Latest Who's Who 2008

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Latest Whos Who

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

1: Dr Manmohan SinghPrime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to thecharge of any Minister viz:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;(ii) Ministry of Planning;(iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and(iv) Department of Space;(v) Ministry of Coal and(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests

2: Pranab MukherjeeMinister of External Affairs

3: Arjun SinghMinister of Human Resource Development

4: Sharad PawarMinister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

5: Lalu Prasad

Minister of Railways

6: AK Antony Minister of Defence

7: Shivraj V PatilMinister of Home Affairs

8: AR AntulayMinister of Minority Affairs

9: Sushilkumar Shinde

Minister of Power

10: Ram Vilas PaswanMinister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel

11: S Jaipal ReddyMinister of Urban Development


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12: Sis Ram OlaMinister of Mines

13: P ChidambaramMinister of Finance

14: Mahavir PrasadMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

15: PR KyndiahMinister of Tribal Affairs

16: TR BaaluMinister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways

17: Shankersinh Vaghela

Minister of Textiles18: Vayalar RaviMinister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

19: Kamal NathMinister of Commerce & Industry

20: HR BhardwajMinister of Law & Justice

21: Sontosh Mohan DevMinister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

22: Saif-ud-din SozMinister of Water Resources

23: Raghuvansh Prasad SinghMinister of Rural Development

24: Priyaranjan DasmunsiMinister of Information & Broadcasting

25: Mani Shankar AiyarMinister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

26: Meira KumarMinister of Social Justice & Empowerment


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27: Murli DeoraMinister of Petroleum & Natural Gas

28: Ambika SoniMinister of Tourism and Minister of Culture

29: A RajaMinister of Communications and Information Technology

30: Dr Anbumani RamdossMinister of Health & Family Welfare

31: Kapil SibalMinister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences

32: Prem Chand GuptaMinister of Corporate Affairs


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Ministers of State (Independent charge)

1: Oscar FernandesMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment

2: Renuka ChowdhuryMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development

3: Subodh Kant SahayMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

4: Vilas MuttemwarMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

5: Kumari SeljaMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty

Alleviation6: Praful PatelMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation

7: G K VasanMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics & ProgrammeImplementation

8: Dr M S GillMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports


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Ministers of State

1: E AhammedMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

2: BK HandiqueMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministryof Mines

3: Panabaka LakshmiMinister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

4: Dr Shakeel AhmadMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

5: Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence6: Naranbhai RathwaMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways

7: KH MuniappaMinister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways

8: Kantilal BhuriaMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

9: Shriprakash JaiswalMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

10: Prithviraj ChavanMinister of State in the Prime Ministers Office and Minister of State in the Ministry ofPersonnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

11: TaslimuddinMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

12: Suryakanta PatilMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

13: Md Ali Ashraf FatmiMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development


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14: R VeluMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways

15: SS PalanimanickamMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance

16: S RegupathyMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests

17: K VenkatapathyMinister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice

18: Subbulakshmi JagadeesanMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

19: EVKS Elangovan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles20: Kanti SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

21: Namo Narain MeenaMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests

22: Jay Prakash Narayan YadavMinister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources

23: Dr Akhilesh Prasad SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

24: Pawan Kumar BansalMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

25: Anand SharmaMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry ofInformation and Broadcasting

26: Ajay MakenMinister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development

27: Dinsha J PatelMinister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas


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28: MM Pallam RajuMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence

29: Ashwani KumarMinister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce &

Industry30: Jairam RameshMinister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry andMinister of State in the Ministry of Power

31: Chandra Sekhar SahuMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

32: D PurandeswariMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

33: MH AmbareeshMinister of State in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

34: V Radhika SelviMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

35: V NarayanasamyMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministryof Planning

36: Santosh BagrodiaMinister of State in the Ministry of Coal

37: Raghunath JhaMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

38: Dr Rameshwar OraonMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

39: Jyotiraditya Madhavrao ScindiaMinister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

