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ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - PERU - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA (dependances : FALKLAND) |
(Republica Argentina) |
Regime : Republic
Fernando de La Rúa
Bruno - Chief of State Born : in
Córdoba on September 15, 1937 Education/profession
: Studies in the "Liceo Militar General Paz"
in the same province, where he received the Gold
Medal. Graduated with a Law degree in Cordoba
University at the age of 21, where hes also
received¨ the Gold Medal. Later, he obtained a
doctorate for his thesis about "Appeal to the
Supreme Court¨ in Argentine Civil
Law¨. Party : UCR
(Unión Civica Radical / Radical Civic
Union) Political career :
Member of the Unión Cívica Radical
since a student, at 26 he served in the council
board of the Ministry of Home Affairs . He carried
on his political career as a senator for the
Federal Capital, a position to which he was elected
on April 15, 1973. He assumed his term as a
legislator in the Upper House until the military
coup which overthrew the constitutionnal government
in 1976. In 1983 he ran the primaries for President
of the Nation then he ran for local electiosn and
led the senators' list a position he wa elected to
with 60% of the votes. On May 14,1989, he won for
the third time the election as a Natinal Senator
then removed from his bench because of an agreement
between the minorities in the Assembly. As a
winner, twice on his party lists in 1991, he was
elected Chairman of the Capital Committee of the
UCR then he ran as a candidate to the National
Parliament and was elected as a national MP in the
general elections. National MP on a Unión
Cívica Radical list untilhis election as
National senator (term 1992-2001)with over 50% of
the votes.On June 30,1996 he was elected as first
head of governement of Buenos Aires City, with 40%
of the ballot.On October 24,1999 he was elected
President of the Nation with 48% of the votes. (President since 10 December 1999) The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for four-year terms ; election last held 24
October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2004)
- Vice President Chrystian Gabriel
Colombo - Prime Minister Born : 11 de
noviembre de 1952, Zapala Education/Profession
: Primary school : Colegio normal de Zapala.
Secundary school : Liceo Militar General San
Martín. Then, Universidad Católica
Argentina, BSc in Economícs. 1974-76 :
Ecotec Consultores - Consultant. 1976-83 : Banco
Río de la Plata S.A. - Manager. 1983-85 :
Banco Nacional de Desarrollo - Executive Manager.
1985-87 : Banco Nacional de Desarrollo - Chairman.
1988-91 : Firm Consultant .1991-92: Bonival
Bursátil Soc. de Bolsa S.A. - Manager.
1992-94 : Río Valores Sociedad de Bolsa S.A.
- Manager. Banco Río de la Plata S.A. -
Manager Mercado de Capitales. 1994-97 : Bonival
Bursátil Soc. de Bolsa S.A. - Vice-chairman.
1999-2000 : Banco de la Nación Argentina
-Chairman Party :
Independent Political career :
October 2000 Prime Minister. (Cabinet Chief since October 06, 2000) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica de Bolivia) |
Regime : Republic
Jorge Quiroga
Ramírez
- Chief of State Born : on May 5,
1963, in Cochabamba Education/Profession
: He completed his
higher studies in the U.S, in the University of
Texas A&M- College Station,where he graduated
with honors (Summa Cum Laude) in Industrial
Engineering. He took part in the IBM
MercadeoTraining program and received from Saint
Edward University in Austin,Texas, a Master's
degree in Business Administration. He led a project
for the design and establishment of a compilation
system for the State. Party
: ADN (Alianza
Democrática Nacionalista / Nationalist
Democratic Alliance) Political career :
Served as
Under-secretary for Public Investment and
International Cooperation in the Ministry for
Planning and was responsible with the yearly
preparation of the Advisory Group in París
for Bolivia. When he was 30 he held the position of
Finance Minister under Jaime Paz Zamora's
government. He served as an alternate Governor to
the World Bank, Fonplata, Financial Cooperation of
Investments and head of the Andine Corporation of
Development. He also served as a National Secretary
on Social Policy and main negociator for the
reduction of external bilateral debt with the U.S.
