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FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of typefaces, composed of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII art). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters".
Being free software, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many Unix-like operating s... | {"Original author(s)": "Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai", "Initial release": "1991 (as \"newban\") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)http://www.figlet.org/figlet_history.html \"Why does FIGlet exist?\" a history of FIGlet 1995 Glen Chappell 2008-04-25", "Written in": "C", "Platform": "Cross-platform", "Type": "Typesetting", "License": "New ... |
Stoke Mandeville Hospital is a large National Health Service (NHS) hospital located on the parish borders of Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, England. It is managed by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
It was established in 1830 as a cholera hospital intentionally on the parish border between the... | {"Location": "Buckinghamshire", "Lists": "England", "Care system": "NHS England", "Type": "General", "Beds": "369", "Opened": "1832", "Website": "www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk"} |
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels, it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong. Operated si... | {"Name": "Peak Tram", "Size of first image": "200px", "Size of second image": "250px", "Second image caption": "Sixth generation Peak Tram car approaching The Peak Terminus", "Locale": "Hong Kong", "Transit type(s)": "Funicular railway", "Opening date (past)": "yes 1888 5 30", "System (route) length": "1.365 km mi", "N... |
Rugeley ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is situated north of Lichfield, south-east of Stafford, north-east of Hednesford and south-west of Uttoxeter. At the 2021 Census,... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Rugeley https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/cannock_chase/E04008875__rugeley/ City population 25 October 2022 27 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127165259/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/cannock_chas... |
Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film and theatre. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, and nominations for seven Academy A... | {"Name": "Mike Leigh", "Post-nominals": "OBE, FRSL", "Caption": "Leigh at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival", "Birth name": "Mike LeighEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005", "Birth date": "yes 1943 2 20", "Birth place": "Welwyn... |
Marc Ravalomanana (; born 12 December 1949) is a Malagasy politician who was the President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO, later... | {"Name": "Marc Ravalomanana", "Image caption": "Ravalomanana in March 2017", "Term start": "5 July 2002", "Term end": "17 March 2009", "Office 2": "48th Mayor of Antananarivo", "Predecessor 2": "Guy Razanamasy", "Successor 2": "Patrick Ramiaramanana", "Birth date": "1949 12 12 y", "Birth place": "Imerinkasinina, French... |
Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943, in Machinga, Nyasaland) is a Malawian politician who was the second freely elected president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was also chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi's president. He also served in Banda's ca... | {"Name": "Elson Bakili Muluzi", "Vice president": "Justin Malewezi and Chakufwa Chihana", "Term start": "24 May 1994", "Term end": "24 May 2004", "Birth date": "1943 03 17 y", "Birth place": "Machinga, Nyasaland", "Spouse(s)": "Annie Chidzira MuluziPatricia Shanil Muluzi", "Official website": "bakilimuluzi.com"} |
Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991-1992), and later became the second democratically elected President of Mali (2002-2012).
Touré was head of President Moussa Traoré's personal g... | {"Name": "Amadou Toumani Touré", "Term start": "8 June 2002", "Term end": "22 March 2012", "Prime minister 2": "Soumana Sacko", "Predecessor 2": "Moussa Traoré", "Successor 2": "Alpha Oumar Konaré", "Birth date": "1948 11 4 y", "Birth place": "Mopti, French Sudan(now Mali)", "Death date": "2020 11 09 1948 11 4 y", "Dea... |
Kessai Hesa Note (born August 7, 1950, in Ailinglaplap) was President of the Marshall Islands from 2000 to 2008.
Elected in 1979 alongside Litokwa Tomeing, Note is one of the two longest-serving members of Nitijeļā. He was the Minister of Internal affairs from 1985 to 1986, and Minister of Transportation and communica... | {"Name": "Kessai Hesa Note", "Office 2": "Speaker of the Legislature", "Predecessor 2": "Atlan Anien", "Successor 2": "Litokwa Tomeing", "Birth date": "1950 8 7 y", "Birth place": "Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Neimoj Yamamura"} |
Killing Joke are an English rock band from Notting Hill, London, England, formed in 1978 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).
Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. After the release of Revelations in 1982, bassist Youth was replaced by Pa... | {"Origin": "Notting Hill, London, England", "Genres": "Post-punk industrial rock gothic rock new wave", "Labels": "Malicious Damage Island E.G. Polydor Virgin Noise Zoo Butterfly Big Life Zuma Cooking Vinyl Spinefarm", "Website": "killingjoke.co.uk", "Members": "Jaz Coleman\n Paul Ferguson\n Geordie Walker\n Youth"} |
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph and The Sunday Post newspapers, and the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals Group ... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1905", "Headquarters": "Dundee, Scotland, UK", "Industry": "Publishing", "Products": "Sunday Post\n The Evening Telegraph\n My Weekly\n Jackie\n Shout\n The Beano\n The Dandy\n Commando\n See also: List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications", "Revenue": "£245 million (2016)D.C. Thomson... |
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 - 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said,
he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost ... | {"Born": "Salalah, Muscat and Oman(present day Dhofar Governorate, Oman)", "Died": "Seeb, Muscat Governorate, OmanZacharias Anna Oman's long night: from rumour to reality as a nation learns of Sultan Qaboos' death https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/oman-s-long-night-from-rumour-to-reality-as-a-nation-learns-of-sul... |
Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. (born 28 February 1956Profile of Tommy Remengesau Jr.) is a Palauan politician; in 2013 he was elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of the island nation from 2001 to 2009. He served as a Senator ... | {"Name": "Thomas Remengesau Jr.", "Image caption": "Remengesau in May 2016", "Vice president": "Antonio BellsRaynold Oilouch", "Term start": "17 January 2013", "Term end": "21 January 2021", "Office 2": "4th Vice President of Palau", "President 2": "Kuniwo Nakamura", "Predecessor 2": "Kuniwo Nakamura", "Successor 2": "... |
Paul Kagame (; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the fourth and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the parties of the conflic... | {"Name": "Paul Kagame", "Image caption": "Kagame in 2014", "Term start": "22 April 2000", "Office 2": "16th Chairperson of the African Union", "Predecessor 2": "Alpha Condé", "Successor 2": "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi", "Birth date": "yes 1957 10 23", "Birth place": "Tambwe, Gitarama Province, Ruanda-Urundi(now Nyarutovu, Rw... |
The Harlon Hill Trophy is an award in American college football given to the individual selected as the most valuable player in NCAA Division II. The award is named for former University of North Alabama and National Football League player Harlon Hill. It was first given in 1986 to Jeff Bentrim of North Dakota State Un... | {"Awarded for": "NCAA Division II college football player of the year", "Presented by": "National Harlon Hill Awards CommitteeSports information directors", "Country": "United States", "First award": "1986", "Most recent": "John Matocha, QB, Colorado Mineshttps://www.d2football.com/mines-qb-john-matocha-wins-harlon-hil... |
Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 - 11 May 2007), addressed Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007. He was co-head of state in 1962 with the tama-a... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Highness Susuga", "Name": "Malietoa Tanumafili II", "Honorific suffix": "GBR GCMG CBE 100%", "Image caption": "Tanumafili on Samoan Independence Day,1 January 1962", "Term start": "1 January 1962", "Term end": "11 May 2007", "Order 2": "Malietoa", "Predecessor 2": "Malietoa Tanumafili I", "Suc... |
Valeria Ciavatta (born 16 January 1959) is a Sammarinese politician, who was a co-captain-regent (joint head of state) of San Marino along with Luca Beccari for the semester of April to September 2014. She is a member of the Popular Alliance of Democrats.
