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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458473203321

Autore

East Roger

Titolo

Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders / / Roger East and Richard J. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Europa : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-315-75951-9

1-317-63940-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasRichard <1977->

Disciplina

920/.009/0511

Soggetti

Heads of state

Prime ministers

World politics - 1989-

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China, People's Rep.; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Congo, Rep; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic

DenmarkDjibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; Finland; France; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, North; Korea, South; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta

Marshall IslandsMauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova;



Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Palestine; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; San Marino; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan

SurinameSwaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican City; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Appendix: Contact Details; Index: Dates of Taking Power; Index: Personal Names; Index: Types of Regime; Photographs

Sommario/riassunto

This new work of biographical reference presents succinct narrative biographies of every serving head of state and head of government.Its content covers approximately 200 countries and territories and provides over 300 biographical profiles.Each country section contains:* A brief explanation of its type of government and the roles of the head of state, the head of government and the legislature* Lists of the most recent heads of state and head of government, with dates of office* Biographical profiles of current head of state and government