Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation,as well as chairman of The Elders,an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
The secretary of state for foreign,Commonwealth and development affairs,also known as the foreign secretary,is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom,with responsibility for the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. The role is seen as one of the most senior ministers in the UK Government and is a Great Office of State. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and National Security Council,and reports directly to the prime minister.
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources. It also administers programs relating to Native Americans,Alaska Natives,Native Hawaiians,territorial affairs,and insular areas of the United States,as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department,with most of the remainder managed by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The department was created on March 3,1849. It is headquartered at the Main Interior Building,located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington,D.C.
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989,the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader of the PRC.
Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA),often holding the titles of CCP General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). The state representative (president) or head of government (premier) are not necessarily paramount leader—under China's party-state system,CCP roles are politically more important than state titles.
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history,all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964,when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). It was at that time,equivalent to the Admiralty,responsible for the Royal Navy (RN),and the Air Ministry,which oversaw the Royal Air Force (RAF). The name 'War Office' is also given to the former home of the department,located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London. The landmark building was sold on 1 March 2016 by HM Government for more than £350 million,on a 250 year lease for conversion into a luxury hotel and residential apartments.
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1924 until the union's dissolution in 1991,the officeholder was the recognized leader of the Soviet Union. Officially,the General Secretary solely controlled the Communist Party directly. However,since the party had a monopoly on political power,the General Secretary de facto had executive control of the Soviet government. Because of the office's ability to direct both the foreign and domestic policies of the state and preeminence over the Soviet Communist Party,it was the de facto highest office of the Soviet Union.
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017,he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations,the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party,Guterres served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes,which count equally as if the person was formally listed on the ballot.
James Norman Mattis is an American military veteran who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A former Marine Corps four-star general,he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War,the War in Afghanistan,and the Iraq War.
The General Secretary of the Labour Party is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party,and acts as the non-voting secretary to the National Executive Committee. When there is a vacancy the National Executive Committee selects a provisional replacement,subject to approval at the subsequent party conference.
Grant Shapps is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Defence since August 2023. Since 2019,Shapps has served in the cabinet posts of Transport Secretary,Home Secretary,Business Secretary,and Energy Security Secretary under Prime Ministers Johnson,Truss and Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party,of which he was Co-Chairman under David Cameron,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield since 2005.
Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general,Ban was the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 2004 and 2006. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations;he began to campaign for the office in February 2006. As the foreign minister of South Korea,he was able to travel to all the countries on the United Nations Security Council,a maneuver that subsequently turned him into the campaign's front runner.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who has been the Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since November 2023,having previously served in various cabinet positions under prime ministers Theresa May,Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010.
Kevin Mullin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 22nd district,which encompasses most of the San Francisco Peninsula region,from 2012 to 2022.
Patrick Baumann was a Swiss basketball executive,player and coach. He was the President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017,having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016,and was elected President of the Socialist International in November 2022.
Chen Yixin is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of State Security and the former secretary-general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party from 2018 to 2023. He has led the Ministry of State Security (MSS) since 2022.
The president of the People's Republic of China,commonly called the president of China,is the state representative of the People's Republic of China. The presidency is a part of the system of people's congress based on the principle of unified power in which the National People's Congress (NPC) functions as the only branch of government and as the highest state organ of power. The presidency is a state organ of the NPC and equivalent to,for instance,the State Council and the National Supervisory Commission,rather than a political office,unlike the premier of the State Council. The president can engage in state affairs and receive foreign diplomatic envoys on behalf of China,but to perform other heads of state functions,the president needs the consent of the NPC or the NPC Standing Committee. While the presidency is not a powerful organ in itself,since 27 March 1993,the president has concurrently served as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission,making the incumbent China's paramount leader and supreme commander of the armed forces.
The Iowa elections,2018 were held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 6,2018. A closed primary election was held on June 5,2018. All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as all four of Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives,25 (half) of the seats in the Iowa Senate,and all 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives.