He was responsible with the preparation of the
budget and enforcement of the Public Investment
program at Cartagena II Summit. In the political
party he is acting, Acción
Democrática Nacionalista (ADN) (Nationalist
Democratic Action),he was leader of the 1993
election campaign and is currently deputy leader of
the political organization. (President since 7 August 2001) OBS : President
Banzer resigned in 2001 and was succeeded by
vice-president Quiroga. The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for five-year terms ; election last held 1
June 1997 (next to be held June
2002) - Vice President Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica Federativa do Brasil) |
Regime : Federal republic
Fernando
Henrique
Cardoso
- Chief of State Born : June 18,
1931 in Rio de Janeiro Education/Profession
: Taught university course while in exile in
Chile and France, 1964-68; Founded Center for
Analysis and Research, 1968 ; Continued teaching
abroad at Stanford University, University of
Cambridge and others ; Founded Brazilian Center of
Analysis and Planning, 1981. Party : PSDB
(Partido da Social Democracia Brasileiro / Party of
the Brazil Social-Democracy) Political career :
Elected as Senator of São Paulo state on a
MDB's ticket -Brazilian Democratic Movement- in
1978, reelected on a PMDB's ticcket Brazilian
Democratic Movement Party in 1986. Founder of the
Party for Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB) in
1988, he was leader of the party at the Senate
until October 1992. He was entrusted successiveley
with the portfolio of the Foreign Affairs (October
1992 to May 1993), of Finance (May 1993 to March
1994)under President Itamar Franco's government
. (President since 1st
January 1995) The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for four-year terms ; election last held 4
October 1998 - CARDOSO reelected (next to be held
NA October 2002) Marco Antônio de
Oliveira Maciel - Vice-President Born : in Recife in
21 July 1940 Education/Profession :
Lawyer, Professor of International and
Public Law in the Catholic University of
Pernambuco. Party : PFL
(Partido da Frente Liberal / Party of the Liberal
Front) Political career :
Chairman of the House of Deputies, between
1977 and 1979, Governor of the State of Pernambuco
between 1979 and 1982 and he is currently
Vice-President of the Republic. (Vice-President since 1st
January 1995) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica de Chile) |
Regime : Republic
Ricardo Froilán Lagos
Escobar - Chief of State Born : on March 2,
1938 Education/Profession :
Educated in the Liceo Manuel de Salas since
1949, and at the Instituto Nacional,both in the
capital. In 1955 he entered the Law School of the
University of Chile where he was a head of a
student organization, received a BL.L degree in
1960, post-graduate studies in the American
University of Duke,where he obtained a PhD from the
Departament of Economics in 1966. He served
intermittently as a professor of economics in the
University of Santiago until 1972 . Headmaster of
the School for Political Science and
Administración (1967-1969), general
secretary of the University (1969-1971) and head of
the Institute of Economics (1971-1972). From 1974
to 1975 he was a guest professor to the chair
William R. Keenan for LatinAmerican Studies in the
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, in
1976 he served as a consultant to the University of
the United Nations, between 1975 and 1978 he
supervised a UNESCO post-graduate program in Social
Sciences in Buenos Aires and until 1979, he served
as executive of the LatinAmerican Council of Social
Sciences. Party : PPD
(Partido por la Democracia / Party for Democracy,
social-liberal) Political career :
He first joined the Radical Party, then was
an active member of the Socialist Party (PS), and
supported its leader Salvador Allende, elected
president of the Republic in 1970. He assumed a
diplomatic position in Allende's government as the
Chilian representative in the XXVI general Assembly
of the U.N, in 1971, in the IIId Trade and
Development Conference of the same organization
(CNUCED), in 1972. In 1982 he joined the Executive
Committee of the PS. From 1983 to 1984 he chaired
the Alianza Democrática which gathered
parties in opposition to dictatorship and in 1987
he led the Committee for the Left for Free
Elections (CIEL) and was co- founder of the Party
for Democracy(PPD), which emerged as an open
political space to socialist and centrist sections
and stood as a mark for the then illegal PS
activities.On May 30, 1999, he won the CPPD
primaries with 71.3% of the votes ahead of
Andrés Zaldívar, and appearing as the
first presidential candidate of the PS since 1973.
