Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands,the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide,with roughly 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 37th governor of California from 1999 until he was recalled and removed from office in 2003. He is the second state governor in U.S. history to have been recalled,after Lynn Frazier.
Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney,politician,diplomat,and member of the Republican Party. He was the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021. Brownback previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas (1986–1993),as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district (1995–1996),as a United States senator from Kansas (1996–2011) and the 46th governor of Kansas (2011–2018). He also sought the Republican nomination for President in 2008.
Bharrat Jagdeo is a Guyanese politician who has been serving as Vice President of Guyana since 2020,in the administration of President Irfaan Ali. He had previously also held the office from 1997 until 1999,during the presidency of Janet Jagan. Jagdeo subsequently served as the President of Guyana from 11 August 1999 to 3 December 2011. He also holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development,green growth and climate change.
John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician,author,and television political commentator. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. Kasich unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination in 2000 and 2016.
Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast since 2010. An economist by profession,Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States,and he was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993,appointed to that post by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the President of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR),an Ivorian political party,in 1999.
John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman,politician,and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento,including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville,in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007,the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998,and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.
David Alexander Paterson is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York,succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state,and is the first African American governor of New York.
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari,and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election. Prior to that,he served as the vice president of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 under the administration of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua;and in oil-rich Bayelsa State as governor from 2005 to 2007,and deputy governor from 1999 to 2005.
The governor of Montserrat is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Montserrat. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The main role of the governor is to appoint the chief minister.
Anthony Gregory Brown is an American lawyer and politician serving as the attorney general of Maryland. He also served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,his district covered most of the majority-black precincts in Prince George's County,as well as a sliver of Anne Arundel County.
Gordon Leslie Barnhart is a former Clerk of the Senate of Canada and the Saskatchewan Legislature,as well as former Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan. He was the 20th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan from 2006 until 2012. He was the interim President of the University of Saskatchewan as from May 21,2014 until October 24,2015.
General David John Hurley,is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who has served as the 27th governor-general of Australia since 1 July 2019. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales,serving from 2014 to 2019.
Sarah Georgina Tucker has served as Governor of Montserrat since 6 April 2022.
John DiMaio is an American Republican Party politician,who was selected on February 21,2009 to fill the New Jersey General Assembly seat for the 23rd legislative district vacated by Marcia A. Karrow,after Karrow filled the vacancy for the New Jersey Senate in the same district. He has been co-chair of the Republican Conference,alongside Nancy Munoz,since January 14,2020. He was elected Minority Leader of the General Assembly after Jon Bramnick was elected to the State Senate.
Craig Eaton Campbell is an American politician and businessman who served as the president and CEO of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC). He joined the corporation as chief operating officer in February 2011,and was appointed president and CEO by the board of directors in October 2012.
Donald Stewart Ethell is a retired Canadian Army colonel and was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 2010 to 2015.
The Cabinet of Tuvalu is the executive branch of the government of Tuvalu.
Elizabeth Anne Carriere is a former British civil servant working in international development. From 2015 to 2018,she served as Governor of Montserrat.
