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G15 Nations
The Group of 15 (G-15)Thofficial website adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated reference to this group -- contrasts with other similarly named entities. is an informal forum set up to foster cooperation and provide input for other international groups, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Group of Seven. It was established at the Ninth Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in September 1989, and is composed of countries from Latin America, Africa, and Asia with a common goal of enhanced growth and prosperity. The G-15 focuses on cooperation among developing countries in the areas of investment, trade, and technology. Chile, Iran and Kenya have since joined the Group of 15, whereas Yugoslavia is no longer part of the group, and Peru, a founding member-state, decided to leave the G-15 in 2011. Membership thus has since expanded to 17 countries, but the forum's name remains unchanged. Structure an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramtane Lamamra
Ramtane Lamamra (; born 15 June 1952) is an Algerian diplomat who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Personal Envoy for Sudan since 2023. Lamamra previously served as the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security from 2008 to 2013 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 2013 to 2017 and briefly in March 2019. Early life and education Born at Amizour in Béjaïa Province, Lamamra studied at the ''École nationale d'administration'' in Algiers. Career Lamamra was appointed as Algeria's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti, as well the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in 1989. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1992 to 1993. Subsequently, he was appointed as Algeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1993, and he served as Ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 1999.Cherif Ouazani"Ramtane Lamamra" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Senegal
The president of Senegal () is the head of state of Senegal. In accordance with the 2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum, constitutional reform of 2001 and since a 2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum, referendum that took place on 20 March 2016, the president is elected for a 5-year term, with a limit of two consecutive terms. The following is a list of presidents of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Election process Inauguration The Senegalese Constitution provides the following oath for the president which must be taken before they enter into office: Term Term duration In 1991, presidential term lengths were extended from five to seven years. In January 2001, during Abdoulaye Wade's first term, a 2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum reduced the presidential term back to five years. In July 2008, during Wade's second term, the National Assembly (Senegal), National Assembly approved a constitutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Tuggar
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (born 12 March 1967) is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who is the current Nigerian minister of foreign affairs. He served as the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2017 to 2023. He was previously a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 representing Gamawa; and he ran twice for the office of the governor of Bauchi State. Family Tuggar was born into a political family in Bauchi State (Gamawa), his father, Abubakar Tuggar, was the Publicity Secretary of the ruling Northern People's Congress before and during the First Republic. As a member of the National Party of Nigeria, he represented Gamawa at the House of Representatives during the Second Republic. Education Tuggar received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the United States International University. He also attended the University of Bath, and has master's degree from the University of Cambridge. Early career After graduating, Tuggar spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)
Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ministry, activity by Christians to spread or express their faith ** Minister (Christianity), clergy authorized by a church or religious organization to perform teaching or rituals ** Ordination, the process by which individuals become clergy * Ministry of Jesus, activities described in the Christian gospels * ''Ministry'' (magazine), a magazine for pastors published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church Music * Ministry (band), an American industrial metal band * Ministry of Sound, a London nightclub and record label Fiction * Ministry of Magic, governing body in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Ministry of Darkness, a professional wrestling stable led by The Undertaker See also * Minister (other) * Department (other) D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician serving as the 16th and current president of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic. Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States where he studied accounting at Chicago State University. He returned to Nigeria in the 1980s and was employed by Mobil Nigeria as an accountant, before entering politics as a Lagos West senatorial candidate in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party. After the military dictator Sani Abacha dissolved the Senate in 1993, Tinubu went into exile and became an activist campaigning for the return of democracy as a part of the National Democratic Coalition movement. In the first post-transition Lagos State gubernatorial election, Tinubu won by a wide margin as a member of the Alliance for Democracy. Four years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Nigeria
The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The offices, powers, and titles of the head of state and the head of government were officially merged into the office of the presidency under the 1979 Constitution of Nigeria. Executive power is vested in the president. The power includes the execution and enforcement of federal law and the responsibility to appoint federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers. Based on constitutional provisions empowering the president to appoint and receive ambassadors and conclude treaties with foreign powers, and on subsequent laws enacted by the House, the presidency has primary responsibility for conducting foreign policy. The president also plays a leading role in fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musalia Mudavadi
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960 in Vihiga County Kenya Colony) is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, and since 2023, in an expanded role of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs cabinet secretary of Kenya. As of 1 November 2024, he is also serving as the cabinet secretary in the ministry of interior, albeit in an acting capacity, succeeding Prof. Kithure Kindiki who was appointed Deputy president following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua. He is a former party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC), one of the founding political parties, of the Kenya Kwanza alliance. After the death of his father Moses Mudavadi in 1989, Musalia Mudavadi joined politics contesting and winning in the by-election in Sabatia Constituency, a position he held until 2013. Mudavadi served as the seventh Vice-President of Kenya in 2002 under the presidency of Daniel arap Moi. He held the position of Deputy Prime M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya is a ministry in the Government of Kenya which oversees the foreign relations of Kenya. It is currently headed by Prime Cabinet Secretary Honourable Musalia Mudavadi who is the Cabinet Secretary. Other top leaders are Dr. A. Korir Sing'Oei, the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Foreign Affairs, and Roseline K. Njogu, the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Diaspora Affairs. The Ministry was established in 1963 after Kenya's independence. Since independence, Kenyan foreign policy has been designed and guided by the principles of peaceful co-existence, preservation of national security, peaceful settlement of disputes, non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, non-alignment, national interest and adherence to the Charters of the United Nations and African Union. A Service Charter, based on the current Strategic Plan and the Foreign Policy document, has been developed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ruto
William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto (born 21 January 1967) is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected Deputy President of Kenya, deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He previously served in three Cabinet of Kenya, cabinet Ministry (government department), portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kenya), Minister of Agriculture and as Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Kenya), Minister for Higher Education. Ruto was elected Member of Parliament (Kenya), Member of Parliament for Eldoret North Constituency, Eldoret North constituency from 1997 to 2007 under the Kenya African National Union, KANU, and from 2007 to 2013 through the Orange Democratic Movement, ODM party. He was the Minister for Home Affairs in the Daniel arap Moi administration from August to December 2002. Under the Mwai Kibaki administration, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Kenya
The president of the Republic of Kenya () is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Kenya. The president is also the head of the executive branch of the Government of Kenya and is the commander-in-chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The country's current president is William Ruto since 13 September 2022. History On 12 December 1964, the Republic of Kenya was proclaimed, and Jomo Kenyatta became Kenya's first president. Kenya has had a total of five presidents since establishment, in successive order: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the incumbent, William Ruto, who was inaugurated on 13 September 2022. Moi remains the country's longest serving president, having served for a total of 24 years. Qualifications and election to office According to the current Constitution, if a person wishes to be elected as president, the following qualifications must be met: # Should be a Kenyan citizen by birth; # Should be qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badr Abdelatty
Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty (; born 8 February 1966) is an Egyptian diplomat and politician serving as minister of foreign affairs since 2024. Career Abdelatty, born in Asyut Governorate, earned a BA in Political Science in 1987. He went on to earn an MA and PhD in International Relations in 1996 from Cairo University. He served as Egypt's Ambassador to Germany (2015–2019), playing a key role in strengthening Egyptian-German relations during Angela Merkel's tenure. Previously, he was Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry (2013–2015), as well as Deputy Assistant Minister for EU and Western Europe Affairs. He held various prominent roles, including National Coordinator for the Union for the Mediterranean The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM; , ''Al-Ittiḥād min ajl al-Mutawasseṭ'') is an intergovernmental organization of 43 member states from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 27 Member state of the European Union, EU memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
