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List of Public Figures World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 20 - 23 January 2016 List of Public Figures As of 13 January 2016 Mohammad Ashraf Ghani President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Abdesselam Bouchouareb Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria Algeria Mauricio Macri President of Argentina Argentina Susana Malcorra Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina Argentina Marcos Peña Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina Argentina Mathias Cormann Minister for Finance of Australia Australia Andrew Robb Minister for Trade and Investment of Australia Australia Sebastian Kurz Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Austria Reinhold Mitterlehner Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Science, Research Austria and Economy of Austria Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Zayed Zayani Minister of Industry and Commerce of Bahrain Bahrain Alexander De Croo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Belgium Cooperation, the Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Postal Services of Belgium Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians Queen of the Belgians Belgium Charles Michel Prime Minister of Belgium Belgium Philippe of Belgium King of Belgium Belgium Nelson Henrique Barbosa-Filho Minister of Finance of Brazil Brazil Luciano Coutinho President, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Brazil Brazil Sun Chanthol Senior Minister; Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia Navdeep Bains Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development of Canada Canada Scott Brison President of the Treasury Board of Canada Canada Chrystia Freeland Minister of International Trade of Canada Canada Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada Canada William Francis Morneau Minister of Finance of Canada Canada Naheed Nenshi Mayor of Calgary, Canada Canada Stephen S. Poloz Governor of the Bank of Canada Canada Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Canada Rodrigo Valdés Pulido Minister of Finance of Chile Chile Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia Colombia Mauricio Cardenas Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia Colombia Tomas González Estrada Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia Colombia World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1/8 David Luna Sánchez Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia Colombia Juan Manuel Santos President of the Republic of Colombia Colombia Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri Minister of National Defence of Colombia Colombia Daniel Kablan Duncan Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Mustafa Akinci Turkish-Cypriot Leader Nicos Anastasiades President of Cyprus Cyprus Troels Lund Poulsen Minister for Business and Growth of Denmark Denmark Amre Moussa Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (2001-2011); Egypt Head of the Constitution of Fifty, Egypt Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of Estonia Estonia Hailemariam Dessalegn Prime Minister of Ethiopia Ethiopia Arkebe Oqubay Metiku Minister and Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Ethiopia Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner, Health and Food Safety, European EU Commission, Brussels Andrus Ansip Vice-President and Commissioner, Digital Single Market, EU European Commission, Brussels Benoît Cœuré Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank, EU Frankfurt Mario Draghi President, European Central Bank, Frankfurt EU Jonathan Hill Commissioner, Financial Stability, Financial Services and EU Capital Markets Union, European Commission, Brussels Jyrki Katainen Vice-President and Commissioner, Jobs, Growth, Investment EU and Competitiveness, European Commission, Brussels Cecilia Malmström Commissioner, Trade, European Commission, Brussels EU Carlos Moedas Commissioner, Research, Science and Innovation, European EU Commission, Brussels Federica Mogherini High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; EU Vice-President of the European Commission, Brussels Pierre Moscovici Commissioner, Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and EU Customs, European Commission, Brussels Günther H. Oettinger Commissioner, Digital Economy and Society, European EU Commission, Brussels Maros Sefcovic Vice-President and Commissioner, Energy Union, European EU Commission, Brussels Frans Timmermans First Vice-President, Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional EU Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, European Commission, Brussels Sauli Niinisto President of the Republic of Finland Finland Alexander Stubb Minister of Finance of Finland Finland Laurent Fabius Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France France Anne Hidalgo Mayor of Paris, France France Emmanuel Macron Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs of France France Marisol Touraine Minister of Social Affairs of France France Manuel Valls Prime Minister of France France François Villeroy de Galhau Governor of the Central Bank of France France Ali Bongo Ondimba President of Gabon Gabon Mikheil Janelidze Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili Prime Minister of Georgia Georgia Sigmar Gabriel Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Germany Energy of Germany Joachim Gauck President of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany Hermann Gröhe Federal Minister of Health of Germany Germany World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2/8 Wolfgang Schäuble Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Germany Fifi Fiavi Kwetey Minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana Ghana Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister of Greece Greece Alpha Condé President of Guinea Guinea Piyush Goyal Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New India and Renewable Energy of India Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and India Broadcasting of India N. Chandrababu Naidu Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India India Kamal Nath Member of Parliament, India India Raghuram G. Rajan Governor of the Reserve Bank of India India Jayant Sinha Minister of State for Finance of India India Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India India Bambang Brodjonegoro Minister of Finance of Indonesia Indonesia Thomas T. Lembong Minister of Trade of Indonesia Indonesia Luhut B. Pandjaitan Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of Indonesia Indonesia Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Abidjan INT Roberto Azevêdo Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva INT Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations, New York INT Kaushik Basu Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, The World Bank, INT Washington DC Fatih Birol Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Paris INT Irina Georgieva Bokova Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and INT Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris Jin-Yong Cai Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer (2012- INT 2015), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva INT Helen E. Clark Administrator, United Nations Development Programme INT (UNDP), New York Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme INT (WFP), Rome Carlos Alberto Cruz United Nations Force Commander, United Nations INT Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), Kinshasa-Gombe Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention INT on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn Enrique García Rodríguez President and Chief Executive Officer, CAF - Development INT Bank of Latin America, Caracas Angel Gurría Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation INT and Development (OECD), Paris Francis Gurry Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization INT (WIPO), Geneva Werner Hoyer President, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg INT Zeid Ra'ad Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva INT Jin Liqun President-Designate, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, INT Beijing Jim Yong Kim President, World Bank, Washington DC INT Mukhisa Kituyi Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and INT Development (UNCTAD), Geneva Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), INT Washington DC Anthony Lake Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), INT New York World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 3/8 Peter Maurer President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), INT Geneva Ibrahim Assane Mayaki Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating INT Agency, Johannesburg Greg Medcraft Chairman, International Organization of Securities INT Commissions (IOSCO), Sydney Kunio Mikuriya Secretary-General, World Customs Organization (WCO), INT Brussels Michael Moller Director-General, United Nations Geneva (UNOG), Geneva INT Luis Alberto Moreno President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC INT Takehiko Nakao President, Asian Development Bank, Manila INT Kanayo F. Nwanze President, International Fund for Agricultural Development INT (IFAD), Rome Stephen O'Brien Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and INT Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York Babatunde Osotimehin Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), INT New York Wiebke Rösler Global Resources Manager, Union for International Cancer INT Control (UICC), Switzerland Guy Ryder Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO),
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