Political history
Ciavatta was co-captain-regent alongside Giov... | {"Name": "Valeria Ciavatta", "Term start": "1 April 2014", "Term end": "1 October 2014Served with Luca Beccari", "Birth date": "1959 1 16 y", "Birth place": "Borgo Maggiore, San Marino", "Alma mater": "University of Urbino"} |
Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes (born March 21, 1942) is a São Toméan politician who was the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2001 to 2011.
Early life
Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony of São Tomé in 1942, the son of a Portuguese man and a local woman. He attended high school in Portugal. H... | {"Name": "Fradique de Menezes", "Term start": "July 23, 2003", "Term end": "September 3, 2011", "Prime minister 2": "Guilherme Posser da CostaEvaristo CarvalhoGabriel CostaMaria das Neves", "Predecessor 2": "Miguel Trovoada", "Successor 2": "Fernando Pereira (acting)", "Birth date": "1942 3 21", "Birth place": "São Tom... |
Thunderbird (John Proudstar) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Thunderbird was a short-lived member of the Second Genesis group of X-Men gathered togeth... | {"Species": "Human Mutant", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Len Wein (writer)Dave Cockrum (artist)", "Team affiliations": "X-MenUnited States Marine Corps", "Abilities": "Superhuman senses, strength, speed, stamina, and sturdiness\nTrained unarmed/hand-to-hand combatant"} |
Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926) is a French then Senegalese politician who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974.Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 4... | {"Name": "Abdoulaye Wade", "Image caption": "Wade in 2002", "Term start": "1 April 2000", "Term end": "2 April 2012", "Birth date": "1926 5 29 yes", "Birth place": "Kébémer, French Senegal(now Senegal)", "Spouse(s)": "Viviane Wadehttps://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/12/images/20041206-4_bushwa... |
Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki (17 July 1954 - 28 July 2015) was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly in 1991, the acting president of Vanuatu from 2 March 1999 to 24 March 1999 (during a time in which he was th... | {"Name": "Edward Natapei", "Term start": "16 June 2011", "Term end": "26 June 2011Acting", "President 2": "Kalkot MataskelekeleMaxime Carlot Korman (Acting)Iolu Abil", "Predecessor 2": "Ham Lini", "Successor 2": "Sato Kilman", "Birth date": "17 July 1954", "Birth place": "Futuna Island, Tafea Province, New Hebrides (no... |
Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 - March 13, 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kabbah spent many years working for the United Nations Development Programme. He r... | {"Name": "Ahmad Tejan Kabbah", "Image size": "260px", "Nationality": "Sierra Leonean", "Vice president": "Albert Joe Demby", "Term start": "March 29, 1996", "Term end": "May 25, 1997", "Vice president 2": "Albert Joe DembySolomon Berewa", "Predecessor 2": "Johnny Paul Koroma (Military Junta)", "Successor 2": "Ernest Ba... |
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The Kowloon Walled City Park is a park in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Kowloon Walled City had been a military stronghold since the 15th century due to its coastal location and was a centre ... | {"Location": "Kowloon City, Kowloon", "Coordinates": "22 19 55 N 114 11 24 E type:landmark_region:HK inline,title", "Area": "7.66 acre hectare", "Open": "Year round"} |
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (, pronounced ; born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as the seventh head of state of Sudan under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état. He was subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corrup... | {"Native name": "عمر البشير", "Image caption": "Al-Bashir in 2009", "Vice president": "First Vice Presidents\nZubair Mohamed Salih\nAli Osman Taha\nJohn Garang\nSalva Kiir Mayardit\nAli Osman Taha\nBakri Hassan Saleh\nAhmed Awad Ibn Auf\nSecond Vice Presidents\nGeorge Kongor Arop\nMoses Kacoul Machar\nAli Osman Taha\nA... |
Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan (born 18 June 1936) is a former politician who served as the 6th President of Suriname.
Biography
Venetiaan was born in Paramaribo. In 1955, Venetiaan left Suriname to study mathematics and physics at the University of Leiden. In 1964, he obtained his doctorandus, and returned to Suriname to b... | {"Name": "Ronald Venetiaan", "Vice president": "Jules Ajodhia (2000-2005) Ram Sardjoe (2005-2010)", "Term start": "12 August 2000", "Term end": "12 August 2010", "Vice president 2": "Jules Ajodhia", "Predecessor 2": "Johan Kraag", "Successor 2": "Jules Wijdenbosch", "Birth name": "Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan", "Birth date... |
PM, sometimes referred to as the PM programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis and produced by BBC News. Easter holiday cover in 2023 was provided by Paddy O'Connell.