40: Jitin PrasadaMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel


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Chief Ministers

State Name Took Office PartyAndhra Pradesh Y S Rajasekhara Reddy 2004-05-14 Indian National CongressArunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu 2007-04-09 Indian National CongressAssam Tarun Kumar Gogoi 2001-05-17 Indian National CongressBihar Nitish Kumar 2005-11-24 Janata Dal (United)Chhattisgarh Raman Singh 2003-12-07 Bharatiya Janata PartyDelhi Sheila Dikshit 1998-12-03 Indian National CongressGoa Digambar Kamat 2007-06-08 Indian National CongressGujarat Narendra Modi 2001-10-07 Bharatiya Janata PartyHaryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda 2005-03-05 Indian National CongressHimachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal 2007-12-30 Bharatiya Janata PartyJammu andKashmir President rule 2008 Indian National CongressJharkhand Shibu Soren 2008-08-27 Jharkhand Mukti MorchaKarnataka B S Yeddyurappa 2008-05-28 Bharatiya Janata PartyKerala V S Achuthanandan 2006-05-18 Communist Party of India

(Marxist)Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan 2005-11-29 Bharatiya Janata PartyMaharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh 2004-11-01 Indian National CongressManipur Okram Ibobi Singh 2002-03-02 Indian National CongressMeghalaya

Donkupar Roy

2008-03-19

United Democratic Party

Mizoram Pu Zoramthanga 1998-12-04 Mizo National FrontNagaland Neiphiu Rio 2003-03-06 Nagaland People's FrontOrissa Naveen Patnaik 2004-05-17 Biju Janata DalPondicherry Vaithilingam 2008-09-04 Indian National CongressPunjab Parkash Singh Badal 2007-02-28 Shiromani Akali DalRajasthan Vasundhara Raje Scindia 2003-12-08 Bharatiya Janata PartySikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling 1994-12-12 Sikkim Democratic FrontTamil Nadu M Karunanidhi 2006-05-12 Dravida Munnettra

KazhagamTripura Manik Sarkar 1998-03-11 Communist Party of India

(Marxist)Uttarakhand B C Khanduri 2007-03-12 Bharatiya Janata PartyUttar Pradesh Mayawati 2007-05-13 Bahujan Samaj PartyWest Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 2000-10-06 CPI (M)


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Heads of important offices-India

Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha

Somnath Chatterjee : Speaker, Lok Sabha

Dr Manmohan Singh : Chairman, Planning Commission

Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia : Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

A B Vajpayee : Chairman, BJP Parliamentary Party

L K Advani : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)

Jaswant Singh : Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha)

N Gopalaswamy : Chief Election Commissioner

Navin B Chawla : Election Commissioner

SY Quraishi : Election Commissioner

V N Kaul : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India

KM Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary

T K A Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

Kamal Pande : Secretary, Inter-State Council

Justice S Ratnavel Pandian: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes

Shanta Sinha : Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

Dr Buta Singh : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Kunwar Singh : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Gurbachan Jagat : Chairman, UPSCDr M S Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers

M K Narayanan : National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security)


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J P Batra : Chairman, Railway Board

Vivek Kumar Agnihotri: Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha

PDT Achary : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha

PC Haldar : Director, IB

Vijay Shankar : Director, CBI

Ashok Chaturvedi : Director, Research and Analysis Wing

SIS Ahmed : Director-General, CRPF

Ashish Kumar Mitra : Director-General,Border Security Force (BSF)

Ranjeet Kumar Das : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)A K Suri : Director-General, Railway Protection Force

V K Joshi : Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Gopal Sharma : Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal

Vice-Admiral Rustom Faramroze Contractor : Director-General, Coast Guard

Lt Gen Avtar Singh : Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency

Sukhadeo Thorat : Chairman, UGC

Dr R Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government

M Natarajan : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research &Development Organisation

G Madhavan Nair : Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO

Anil Kakodkar : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept of Atomic Energy

