06.02.1952- Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Her other Realms and Territories,
Defender of the Faith and Head of the Commonwealth
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The following external
territories are part of the kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean
Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands,
Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands. She is also Sovereign of the
Channel Islands and Lord of the Isle of Man. Furthermore she is Queen of Canada,
Australia, New Zealand (1952), Jamaica (1962), Barbados, (1966), Bahamas (1973),
Grenada (1974), Tuvalu (1978), the Solomon Islands (1978), Papua New Guinea
(1975), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979), Saint Lucia (1979), Antigua and
Barbuda (1981), Belize (1981) and Saint Christopher and Nevis (1983). Queen
Elizabeth used to be Head of State in most of the countries in the Commonwealth. She
is the mother of three sons and a daughter. Married to Phillip Mountbatten,
former Prince of Greece and Denmark. (b. 1926-).
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14.01.1972- Queen Margrethe II of
Denmark
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Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces and Head
of the Evangelian-Lutheran Church. The Rigsfælleskab - or
Commonwealth of the Realm - includes the external territories of The Faeroe Islands and Greenland. Married to Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, Prince Henrik. Margrethe II is the mother of two sons. (b. 1940-) |
30.04.1980- Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands
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Queen Beatrix is also Princess van
Oranje-Nassau, Princess van Lippe-Biesterfeld etc, etc,
etc. The Kingdom of The Netherlands includes the
external territories Aruba,
Curaçao and Sint Maarten. She succeeded her mother.
Married to Claus von Amsberg (1926-2002) and mother of three sons. (b.
1938-).
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17.09.1997- Governor General Hon. Dr. Dame C. Pearlette Louisy, St. Lucia |
| Teacher, administrator, Vice-Principal and then Principal of St. Lucia's College. (b. 1946-) |
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22.11.2005- Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
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1990 Deputy Spokesperson of the Government of the DDR, 1990-98
Deputy Chairperson of CDU, 1991-94 Federal Minister Women and Youth and 1994-98
Federal Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and Reactor Safety,
1993-2000 Chairperson of CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1998-2000 Federal
Secretary General and since 2000 Federal Chairperson of CDU and 2002-05 also
Parliamentary Leader,
Chairperson of the European Council
and President of the Group of Eight, G-8 in 2007. Née Kasner and married secondly to Joachim
Sauer, no
children. (b.
1954-).
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17.07.2007-
Governor-General Dame
Louise Lake-Tack, Antigua and
Barbuda
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| A former nurse and magistrate from 1995. (b. 1944-). |
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25.07.2007- President Pratibha Patil, India |
| Member of the Government of Maharashtra 1967-78 and 1982-85 as Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs 1967-72, Minister of Social Welfare 1972-74, Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare 1974-75, Minister of Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs 1975-76, Minister of Education 1977-78, Minister of Urban Development and Housing 1982-83 and Minister of Civil Supplies and Social Welfare 1983-85, Congress Leader and Leader of the Opposition 1979-80. Deputy Chairperson of the Union Upper House, the Rajya Sabha 1986-88 and Acting Chairperson in 1987, when the incumbent was elected President, Governor of Rajasthan 2004-07. Married to Devisingh Shekhawat, a former Mayor of Amravati. (b. 1934-). |
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10.12.2007-
Executive President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,
Argentina
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Won the first round of the presidential
elections in October 2007 as candidate for Partido Justicalista. She was Member
of the Assembly of Santa Cruz 1989-95 and 1. Vice-President of the Assembly in
1990, National Senator 1995-97 and again since 2001, National Deputy 1997-2001.
President of the Senate Committee of Contitutional Affairs since 2001. Her late
husband Néstor Carlos Kirchner (1950-2010) was President of Argentina 2003-07
and held a number of other posts.
Mother of 2 children. (b.
1953-).
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03.12.2008-
Head of Government Antonella Mularoni,
San Marino
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As Secretary of Foreign and Political Affairs she also functions
as Leader of the Government even though the Captain Generals are both Heads of
State and Government. She was Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance
1986-87, Director of the Office for relations with the associations of San
Marino citizens living abroad 1987-90, Deputy Permanent Representative to the
Council of Europe, 1989-90, Barrister and public notary in the Republic of San
Marino 1991-2001, Member of the General Grand Council 1993-2001 and again from
2008, and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 2001-08. (b.
1961-).
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06.01.2009-
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed,
Bangladesh
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Also Prime
Minister 1996-2001. Her father, Prime
Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920-72-75), and most
of her family was killed during a military coup in 1975 when she and her sister
were abroard. Returned to Bangladesh in 1981, President of the Awami Leauge from
1981, Opposition Leader 1986-87 and 1991-96 and 2001-06. In 1983, she formed the
15-party alliance to launch a movement to oust General Ershad from power and was
in and out of prison throughout the 1980s and was under house arrest a few
times. Her party, along with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Begum
Khaleda Zia, was instrumental in the movement against the military rule. 2007
she was arrested on corruption and murder charges, but was allowed to go to USA
for medical treatment in 2007 though the military supported care-taker
government tried to pressure her into exile. Returned in November 2008 to lead
her party in the election campaign, which her party won overwealmingly. Married
to the nuclear scientist Dr M. A. Wazed Miah and mother a son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy,
and a daughter, Saima Wazed Putul, who both lives in the USA. (b. 1947- ).
