John Reid,Baron Reid of Cardowan is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party,he has held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2007,lastly as Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2010,and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2010.
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds South,formerly Leeds Central,since 1999. He previously served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 2001 to 2010.
Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016,Saakashvili was the governor of Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party. Saakashvili heads the executive committee of Ukraine's National Reform Council since 7 May 2020. In 2021 he began serving a six-year prison sentence in Georgia on charges of abuse of power and organization of an assault occasioning grievous bodily harm against an opposition lawmaker Valery Gelashvili.
John Healey is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough,previously Wentworth and Wentworth and Dearne,since 1997.
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty is an Ossetian politician who served as the second president of South Ossetia of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia from 2001 to 2011.
Tzachi Hanegbi is an Israeli politician and national security expert serving as Israel's National Security Advisor. A member of Likud,Hanegbi previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,Minister of Regional Cooperation and Minister of Community Affairs.
Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili is a Georgian politician and 9th Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July to 25 October 2012. A former NGO activist,he became directly involved in Georgia's politics in 1999 and emerged as one of the government's most influential members after the 2003 Rose Revolution,especially as Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs.
Zurab Nogaideli is a Georgian businessman and a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from February 2005 until he resigned,citing health problems,on 16 November 2007. In December 2008,Nogaideli withdrew into opposition,setting up the Movement for a Fair Georgia party.
Mark Rutte is a Dutch politician who has served as the 14th secretary-general of NATO since October 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of the Netherlands from 2010 to 2024,and as the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 2006 to 2023. Serving a total of almost 14 years,Rutte is the longest-serving prime minister in Dutch history.
Mike de Jong is a politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing the electoral district of Matsqui from 1994 to 2001,Abbotsford-Mount Lehman from 2001 to 2009,and Abbotsford West from 2009 until 2024. A caucus member of BC United,he served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark,and ran for party leadership in 2011 and 2018.
Ruhakana Rugunda is a Ugandan physician and politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996,and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2003 to 2009. Subsequently,he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Health from 2013 to 2014.
Andrew James Little is a New Zealand lawyer,former politician and former trade union official. He was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2014 to 2017 and a senior minister in the Labour governments led by Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins from 2017 to 2023,including as Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations,Minister of Justice,Minister of Health and Minister of Defence.
Gilad Menashe Erdan is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations from 2020 through 2024.
Katsunobu Katō is a Japanese politician,who previously served as the Minister of Health,Labour,and Welfare at three times from 2017 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2022 to 2023. He was named to fill the position of Minister of Finance in 2024. He also served as the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. Belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party,he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.
Free Democrats,previously known as Our Georgia –Free Democrats is a liberal and pro-Western political party in Georgia. It was founded by Irakli Alasania,Georgia's former envoy to the United Nations,on 16 July 2009. Tamar Kekenadze serves as the party's current chairman.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who served in various cabinet positions under prime ministers Theresa May,Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2024,lastly as the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010,and was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from July to November 2024.
The Government of President Vladislav Ardzinba was the first Government of the Republic of Abkhazia.
Irakli Garibashvili is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who served as the prime minister of Georgia between 22 February 2021 and 29 January 2024. He had previously served as prime minister from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015. Garibashvili is a member of the Georgian Dream party and has served as the party's chairman since 1 February 2024. He entered politics with his long-time associate Bidzina Ivanishvili,in October 2012.
Harsh Vardhan is a former Indian politician and otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the office of chairperson of the executive board of the World Health Organization from 22 May 2020. Vardhan has been prominent in the Indian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He later resigned from his cabinet post ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.
Ahmed Ali Mohammad Qurei,also known by his kunyaAbu Alaa,was a Palestinian politician who served as the second prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