Nripendra Misra : Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

B K Mishra : Chairman, SSC

Anil Kumar : Chairman, Telecom Commission

Justice (Retd) B N Kirpal: Chairman, National Forest Commission


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Dr Amrita Patel : Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

Lt Gen AK Nanda : Director-General, Border Roads Organisation

Dr Nirmal Kumar Ganguly: Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research

R S S L N Bhaskardu: Chairman, Public Enterprises Selection Board

Prahlad Basu : Chairman, Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises

D K Sikri : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner

Justice D P Wadhwa : President, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

AR Lakshmanan: Chairman, Law Commission

Y V Reddy : Governor, RBIRavindra Varma : Chairman, National Commission on Labour

Justice G N Ray : Chairman, Press Council of India

Ajit Bhattacharjea : Director, Press Institute of India

Anil Kapoor : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)

Ravindra Kumar : Chairman, United News of India

Bahubali S Shah : President, Indian Newspaper Society

R Lakshmipathy : Chairman, PTI

C S Rao : Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Authority

Indira Bhargava : Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

A K Singh : Chairman, Central Board of Excise & CustomsSushil Kumar Roongta: Chairman, SAIL

S K Garg: CMD, NHPC

RS Sharma : CMD, ONGC

UD Choubey: CMD, GAIL

S Behuria : Chairman, IOC


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Prabir Sengupta : Director-General, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

MR Pasrija: CMD, Oil India Ltd

Ashok Ganguly : Chairman, CBSE

C B Bhave: Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India

Y S P Thorat : Chairman, NABARD

OP Bhat : Chairman, SBI

R H Patil: Chairman, UTI Asset Management Company

V P Shetty: Chairman, IDBI

TS Vijayan: Chairman, LICJustice Ajay Kumar Banerji: Chairman, Company Law Board

Kapila Vatsayayan : President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)

Nirupam Sen : Indias Permanent Representative to UN

Dr Mangla Rai : Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research

R Jeyasheelan : Chairman, Central Water Commission

Girija Vyas : Chairperson, National Commission for Women

Dr C Rangarajan : Chairman, 12th Finance Commission

Prof Suresh D Tendulkar: Chairman, Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council

V Rajagopalan : Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Sharmila Tagore : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification

Nafisa Ali : Chairperson, Childrens Film Society of India

C Babu Rajeev : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India

Rajeev Chandrasekhar: President, FICCI

R S P Sinha : Chairman, MTNL


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R N Das : Director, Enforcement Directorate

D Swarup : Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority

Pratyush Sinha : Central Vigilance Commissioner

S Banerjee : Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Wajahat Habibullah : Chief Information Commissioner

Pradeep Kumar : Chairman, NHAI

Rajni Patil : Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board

Suresh Kalmadi : President, Indian Olympic Association

Prof Krishan Kumar : Director, NCERTSunil Bharti Mittal : President, CII

Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission

M V Kamath : Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board

Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission

Dr Ganesh Natarajan: Chairman, NASSCOM

Sajjan Jindal: President, ASSOCHAM

Manmohan Shetty : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation

Tripurari Sharan : Director, Film & Television Institute of India (FTII)

Ram Niwas Mirdha : Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi

Dr Karan Singh: President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Prof D N Tripathi: Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research

Andre Beteille: Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research

Dr Ishar J Ahluwalia: Chairperson, Indian Council of Research in International EconomicRelations

Kumarmangalam Birla: Chairman, Board of Trade


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Presidents and Prime Ministers

Of countries recognised by the United Nations

State Head of state Head of government

Afghanistan PresidentHamid Karzai

Albania PresidentBamir Topi Prime MinisterSali Berisha

Algeria PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika Prime MinisterAhmed Ouyahia

Andorra

Co-PrinceJoan Enric Vives SicliaRepresentativeNemesi Marqus OsteCo-PrinceNicolas Sarkozy RepresentativePhilippe Massoni

