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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

East, Roger, author.

Contributor:

Thomas, Richard, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heads of state--Biography.

Heads of state.

Prime ministers--Biography.

Prime ministers.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Europa : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-63939-1

1-315-75951-9

1-317-63940-5

9781315759517

OCLC:

881416614