Launched in 1970, PM became the first radio n... | {"Genre": "Current affairs", "Running time": "Weekdays: 60 minutes Saturday: 30 minutes", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Hosted by": "Evan Davis", "Edited by": "Owenna Griffiths", "Recording studio": "BBC Television Centre (until Dec 2012) Broadcasting... |
Emomali Rahmon (; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, ; ; 5 October 1952) is a Tajik politician who has been serving as 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 November 1994. Previously he was the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan, as the de facto head of state from 20 November 1992 to 16 November 1994 (the po... | {"Honorific prefix": "His ExcellencyFounder of Peace and National Unity — Leader of the Nation", "Name": "Emomali Rahmon", "Image caption": "Rahmon in 2021", "Term start": "16 November 1994", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan", "Prime minister 2": "Akbar MirzoyevAbdumalik AbdullajanovAbdujalil... |
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (; 6 May 1918 - 2 November 2004) was an Emirati royal, politician, philanthropist and the founder of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he succeeded Sheikh Shakhbut as the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and then as the first president ... | {"Father": "Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan", "Mother": "Salama bint Butti Al Qubaisi", "Born": "Abu Dhabi,note (majority view, see text) Trucial States", "Died": "Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates", "Burial": "Sheikh Zayed Mosque", "Religion": "Sunni Islam"} |
Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 - July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band.
Growing up in Concord, California, Mydland took up music while in elementary school. After graduation, h... | {"Born": "Munich, West Germany", "Origin": "Concord, California, U.S.", "Died": "Lafayette, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock\n jam\n blues\n gospel\n country\n boogie woogie\n psychedelia", "Labels": "Warner Bros.Arista"} |
Muhammad al-Zanati ( ) is a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Congress, and the head of state of Libya from 18 January 1992 until 3 March 2008. He was reappointed on 1 March 2000. He is of the Qadhadhfa branch of the Houara tribe.
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Category:1937... | {"Name": "Muhammad al-Zanatiar الزناتي إمحمد الزناتي", "Image": "Shikh azanati.JPG", "Image size": "120px", "Term start": "18 January 1992", "Term end": "3 March 2008", "Birth date": "1937May 2020", "Birth place": "Libya"} |
Abdul Qadir Bajamal (; February 18, 1946 - September 7, 2020) was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister from March 31, 2001, to April 7, 2007. He was a member of the General People's Congress party and was appointed as Prime Minister by President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Previously he served as Foreign Minister f... | {"Name": "Abdul Qadir Bajamal", "Image": "Bajmal.jpeg", "Term start": "31 March 2001", "Term end": "7 April 2007", "Birth date": "1946 2 18 y", "Birth place": "Sanaa, North Yemen (now Yemen)", "Death date": "2020 9 7 1946 2 18 y", "Death place": "Dubai, United Arab Emirates"} |
Neoclassical dark wave is a subgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by an ethereal atmosphere and soprano vocals as well as strong influences from classical music.
Historical context
In the middle of the 1980s, the bands Dead Can Dance and In the Nursery released influential albums which essentially laid the... | {"Name": "Neoclassical dark wave", "Stylistic origins": "Dark wave\n classical\n early\n ethereal wave", "Cultural origins": "Mid-1980s, Europe", "Derivative forms": "Martial industrial", "Other genre topics": "Dark ambient\nindustrial music\nDungeon Synth"} |
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a ... | {"Name": "Anything Goes", "Image size": "185px", "Caption": "Sheet music from original Broadway production Anything Goes", "Composer(s)": "Cole Porter", "Lyricist(s)": "Cole Porter", "Book-writer": "Guy Bolton P. G. Wodehouse Howard Lindsay Russell Crouse John Weidman (1987 revival) Timothy Crouse (1987 revival)",... |
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Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC (23 November 1927 - 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and, from 1991 onward, a cardinal. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to... | {"Province": "Diocese of Rome", "See": "Albano,S. Maria Nuova (in commendam)", "Predecessor": "Joseph Ratzinger", "Successor": "Giovanni Battista Re", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova", "Ordination": "Umberto Rossi", "Consecration": "Antonio Samorè", "Created cardinal": "... |
Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
Plot summary
The novel begins following the British victor... | {"Country": "United Kingdom, United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Asian Saga", "Publisher": "Atheneum", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "727", "Preceded by": "Shōgun(in chronology of Asian Saga)", "Followed by": "Gai-Jin"} |
Fatos Thanas Nano (; born 16 September 1952) is an Albanian socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1991, from 1997 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2005. He was the first leader and founder of the Socialist Party of Albania and a member of the Albanian Parliament from 1991 to 1993 and 1997 to 2009. He ... | {"Name": "Fatos Nano", "Image caption": "Nano in 2004", "Term start": "31 July 2002", "Term end": "10 September 2005", "President 2": "Ramiz Alia", "Predecessor 2": "Adil Çarçani", "Successor 2": "Ylli Bufi", "Birth name": "Fatos Thanas Nano", "Birth date": "1952 9 16 y", "Birth place": "Tirana, Albania", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Ahmed Ouyahia (; 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times (1995-98, 2004-2006, 2008-2012, 2017-2019). A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and he was one of the founders of the Democratic National Rally (RND) as well as the party's secretary-general. He is... | {"Name": "Ahmed Ouyahia أحمد أويحيى", "Image caption": "Ahmed Ouyahia in 2011", "Term start": "16 August 2017", "Term end": "12 March 2019", "President 2": "Abdelaziz Bouteflika", "Predecessor 2": "Ali Benflis", "Successor 2": "Abdelaziz Belkhadem", "Birth date": "1952 7 2 y", "Birth place": "Iboudraren, Algeria"} |
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (born 5 March 1950), known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician who was the first vice president of Angola from February 2010 to September 2012. He was the prime minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and president of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010. He has again served... | {"Name": "Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos", "Term start": "27 September 2012", "Term end": "15 September 2022", "Office 2": "Vice President of Angola", "President 2": "José Eduardo dos Santos", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Manuel Vicente", "Birth date": "1950 03 05 y", "Birth place": "Luan... |