In the first round of elections Lagos slightly won
overa Lavín with 48% of the votes and
subsequently obtained 51,3% in the second and final
round on Janurary 16, 2000. (President since 11 March 2000) The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President elected by
popular vote for a six-year term ; election last
held 12 December 1999 and 16 january 2000 (next to
be held NA December 2005) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica de Colombia) |
Regime : Republic (executive
branch dominates government structure) Andrés Pastrana
Arango - Chief of State Born in
Santafé de Bogotá, on August 17,
1954 Education/Profession :
Graduated from San Carlos College in
Bogotá, and afterwards attended the Colegio
Mayor De Nuestra Sennora Del Rosário, also
in Bogotá where he obtained an M.A, then he
post-graduated in Public Law. Then he carried on in
the Center of International Affairs in Harvard
University. Party : PSC
(Partido Social Conservador / Social Conservative
Party) Carrière Politique:
Elected twice as Councellor and Chairman of
Bogota Town Council , first Mayor of Bogota elected
by a popular voteand a Senator of the Republic in
1991.As a leader of the Nueva Fuerza
Democrática, a supra-partisan movement he
founded in 1991, he successfully ran for the senate
of the Republic the same year. The administration
office as Mayor of Bogota and the position of
Senator of the Republic urged him to run for
president in 1994.During the May 31,1998 elections
Pastrana was, with 34,3% of the ballot, the second
candidate gathering the most of the votes,although
he was only 10 points behind the liberal Horacio
Serpa Uribe. In 21st of June second round Pastrana
received the support from the majority of the
voters at odds about the May third candidate,
Noemí Sanín, former Foreign Minister
and thus won the victory with 50,9%. (President since 7 August 1998) The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President elected by
popular vote for a four-year term ; election last
held 31 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002)
Gustavo Bell Lemus
- Vice-President Born : in
Barranquilla on February 1, 1957 Education/Profession :
Degree from Javeriana University of
Bogotá- in Law and Social Siences and
Economics. Post-graduation in Public and Economical
Law in Los Andes University. He served a s a senior
professorof Law social development and political
study in the Northern University. He taught
history, at a masters' level, in the University of
the Atlantic and was a guest professor to the
Universities of Medellín, Cartagena and Los
Andes. Political career :
Minister of National Defense (Vice-President since 7 August 1998) Also : Minister of
National Defense Vice president elected by
popular vote for a four-year term in a new
procedure that replaces the traditional designation
of vice presidents by newly elected presidents ;
election last held 31 May and 21 june 1998 (next to
be held NA May 2002) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica del Ecuador) |
Regime : Republic
Dr.Gustavo
Noboa Bejarano
- Chief of State Born : in Guayaquil
el 21 de August, 1937 Education/Profession :
BSc in Political and Social Sciences since
1965, doctor in Law from the Catholic University of
Guayaquil, Faculty of Law, Social and Political
Sciences and subsequently he taught Cvil and
municipal Law the following year which he had
taught since 1962 in schools. He was a deputy Dean
of this Faculty between 1968 and 1969 and Dean
between 1969 and 1972 and 1978-1980, before he was
appointed Chancellor of the University in 1986-1991
and 1991-1996. He also served as chancellor of Blue
Hill College and vice chairman, in 1994, of the
Esquel Foundation , in Ecuador. Party : DP
(Democracia Popular / People's Democracy) Political career :
Governor of the del Guayas Province under
Doctor Oswaldo Hurtado Larrea's Constitutional
Government, over a period from March 1983 to August
1984. President of the Civil Defense Assembly in
the del Guayas Province (during the same period).
