Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis rights activist,entrepreneur and politician. Often described as the "Prince of Pot",Emery has been a notable advocate of international cannabis policy reform,and has been active in multiple Canadian political parties at the provincial and federal levels. Emery has been jailed several times for his cannabis activism.
Charles L. Sullivan was an American politician,attorney and military pilot. He served the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972 under Governor John Bell Williams. He was also a general in the United States Air National Guard.
Michael William Lebron,better known as Lionel,is an American syndicated radio,television and YouTube legal and media analyst. He is known as a leading promoter of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory.
Ali Karimli born Ali Amirhuseyn oglu Karimov is an Azerbaijani politician and the head of the reformist wing of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP).
Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 6 November 2005. They pitted candidates of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) against opposition led by the Azadlıq (Freedom) bloc of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party,Musavat and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party. The NAP won 61 of the 125 seats.
Cenk Kadir Uygur is a Turkish-born American politician,political commentator,media host and a 2024 presidential candidate. He is the co-creator of The Young Turks,a left-wing,progressive,sociopolitical news and commentary program.
Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Kosovo. It is orientated towards principles of social democracy,direct democracy,populism,and Albanian nationalism.
The Jobbik –Conservatives,commonly known as Jobbik,is a conservative political party in Hungary.
The Revolutionary and Democratic Ethical Green Movement (MOVER,Spanish:Movimiento Verde Ético Revolucionario y Democrático) is a centre-left social democratic and environmentalist political party in Ecuador. In 2016,it had 979,691 members. Until 2021 it was known as the PAIS Alliance (Proud and Sovereign Homeland) (PAIS,Spanish:Alianza PAIS (Patria Altiva i Soberana)).
The 2008 presidential campaign of Ralph Nader,political activist,author,lecturer and attorney began on February 24,2008. He announced his intent to run as an independent candidate,on NBC's Meet The Press. It was Nader's fifth campaign;he ran in the four election cycles prior to 2008:1992,1996,2000,and 2004. The 2008 election was the third in which he had officially run a national campaign. While Nader ran as an independent,in some states he had ballot access with the Independent-Ecology Party,the Natural Law Party,and the Peace and Freedom Party. Nader received 738,475 votes.
Warren Redlich was born in Syosset,New York and as of 2022 is a YouTuber covering technology,especially related to Tesla_Inc,SpaceX and related topics. He is a retired lawyer and former politician. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Mathematical Economic Analysis from Rice University in 1988,a Master of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University in 1992,and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Albany Law School in 1994. He was the Libertarian Party candidate in the New York gubernatorial election,2010.
Makoto Sakurai is the pen name of a political activist,blogger,and writer from Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture,Japan. A former civil servant in a ward office,he is the founder and former leader of the far-right nationalist group Zaitokukai,known for its anti-foreign messages and public demonstrations which some consider unruly. Following his unsuccessful campaign in the 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election,he founded the Japan First Party in August 2016 and is currently the party's leader.
Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018. The elections were the first since the 2016 constitutional referendum,which extended the presidential term from five to seven years. Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev was re-elected president for a seven-year term.
The Rubin Report is a conservative political news talk show hosted by Dave Rubin,airing on BlazeTV and YouTube. In the show,Rubin interviews authors,activists,journalists,comedians,actors,and professors.
Artpodgotovka,Russian for "Artillery - or art - preparation" and known in English as the Interregional Social Movement 'Artpodgotovka') is a Russian political organization of a left-wing nationalist character. Recognized as extremist,it was banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 25 January 2021 where 12 members were elected in the eleventh election since the Assembly was established in 1980. This election marked the first time in history that both parties elected,the People's National Movement (PNM) and Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) won an equal number seats of 6-6,despite the PNM winning the popular vote,resulting in a deadlock and a constitutional crisis with both political parties and Prime Minister Keith Rowley seeking senior counsel advice on the way forward. This election was the first time after 20 years in power that the PNM lost its absolute majority. This election also marked the first time a female political leader was elected to the Assembly and the first time a woman led a major political party or a political party with representation in the Assembly,following the 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election where Health Secretary,councillor and former Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to Costa Rica and former Deputy Chief Secretary of Tobago Tracy Davidson-Celestine made history by being elected as the PNM's first female political leader at the regional or national level and one of the first bilingual political leaders in the country's history. If Davidson-Celestine and the PNM were to be elected with a majority to their sixth consecutive term in office,she would have made history,becoming the first female Chief Secretary of Tobago. The election was held alongside local by-elections in Trinidad in which the PNM and UNC retained two districts and the PNM losing one to the UNC.
Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020. They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020,but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019. Opposition parties accused President Ilham Aliyev of limiting their ability to campaign and called for a boycott of the election.
The National Front Party is the registered political party in Azerbaijan established by Razi Nurullayev and on August 31,2020.
Osman Velizade is the second mufti of the Religious Council of the Caucasus from 1842 to 1847.