Sir Lester Bryant Bird (21 February 1938 - 9 August 2021) was an Antiguan politician and athlete who served as the second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) from 1971 to 1983, then became prime minister when his father, Sir Vere Bird, the previous... | {"Name": "Lester Bird", "Birth date": "y 1938 2 21", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Death date": "y 2021 8 9 1938 2 21", "Death place": "Hodges Bay, Antigua, Antigua and Barbudahttps://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AOWHQrkVVrwcrRg&cid=DA08716EA0F69FB4&id=DA08716EA0F69FB4%21516&parId=DA08716EA0F69FB4%21106&o=OneUp... |
Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behind the late Sir Roland Symonette who was first elected to parliament in 1925 a... | {"Name": "Perry Gladstone Christie", "Image caption": "Christie in 2013", "Term start": "8 May 2012", "Term end": "11 May 2017", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Deputy 2": "Cynthia Pratt", "Predecessor 2": "Hubert Ingraham", "Successor 2": "Cynthia Pratt (Acting)", "Birth name": "Perry Gladstone Christie", "Birth date": ... |
Owen Seymour Arthur (17 October 194927 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and fr... | {"Term start": "6 September 1994", "Term end": "15 January 2008", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Henry deBoulay Forde", "Successor 2": "David Thompson", "Prime minister 2": "Lloyd Erskine Sandiford", "Birth name": "Owen Seymour Arthur", "Birth date": "1949 10 17 y", "Birth place": "Bridgetown... |
Keith Claudius Mitchell (born 12 November 1946) is a Grenadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Grenada from 1995 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2022. He is the longest-serving Prime Minister in Grenadian history, holding the office for more than 22 years. He is currently leader of the New National Party (NNP) and ... | {"Name": "Keith Mitchell", "Image caption": "Mitchell in 2018", "Term start": "20 February 2013", "Term end": "24 June 2022", "Office 2": "Leader of the New National Party", "Predecessor 2": "Herbert Blaize", "Birth name": "Keith Claudius Mitchell", "Birth date": "1946 11 12 y", "Birth place": "Brizan, Grenada", "Spous... |
Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) from 1989 to 2021. He was the leader of the parliamentary opposit... | {"Name": "Denzil Douglas", "Term start": "6 July 1995", "Term end": "18 February 2015", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Terrance Drew", "Predecessor 2": "Vincent Byron", "Birth name": "Denzil Llewellyn Douglas", "Birth date": "1953 1 14 y", "Birth place": "Saint Paul Capisterre, British ... |
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine is a 1984 book by Joan Peters, published by Harper & Row, about the demographics of the Arab population of Palestine and of the Jewish population of the Arab world before and after the formation of the State of Israel.
It was initially positi... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harper & Row", "Media type": "Print"} |
Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born 8 August 1946) is a Vincentian politician. He is currently the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP).Profile , caribbeanelections.com; accessed 1 September 2014.
Gonsalves is the longest continuously serving head of government since... | {"Name": "Ralph Gonsalves", "Image caption": "Gonsalves in 2023", "Term start": "28 March 2001", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Caribbean Community", "Predecessor 2": "Mia Mottleyhttps://caricom.org/caricom-heads-of-government-meet-on-friday-handover-of-chairmanship-to-feature/ CARICOM Heads of Government Meet on Friday ... |
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa () (24 November 1935 - 11 November 2020) was a Bahraini royal and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bahrain from 10 January 1970 until his death in 2020. He took office over a year before Bahrain's independence on 15 August 1971.[CIA World Factbook, 1999] He was the longest-s... | {"Born": "Jasra, Bahrain", "Died": "Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.", "Father": "Salman bin Hamad, Emir of Bahrain", "Mother": "Mouza bint Hamad Al Khalifa"} |
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland, which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022-23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun) - an old name of Perth, and the team is nicknamed the "Saints".
The club was officially f... | {"Full name": "St Johnstone Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The Saints", "Founded": "yes 1884", "Capacity": "johnstonehttp://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-johnstone/ St Johnstone Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 30 September 2013 3 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170503043202/http://spfl.co.uk/club... |
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Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County and the village of Haliburton are named after Thomas Chandler Haliburton, author, state... | {"Website": "www.haliburtoncounty.ca/", "Land": "4076.08", "Density": "4.4", "DST": "-4"} |
Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir ... | {"Name": "Khaleda Zia", "Native name": "খালেদা জিয়া", "Native name language": "bn", "Image caption": "Zia in 2011", "Term start": "10 October 2001", "Term end": "29 October 2006", "Office 2": "Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party", "Predecessor 2": "Abdus Sattar", "Birth name": "Khaleda Khanam Putul", "Birt... |
Sergei Sergeevich Sidorsky (, tr. Syarhey Syarheyevich Sidorski, ; , tr. Sergey Sergeyevich Sidorskiy; born March 13, 1954) was a Prime Minister of Belarus from 11 July 2004 to 28 December 2010. He was appointed Acting Prime Minister on July 11, 2004 to replace the dismissed Gennady Novitsky, and was confirmed as perma... | {"Name": "Sergei SidorskyСяргей СідорскіСергей Сидорский", "Term start": "11 July 2004", "Term end": "28 December 2010", "Birth name": "Sergei Sergeevich Sidorsky", "Birth date": "1954 3 13 y", "Birth place": "Homiel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)", "Image caption": "Sidorsky in 2007"} |
Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie: 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las) (born 9 September 1952) is a Bhutanese politician who was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 20 July 1998 to 9 July 1999, 30 August 2003 to 18 August 2004 and 9 April 2008 to 28 April 2013.
Biography
Thinley was born in ... | {"Name": "Jigme Thinley", "Term start": "9 April 2008", "Term end": "28 April 2013", "Monarch 2": "Jigme Singye Wangchuck", "Predecessor 2": "Jigme Palden Dorji", "Successor 2": "Sangay Ngedup", "Birth date": "1952 9 9 y", "Birth place": "Bumthang, Bhutan", "Alma mater": "Pennsylvania State University, St. Stephen's Co... |
Adnan Terzić (born 5 April 1960) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007. He was a longtime member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it to join the Union for a Better Future of BiH.