Head of GovernmentAlbert Pintat

Angola PresidentJos Eduardo dos Santos Prime MinisterPaulo Kassoma

Antiguaand Barbuda

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralLouise Lake-Tack Prime MinisterBaldwin Spencer

Argentina PresidentCristina Fernndez de Kirchner

Armenia PresidentSerzh Sargsyan Prime MinisterTigran SargsyanAustralia QueenElizabeth II

[1]Governor GeneralQuentin Bryce Prime MinisterKevin Rudd

Austria PresidentHeinz Fischer ChancellorAlfred Gusenbauer

Azerbaijan PresidentIlham Aliyev Prime MinisterArtur Rasizade

Bahamas QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralArthur Dion Hanna Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham

Bahrain KingHamad ibn Isa Al KhalifahPrime MinisterKhalifah ibn Sulman AlKhalifah

Bangladesh PresidentIajuddin AhmedChief AdviserFakhruddin Ahmed

Barbados QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralClifford Husbands Prime MinisterDavid Thompson

Belarus PresidentAlexander Lukashenko Prime MinisterSergey Sidorsky

Belgium KingAlbert II Prime MinisterYves Leterme

Belize QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralColville Young Prime MinisterDean Barrow

Benin PresidentYayi Boni

Bhutan KingJigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck Prime MinisterJigme Thinley

Bolivia PresidentEvo Morales

Bosnia

andHerzegovina

Chairman of the PresidencyHaris Silajdi[2]

Presidency MemberNeboja RadmanoviPresidency Membereljko Komi Prime MinisterNikola piri

Botswana PresidentIan Khama

Brazil PresidentLuiz Incio Lula da Silva

Brunei SultanHassanal Bolkiah

Bulgaria PresidentGeorgi Parvanov Prime MinisterSergey Stanishev

Burkina PresidentBlaise Compaor Prime MinisterTertius Zongo


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Faso

BurmaChairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncilThan Shwe

Prime MinisterThein Sein

Burundi PresidentPierre Nkurunziza

CambodiaKingNorodom Sihamoni Prime MinisterHun Sen

Cameroon PresidentPaul Biya Prime MinisterEphram Inoni

Canada QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralMichalle Jean Prime MinisterStephen Harper

CapeVerde

PresidentPedro Pires Prime MinisterJos Maria Neves

CentralAfricanRepublic

PresidentFranois BozizPrime MinisterFaustin-ArchangeTouadra

Chad PresidentIdriss Dby Prime MinisterYoussouf Saleh Abbas

Chile PresidentMichelle BacheletChina PresidentHu Jintao PremierWen Jiabao

Colombia Presidentlvaro Uribe

Comoros PresidentAhmed Abdallah Sambi

Congo-Brazzaville

PresidentDenis Sassou-Nguesso

Congo-Kinshasa

PresidentJoseph Kabila Prime MinisterAdolphe Muzito

CostaRica

Presidentscar Arias

Croatia PresidentStjepan Mesi Prime MinisterIvo SanaderCuba President of the Council of StateRal Castro

Cyprus PresidentDimitris Christofias

CzechRepublic

PresidentVclav Klaus Prime MinisterMirek Topolnek

Denmark QueenMargrethe II Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen

Djibouti PresidentIsmail Omar Guelleh Prime MinisterDileita Mohamed Dileita

Dominica PresidentNicholas Liverpool Prime MinisterRoosevelt Skerrit

Dominican

Republic

PresidentLeonel Fernndez

EastTimor

PresidentJos Ramos-Horta Prime MinisterXanana Gusmo

Ecuador PresidentRafael Correa

Egypt PresidentHosni Mubarak Prime MinisterAhmed Nazif

ElSalvador

PresidentAntonio Saca


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EquatorialGuinea

PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime MinisterIgnacio Milam Tang

Eritrea PresidentIsaias Afewerki

Estonia PresidentToomas Hendrik Ilves Prime MinisterAndrus Ansip

Ethiopia PresidentGirma Wolde-Giorgis Prime MinisterMeles ZenawiFiji PresidentJosefa Iloilo Acting Prime MinisterFrank Bainimarama

Finland PresidentTarja Halonen Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen

France PresidentNicolas Sarkozy Prime MinisterFranois Fillon

Gabon PresidentOmar Bongo Prime MinisterJean Eyeghe Ndong

Gambia PresidentYahya Jammeh

Georgia PresidentMikheil Saakashvili Prime MinisterGrigol Mgaloblishvili

Germany PresidentHorst Khler ChancellorAngela Merkel

Ghana PresidentJohn Kufuor

Greece PresidentKarolos Papoulias Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis

Grenada QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralDaniel Williams Prime MinisterTillman Thomas

Guatemala Presidentlvaro Colom

Guinea-Bissau

PresidentJoo Bernardo Vieira Prime MinisterCarlos Correia

Guinea PresidentLansana Cont Prime MinisterAhmed Tidiane Souar

Guyana PresidentBharrat Jagdeo Prime MinisterSam Hinds

Haiti PresidentRen Prval Prime MinisterMichle Pierre-Louis

Honduras PresidentManuel Zelaya

Hungary PresidentLszl Slyom Prime MinisterFerenc GyurcsnyIceland Presidentlafur Ragnar Grmsson Prime MinisterGeir Haarde

India PresidentPratibha Patil Prime MinisterManmohan Singh

Indonesia PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono

IranSupreme LeaderAli Khamenei

PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad

IraqJalal Talabani (Pres.),[3]Adil Abdul Mahdi (VP),Tariq al-Hashimi (VP)

Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki

Ireland PresidentMary McAleese TaoiseachBrian Cowen

Israel PresidentShimon Peres Prime MinisterEhud Olmert

Italy PresidentGiorgio Napolitano Prime MinisterSilvio BerlusconiIvory

CoastPresidentLaurent Gbagbo Prime MinisterGuillaume Soro

Jamaica QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralKenneth Hall Prime MinisterBruce Golding

Japan EmperorAkihito Prime MinisterTaro Aso

Jordan KingAbdullah II Prime MinisterNader al-Dahabi


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Kazakhstan PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev Prime MinisterKarim Massimov

Kenya PresidentMwai Kibaki Prime MinisterRaila Odinga

Kiribati PresidentAnote Tong

Kuwait EmirSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahPrime MinisterNasser Al-Mohammed

Al-Ahmed Al-SabahKyrgyzstan PresidentKurmanbek Bakiyev Prime MinisterIgor Chudinov

Laos PresidentChoummaly Sayasone Prime MinisterBouasone Bouphavanh

Latvia PresidentValdis Zatlers Prime MinisterIvars Godmanis

Lebanon PresidentMichel Sleiman Prime MinisterFouad Siniora

Lesotho KingLetsie III Prime MinisterPakalitha Mosisili

Liberia PresidentEllen Johnson-Sirleaf

Guide of the RevolutionMuammar al-GaddafiLibya Secretary General of the General People's

CongressMiftah Muhammed K'ebaPrime MinisterBaghdadi Mahmudi

LiechtensteinPrinceHans-Adam IIPrince-RegentAlois Head of GovernmentOtmar Hasler

Lithuania PresidentValdas Adamkus Prime MinisterGediminas Kirkilas

Luxembourg Grand DukeHenri Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker

Macedonia PresidentBranko Crvenkovski Prime MinisterNikola Gruevski

Madagascar PresidentMarc Ravalomanana Prime MinisterCharles Rabemananjara

Malawi PresidentBingu wa Mutharika

Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan AgongMizan Zainal Abidin

Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad

BadawiMaldives PresidentMaumoon Abdul Gayoom

Mali PresidentAmadou Toumani Tour Prime MinisterModibo Sidib

Malta PresidentEdward Fenech Adami Prime MinisterLawrence Gonzi

MarshallIslands

PresidentLitokwa Tomeing

MauritaniaPresident of the High Council of StateMohamedOuld Abdel Aziz

Prime MinisterMoulaye Ould MohamedLaghdaf

Mauritius PresidentAnerood Jugnauth Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam

