Alexander Lukashenko, Self-Proclaimed (see Wikipedia article here) President of Belarus (in office since Jan 2000) Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;born 31 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been serving as the president of Belarus since the establishment of the office on 20 July 1994, making him the longest...Read More »
Mustafa Akıncı, President of Northern Cyprus Mustafa Akıncı (Turkish pronunciation: [born 28 December 1947) is a Turkish Cypriot politician serving as the current President of Northern Cyprus. He took office in April 2015. An architect by profession, Akıncı became the first elected mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality in 1976 at the age of...Read More »
Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece (since Jan 26, 2015) Alexis Tsipras (Greek: Αλέξης Τσίπρας Greek pronunciation: [a.ˈle.ksis ˈt͡si.pras]; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece since 26 January 2015 and leader of Syriza since 2009. He was first elected to the Greek Parliament in 2009, and was the Party...Read More »
Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania (since Dec 21, 2014) Klaus Werner Iohannis (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkla.us joˈhanis], German: [ˈklaʊ̯s joˈhanɪs]; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is the current President of Romania. He became leader of the National Liberal Party in 2014, after having served as leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans...Read More »
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan (since Sept 29, 2014) He is the co-founder of the Institute for State Effectiveness, an organization set up in 2005 to improve the ability of states to serve their citizens. In 2005 he gave a TED talk, in which he discussed how to rebuild a broken state such...Read More »
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta (since Apr 4, 2014) Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was elected President of the Republic of Malta on the 4th April 2014. A Parliamentary resolution on 1st April 2014, approved her nomination as the ninth President of Malta. At the age of 55, Coleiro Preca is the youngest serving President...Read More »
Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxemburg (since Dec 4, 2013) Xavier Bettel (born 3 March 1973), a Luxembourg politician and lawyer, has been Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 4 December 2013 when he succeeded Jean-Claude Juncker. Representing the Democratic Party, he has previously served as Mayor of Luxembourg City as well as a member...Read More »
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway (since Oct 16, 2013) Erna Solberg (born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician who has been leader of the Conservative Party since 2004 and Prime Minister of Norway since October 2013. Solberg has served as a member of the Storting since 1989 and served as Minister of...Read More »
Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, Pope Franciscus, Head of Vatican City (since Mar 13, 2013) The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina. The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he...Read More »
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland (takes office on Nov 11, 2011) Campaigner, poet, politician – Michael D Higgins is widely regarded as a principled, eloquent and passionate public figure and statesman. Michael D was born into humble circumstances in Limerick, and raised in Clare by a family who paid a huge price during...Read More »
Philippe Leopold Ludwig Maria, 7th King of Belgium (since Jul 21, 2013) Philippe or Filip (born 15 April 1960) is the seventh King of the Belgians, having ascended the throne on 21 July 2013, following his father’s abdication. He is the eldest child of King Albert II, whom he succeeded upon Albert’s abdication for...Read More »
Mari Kiviniemi, Prime Minister of Finland (since June 22, 2010) Mari Johanna Kiviniemi (born September 27, 1968 in Seinäjoki, Finland) is a Finnish politician and the Prime Minister of Finland. She was elected as the Prime Minister in 22nd of June 2010. Kiviniemi has previously been the Minister of Public Administration and Local Government...Read More »
Bronislaw Komorowski, Acting President of Poland After President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, was killed in a plane crush on April 10, 2010, the marshal of the Sejm (Polish Parliament), Bronislaw Komorowski, became Acting President. Bronislaw Komorowski was born on June 4, 1952 in Oborniki Slaskie, near Wroclaw, a family with strong traditions of independence...Read More »
Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown was born in 1951 and went to school in Kirkcaldy. He studied at Edinburgh University, where he gained a PhD and was elected the youngest ever Rector. In 1983 Gordon Brown was elected to Parliament. Today, as MP for the constituency where he...Read More »
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is the 12th and current President of Turkey, in office since 2014. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of İstanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and...Read More »
Dr. Danilo Türk, President of Slovenia Dr Danilo Türk was born on 19 February 1952 in Maribor, Slovenia. He studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he obtained his law degree (1975) with a dissertation on “Procedural bases for enforcement of the rights of Slovenian and Croatian minorities in Austria...Read More »
Federico Pedini Amati, Co-Head of State, San Marino He served as Captain Regent of San Marino for the term from 1 April 2008 to October 2008. As joint head of state according to the country’s constitution, he served together with Rosa Zafferani....Read More »
Igor Nikolayevich Smirnov, President of Pridnestrovie Igor Nikolayevich Smirnov was born on the 23 October 1941, the son of a schoolteacher from Russia. When Igor was just ten, his father – Nikolai Stepanovich – was arrested and given a 15 year sentence in hard labor camp for unspecified “anti-Soviet activities”....Read More »
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