Muhammad Yunus
Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Muhammad Yunus is internationally recognized for his work in poverty alleviation and the empowerment of poor women
|
Joschka Fischer
Former German Vice-Chancellor and a leading figure in the German Green Party
|
Bertie Ahern
Ireland’s Prime Minister from 1997-2008
|
Dominique de Villepin
Prime Minister of the French Republic 2005-2007
|
Tony Fernandes
Serial entrepreneur, Founder & Owner of AirAsia.com, Owner of Lotus F1 team, 2009 Airline CEO of the Year
|
Dr Helmut Kohl
Bundeskanzler a. D.
|
Lech Walesa
Former President of Poland and Nobel Laureate
|
Frederik Willem De Klerk
Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993
|
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
|
Klaus Toepfer
Former United Nations Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
|
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
President of Notre Europe and former Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
|
Jacques Delors
President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Community (EC) from 1985 to 1995
|
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Former President of the Republic of Poland (1995 – 2005)
|
Martti Ahtisaari
December 2008, Mr. Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
|
Lionel Jospin
Served as Prime Minister of France, during the third "cohabitation", under Jacques Chirac, from 1997 to 2002
|
Heizo Takenaka
A Japanese economist and retired politician, last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and former Minister of State for Financial Services
|
Charlie McCreevy
EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services (2004- 2010), Former Minister (Finance; Tourism; Social Welfare), Ireland
|
Vaclav Klaus
President of the Czech Republic
|
Michel Camdessus - English
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
|
Rodrigo de Rato
Former Director General of the IMF and Vice President of Spain
|
Vaclav Havel
Writer and Dramatist; One of the first Spokesmen for Charter 77; Leading Figure of the Velvet Revolution of 1989; Last President of Czechoslovakia; and First President of the Czech Republic
|
Jagdish Bhagwati
Special Adviser to the UN on Globalization, and External Adviser to the WTO
|
Pat Cox
President of the European Parliament between 2002 - 2004
|
Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.
Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. is a Civil Rights activist, clergyman, and prominent African American leader in the United States
|
Ernesto Zedillo
Dr. Ernesto Zedillo served as President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. Currently, he is head of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
|
Felipe Gonzalez
Former Prime Minister of Spain
|
Fidel Ramos
Former President of the Philippines
|
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Director of the World Health Organization and Prime Minister of Norway
|
Hanna Suchocka
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and Member of the Board of Governors of the European Cultural Foundation
|
Jacques Santer
Former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, President of the European Commission (1995-1999) and President of the World Bank
|
Javier Solana
Head of European Union Foreign Affairs and former Secretary General of NATO
|
John Bruton
Current EU Ambassador to Washington - Former Prime Minister of Ireland and a former President in office of the European Council
|
Oscar Arias Sánchez
Former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Laureate
|
Wim Kok
Prime Minister of The Netherlands 1994-2002 and Chairman of the European Employment Taskforce
|
Eduardo Aninat
Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from December 1999 to June 2003 and Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IMF and World Bank 1995-96
|
Jean-Luc Dehaene
Former Vice-Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe and Prime Minister of Belgium
|
Ricardo Lagos
Latin American Leader, former Chilean President - In May 2007, Mr Lagos was appointed UN special envoy on Climate Change by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
|