- Dj Premier
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), better known as DJ Premier (and affectionately "Premo"/"Primo"/"Preem" by his fans, fellow musicians and critics) is a prominent American hip hop producer and DJ, and the instrumental half of the duo Gang Starr, together with MC Guru on the lyrical side. Originally from Houston, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York virtually his entire professional career. - Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao (born September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. He serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. - Gordon Campbell
Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA (born January 12, 1948) is the 34th Premier of British Columbia. He is the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, which holds a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. - Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album "Whoa, Nelly!", which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful "Folklore" (2003), … - Jack Johnson
John McLellan Johnson (born August 20, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1975 to 1990. Johnson was educated at Ryerson Polytechnical School in Toronto, and worked as a retail merchant. He was a councillor in the Town of Mount Forest from 1968 to 1973, and mayor from 1973 to 1975. - Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie (born, New South Wales 18 November 1952), Australian politician, is the Premier of the Australian state of Queensland and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state. His sweeping victories in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 state elections confirms him as one of the most successful politicians in Australia. - Steve Bracks
Stephen Philip Bracks (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, has been Premier of Victoria since 1999. He was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business. He was educated at St Patrick's College and Ballarat College of Advanced Education (now the University of Ballarat), where he graduated in business studies and education. Bracks, the first Catholic Labor Premier of Victoria since 1932, is of Lebanese descent. - Zhu Rongji
Zhū Róngjī was the Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council from March 1998 to March 2003. His time in office saw the continued double-digit growth of the Chinese economy and China's increased assertiveness in international affairs. Known to be engaged in a testy relationship with President Jiang Zemin, who he served under, Zhu provided a novel pragmatism and hard work ethic in the government and party leadership increasingly infested by corruption, … - Bob Carr
Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 25 March 1995 to 3 August 2005. He holds the record for the longest continuous service as Premier of New South Wales. Only Sir Henry Parkes has served longer, but he held the office on five separate occasions. - Anna Bligh
Anna Maria Bligh is the Deputy Premier of Queensland, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure. She is also deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland and is being groomed as Premier Peter Beattie’s likely successor. Anna Bligh was first elected to the Queensland Parliament on 15 July 1995 as the Member (MP) for South Brisbane, where she and her family have lived for over 20 years. Following the election of the Beattie Labor Government in June 1998, … - Ralph Klein
Ralph Phillip Klein (born November 1, 1942) was the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta and leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. His tenure as premier ended when the Alberta Progressive Conservatives' new leader, Ed Stelmach, assumed office December 14, 2006, exactly fourteen years after Klein first became Premier. - Frank Miller
Frank Stuart Miller, O.Ont (May 14, 1927 - July 21, 2000) was a Canadian politician, who served briefly as Premier of Ontario for four months in 1985. - John Oliver
John Oliver (Hartington, England July 31, 1856-August 17, 1927) was a politician and farmer in British Columbia, Canada. Oliver was involved in local politics when he won a seat in the provincial legislature in the 1900 election, and became leader of the opposition. He lost his seat in the 1909 election. He returned to the legislature in the 1916 election as a Liberal member, and became Minister of Agriculture and Railways in the cabinet of Harlan Carey Brewster. - Wu Bangguo
Wu Bangguo (born July 1941) is a politician in the People's Republic of China. He is currently chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a position generally recognized as the third-highest in the power structure of the PRC, and second in official rankings in the party. Wu was born in Feidong County, Anhui province. - Gary Doer
Gary Albert Doer, MLA (born March 31, 1948) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has been the province's premier since 1999, leading a New Democratic Party government. - Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard, PC, B.Sc, LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001. He became a central figure for the "oui" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum. He is the brother of noted historian Gérard Bouchard, … - James Anderson
James Frederick Anderson (born September 2, 1903; died October 18, 1983) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive. Anderson was first elected to the legislature in a by-election on December 23, 1948, defeating CCF opponent Michael Taczynski in the Fairford constituency. - Premier Of Quebec
The Premier of Quebec is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and its title is Premier and President of the Executive Council. The current Premier of Quebec is Jean Charest, re-elected on March 26, 2007. - Ebrahim Rasool
Ebrahim Rasool is the Premier of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. He is a member of the African National Congress. - Paul Lennon
Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Lennon is rare among modern Australian politicians in that he does not have a university education and comes from a working-class background. Born in Hobart, he worked as a storeman and clerk before becoming an organiser with the Storemen and Packers Union in 1978. - Jeff Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 25 July, 1948), Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria (6th October, 1992 to 20th October, 1999). He is also the current Chair of beyondblue (the National Depression Initiative) and President of the Hawthorn Football Club. - John Thompson
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to John Sparrow Thompson and Charlotte of Pottinger, he is of Irish descent. - Bill Davis
William Grenville "Bill" Davis, PC, CC, O.Ont., QC, BA, LL.D., BAS (Hons) (born July 30, 1929 in Brampton, Ontario) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. - Brad Wall
Brad Wall is a Canadian politician, leader of the Saskatchewan Party, and leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Wall was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Swift Current in 1999, and re-elected in 2003. He became leader of the Official Opposition Saskatchewan Party on March 15, 2004. - John Hamm
John Frederick Hamm, MLA, MD (born April 8, 1938) is a Canadian physician and politician and was the 31st premier of Nova Scotia, Canada. Hamm, a graduate of the University of King's College and Dalhousie University, was a family doctor in his hometown of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, and the president of the Nova Scotia Medical Society. He entered politics in 1993, becoming the Member of the House of Assembly for the riding of Pictou Centre. - Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (born April 8, 1919) served as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from April 13, 1964 to November 11, 1965 and as the first Prime Minister of Rhodesia from November 11, 1965 to June 1, 1979 during white minority rule. Smith declared unilaterally declared independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on November 11, 1965. - Jacques Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau, (born August 9, 1930) is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996. - Michael Savage
Michael John Savage is the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. Previously, he ran in the riding of Dartmouth in the Canadian federal election, 1997 where he finished second behind Wendy Lill of the New Democratic Party. He had 10,298 votes to her 12,326. Michael Savage is the son of former Nova Scotia premier John Savage. - Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord, LL.B., BA (born September 27 1965 in Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Bernard Lord served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. - Carlos Ferrero
Carlos Ferrero Costa is currently a Peruvian Congressman as a member of Perú Posible representing the Province of Lima. He was the Prime Minister of Peru between December 2003 and August 2005. His predecessor was Beatriz Merino, who resigned on December 15, 2003 at the request of President Alejandro Toledo. He worked for former President Alberto Fujimori, and was elected several times under his party. After he was in disgrace he passed to the opposition party. - Ernie Eves
Ernest Lawrence Eves (born June 17, 1946) was the twenty-third Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003. - James Martin
Sir James Martin KCB QC in (May 14 1820 - November 4 1886) was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1873 - 1886. - Geoff Gallop
Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. Gallop was born in Geraldton and joined the Australian Labor Party in 1971. After studying economics at the University of Western Australia (UWA), he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1972, and as an undergraduate studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at St John's College, … - 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. - Maurice Duplessis
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April, 1890-7 September, 1959) served as the premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the conservative "Union Nationale" party, he built his reputation by exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. He was a very strong supporter of provincial rights, but was critical of certain individual civil rights. He was a life-long bachelor. - David Young
David Young is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Young was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, and practiced law after his graduation. He worked at the firm of "Benson McMurtry" from 1981 to 1987, and has been a partner in "Benson Percival Brown" since 1987. - David Peterson
David Robert Peterson, PC, LL.B, BA (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years. Peterson is married to actress Shelley Peterson, and is the younger brother of Jim Peterson, currently a federal Liberal MP and former cabinet minister in the government of Paul Martin. Both his sister-in-law Deb Matthews and Tim Peterson, … - Paul Okalik
Paul Okalik, MLA is the Premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Okalik was born on May 26, 1964, in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). In the early 1980s, he worked for the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, as a deputy negotiator on the land claim which eventually created Nunavut. That claim, the largest in Canadian history, was signed in 1993. Okalik also served as a representative on the Nunavut Implementation Panel, … - Roy Romanow
Roy John Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, QC, LL.B, DU, (born August 12, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan (1991-2001). He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1967 provincial election. From 1971 to 1982, he served as deputy premier of Saskatchewan. In 1982 he was defeated by Joanne Zazalenchuk a 22 year old retail employee. - John Buchanan
John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QC, D.Eng, DCL, LL.D, D.P.Sc. (born April 22, 1931) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Buchanan graduated from Mount Allison University in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and an Engineering Certificate. He then went on to study at Dalhousie Law School and after graduating in 1958 entered the practise of law where he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1972. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1967.
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