Chairman of the traffic Comission of del Guayas
(same period). Constitutional Vice President of the
Republic of Ecuador, from August 10 , 1998 to
January 22, 2000. Constitutional President of the
Republic of Ecuador since January 22, 2000. (President since 22 January 2000) The president is both the
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for four-year terms ; election last held 31
May 1998 ; runoff election held 12 July 1998 (next
to be held NA 2002) Eng.Pedro Pinto
Rubianes Born : in Quito,
1931 Education/Profession :
Secondary studies in the colegio San Gabriel
then, attended university in Germany where he
obtained an industrial engineer degree from the
university of Reutlingen. Back in Quito he studied
Economícs at the Central University, and
subsequently got a post-graduate scholarship in
Economic Development to the Vanderbilt University,
in Nashville, USA. Party : DP
(Democracia Popular / People's Democracy) Political career :
Mayor of Guayaquil. Finance Minister in
doctor Osvaldo Hurtado's government. (Vice President since 22 January 2000) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Co-operative Republic of Guyana) |
Regime :
Republic
Bharrat Jagdeo
- Chief of State Born : on January
23, 1964 at Unity Village, East Coast Demerara Education/Profession :
Primary School in Unity Village, and then
proceeded to the Mahaica Multilateral School for
his secondary school education from 1976 to 1983
where he was successful in the Caribbean
Examination Council (CXC) and the General
Certificate of Education (Advanced Level)
examinations. Party : PPP
(People's Progressive Party) Political career :
Served as finance minister and has held a
number of posts in local and international
financial bodies, including director of the
National Bank of Industry and Commerce and governor
of the International Monetary Fund. (President since 11 August 1999) President elected by the
majority party in the National Assembly after
legislative elections, which must be held within
five years ; legislative elections last held 19
March 2001 (next to be held NA 2005) Samuel Archibald Anthony
Hinds - Head of the
Government Born : on December
27, 1943 in Alexander Village, Greater
Georgetown Education/Profession :
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Degree from the
University of New Brunswick in Canada in 1967.
Worked as a divisional superintendent for the
Bauxite Company in Linden, Guyana. From 1967 to
1975, he was honorary secretary of the McKenzie
branch of the Guyana Association of Professional
Engineers. From 1973 to 1976, he was a member of
the Science and Industry Committee of the National
Science Research Council. Also, he was chairperson
of the Guyanese Action for Reform and
Democracy. Party : PPP
(People's Progressive Party) Political career :
October 1992, appointed Prime Minister of
the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. (Prime Minister since 11 August 1997 - 3rd
time) Prime minister appointed
by the president. Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica del Paraguay) |
Regime : Republic
Dr.Luis Ángel
González Macchi - Chief of
State Born : in
Asunción on December 13, 1947} Education/Profession :
Primary school in the "República del
Brasil" school ; High School in the Colegio
"Sagrado Corazón de Jesús", Salesian
; Universitary Studies at the National University
of Asunción -Law and Social
Sciences-(Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales
de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción). Party : ANR
(Asociación Nacional Republicana/Partido
Colorado / Republican National Alliance/Red
Party) Political career :
Head, then Chairman of the National Service
for Vocational Promotion [Servicio Nacional de
Promoción Profesional (SNPP)], depending
from the Ministry of Justice and Labour, and in the
early 70s he sertved as an executive for various
offical missions abroad such as the Cinterfor
(Centro Interamericano de Investigación y
Documentación sobre Formación
Profesional en América Latina)
(InterAmerican Center for Investigation and
Documentation about Vocational Training in Latin
America), the ILO International Labour Organization
[Organización Internacional del Trabajo
(OIT)]. Under Juan Carlos Wasmosy's presidency
(1993-1998) he served as MP in the National House
of Congress. (President since 28 March 1999) The president is both
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for five-year terms ; election last held 10
May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2003) note :
President Luis
GONZALEZ Macchi, formerly president of the Chamber
of Senators, constitutionally succeeded President
Raul CUBAS Grau, who resigned following the
assassination of Vice President Luis Maria ARGANA ;
the successor to ARGANA was appointed in an
election held on Aug.13, 2000. Dr.Julio
César
"Yoyito"
Franco -
Vice-President Born
: in 1952 Education/Profession :
Surgeon, graduated
from the National University of Córdoba
(Rca. Argentina). Post graduation course in
Pediatrics in the Universitary hospital of
Asunción (Paraguay). Party
: PLRA (Partido
Liberal Radical Auténtico (Authentic Radical
Liberal Party) Political career :
Senator. Franco of the
Authentic Liberal Radical Party (PLRA) was sworn in
on September 2 as Paraguay's vice
president. (Elected on August 13, 2000) Note : The
vice-president has been elected separately on
Aug.13, 2000. Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica del Peru) |
Regime : Republic
Alejandro
Toledo Manrique
- Chief of State Born : in 1946 Education/Profession :
At 16, under the
guidance of members of the Peace Corps, Toledo
enrolled at the University of San Francisco on a
one-year scholarship. He continued his education,
obtaining a partial soccer scholarship and making
up the difference, pumping gas. In addition to two
masters degrees, he earned a Ph.D. in economics
from Stanford, where he met his wife, Elaine Karp,
a Belgian-born American anthropologist. Political career
: Toledo previously
served as chief economic adviser to the president
of the Central Bank and minister of labor under
President Fernando Belaúnde. He also did a
stint at the World Bank. Party : PP (Peru
Posible / Possible Peru) (President since 28 Jul 2001) The president is both
chief of State and head of the
Government. The president is elected for a five year term by
the people. Election last
held 8 April and 3 June 2001 (next to be held NA
May 2005) Roberto
Dañino
- Head of the Government Born : in Lima , on
March 2,1951. Education/Profession :
Studies in the Pontificia Universidad
Católica (1968-1973) and Harvard Law School
(1974-1977).An Economist and a Lawyer, specialized
in investment banking and international economic
Law. Party :
Independent Political career :
In the early eighties he also held several
senior positions in the Government of Peru,
including Secretary General of the Ministry of
Economy, Finance and Trade, President of the
Foreign Investment and Technology Agency, and
Chairman of the Foreign Public Debt Commission. (Prime Minister since 28 July 2001) Raúl Diez Canseco
Terry - 1st Vice President Born : in Lima, on
January 23, 1948 Education/Profession :
Studies at the colegio Inmaculada, and at
the Marists' High School. He studied Economics at
the University of the Pacífic, between 1967
and 1960. Party :
(Acción Popular / People's Action) Political career
: In 1985ha was
Chairman of the Assembly of the Fund for Touristic
Promotion (FOPTUR), executive manager of the Banco
de Comercio, deputy minister for tourism and
executive manager of the Corporación Peruana
de Aviación comercial (CORPAC). In
1990 he was elected MP for Lima. In 1993, he ran
for Mayor of Lima and in 1995 he ran for President.
He always ran on an Acción Popular list. Also : Minister of
Industry, Tourism, Integration, and International
Trade Negotiations David Waisman - 2d
Vice President Born : On May 4 ,
1937, in the city of Chiclayo (Lambayeque) Education/Profession :
He served as chairman of the Committee for
Small Industry of the National Society of
Industries of Perú, and a member of the
Executive Board of the latter. He also served as
national spokesman for the Coordination Board of
the Corporation of Small and Micro Enterprises,
founder -member of the COPEI and was reelected
chairman for three consecutive years since 1997. He
also served as manager of Industrial Gameda. Party : PP (Peru
Posible / Possible Peru) Political career
: Elected to the
Congress to Perú Posible's
benches
in 2000.
Currently he chairs the Parliamentary commission
which has been investigating on former presidential
advisor, Vladimiro Montesinos. Also : Minister of
Defense Links : PARLIAMENT *
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(Republiek Suriname) |
Regime : Republic
HE Mr.Runaldo Ronald
Venetiaan - Chief of State Born : in
Paramaribo on June 18, 1936 Education/Profession :
He graduated in mathematics and physics from
the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. Mr.