Terzić was born in Zagreb in 1960, before m... | {"Name": "Adnan Terzić", "Image caption": "Terzić in 2005", "Term start": "23 December 2002", "Term end": "11 January 2007", "Birth date": "1960 04 05 y", "Birth place": "Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia", "Nationality": "Bosnian", "Other political party": "Party of Democratic Action (1991-2009)", "Spouse(s)": "Maida... |
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov (14 July 1940 - 29 November 2015) was an Uzbek politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 21 December 1995 until he was fired from his position on 12 December 2003.Pillars of Pakistan Prime ministers of Uzbekistan
Cabinet included
Abdulaziz Kamilov - foreign minist... | {"Name": "Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov", "Image caption": "Sultonov in 1995", "Term start": "21 December 1995", "Term end": "12 December 2003", "Birth date": "1940 7 14 y", "Birth place": "Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic", "Death date": "2015 11 29 1940 7 14 y", "Death place": "Tashkent, Uzbekistan", "Nati... |
Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 31 December 1956 in Tansarga, Tapoa Province) also known as Ernest Paramanga Yonli, is a Burkinabé politician. He was Prime Minister from 6 November 2000 to 3 June 2007 and then President of the Economic and Social Council of Burkina Faso until March 2015.
He is a member of the Congress fo... | {"Name": "Paramanga Ernest Yonli", "Image caption": "Yonli in 2015", "Term start": "6 November 2000", "Term end": "3 June 2007", "Ambassador from 2": "Burkinabe", "Country 2": "the United States", "Predecessor 2": "Tertius Zongo", "Successor 2": "Seydou Bouda", "Birth date": "1956 12 31 yes", "Birth place": "Tansarga, ... |
Samdech Hun Sen (; , UNGEGN: ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who served as the prime minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 2023. He is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. He is the president of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cam... | {"Honorific prefix": "His ExcellencyGeneralSamdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo", "Name": "Hun Sen", "Native name": "ហ៊ុន សែន", "Honorific suffix": "PC", "Image caption": "Hun Sen in 2019", "Office 2": "President of the Cambodian People's Party", "Vice president 2": "Sar Kheng(2015-present) Say Chhum(2015-present) Tea Ba... |
Peter Mafany Musonge (born 3 December 1942"Peter Mafany Musonge, le Premier ministre" , Afrique Express .) is a Cameroonian politician who was Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 19, 1996, to December 8, 2004.
Biography
Musonge was born at Muea in the Fako Department of Cameroon's South-West Region. He received ... | {"Name": "Peter Mafany Musonge", "Term start": "September 19, 1996", "Term end": "December 8, 2004", "Birth date": "1942 12 3 yes"} |
José Maria Pereira Neves (; born 28 March 1960) is a Cape Verdean politician who is currently the president of Cape Verde, having previously served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV). In the 2021 presidential election, he... | {"Name": "José Maria Neves", "Image caption": "Neves in 2023", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Cape Verde", "President 2": "António Mascarenhas MonteiroPedro PiresJorge Carlos Fonseca", "Predecessor 2": "Gualberto do Rosário", "Successor 2": "Ulisses Correia e Silva", "Term start": "9 November 2021", "Birth name": "José... |
Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the... | {"Name": "Mario Dumont", "Image": "MarioDumont.JPG", "Image caption": "Dumont in 2007", "Term start": "March 26, 2007", "Term end": "November 5, 2008", "Order 2": "Leader of the ADQ", "Predecessor 2": "Jean Allaire", "Successor 2": "Sylvie Roy (interim)", "Birth date": "1970 05 19", "Birth place": "Cacouna, Quebec, Can... |
Abel Nguéndé Goumba (; 18 September 1926 – 11 May 2009) was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he was an unsuccessful candidate for President of the Central African Republic four times (1981, 1993, 199... | {"Name": "Abel Goumba", "Image caption": "Goumba 1960", "Term start": "December 2003", "Term end": "March 2005", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Ubangi-Shari", "Predecessor 2": "Barthélemy Boganda", "Successor 2": "David Dacko", "Birth name": "Abel Nguéndé Goumba", "Birth date": "yes 1926 9 18", "Birth place": "Grimari,... |
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Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (; 15 August 1943 - 4 January 2006) was an Emirati royal and politician who served as the second vice president, first and third prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and as the ruler of Dubai. He was prime minister from 1971 to 197... | {"Born": "Dubai, Trucial States", "Died": "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia", "Father": "Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum", "Mother": "Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan", "Religion": "Sunni Islam"} |
Moussa Faki Mahamat ( , born 21 June 1960) is a Chadian politician and diplomat who has been the elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission since 14 March 2017. Previously he was Prime Minister of Chad from 24 June 2003 to 4 February 2005 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2008 to January 2017. Faki, a... | {"Name": "Moussa Fakiموسى فكي", "Image caption": "Faki in June 2022", "Term start": "14 March 2017", "Office 2": "11th Prime Minister of Chad", "President 2": "Idriss Déby", "Predecessor 2": "Haroun Kabadi", "Successor 2": "Pascal Yoadimnadji", "Birth date": "1960 6 21 y", "Birth place": "Biltine, Chad"} |
Ivica Račan (; 24 February 1944 - 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.
