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Ingraham, Hubert Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Ingraham, Hubert AlexanderIngraham, Hubert Alexanderĭngˈgrəm [key], 1947–, Bahamian political leader, prime minister of the Bahamas (1992–2002, 2007–12), b. Cooper's Town, Abaco. A…

Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi

(Encyclopedia) Azikiwe, Benjamin NnamdiAzikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdinämˈdē äzēkˈwā [key], 1904–96, Nigerian statesman, popularly known as Zik. After advanced studies in the United States (1925), he…

Pacific scandal

(Encyclopedia) Pacific scandal, 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign…

Ayrault, Jean-Marc

(Encyclopedia) Ayrault, Jean-MarcAyrault, Jean-MarczhäN-märk āˈrō [key], 1950–, French politician. The son of a textile worker, he graduated (1971) from Nantes Univ. Obtaining (1972) his teaching…

Meles Zenawi

(Encyclopedia) Meles ZenawiMeles Zenawimĕˈlĕs zĕnäˈwē [key], 1955–2012, Ethiopian political leader, prime minister of Ethiopia (1995–2012), b. Adwa. After two years of medical studies at the Univ. of…

Conte, Giuseppe

(Encyclopedia) Conte, Giuseppe, 1964–, Italian political leader, grad. Sapienza Univ. of Rome law school, 1988. A law professor…

Costa e Silva, Artur da

(Encyclopedia) Costa e Silva, Artur daCosta e Silva, Artur daərt&oomacr;rˈ dä koŏshˈtə ĕ sēlˈvə [key], 1902–69, president of Brazil (1967–69). An army general, he participated in the 1964 coup…

Fujimori, Keiko

(Encyclopedia) Fujimori, Keiko (Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi), 1975–, Peruvian political leader, daughter of President Alberto Fujimori. She attended Boston Univ. and Columbia Business School, then…

Campbell, Kim

(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Kim (Avril Phaedra Campbell), 1947–, Canadian political leader, prime minister of Canada (1993), b. Port Alberni, British Columbia. A litigation lawyer and originally a…

Afwerki, Isaias

(Encyclopedia) Afwerki or Afewerki, Isaias, 1945–, Eritrean political leader, president of Eritrea (1993–), b. Asmara. He studied engineering at the Univ. of Addis Ababa, leaving in 1966 to join the…