The International Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Trans and Intersex Association is an international organization bringing together more than 1,700 LGBTI groups from around the world. It continues to be active in campaigning for LGBTI human rights on the international human rights and civil rights scene,and regularly petitions the United Nations and governments. They are represented in 140+ countries,and are accredited by the United Nations for NGO Ecosoc consultative status.
The Secretary of State for International Development,also referred to as the International Development Secretary,was a senior Minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom,and head of the Department for International Development (DFID). The office formed part of the British Cabinet.
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony,better known as A. K. Antony is an Indian politician and attorney who was the 23rd Defence Minister of India. He is the current Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,from Kerala for the fifth term since 1985. He also currently serves as the Chairman of the Disciplinary Action Committee of the All India Congress Committee,Congress Working Committee,and member of the Congress Core Group and Central Election Committee.
Same-sex marriage in Iceland has been legal since 27 June 2010. A bill providing for a gender-neutral marriage definition was passed by the Althing on 11 June 2010. No members of Parliament voted against the bill,and public opinion polls suggested that the bill was very popular. Iceland became the ninth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin,familiarly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd. Yassin,is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously served as the tenth deputy prime minister,minister of Home Affairs and in many other Cabinet positions under previous prime ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,Najib Razak and Mahathir Mohamad,from May 1995 to February 2020. During the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis,Mahathir's resignation on 24 February 2020 led to Muhyiddin being declared Prime Minister by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. He was formally appointed and sworn in on 1 March 2020,and shortly afterwards directed Malaysia's response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Muhyiddin served for 17 months and resigned on 16 August 2021 after losing parliamentary support over his government's pandemic response,making the shortest-serving prime minister in Malaysian history.
Sushma Swaraj was an Indian politician and a Supreme Court lawyer. A senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,Swaraj served as the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government (2014–2019). She was the second woman to hold the office,after Indira Gandhi. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977,she became the youngest cabinet minister of Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998 and became the First female Chief Minister of Delhi.
Matthew John David Hancock is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021,and as Secretary of State for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport in 2018 for six months. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2010.
Clement Victor Gunaratne was Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. He and his wife along with 20 others were killed by a suicide bomber of the LTTE organization on 7 June 2000.
Scott John Morrison is an Australian politician serving as the 30th and current prime minister of Australia. He assumed office in August 2018 upon his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Nabil Gabol is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2015 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. He served as Minister of State for Ports and Shipping from 2008 to 2011 and as Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly from 1993 to 1996. Additionally,he’s the incumbent Chief Sardar (Nawab) of the Gabol,baloch tribe.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is the Ukrainian government authority that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine.
Stirling James Hinchliffe is an Australian politician. Born in Dalby,Queensland,he was educated at state schools and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He was a property industry analyst,policy manager,policy advisor and executive officer before his entry into politics. He had a long involvement with the Australian Labor Party,which included a position as National Secretary of Young Labor in 1995. In the 2006 Queensland state election,he was elected to the safe Labor seat of Stafford,which he represented until being defeated in the 2012 Queensland state election. Hinchliffe previously served as a cabinet minister in the Bligh Ministry
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new administration,following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010,after the general election on 6 May. It was the UK's first coalition government since the Churchill caretaker ministry in 1945. The coalition was led by Cameron as Prime Minister with Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and composed of members of both Cameron's centre-right Conservative Party and Clegg's centrist Liberal Democrats.
Heather Humphreys is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Social Protection since June 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 2011. She previously served as Minister for Justice from April to November 2021,Minister for Business,Enterprise and Innovation from 2017 to 2020,Minister for Culture,Heritage and the Gaeltacht from June 2017 to November 2017,Minister for Arts,Heritage,Regional,Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs from 2016 to 2017 and Minister for Arts,Heritage and the Gaeltacht from 2014 to 2016.
Sherif Ismail Mohamed is an Egyptian engineer who served as Prime Minister of Egypt between 2015 and 2018. Previously he was minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 2013 to 2015.
The 21st Ministry of the Republic of India is the Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2014 general election which was held in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May in 2014. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2014 and this led to the formation of the 16th Lok Sabha. The Council assumed office from 27 May 2014.
The 43rd Canadian Parliament was in session from December 5,2019,to August 15,2021,with the membership of its Lower House,the House of Commons of Canada,having been determined by the results of the 2019 federal election held on October 21,2019. Parliament officially resumed on December 5,2019,with the election of a new Speaker,Anthony Rota,followed by a Speech from the Throne the following day. On August 15,2021,Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advised Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament and issue the writ of election,leading to a 5-week election campaign period for the 2021 federal election.
Werner Horn is a South African lawyer and politician. He has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. He was a councillor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality between 2006 and 2014. Horn is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
