Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP),now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),diplomat,and jurist. He served as Secretary General of NATO from 1 October 1971 until 25 June 1984.
The right of return is a principle in international law which guarantees everyone's right of voluntary return to,or re-entry to,their country of origin or of citizenship. The right of return is part of the broader human rights concept freedom of movement and is also related to the legal concept of nationality. While many states afford their citizens the right of abode,the right of return is not restricted to citizenship or nationality in the formal sense. It allows stateless persons and for those born outside their country to return for the first time,so long as they have maintained a "genuine and effective link".
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 to his death in 1974. He was earlier the longest-ever Prime Minister of France,under President Charles de Gaulle,from 1962 to 1968.
Konstantinos G. Karamanlis,commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or just Caramanlis,was a four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-term president of the Third Hellenic Republic. A towering figure of Greek politics,his political career spanned portions of seven decades,covering much of the latter half of the 20th century.
Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos was a Cypriot politician and barrister,who served as President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008.
Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou was a Cypriot barrister and politician,who served as President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. He also served as President of the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1976 to 1977 and then again from 1996 to 2001,as well as being President of the Democratic Party,which he founded,from 1976 to 2000.
Henri "Hans" van den Broek is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as European Commissioner from 6 January 1993 until 16 September 1999.
Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party,and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts,including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence,and was Mayor of Athens in 1995–2002. He served as EU Commissioner for Migration,Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014 and 2019.
Giorgos Vasos Vassiliou is a Cypriot politician,who served as President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the President of United Democrats from 1996 to 2005 and Member of the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001. Prior to entering politics,he was a successful businessman.
Karolos Papoulias was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.
The Politics of Northern Cyprus takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president is head of state and the prime minister is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Assembly of the Republic. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Wan Waithayakon,known in the West as Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976),was a Thai royal prince and diplomat. He was President of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly (1956–1957),while serving as Thailand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was a grandson of King Mongkut.
Prokopios Pavlopoulos,commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης),is a Greek retired politician,who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy,he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020,who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece.
Solomon Solomou was a Greek Cypriot who was shot and killed by a Turkish officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in Cyprus's United Nations Buffer Zone. The killing occurred in the aftermath of the funeral of Solomou's cousin Tassos Isaac,who had been murdered a few days earlier by Turkish nationalists belonging to the militant Grey Wolves organization.
Anastasios "Tassos" Isaac,was a Greek Cypriot refugee who participated in a civilian demonstration against the Republic of Turkey's military occupation of the northern part of the Republic of Cyprus. The demonstrators' demand was for the complete withdrawal of Turkish troops from the island,and the return of Cypriot refugees to their homes. Isaac was beaten to death by a mob of Turkish far-right ultranationalists of the Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
Rosen Asenov Plevneliev is a Bulgarian politician who was the 4th President of Bulgaria,holding the position from January 2012 to January 2017. He was the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from July 2009 to September 2011 as part of the cabinet of Boyko Borisov. In October 2011,Plevneliev was elected as President in a second round of voting;he was inaugurated on 18 January 2012.
Nicos Tornaritis is a Cypriot jurist and politician,who serves as member of the Cypriot House of Representatives since 2001. He is one of the most senior figures within the Democratic Rally (DISY) party.
Praphas Charusathien was a Thai military officer and politician. He was a field marshal of the Royal Thai Army and minister of interior in the governments of military rulers Sarit Thanarat and Thanom Kittikachorn.
The Greek honors system goes back to 1829 and the establishment of the Order of the Redeemer at the Fourth National Assembly at Argos. However,the relevant decree was signed in Nafplio by King Otto on May 20,1833. The Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer remains the highest honor of Greece to this day.
Cyprus–Mexico relations are the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Cyprus and the United Mexican States. Neither country has a resident ambassador. Both nations are members of the United Nations.
