Related Research Articles
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš is a Latvian politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 2019 until 2023. A linguist and businessman by profession, he previously served as Latvia's minister of Economics and a Member of the European Parliament. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to parents who had left Latvia during the Soviet occupation, he was active in the American Latvian community throughout his youth.
Andrew Doyle is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 2007 to 2020. He served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2016 to 2020.
Arthur Peter Mutharika is a Malawian politician and lawyer who was President of Malawi from May 2014 to June 2020. Mutharika has worked in the field of international justice, specialising in international economic law, international law and comparative constitutional law. He informally served as an adviser to his older brother, President Bingu wa Mutharika, on issues of foreign and domestic policy from the onset of his election campaign until the President's death on 5 April 2012.
Ken Kandodo is a Financial Manager, MP and politician who was appointed Malawi's Minister of Labour in July 2020, following the 2020 presidential elections. Ken Kandodo was relieved from his ministerial position in April of 2021 following the fraudulent use of COVID-19 funds. Ken Kandodo also served as Malawi's Minister of Finance from 15 June 2009 to 8 September 2011, due to the reshuffle in the Cabinet of Malawi. Kandodo is a grand nephew of former president Hastings Banda.On 18 April 2021, Ken Kandodo was fired from his ministerial post due to mismanagement of COVID-19 funds. He is a Chewa from the midlands of Malawi.
Nancy Tembo is a Malawian politician and serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Malawi Government since 2022. She is also a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Lilongwe City South West constituency in the National Assembly of the Republic of Malawi.
Ghulam Muhammed Quader, better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of Jatiya Party. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Lalmonirhat-3 constituency. He served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.
John Barlow is a Canadian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Foothills since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, Barlow was first elected to the House of Commons following a by-election in 2014 and represented Macleod. Prior to his election, Barlow was a newspaper editor.
Grain Malunga served as a Member of Parliament for Chikwawa North Constituency between May 2009 and May 2014. He served as Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment in Malawi from June 2009 to August 2011. He was Principal Secretary for Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, from August 2005 to January 2007, after serving as Secretary for Industry Science and Technology from August 2004 to August 2005.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, is a Ghanaian politician who serves as Ghana's minister for foreign affairs and regional integration. She was appointed by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 10 January 2017. She was a Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom from 2013 to 2021. and had served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Minister of State at the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing under John Kufuor. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane was the Minister of Mineral Resources of South Africa in the Second Cabinet of former President Jacob Zuma serving from 2015 until 2018. A controversial figure, Zwane resigned on 25 February 2018 following allegations of state capture and in particular his role in the Vrede Dairy Project, which helped bankroll the Gupta Family wedding.
Bongani Thomas Bongo is a South African politician, whose ANC membership is currently suspended pending the finalisation of a corruption case at the Nelspruit Magistrates Court. Bongo is the former Minister of State Security, a position to which he was appointed on 17 October 2017 by President Jacob Zuma until he was relieved from the post on 28 February 2018. He was the only appointment that had not been a cabinet minister before. He is also the elected President of the University of Limpopo's Alumni and Convocation Association. As the Minister of State Security, Bongo headed the State Security Agency of South Africa.
Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He is a member of parliament for Asante-Akim Central constituency in the Seventh Parliament and 8th Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana in the Ashanti Region, a position he has held since 2009. He represents the New Patriotic Party. Currently, he is a board member of VRA and also the chairperson for the Ghana National Fire Service Council.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation is the current convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The 9th convocation meets at the Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv, having begun its term on 29 August 2019 following the last session of the 8th Verkhovna Rada.
Saparhan Kesıkbaiūly Omarov is a Kazakh politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as the member of the Mazhilis from 2016 to 2019 and Vice Minister of Agriculture from 2014 to 2016.
Rosemary Nokuzola Capa, also known as Zoleka Capa, is a South African politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform since August 2021. She was Deputy Minister of Small Business Development from May 2019 to August 2021. A member of the African National Congress, she has been a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. From June 2014 to May 2019, she was the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates". The protests were largely violent. The protests also demanded the creation of a minimum support price (MSP) bill, to ensure that corporates cannot control the prices. The Union Government, however, maintained that the laws would make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation. Related endemic legacy issues include farmer suicides and low farmer incomes. Despite India being largely self-sufficient in foodgrain production and having welfare schemes, hunger and nutrition remain serious issues, with India ranking as one of the worst countries in the world in food security parameters.
Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda is a Malawian politician. In 2020 she became Minister of Health in Malawi.
Dan Muys is a Canadian politician and public relations consultant who serves in the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for Flamborough-Glanbrook.
Sajjadul Hassan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency since August 2023. Prior to this position, he served as a bureaucrat and the chairperson of Bangladesh Biman airlines. He is a former Senior Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.
Abel Kayembe is a Malawian politician, researcher and entrepreneur. He is the Member of Parliament for Dowa West Constituency in Malawi for Malawi Congress Party and former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
References
- ↑ "Lobin Lowe". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ↑ "Food systems transformation must include Africa's least developed countries". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ↑ GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI CABINET WITH EFFECT FROM 8TH JULY, 2020
- ↑ Magalasi, Chikondi (2022-10-25). "Chakwera fires Agriculture Minister Lowe and his deputy". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ "Session 7 bios" (PDF). UN. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ↑ Kondowe, Russell (2022-10-19). "Lowe fired as AIP committee chairperson". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ "OXFAM chides finance ministry on AIP: 'Unsustainable' - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  | This article about a Malawian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |