The Scottish Parliament is the devolved,unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city,Edinburgh,it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. The Parliament is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs),elected for five-year terms under the regionalised form of additional member system (MMP):73 MSPs represent individual geographical constituencies elected by the plurality (first-past-the-post) system,while a further 56 are returned as list members from eight additional member regions. Each region elects seven party-list MSPs. Each region elects 15 to 17 MSPs in total. The most recent general election to the Parliament was held on 6 May 2021,with the Scottish National Party winning a plurality.
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam,better known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or by his initials JBJ,was a Singaporean politician,lawyer and secretary-general of WP between 1971 and 2001 and the de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1981 and 1986. A former member of the opposition Workers' Party,He was a Member of Parliament for Anson SMC between 1981 and 1986.
The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia,a public research university in Athens,Georgia. It was founded in 1859,making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
Patricia Janet Scotland,Baroness Scotland of Asthal,,is a British diplomat,barrister and politician,serving as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. She was elected at the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elevated to the House of Lords in 1997 and,as a British Labour Party politician,served in ministerial positions within the UK Government,most notably as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland. She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Dominica,where she was born.
Zef Bushati is the ambassador of Albania to the Holy See since 10 May 2002. This followed the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation between Albania and the Holy See on 23 March 2002,which was at that time awaiting the ratification of the Albanian parliament.
The Singapore Red Cross (SRC),formally the Singapore Red Cross Society,is a humanitarian aid and community services charity in Singapore. The SRC is a national member of the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and forms a part of the International Red Cross Movement.
Richard Kenneth Robert Alston is an Australian businessman,former politician and former barrister. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1986 to 2004,representing the Liberal Party. During the Howard government he held ministerial office as Minister for Communications and the Arts (1996–1997),Communications,the Information Economy and the Arts (1997–1998),and Communications,Information Technology and the Arts (1998–2003). He is simultaneously Australia's longest serving Communications minister and Arts minister.
TheUniversity of Law is a private for-profit university in the United Kingdom,providing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law,business,psychology,criminology,policing and computer science. It also provides postgraduate courses in education,and specialist legal training and continuing professional development courses for British barristers,solicitors and trainees;it is the United Kingdom's largest law school. It traces its origins to 1876.
Jim Whitehurst is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies since October 2023. He was previously the president at IBM,chair of the board and chief executive officer at Red Hat,and chief operating officer at Delta Air Lines. Prior to working at Delta in 2001,he was vice president and director of the Boston Consulting Group and held various management roles at its Chicago,Hong Kong,Shanghai and Atlanta offices.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP,also known as Hale &Dorr and WilmerHale,is an American multinational law firm with offices in the United States,Europe,and Asia. Co-headquartered in Washington,D.C.,and Boston,it was formed in 2004 through the merger of the Boston-based firm Hale and Dorr and the D.C.-based,firm Wilmer Cutler &Pickering. It employs more than 1,000 attorneys worldwide.
James Joseph Carlton was an Australian businessman,politician,and humanitarian.
Terence Burns,Baron Burns,sometimes known as Terry Burns,is a British economist,made a life peer in 1998 for his services as former Chief Economic Advisor and Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. He served as Chairman of Ofcom from 2018 to 2020,and is currently a senior adviser to Santander UK,non-executive Chairman of Glas Cymru,and a non-executive director of Pearson Group plc. He is also a former President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research,President of the Society of Business Economists,ex Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music,and ex Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra. On 5 November 2009 he was announced chairman Designate of Channel Four Television Corporation,succeeding Luke Johnson,who retired on 27 January 2010 following six years in the post.
Gia Getsadze is a former Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine.
Geoff Plant,is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician known for his interest in citizen's legal and electoral rights and aboriginal rights. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing Richmond-Steveston from 1996 to 2005. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,he served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell as Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations from 2001 to 2005.
Luis Alberto Aguilar is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official.
Michael D. Fricklas is an American lawyer and an executive in the entertainment industry. He is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Advance Publications. Previously,he was executive vice president,general counsel and secretary of Viacom Inc. from 1993 to 2017,and general counsel from 1998 to 2017. Viacom is now known as Paramount Global.
Sebastian Valentin Bodu is a Romanian politician and previous Member of the European Parliament. He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2009,being part of the European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament. Bodu is a vice-chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs and also a member of the delegation for relations with Canada.
Bradford Lee Smith is an American attorney and business executive who became vice chairman of Microsoft in 2021,and president in 2015. He previously was a senior vice president and general counsel from 2002 to 2015.
Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa was a Nicaraguan jurist who specialized in international law,and diplomat. He held roles in the Nicaraguan government,especially in the Foreign Ministry,across party lines,as well as roles in major international legal bodies including at the United Nations and the Organization of American States. In the 1980s,he worked on a number of peace processes in Central America,helping formalize legal and political structures for the region. Also a legal scholar and professor,he was rector of the American College University and the author of four books on the laws governing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Nicaragua. His contributions were recognized with a number of honors both nationally and internationally,including Nicaragua's Order of Rubén Darío.
Ghulam Hassan Gran is an Afghan government official,politician and lawyer serving as the Director of Political,Cultural and Public Affairs of the President Office of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since July,2020 until August 2021 then after the fall of Republic regime by Taliban he left his job.
