As president of the Chamber of Deputies in the National Congress (1990–94), he was a key figure in congressional negotiations that led to the resolving of the 1994 political impasse. In that year, a close finish between Joaquín Balaguer and José Francisco Peña Gómez brought about a majo...
EU (European Union) leaders nominated France’s Christine Lagarde as president of the ECB in a meeting in Brussels, Belgium. She would succeed current ECB president Mario Draghi (Italy), whose term ends on October 31. Lagarde was born on 1 January 1956 in Paris, France. She has served ...
President Trump further stated that while he shares the objectives of the Congress with respect to maintaining the strength and security of the United States, his administration will treat these provisions consistent with the President's constitutional authority as the Commander in Chief. The Trump ...
The article reports that Democratic House leaders proposed a House bill and an accompanying Senate bill called the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act to impose disclosure requirements on corporate spending in political campaigns. Robert A. Brady, House ...
The Association of State Democratic Committees, the group that supports state Democratic Parties, said that the “overwhelming majority” of state Democratic Party chairs and leaders have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency as of Sunday night. Madison Fernandez07/21/...
Oct 23, 2018 | Tags:Dictator,President| Category:All,Asia Leaders,Dictators Tran Dai Quang (born 12 October 1956) is the President of Vietnam, in office since 2 April 2016. Previously he served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016. He is a member of the 12th Politburo of ...
The8th World Bamboo Congress was held in Bangkok on 18 September 2009. So on this day, the World Bamboo Organization declared that every year the 18th of September is observed as World Bamboo Day. The World Bamboo Congress organized this day in order to achieve the protection of natural resou...
World University of Design (WUD) is India's first and only University dedicated to education in the creative domain. GGJ is an international platform for inclusive learning where people from all around the world contribute to the 17 global goals for sustainable development of UNDP. ...
China's consumer price index (CPI) rose at their highest rate in more than eight years with inflation more than expected on the back of Lunar New Year demand and a deadly virus outbreak. The consumer price index stood at 5.4% in January 2020 with food prices spiked 20.6%. The rise in ...
Dec 19, 2021 | Tags:President| Category:AllSouth America Leaders On 15 December 2013, Bachelet won a runoff election, regaining the presidency. She is the first person to be elected to a second term as President since Arturo Alessandri’s third term ended in 1938. Bachelet previously won the...