Račan became the first prime minister of Croatia not to be a member of the Croatian Democratic Union, namely the opposition coalition head... | {"Name": "Ivica Račan", "Image caption": "Račan in 2003", "Term start": "27 January 2000", "Term end": "23 December 2003", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Prime minister 2": "Ivo Sanader", "Predecessor 2": "Ivo Sanader", "Successor 2": "Željka Antunović (Acting)Zoran Milanović", "Birth date": "1944 02 24 y", "... |
Vladimír Špidla () (born 22 April 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to August 2004 and as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities from November 2004 to February 2010. He also served as chief adviser to Prime Minister Bo... | {"Name": "Vladimír Špidla", "Image caption": "Vladimír Špidla in 2007", "Term start": "12 July 2002", "Term end": "4 August 2004", "Office 2": "President of the Czech Republic", "Alongside 2": "Lubomír Zaorálek", "Predecessor 2": "Václav Havel", "Successor 2": "Václav Klaus", "Birth date": "1951 4 22 y", "Birth place":... |
Dileita Mohamed Dileita (, ) (born 12 March 1959Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 142–143."Bio express", Jeune Afrique, November 25, 2007 .) is a Djiboutian politician who was the prime minister of Djibouti from 7 March 2001 to 1 April 2013."Mar 2001 - Djibouti", Keesing's Record ... | {"Name": "Dileita Mohamed Dileitaar دليطة محمد دليطة", "Term start": "5 March 2023", "Office 2": "African Union Special Envoy for Libya", "Birth date": "1959 3 12 y", "Birth place": "Tadjoura, French Somaliland (now Djibouti)"} |
Archant Limited is a newspaper and magazine publishing company with headquarters in Norwich, England. The group publishes four daily newspapers , around 50 weekly newspapers, and 80 consumer and contract magazines. The company is a subsidiary of Newsquest, which is owned by American newspaper publishing company Gannett... | {"Type": "Private limited company", "Industry": "Media", "Products": "Newspapers, magazines", "Revenue": "£87.2 million (2018)http://www.archant.co.uk/assets/downloads/ARA2011.pdf Annual Report 2018 27 February 2018 ArchantMay 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Parent": "Newsquest", "Founded": "1845", "Headquarters": "En... |
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri, GCIH ( ; born 26 November 1949) is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September 2017 until May 2018.Agence France-Presse (2006). East Timor PM quits. Re... | {"Name": "Mari Bin Amude Alkatiri", "Image caption": "Alkatiri in 2020", "Term start": "15 September 2017", "Term end": "22 June 2018", "Birth date": "1949 11 26 y", "Birth place": "Dili, Portuguese Timor (now East Timor)", "Alma mater": "Eduardo Mondlane University"} |
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician, who served as the fourth President of UkraineUkraine's Tymoshenko Slams Rival, No Comment On Election Result, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (11 February 2010): "International observers and the Organization for Security and Coopera... | {"Name": "Viktor Yanukovych", "Native name": "Віктор ЯнуковичВиктор Янукович", "Native name language": "uk", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2010", "Term start": "25 February 2010", "Term end": "22 February 2014Fled the country on the night of 21-22 February, but claiming the presidency sometime after that. Offici... |
Atef Muhammad Ebeid (, ) (14 April 1932 - 12 September 2014) was an Egyptian politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Egypt. He was Prime Minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004.
Early life and education
Ebeid was born in Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, on 14 April 1932. He graduated from Cairo Univer... | {"Name": "Atef Ebeid ar عاطف محمد عبيد", "Birth date": "yes 1932 4 14", "Birth place": "Tanta, Kingdom of Egypt", "Death date": "2014 09 12 1931 11 12 yes", "Term start": "5 October 1999", "Term end": "14 July 2004", "Alma mater": "Cairo UniversityUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"} |
Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigrinya and ; , born Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 - 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian soldier and politician who served as President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his death in 2012.
Born in Adwa to an Ethiopian father and an Eritrean mother, ... | {"Birth name": "Legesse Zenawi Asres", "Native name": "መለስ ዜናዊ", "Native name language": "ti", "Term start": "23 August 1995", "Term end": "20 August 2012", "Office 2": "Member of theHouse of People's Representatives", "Birth date": "1955 5 9 y", "Birth place": "Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire", "Death date": "... |
William M. "Sonny" Landham III (February 11, 1941 - August 17, 2017) was an American actor and stunt performer. He portrayed Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. and tracker Billy Sole in Predator.
Early life and education
Landham was born February 11, 1941, in Canton, Georgia, and raised in Rome, Georgia. He identified as being of ... | {"Name": "Sonny Landham", "Birth name": "William M. Landham", "Birth date": "1941 2 11", "Birth place": "Canton, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 8 17 1941 2 11", "Death place": "Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor, filmmaker", "Years active": "1969-2009"} |
Apolo Robin Nsibambi (25 October 1940 - 28 May 2019) was a Ugandan academic and politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Uganda from 5 April 1999 until 24 May 2011, when Amama Mbabazi succeeded him.
Early life and education
Apolo Robin Nsibambi was born on 25 October 1940. He was one of 12 children born to E... | {"Name": "Apolo Robin Nsibambi", "Term start": "5 April 1999", "Term end": "24 May 2011", "Birth date": "1940 10 25 y", "Birth place": "Uganda Protectorate", "Death date": "2019 05 28 1940 10 25 y", "Death place": "Bulange, Rubaga Division, Kampala, Uganda", "Spouse(s)": "Rhoda Nsibambi (1968-2001) Esther Nsibambi (200... |
Constantine G. Simitis (; born 23 June 1936) is a Greek retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece and was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004.
Biography
Costas Simitis was born in Piraeus to Georgios Simitis, a Professor at the School of Economic and Commercial Scie... | {"Name": "Costas Simitis", "Native name": "el Κώστας Σημίτης", "Image caption": "Simitis in 2012", "Term start": "22 January 1996", "Term end": "10 March 2004", "Office 2": "Minister of Industry, Energy, Research and Technology", "Prime minister 2": "Andreas Papandreou", "Predecessor 2": "Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos", ... |
Saufatu Sopoanga (22 February 1952 - 15 December 2020) was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries.
H... | {"Name": "Saufatu Sopoanga", "Image caption": "Sopoanga in 2003", "Office 2": "Deputy Prime Minister of Tuvalu", "Prime minister 2": "Maatia Toafa", "Predecessor 2": "Maatia Toafa", "Successor 2": "Tavau Teii", "Birth date": "y 1952 02 22", "Birth place": "Nukufetau, Gilbert and Ellice Islands", "Death date": "y 2020 1... |
Otmar Hasler (born 28 September 1953) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2009.
Earlier life
He was educated at the University of Fribourg. Hasler served as President of the Landtag from January 1995 to December 1995.
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Has... | {"Name": "Otmar Hasler", "Term start": "5 April 2001", "Term end": "25 March 2009", "Birth date": "1953 09 28 y", "Birth place": "Vaduz, Liechtenstein", "Spouse(s)": "Traudi Hasler", "Alma mater": "University of Fribourg", "Office 2": "President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein", "Term start 2": "December 1995", "Term e... |
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (; 1 January 1944 - 2 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004. He was the first and only elected prime minister from Balochistan, Pakistan.