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01.02.2009- Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland |
| Johanna Sigurdardsottir was Deputy Chairperson of the Social Democrats 1984-93, Chairperson 1994-99 of the National Revival Party until she rejoined the Social Democrats and became it's leader in 2009, Vice-President of the Lower Chamber 1979 and 1983-84 and Vice-Chairperson of the the Alþing 2003-07, Minister of Social Affairs And Health 1987-91 and Minister of Social Affairs 1991-94 and 2007-09. Took over as Interim Premier because the Party Chairperson, Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, was beeing treated for a brain tumor, and later also resigned as Party Leader. First married to Þorvaldur Steinar Jóhannesson with whom she has got sons, and is now married to the author Jónína Leósdóttir, who is mother of 1 son. (b. 1942-) |
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05.09.2008- Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce, Australia |
| Former lawyer, academic and human rights advocate, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, founding chair and Chief Executive Officer of the National Childcare Accreditation Council and Governor of Queensland 2003-08. (b. 1942-) |
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26.05.2010- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Attorney General (second in Cabinet)
1995-06 and 2001, Minister of Legal Affairs 1996-99 and 2001 and Minister of
Education 1999-2001. First appointed acting premier on the absence of the Premier in
September 2000. Leader of The United National Congesss and Oppostion Leader
2006-07 and 2010 and Political Leader from 2010. (b. 1952-) |
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24.06.2010- Prime Minister
Julia
Gillard, Australia
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MP from 1998, Manager of Opposition Business in the House of
Representatives 2003-06 and Deputy Leader of Labor 2006-10, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
2006-07 and Leader of Labour from 2010, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion
from 2007-10. Her parents immigrated to Australia from Wales. She lives with her
partner and has no children. (b.
1961-).
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08.07.2010- Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, Slovakia |
Iveta Radicova is Professor of Sociology and Political Sciences at the Comenius
University in Bratislava, from 2005 Director of the Institute of Sociology at
the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2005-06 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs,
MP from 2006 and Deputy Leader of the Democratic and Christian Union–Democratic
Party 2006-10 and Party Leader since 2010. Presidential Candidate for all the
opposition parties in 2009 and finished second in the second round of voting,
and in 2010 the opposition 4-party coalition won the elections. Minister of
Defence from 2010 (b.
1956-).
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10.10.2010- Prime Minister Sarah Wescott-Williams,
Sint Maarten (Self-governing Part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Ca. 1995-2009 Commissioner of General Affairs, Education etc.
1999-2009 Leader of the Government, Social and Cultural Development, Finance, Juridical Affairs, Emergency Services, Information, Communication and Protocol, Strategic Policy, Planning and Development of Sint Maarten which was part of the Netherlands Antilles from 2010 when it became a self ruling entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She is Leader of the St. Maarten Party. |
29.10.2010-
Premier Paula A. Cox, Bermuda (British Dependent
Territory)
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| Succeeded her father, Eugene Cox as Minister of Finance when he died in January 2004. 1998-2002 Minister of Labour and Home Affairs and Public Security, 2002-04 Minister of Education, 2002-03 Minister of Development, 2003-04 Attorney General and Minister of Justice. Minister of Finance since 2004, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Labour Party and Deputy Premier 2006-10, Party Leader and Premier from 2010. (b. 1969-). |
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01.01.2011- President Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff, Brazil |
| Dilma Rousseff is a former student leader who fought Brazil's military dictatorship as a guerrilla during the early 1970s and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and Communication of Rio Grande do Sul 1993-94 and 1999-2002, Minister of Mines and Energy 2003-05 and Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff (Cabinet Chief) 2005-10. (b. 1947-). |
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07.04.2011- President Atifete Jahjaga,
Kosovo
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She was Deputy Chief of Police of Kosovo with rank of Major
General at the time of her election. Married to Astrit Kuçi. (b.
1975-)
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08.08.2011- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand |
| A former buisness woman and main candidate for the Pheu Thai Party which won about 50% of the votes in the parliamentary elections. A member of a walthy family, her father, uncle and other family members were MPs her brother and brother-in-law were Prime Ministers and her sister Mayor of Chiang Mai. She is married to businessman Anusorn Amornchat and mother of a son. (b. 1967-). |
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03.10.2011- Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark |
| Social Democrat Member of the European Parliament 1999-2004 and Member of the Parliament, Party Chairperson from 2005 and Chairperson of the European Council, the rotating presidency of the European Union. Married to Stephen Kinnock and mother of two daughters. (b. 1966-) |
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22.11.2011- Premier Camilla Gunell, the Åland Islands (Finish External Territory) |
| Member of the Lagting since 2003, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats 2003-05 and Party Chairperson from 2009 and Minister of Education and Culture 2005-2007. (b. 1970-). |
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01.01.2012 President Eveline Widmer-Sclumpf,
Switzerland
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Councillor of Finance and Military of Graubünden 1998-2007,
Vice-President of the Government 2000 and 2004 and President of the Government
2001 and 2005,
Federal Councillor of Justice and Police 2008-10 and Councillor of
Finance from 2010 and Vice-President in 2011. (b.
1956-).
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05.01.2012-
Prime Minister
Portia
Simpson-Miller, Jamaica
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Also Prime Minister 2006-07. Since 1976 MP, 1976-82
Parliamentary Secretary of the Prime Minister, Deputy President of People's
National Party 1978-2006 and President from 2006. Minister of Labour, Social
Welfare and Sports 1989-2000, Candidate for the party leadership and Premiership
in 1992, Minister of Tourism, Entertainment, Sports and Women’s Affairs 2000-02
and Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport 2002-06.
Acting Prime Minister on various occasions whenever the chief of government was
out of the country. 2006-2007 and from 2012 also Minister of Defence and a
number of other portfolios. Opposition Leader 2007-11. (b.
1946-).
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10.02.2012- Acting Prime Minister Adiatu
Djaló
Nandigna, Guinea Bissau
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Also known
as Maria Adiatu
Diallo
Nandigna, she was Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport 2007-08
and has been Second in Cabinet since 2008 and Minister of the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers, Social Communication and Parliament from
2009.
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Minister of Urban- and Rural Development and |
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