The political system of Qatar runs under an authoritarian semi-constitutional monarchy with the emir as head of state and chief executive,and the prime minister as the head of government. Under the Constitution of Qatar,the partially-elected Consultative Assembly has a limited ability to reject legislation and dismiss ministers. The second general election was held in 2021;political parties are banned and all candidates had to run as independents.
Mostafa Mohammad Najjar is an Iranian politician and retired IRGC general. He was interior minister of Iran from 2009 to 2013 and minister of defense in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009. He is also a veteran of the IRGC.
The military industry of Egypt produces defense and security products including small arms,armored vehicles,and naval vessels for the Egyptian Armed Forces. Equipment is also exported. Egypt has co-production agreements with several countries,including the United States and France.
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi is an Iranian politician and prosecutor,who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was Minister of Interior from 2005 to 2008 and Minister of Justice from 2013 until 2017. Pourmohammadi is reportedly implicated in the 1988 execution of MEK prisoners.
The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz is an Arab nationalist and separatist insurgent group which advocates the secession of an area in southern Iran including all of Khuzestan Province and Bushehr Province and parts of Ilam Province,Hormozgan Province,Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province from Iran and the establishment of an Arab state,a goal which it is attempting to achieve by waging a direct and violent conflict against Iran. The claimed area is shown in the group's logo as well.
Corruption is an anti-social attitude awarding improper privileges contrary to legal and moral norms and impairs the authorities' capacity to secure the welfare of all citizens. Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012,Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence.
Theodore Ahamefule Orji is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing Abia Central senatorial district from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as the governor of Abia State from 2007 to 2015. He was formerly a career civil servant,and served as the chief of staff to Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu.
Mahamudu Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who serves as the 5th Vice President of Ghana in the 4th Ghanaian Republic. He assumed office on 7 January 2017 as Vice President of Ghana. Bawumia is the New Patriotic Party nominee for president in the 2024 general election.
Khalid A. Al-Falih is Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia since 25 February 2020. He served as Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia and chairman of Saudi Aramco. He also has previously served as the Saudi Arabian Health Minister and Aramco's CEO.
Sayyid Mostafa Agha Mirsalim is an Iranian engineer and conservative politician. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was formerly a member of Islamic Consultative Assembly from 2020 to 2024.
Asad Umar is a former Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from September 2013 till May 2018 and again from August 2018 to January 2023. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives,from 19 November 2019 to 10 April 2022.
Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer ("Wakil"),academic,former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He served as a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts from 1999 to 2024. He was a member of the Expediency Council from 1991 to 2013,and also was a member of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2021. Rouhani was deputy speaker of the fourth and fifth terms of the Parliament of Iran (Majlis) and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005. In the latter capacity,he was the country's top negotiator with the EU three,UK,France,and Germany,on nuclear technology in Iran,and has also served as a Shia mujtahid,and economic trade negotiator.
Isaac Osei is the former Member of Parliament of Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He is also the former managing director of Tema Oil Refinery and chief executive officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board and one time Ghana High Commissioner to the UK. Osei serves as the chairman of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority,Algebra Securities Ltd,Algebra Capital Ltd,and Intravenous Infusions Ltd.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 19 May 2017,the twelfth of such elections. Local elections were held simultaneously.
Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh,also referred to as Khürelsükh Ukhnaa,is the 6th and current president of Mongolia,beginning his term on 25 June 2021 after winning the 2021 Mongolian presidential election. He was prime minister from October 2017 to January 2021 and was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia four times –in 2000,2004,2012 and 2020.
Mostafa Kamal Madbouly is the Prime Minister of Egypt,serving since 2018. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government's resignation in the wake of Sisi's re-election. Madbouly also served in Sherif Ismail's cabinet as Minister of Housing,and had also briefly served as acting prime minister.
Ramil Laurel Hernandez is a Filipino politician from Calamba,Laguna. He currently serves as the Governor of Laguna since 2014. He previously served as Sanguniang Kabataan Chairman of Barangay Mabato in Calamba,Laguna,a councilor of Calamba,a board member,and Vice Governor of Laguna. He was elevated to Governor following the disqualification of E.R. Ejercito in 2014. He was first elected as Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019 and 2022.
Pere Navarro Olivella is a Spanish civil servant and politician who serves as Director-General for Traffic since June 2018. Navarro also served at this position from 2004 to 2012.
Soedarmo is an Indonesian military officer and bureaucrat who was the Director General of Politics and General Government from 2015 to 2019. Due to his office in the Ministry of Home Affairs,he held acting governorships in Aceh and Papua.