Originally a supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamali... | {"Name": "Zafarullah Khan Jamali", "Office 2": "5th Chief Minister of Balochistan", "Governor 2": "Imran Ullah Khan", "Predecessor 2": "Zulfiqar Ali Khan Magsi", "Successor 2": "Akhtar Mengal", "Birth date": "yes 1944 1 1Detail Information http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=266 11 July 2017 21 April 2014 bot:... |
Mohamed Ghannouchi ( Muhammad Al-Ghannushi; born 18 August 1941) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi was a long-standing figure in the Tunisian government under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He also served as the President of Tunisia fr... | {"Name": "Mohamed Ghannouchi", "Native name": "محمد الغنوشي", "Native name language": "ar", "Term start": "14 January 2011", "Term end": "15 January 2011", "Birth date": "1941 8 18 y", "Birth place": "Sousse, French Tunisia", "Alma mater": "Tunis University", "Other political party": "Constitutional Democratic Rally (... |
Faisal Akef Al-Fayez () (born 20 December 1952 in Amman) is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. He resigned after being criticized for not being reformist enough. He previously served as de... | {"Name": "Faisal Al-Fayez", "Term start": "25 October 2015", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Jordan", "Monarch 2": "Abdullah II", "Predecessor 2": "Ali Abu al-Ragheb", "Successor 2": "Adnan Badran", "Birth date": "1952 12 20 yes", "Birth place": "Jordan Amman, Jordan", "Spouse(s)": "Taroub Al Daoud", "Honorific prefix"... |
Daniyal Kenjetaiuly Akhmetov (, Danial Kenjetaiūly Ahmetov; born 15 June 1954) is a Kazakh politician who was the 6th prime minister of Kazakhstan from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007.New Kazakh Prime Minister chosen Templeton Thorp
Critics refer to him as "The Terminator", a nickname he gained as the akim of Pavlodar... | {"Image caption": "Akhmetov in 2018", "Name": "Daniyal AkhmetovДаниал Ахметов", "Birth place": "Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union", "Birth date": "1954 6 15 y", "Office 2": "First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan", "Term start 2": "21 December 2000", "Term end 2": "21 November 2001", "Prime minister 2": "Kassym-Jom... |
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 - 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 May 2010.Meetmanning.com He was also Political Leader of the People's National Mov... | {"Name": "Patrick Manning", "Term start": "24 December 2001", "Term end": "26 May 2010", "President 2": "Noor Hassanali", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Robinson", "Successor 2": "Basdeo Panday", "Birth name": "Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning", "Birth date": "1946 8 17 y", "Birth place": "San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago", ... |
Vasile Tarlev (born 6 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician.
Background and earlier life
He studied engineering at the Technical University of Moldova and became a member of assorted economic councils. After 2001 Moldovan parliamentary election, He was appointed Prime Minister on April 19, 2001. This is the first tim... | {"Name": "Vasile Tarlev", "Term start": "19 April 2001", "Term end": "31 March 2008", "Birth date": "1963 10 06 y", "Birth place": "Bașcalia, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union", "Other political party": "Party of Communists (PCRM)", "Office 2": "Member of the Moldovan Parliament", "Term start 2": "6 March 2005", "Term end 2"... |
Koffi Sama (born 1944Page on Sama at ibe.unesco.org (PDF) .) was the Prime Minister of Togo from 29 June 2002 to 9 June 2005.
Biography
Sama was born at Amoutchou in Ogou Prefecture. He was Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture from 1981 to 1984, Regional Director of Rural and Maritime Region Development from 1986 to... | {"Name": "Koffi Sama", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "29 June 2002", "Term end": "9 June 2005", "Birth date": "1944", "Birth place": "Ogou Prefecture, Togoland"} |
Jean-Claude Juncker (; born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th president of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also served as Finance Minister from 1989 to 2009 and President of the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013.
By the... | {"Name": "Jean-Claude Juncker", "Image caption": "Juncker in 2019", "Term start": "1 November 2014", "Term end": "30 November 2019", "Office 2": "President of the Eurogroup", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Jeroen Dijsselbloem", "Birth date": "1954 12 9 y", "Birth place": "Redange, Luxembourg",... |
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Frederick Tluway Sumaye (born 29 May 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 28 November 1995 to 30 December 2005.
Life and career
As a member of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Sumaye was a Member of Parliament for Hanang Constituency from 1983... | {"Name": "Frederick Sumaye", "Term start": "27 November 1995", "Term end": "30 December 2005", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament Hanang", "Successor 2": "Mary Nagu", "Birth date": "1950 05 29 y", "Birth place": "Endasak, Hanang District, Arusha Region, Tanganyika", "Nationality": "Tanzanian", "Spouse(s)": "Esther Suma... |
Einars Repše (born 9 December 1961) is a Latvian physicist, financier and politician, chairman of the Association for Latvian Development.
Biography
Einars Repše graduated from Latvia State University (now known as University of Latvia) in 1986 with a degree in physics (specialisation - radio electronics).
He first ... | {"Name": "Einars Repše", "Image": "Einars Repse.jpeg", "Image caption": "Repše in 2013", "Office 2": "Minister of Finance", "President 2": "Valdis Zatlers", "Prime minister 2": "Valdis Dombrovskis", "Predecessor 2": "Atis Slakteris", "Successor 2": "Andris Vilks", "Birth date": "yes 1961 12 9", "Birth place": "Jelgava,... |
Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov (, Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov; ; born 2 February 1944) is a Tajikistani politician. He was the 7th Prime Minister of Tajikistan from 20 December 1999 to 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.
See also
List of prime ministers of Tajikistan
Referenc... | {"Name": "Oqil OqilovОқил Оқилов", "Image": "Oqil Oqilov.jpeg", "Term start": "20 December 1999", "Term end": "23 November 2013", "Birth date": "1944 2 2 y", "Birth place": "Khujand, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union(now Tajikistan)", "Image caption": "Oqilov in 2011"} |
Rex Barnes (born June 4, 1959) is a Canadian politician.