Mexico PresidentFelipe Caldern

Micronesia PresidentManny Mori

Moldova PresidentVladimir Voronin Prime MinisterZinaida Greceani

Monaco PrinceAlbert II Minister of StateJean-Paul Proust

Mongolia PresidentNambaryn Enkhbayar Prime MinisterSanjaagiin Bayar

Montenegro PresidentFilip Vujanovi Prime MinisterMilo ukanovi


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Morocco KingMuhammad VI Prime MinisterAbbas El Fassi

Mozambique PresidentArmando Guebuza Prime MinisterLuisa Diogo

Namibia PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba Prime MinisterNahas Angula

Nauru PresidentMarcus Stephen

Nepal PresidentRam Baran Yadav Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal

Netherlands QueenBeatrix Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende

NewZealand

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralAnand Satyanand Prime MinisterHelen Clark

Nicaragua PresidentDaniel Ortega

Niger PresidentTandja Mamadou Prime MinisterSeyni Oumarou

Nigeria PresidentUmaru Yar'Adua

Chairman of the National Defence CommissionKim Jong-il

NorthKorea Chairman of the Presidium of the SupremePeople's AssemblyKim Yong-namEternal PresidentKim Il-sung[4]

PremierKim Yong-il

Norway KingHarald V Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg

Oman SultanQaboos

Pakistan PresidentAsif Ali Zardari Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani

Palau PresidentTommy Remengesau

Panama PresidentMartn Torrijos

PapuaNew Guinea

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralPaulias Matane Prime MinisterMichael Somare

Paraguay PresidentFernando LugoPeru PresidentAlan Garca Prime MinisterYehude Simon

Philippines PresidentGloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Poland PresidentLech Kaczyski Prime MinisterDonald Tusk

Portugal PresidentAnbal Cavaco Silva Prime MinisterJos Scrates

Qatar EmirHamad bin KhalifaPrime MinisterHamad ibn Jaber AlThani

Romania PresidentTraian Bsescu Prime MinisterClin Popescu-Triceanu

Russia PresidentDmitry Medvedev Prime MinisterVladimir Putin

Rwanda PresidentPaul Kagame Prime MinisterBernard MakuzaSaint

Kitts andNevis

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralCuthbert Sebastian Prime MinisterDenzil Douglas

SaintLucia

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralPearlette Louisy Prime MinisterStephenson King

Saint QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralFrederick Ballantyne Prime MinisterRalph Gonsalves


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Vincent andtheGrenadines

Samoa O le Ao o le MaloTufuga EfiPrime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono SaileleMalielegaoi

SanMarino Captain RegentErnesto BenedettiniCaptain RegentAssunta Meloni

SoTom andPrncipe

PresidentFradique de Menezes Prime MinisterJoaquim Rafael Branco

SaudiArabia

KingAbdullah

Senegal PresidentAbdoulaye WadePrime MinisterCheikh HadjibouSoumar

Serbia PresidentBoris Tadi Prime MinisterMirko Cvetkovi

SeychellesPresidentJames Michel

SierraLeone

PresidentErnest Bai Koroma

Singapore PresidentSellapan Ramanathan Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong

Slovakia PresidentIvan Gaparovi Prime MinisterRobert Fico

Slovenia PresidentDanilo Trk Prime MinisterJanez Jana

SolomonIslands

QueenElizabeth II[1]Governor GeneralNathaniel Waena Prime MinisterDerek Sikua

Somalia PresidentAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Prime MinisterNur Hassan Hussein

SouthAfrica PresidentKgalema Motlanthe

SouthKorea

PresidentLee Myung-bak Prime MinisterHan Seung-soo

Spain KingJuan CarlosPrime MinisterJos Luis RodrguezZapatero

Sri Lanka PresidentMahinda RajapaksaPrime MinisterRatnasiriWickremanayake

Sudan PresidentOmar al-Bashir

Suriname PresidentRonald Venetiaan

Swaziland KingMswati III

Prime MinisterBarnabas Sibusiso

DlaminiSweden KingCarl XVI Gustaf Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt

SwitzerlandPascal Couchepin (Pres.),[5]Hans-Rudolf Merz (VP), Moritz Leuenberger, Samuel

Schmid, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Doris Leuthard, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Syria PresidentBashar al-AssadPrime MinisterMuhammad Naji al-Otari

TajikistanPresidentEmomalii Rahmon Prime MinisterOqil Oqilov


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Tanzania PresidentJakaya Kikwete Prime MinisterMizengo Pinda

Thailand KingBhumibol Adulyadej Prime MinisterSomchai Wongsawat

Togo PresidentFaure Gnassingb Prime MinisterGilbert Houngbo

Tonga KingGeorge Tupou V Prime MinisterFeleti Sevele

Trinidadand Tobago PresidentGeorge Maxwell Richards Prime MinisterPatrick Manning

Tunisia PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali Prime MinisterMohamed Ghannouchi

Turkey PresidentAbdullah Gl Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoan

Turkmenistan PresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhammedow

Tuvalu QueenElizabeth II[1]

Governor GeneralFiloimea Telito Prime MinisterApisai Ielemia

Uganda PresidentYoweri Museveni Prime MinisterApolo Nsibambi

Ukraine PresidentViktor Yushchenko Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko

United

Arab EmiratesPresidentKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Prime MinisterMohammed bin Rashid

Al MaktoumUnited

KingdomQueenElizabeth II Prime MinisterGordon Brown

UnitedStates

PresidentGeorge W. BushPresident-electBarack Obama

Uruguay PresidentTabar Vzquez

Uzbekistan PresidentIslom Karimov Prime MinisterShavkat MirziyoyevVanuatu PresidentKalkot Mataskelekele Prime MinisterEdward Natapei

VaticanCity PopeBenedict XVI

President of the GovernorateGiovanniLajolo

Venezuela PresidentHugo ChvezVietnam PresidentNguyn Minh Trit Prime MinisterNguyn Tn DngYemen PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh Prime MinisterAli MuhammadMujawarZambia PresidentRupiah Banda

Zimbabwe PresidentRobert Mugabe Prime Minister-designateMorganTsvangirai


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Heads of important offices

Ban Ki-moon: Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation

Robert Zoellick : President, World Bank

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Koichiro Matsuura : Director-General, UNESCO

Margaret Chan : Director-General, WHO

Jacques Diouf : Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation

Juan Somavia : Director-General, International Labour Organisation

Ann M Veneman : Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund(UNICEF)

Antonio Guterres : UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Mark M Brown : Director-General, United Nations Development Programme

Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi : Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD)

Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development

(OECD)

Rosalyn Higgins : President, International Court of Justice

Haruhiko Kuroda : President, Asian Development Bank

Jacques Rogge : President, International Olympic Committee

Don McKinnon : Secretary-General, Commonwealth

Harshvardhana Singh : Deputy Director-General, WTO

Prof Alpha Oumar Konare : Chairman, African Union

Pascal Lamy : Director-General, WTO

Louise Arbour : High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights

David Morgan: President, International Cricket Council


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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: Chairman, Non-Aligned Movement

Jose Manuel Durao Barroso: President, European Commission

Kandeh K Yumkella : Director-General, UNIDOJammel Al Hujilan : Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation Council

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu : Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference

Abdallah Salem el-Badri: Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)

Cesar Gaviria Trujilo : Chairman, Organisation of American States

Dr Mohamed ElBaradei : Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Jaap de Hoop Scheffer : Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Ong Keng Yong : Secretary-General, ASEAN

Sheel Kant Sharma: Secretary-General, SAARC

Mahinda Rajapaksa: Chairman, SAARC

Michael Griffin : Chief of NASA(USA)

Irene Zubaida Khan : Secretary- General, Amnesty International

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