Venetiaan worked in the Netherlands for three years
before returning to Suriname, where he was a
mathematics teacher, department head, and principal
at three teachers' colleges between 1964 and
1973. Party : NPS (Nieuwe
Front voor Democratie / New Front for
Democracy) Political career
: Other
positions for Mr. Venetiaan included Minister of
Education, head of the Bureau for Scientific
Education and Research, research adviser at the
General Statistics Bureau, and executive member of
UNESCO. (President since 12 August 2000 - 2nd time) The president is both
chief State and head of the Government. President and vice
president elected by the National Assembly or, if
no presidential or vice presidential candidate
receives a constitutional majority vote in the
National Assembly after two votes, by the larger
People's Assembly (869 representatives from the
national, local, and regional councils), for
five-year terms ; election last held 25 may 2000 ;
(next to be held NA May 2005) Jules Rattankoemar Ajodhia
- Prime Minister Born : in San
Ignacio, Cayo District of 19 March, 1944 Education/Profession :
Party : VHP
(Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij / Progressive
Reform Party) Political career
: (Prime Minister since 12 August 2000 - 2nd
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(Republica Oriental del Uruguay) |
Regime : Republic
Jorge Luis Battle
Ibáñez - Chief of
State Born : on October
25, 1927 Education/Profession :
1956 - Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences
from the "Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales
de la Universidad de la República" Party : PC (Partido
Colorado / Red Party) Political career :
In 1958 he won hios first mandate as MP for
Montevideo, to the National Assemby, beginning his
first session in 1959, on the PC List 15
(batllista). Re-elected in 1962, he was among the
drafters of the constitutional reform in 1966 which
restored the executive power rueld by one after 14
years of a collegiate presidency ruled by the
National Council of Government. During theNovember
25, 1984 elections he was elected as a senator and
took office in 1985 for a five-year term. on March
1, 2000 Batlle was sworn in as President of the
Republic for the forthcoming 5 years replacing
Sanguinetti. (President since 1st
March 2000) The president is both
chief of State and head of the
Government. President and vice
president elected on the same ticket by popular
vote for five-year terms ; election last held 31
October and 28 November 1999 (next to be held NA
2004) Luis Hierro López
- Vice-president Born : in
Montevideo on January 6, 1947 Education/Profession :
Secundary studies at Zorrilla's then,
admission and course in the IAVA. He completed with
courses at the IPA, but didn't achieveall the
subjects because he furthered his job instead. Party : PC (Partido
Colorado / Red Party) Political career :
Since 1983 a member of the Partido Colorado
and a member of its Natinal executive Committee. He
started his political action on List 15, with the
renewal group he went with to Tarigo since the 1982
party election and was the first nominated on the
List 85 in 1984 elections. Elected MP, he then was
Chairman of the House of Deputies in 1989.
Re-elected MP the same year, he then was elected
senator since 1995. On February 2, 1998 he served
as head of the Ministry of Home Affairs, for 8
months and a week. On June 3,1999, he was appointed
by the National Convention of the Partido Colorado,
as a candidate to Vice president. (Vice-president since 1st
March 2000) Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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(Republica de Venezuela) |
Regime : Republic
Hugo Rafael Chavez
Frías - Chief of State Born : on July 28,
1954, Sabaneta, State of Barinas, Venezuela Education/Profession :
B.A in Sciences and post-graduation in the
Military Academy of Venezuela (Academia Militar de
Venezuela) in Sciences and Military
Engineering-land forces- with the rank of
Sublieutenant on July 5, 1975. Chávez served
as an officer of comunications in a
Hunters'Batalion, Cedeño (1975-1977), tank
officer in the (Armoured Division) Batallón
Blindado Bravos de Apure, Maracay (1978-1979),
commander of a company and head of the Department
of Physical Training at the Military Academy of
Venezuela (1980-1981),Head of the Culture
Department (1982) and Commander of the José
Antonio Páez Company (1983-1984) in the same
academy, Commander of the Francisco Farfán,
Elorza Cavalry Squadron (1985-1986), Commander of
the Cívico-Militar Nucleus for the
Arauca-Meta Frontier Development (1986-1988),Chief
of the Guards of the National Council for Security
and Defense in Miraflores Palace, Caracas
(1988-1989) and officer por civil matters within
the Hunters' Brigade, in Maturín (1990). Party : MVR
(Movimiento V República/Movement for
the Fifth Republic) Political career :
In 1999, he was elected president of
Venezuela. (President since 2 February 1999) The president is both
chief of State and head of the
Government. President elected by
popular vote for a five-year term ; election last
held 6 December 1998 (next to be held NA December
2003) Dr.Adina Mercedes
Bastidas Castillo -Vice
President (ExecutiveVice President since 28 December
2000) The vice president is
named by the president. Links : PARLIAMENT * GOVERNMENT *
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{Falkland Islands} (Islas Malvinas) |
Queen
ELIZABETH II
- Chief of State
(since 6 February
1952) Donald
Lamont - Chief
of the Government Political career :
Mr Donald Lamont has been appointed Governor
to the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. His most
recent post was as Chief of Staff in Sarajavo and
previously Ambassador to Uruguay. Obs : Mr Lamont has
a long standing interest in the Islands, having
worked in the Falkland Islands Department in the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office for three years
from 1982. (Governor since 12 May 1999) Governor appointed by the
monarch. Overseas territory of the
United Kingdom. This is not recognized by
Argentina, which considers the Islas Malvinas to be
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