Born in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Barnes was a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Gander—Grand Falls. Elected in a by-election in 2002, he lost his seat in the 2004 e... | {"Name": "Rex Barnes", "Term start": "2002", "Term end": "2004", "Birth date": "1959 06 04", "Birth place": "Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Other political party": "Progressive Conservative"} |
Havok (Alexander Summers) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. He first appears in The X-Men #54 (March 1969), and was created by writer Arnold Drake and penciller Don Heck. Havok generates powerful "plasma blasts", an ability he ... | {"Species": "Human mutant", "Place of origin": "Honolulu, Hawaii", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Arnold Drake (writer)Don Heck (artist)", "Team affiliations": "X-MenAvengersAvengers Unity SquadX-Factor InvestigationsStarjammersX-FactorSixGenoshan MagistratesDefenders for a DayBrotherhood of MutantsDark D... |
Tullamarine is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank, Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Tullamarine recorded a population of 6,733 at the .
The suburb is a collection of recent housing estates and light industry.... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Tullamarine", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Caption": "Tullamarine Freeway", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Locator Map Pushpin Caption": "Location in metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates": "37.701 S 144.876 E inline,ti... |
Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko, the character first appeared in The X-Men #49 (October 1968). Polaris belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. She ... | {"Species": "Human mutant", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Arnold DrakeJim Steranko", "Team affiliations": "Horsemen of ApocalypseStarjammersX-FactorAcolytesX-Men", "Notable aliases": "PestilenceMalice", "Abilities": "Magnetic field manipulation granting:\nElectromagnetic spectrum manipulation\n Electroma... |
Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme. This family of rockets launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) and the first crewed spacecraft (Vostok) in human history. It was a subset of ... | {"Function": "Carrier rocket", "Stages": "3", "Family": "R-7", "Comparable": "AtlasTitan", "Status": "Retired", "Launch sites": "Baikonur: LC-1/5, 31/6Plesetsk: LC-41/1, 43/3, 43/4", "Total launches": "Vostok-L: 4Vostok-K: 13Vostok-2: 45Vostok-2M: 94Soyuz/Vostok: 2", "Success(es)": "Vostok-L: 3Vostok-K: 11Vostok-2: 40V... |
Elizabeth Castor (; born May 11, 1941) is an American educator and former politician. Castor was elected to the Florida Senate and as Florida Education Commissioner, and she subsequently served as the President of the University of South Florida, and President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
... | {"Name": "Betty Castor", "Image caption": "Castor in 1984", "Term start": "1994", "Term end": "1999", "State senate2": "Florida", "District 2": "21st", "Predecessor 2": "David H. McClainhttp://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/Senate18452001.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180113095045/http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/... |
Mimic (Calvin Montgomery Rankin) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was briefly a member of the X-Men in the 1960s, and was the first character to be added to the team after the original line-up and the first X-Man who was not a mutant.
An alternate reality versio... | {"Species": "Human Mutate", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Stan Lee (writer)Werner Roth (artist)", "Team affiliations": "Brotherhood of MutantsDark X-MenJean Grey SchoolX-Men", "Abilities": "Power mimicryPermanently possesses the original powers of the original five X-Men:Angel's flightBeast's animalistic... |
Fabrizio Moretti (born June 2, 1980) is a Brazilian-American musician and visual artist best known as the drummer for American rock band The Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since 2001. A collaborative artist, he has been part of a series of groups since the mid-2000s, most notably the Brazilian-Ame... | {"Born": "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock garage rock post-punk revival new wave", "Labels": "RCA Rough Trade Cult", "Partner(s)": "Drew Barrymore (2002-2007)", "Member of": "The Strokes machinegum", "Formerly of": "Little Joy Megapuss", "Website": "thestrokes.com"} |
Peter Russell Deutsch (born April 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.
Background
Deutsch was born in the borough of the Bronx in New York City in 1957.
He graduated from the Horace... | {"Name": "Peter Deutsch", "Birth date": "1957 04 01", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "State house 2": "Florida", "District 2": "90th", "Preceded 2": "Franklin B. Mannhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=223523 Our Campaigns - FL State House 90 Race - Nov 02, 1982", "Succeeded 2": "John ... |
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to their student athletes. For the 2023-24 season, it had 241 member institutions, o... | {"Abbreviation": "NAIA", "Named after": "Character-driven intercollegiate athletics", "Legal status": "Association", "Headquarters": "120 W. 12th Street, Suite 700 Kansas City, Missouri 64105https://www.naia.org/information/directory/index NAIA Staff Directory Naia.org April 17, 2023", "Website": "https://www.naia.org/... |
The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'.
Grades
The order had four degrees and was awarded for continuous civil and military service. People who ... | {"Type": "Dynastic Order", "Country": "Russian Empire", "Royal house": "House of Romanov", "Religious affiliation": "Russian Orthodox Church", "Motto": "\"Benefit, Honour and Glory\"", "Status": "No longer awarded", "Next (higher)": "Order of Saint George", "Next (lower)": "Order of Saint Anna"} |
The NAIA Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the NAIA, the championship game has been played annually since 1956. In 1970, NAIA football w... | {"In operation": "1956present", "Preceded by": "Small college polls &NAIA Division II Championship", "Championship trophy": "Tom Osborne Trophy", "Television partner(s)": "ESPN3", "Current champion": "Northwestern Iowa (2022)", "Website": "NAIA Football"} |
John George Lynch-Staunton (June 19, 1930 - August 17, 2012) was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec.
Early years and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lynch-Staunton was educa... | {"Name": "John Lynch-Staunton", "Term start": "December 7, 2003", "Term end": "March 20, 2004", "Office 2": "Canadian Senatorfrom Grandville", "Nominator 2": "Brian Mulroney", "Appointer 2": "Ray Hnatyshyn", "Predecessor 2": "Léopold Langlois (1988)", "Successor 2": "Andrée Champagne", "Birth name": "John George Lynch-... |
Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay.
Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A. degrees and also holds his law degree from the University... | {"Name": "Réal Ménard", "Birth date": "yes 1962 5 13", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Residence": "Montreal"} |
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size. Designed by Francis Rattenbury, the building the museum occupies was originally opened as ... | {"Coordinates": "49.282875 -123.120464 title,inline", "Established": "1931 4 yhttps://council.vancouver.ca/020627/Csb3.pdf Financial Statements of The Vancouver Art Gallery Association: Years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 City of Vancouver 20 February 2002 5 Purpose of the Organization", "Location": "750 Hornby Stre... |
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