[IR-Person In News] President/PM of Foreign countries

[IR-PIN] Prez/PM of Foreign countries

Some carried forward from 2012’s news items:

African national congress	President Jacob Zuma
African Union	Nkosazana Zuma, first woman
Asian forum of parliamentarians	Rajyasabha Dy.Chairman PJ Kurien became its President
Australia	PM Tony Abbott (liberal) defeated Kelvin Rudd (Labour)
Bangladesh	President Abdul Hamid.PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami League party)Speaker: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury. First lady speaker in Bangladesh
Bhutan	King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck: was chief guest at 26th Jan parade in 2013. PM Tshering Tobgay Elections in Jul’13. India had provided EVM. India stopped kerosense and LPG subsidy=bitterness Bhutan has became first country of the world to ban pesticides and herbicide sale to become a 100% organic food growing country . Currency swap agreement with India.
Boby Ghosh	New editor of TIME international.
Brazil	Dilma Rousseff
Central African Republic	President Michel Djotodia belonging to Seleka rebels.
China	Prez Xi Jinping replaced Hu JintaoPremeir Li Kequiang replaced Wen Jiabao. Li also got Pakistan’s highest civilian award “Nishan-e-Pakistan”.
Congo	Made peace agreement with M23 rebels.
Cuba	Prez Raul Castro Replaced Fidel Castro
Czech Republic	PM Milos Zeman. Capital Prague
Ecuador	President Rafel Correa. Capital Quito
Egypt	Adil Mansour interim prez after army threw out Mohd.MorsiMohd. El Baradei became VPPM: Hazem Al BeblawiTamarod campaign:Anti-Morsey campaign, massive street demonstration.
EU	Herman Van Rompuy
Fiji	President Ratu Epeli NailatikauNew Constitution
France	President Francois Hollander replaced Sarkozy
Germany	Chancellor Angela Markel won again.
IOC, International olymic Committee	Thomas Batch (Germany) repalced Jacques Rogge.
Iran	President Hassan Rouhani. He replaced Ahmadinejad.Iran’s supreme leader: Ayatollah Khamenei.
Israel	Prez. Simon Peres PM. Benjamin Netanyahu Their parliament is called Knesset. Stephen Hawkings boycotted academic conference in Israel to protest for Palestine.
Italy	President Giorgio NapolitanoEnrica Lexie: name of the ship from which two Italian marines killed Indian fishermen.
Japan	PM Shinzo Abe. DyPM Taro Aso. Their parliament is called Diet Japan has shut down all her nuke powerplant in Sep’13, because of the Fukushima disaster.
Jordan	King Abdulla II setup parliament for his country.
Kenya	Prez Uhuru Kenyatta
Liberia	President Ellen Johnson, had came to India
Malaysia	PM Najib Razak
Maldives	President Nasheed N Waheed replaced Nasheed after coup
Mali	Ibrahim Keita new President.Problem: Tuareg rebels.
Mexico	Enrique Nieto
Myanmar	President Thein Sein Government Signed peace treaty with Wa rebels Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (National league for democracy) Ceasefire with Kanchi rebels
N.Korea	Kim Jong-Un
Nepal	Khil Raj Regmi
Pakistan	Prez Mamnoon Hussain replaced Zardari.PM: Nawaz Sharif (PML-N) party replaced Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Fair trial bill 2012 in Pakistan. It allows intelligence agency to collect electronic data of citizens. Mohhammed sarwar: Pakistani- Britain’s first muslim lawmaker. Served 3 terms as MP of Glasgow. Now Punjab province (Pakistan)Governor.
Palestine	Pres. Mahmud AbbasPM Salam Fayyad resigned.Became Observer state in UN
Paraguay	President Horacio Cartes.Country admitted back in UNASUR
Pope	Bennedict XVI, German, Resigned.New Pope: Francis I, (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) first South American pope. He is from Argentina
Ramsar Convention	Christopher Briggs became the new Secretary-General
S.Korea	President Park Geun-Hye replaced Lee myung Bak. First Lady prez.
Scotland	Will hold referendum in 2014 to decide whether Scotland should get independence from rest of United Kingdom.
Srilanka	Mahinda Rajpakshe. He threw out CJI Shiran Bandaranyake. Gen.Sarath Fonseca was Ex-Was jailed after power struggle with President.
Syria	Prez Bashar Al AsadPM Wael Nader al-Halqi
Thailand	Yingluck Shinawatra, first lady PM
Tunisia	PM Hamadi Jebali resigned after protests. Capital Tunis
UK	PM David Cameron (Conservative)DyPM Nick Clegg (liberal democrats)Ex-PM Margaret Thatcher,Dead.Conservative Party. Known as Iron Lady.
UN	Secretary General Ban ki Moon. President for 68th session: John Ashe of Antigua. Head of UN Women: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka From south Africa.
Venezuela	Prez Nicolas Maduro after Huge Chavez died.
Zimbabwe	President Robert Mugabe won again. New Constitution approved. Now President can be elected for two 5-year terms only.