomat. He is the son of the erstwhile ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh and his wife Tara Devi. He was educated at Doon School and Pratap College, receiving a PhD from Delhi University. In 1949, he was appointed as the regent of Jammu and Kashmir state after his father stepped down as the king, following the state's accession to India. - Stephen Hesford
Stephen Hesford (born May 27, 1957) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Wirral West. Stephen Hesford was born in Lowton St Mary's, near Leigh, Lancashire and was educated at the Urmston Grammar School and the University of Bradford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences in 1978. He went on to study at the Polytechnic of Central London and earned his Master of Laws in 1980. - Paul Boateng
Paul Yaw Boateng (born June 14, 1951) is a British Labour Party politician. He became the UK's first black Cabinet minister in May 2002 when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, and is the current British High Commissioner to South Africa. - Brian Pallister
Brian William Pallister is a Canadian politician. He has represented the riding of Portage—Lisgar in the Canadian House of Commons since 2000. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1992 to 1997, and was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Gary Filmon. Pallister is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. - Milton Fowler Gregg
Milton Fowler Gregg, VC, OC, CBE, MC, ED, PC (April 10, 1892 - March 13, 1978) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, cabinet minister, academic, soldier, diplomat, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Hugh John MacDonald
Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC, BA (March 13, 1850 – March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as Premier of Manitoba. Born in Kingston, Ontario, Macdonald received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1869 and studied law in Toronto and Ottawa. - Gar Knutson
Thomas Garfield "Gar" Knutson, PC, MBA, LL.B (born May 4, 1956) is a lawyer and former member of the Parliament of Canada, as well as a former cabinet minister. Knutson holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Windsor. He attended high school at the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School in Toronto. - Leonard Marchand
Leonard Stephen Marchand, PC, CM (born November 16 1933) is a former Canadian politician. He was the first person of First Nations ethnicity to serve in the federal cabinet, and was the first Status Indian to serve as a Member of Parliament. Marchand was born in Vernon, British Columbia as a member of the Okanagan Indian Band. An agronomist by training, he left his profession in the mid-1960s to work with the North American Indian Brotherhood. - Vic Toews
Victor "Vic" Toews, PC, MP [teıvz] (born September 10, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He has represented Provencher in the Canadian House of Commons since 2000, and currently serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as President of the Treasury Board. Toews previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. - Elinor Caplan
Elinor Caplan, PC (born May 20, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired politician and businesswoman in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. A Liberal, she served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson and the federal government of Jean Chrétien. Caplan was educated at Centennial College. - Larry Grossman
Lawrence "Larry" Sheldon Grossman (born December 2, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario; died June 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, and a noted baseball fan. He was the son of Allan Grossman, who had represented a downtown Toronto riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for twenty years after defeating Ontario's last Communist Member of Provincial Parliament, J. B. Salsberg. - John Amery
John Amery was a British fascist who proposed to Hitler the forming of a British volunteer force (which subsequently became the British Free Corps), made recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany. He was executed for treason after the war. He should not be confused with Jean Améry, an Austrian writer and close contemporary, who was a victim of Nazi Germany. - Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar (born April 10, 1941, Lahore) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party and is the cabinet minister for Panchayati Raj and also for Youth Affairs & Sports in the Manmohan Singh government. He represents the Mayiladuthurai constituency of Tamil Nadu in the 14th Lok Sabha. - Keith Joseph
Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, CH, PC (17 January 1918-10 December 1994) was a British barrister, politician, and Conservative Cabinet Minister under three different Ministries. He is widely regarded as the "power behind the throne" in the creation of what came to be known as "Thatcherism". He was known for most of his political life as Sir Keith Joseph. - Tony Clement
Anthony Peter "Tony" Clement, PC, BA, LL.B., MP (born January 27, 1961 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian politician, federal Minister of Health, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor) and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Clement had previously served as an Ontario cabinet minister, most recently as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care under Premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. - Mac Maharaj
Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj (born April 22, 1935 in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is a South African politician affiliated to the African National Congress, academic and businessman of Indian origin. Maharaj was a political activist who worked closely on anti-apartheid activities with Nelson Mandela, with whom he was incarcerated following the Little Rivonia Trial on Robben Island. - Shankersinh Vaghela
Shankersinh Vaghela (born July 21, 1940) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kapadvanj constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently the cabinet minister for Textiles. He is also a former chief minister of Gujarat. - Brian Charlton
Brian Albert Charlton (born May 22, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. Charlton worked as a property assessor before entering political life. His father, John Charlton, was a candidate of the Ontario NDP in the 1963 provincial election. - Gordon Churchill
Gordon Minto Churchill, PC, DSO, MA, LL.B (born November 8, 1898 in Coldwater, Ontario; died August 3, 1985) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent representative, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative. He was a federal cabinet minister in the government of John Diefenbaker. - Steve Ashton
Steve Ashton (born February 29, 1956 in Surrey, England) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature, and is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer. Ashton moved with his family to Thompson, in northern Manitoba, at age eleven. He was educated at R.D. Parker Collegiate in that community, the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. - Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, BA, LL.B, MP (born December 30, 1949) is Canada's Minister of Finance; he had formerly served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005 he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was previously a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and has sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions. - Leona Dombrowsky
Leona Dombrowsky (born April 29, 1957) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Dombrowsky was born in Belleville, Ontario to Polish-Canadian parents, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1979. She was elected as a Catholic School trustee on the Hastings-Prince Edward Separate School Board in 1985, … - John Williams
John Williams was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Williams was a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. Born at Yscefiog in Flintshire, Wales, Williams was educated at common schools and came to Canada in 1881 with "absolutely no capital". After living in Hamilton, Ontario for a year and a half, … - Al Leach
Allan F. Leach (born December 9, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former transportation executive and politician in Ontario, Canada. In the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s he was the head of GO Transit and later the Toronto Transit Commission. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris. - Steve Peters
Stephen J. "Steve" Peters (born January 19, 1963) is a Canadian politician. He is currently a Member of Provincial Parliament of the Ontario legislature, and serves as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. Peters was born in St. Thomas, in the southwestern section of Ontario. Both of his parents were the children of Ukrainian immigrants. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1985. - Reg Alcock
Reginald B. Alcock, PC, BA, MPA (born April 16, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. - John Dowsley Reid
John Dowsley Reid, PC (1 January, 1859 - 26 August, 1929) was a Canadian businessman, physician, and parliamentarian. A Conservative, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for the Ontario Electoral district of Grenville South (named simply Grenville after 1903). He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1891 and was re-elected seven more times. During his years in the house of commons, … - Janet Ecker
Janet Ecker (born October 18, 1953 in Simcoe, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a senior cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. - Deb Matthews
Deborah Drake Matthews (born 1953 in London, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of London North Centre for the Ontario Liberal Party. Matthews was previously known as Deborah Nash, using the surname of her first husband. Matthews has extensive family connections to both the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties.
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