Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions,he was a general in the United States Army,serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973,Haig became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general,Boutros-Ghali was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt between 1977 and 1979. He oversaw the United Nations over a period coinciding with several world crises,including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide.
The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. The Surgeon General's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG),which is housed within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms,from 1983 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party,Cuomo previously served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and the secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978. He was the father of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and NewsNation anchor Christopher Cuomo.
James Phillip Rubin is an American former diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000. He wrote a regular column on foreign affairs for The Sunday Times of London,and is currently Diplomatic Counselor to the newly elected Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Xavier Becerra is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since March 2021. Becerra previously served as the Attorney General of California from January 2017 until March 2021. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Becerra was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.
Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002,he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and again for governor in 2006. In September 2008,Knowles became president of the National Energy Policy Institute,a non-profit energy policy organization funded by billionaire George Kaiser's family foundation,and located at the University of Tulsa.
Donald James Johnston,was a Canadian lawyer,writer and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006. He was the first non-European to head that organization. From 1978 to 1988,Johnston was a Liberal Party member of the Canadian parliament and served in the cabinets of prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and John Turner. In addition,he was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 1994. Johnston was an Officer of the Order of Canada,and an Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.
The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term. It saw the governing National Party narrowly defeated by the Labour Party. The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government,although this administration was to last only a single term.
The 1956 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with the re-election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections,and three special elections were held to fill vacancies. Although Democrats gained two seats in regular elections,the Republicans gained two seats in special elections,leaving the party balance of the chamber unchanged.
The 1944 United States Senate elections coincided with the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his fourth term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections,and three special elections were held to fill vacancies.
JoséÁngel Gurría Treviño,also known as Ángel Gurría,is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2021,he was the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Richard A. Boucher is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5,2009. Prior to joining OECD,he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs,a post he took up on February 21,2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation.
James William MacNeill,OC was a Canadian consultant,environmentalist,and international public servant.
Ronald Kenneth "Ron" Noble is an American law enforcement officer who served as the secretary-general of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 2000 to 2014. He was the organization's first American and youngest secretary-general at the time of his appointment. Noble previously worked as a public servant in various U.S. government agencies,including the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,the Department of Justice and the Treasury.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries,founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy,providing a platform to compare policy experiences,seek answers to common problems,identify good practices,and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.
Donald Mayer Blinken was an American businessman and diplomat. A co-founder of the investment bank Warburg Pincus,he was the chairman of the board of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1997. His son,Antony Blinken,is the current Secretary of State to U.S. President Joe Biden.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 2,1982.
