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Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil : President Mohammad Hamid Ansari : Vice-President COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

CABINET MINISTERS Ms. : Social Justice & Grievances and Pensions; Parliamentary Empowerment Affairs Dr. : Prime Mr. A. Raja : Communications & Mr. B. K. Handique : Chemical and Minister; in charge of Ministry of Information Technology Fertilisers; Parliamentary Affairs Personnel, Public Grievances & Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss : Health & Ms. : Health & Pensions; Planning; Atomic Energy; Family Welfare Family Welfare Space and other Ministries/ Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde : Power Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao : Coal Departments that are not specifically Mr. : Petroleum and Dr. Shakeel Ahmad : Communications allocated to the charge of any Natural Gas & Information Technology Minister. Mr. A. R. Antulay : Minority Affairs Mr. : Defence Mr. A.K. Antony : Defence Mr. Ravi : Overseas Indian Mr. Naranbhai Rathwa : Railways Mr. : External Affairs Mr. K. H. Muniappa : Shipping, Road Affairs Ms. : Tourism & Culture Transport & Highways Mr. Arjun Singh : Human Resource Mr. Saifuddin Soz : Water Resources Mr. M. V. Rajasekharan : Planning Development Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev : Heavy Mr. : Agriculture; Food Mr. : Agriculture; Food Industries & Public Enterprises & Public Distribution, Consumer & Public Distribution, Consumer Mr. Prem Chand Gupta : Company Affairs Affairs Affairs Mr. Manikrao Gavit : Home Affairs Mr. Lalu Prasad : Railways Mr. : Science & Mr. Shriprakash Jaiswal : Home Mr. Shivraj V. Patil : Home Affairs Technology; Earth Sciences Affairs Mr. Ram Vilas : Chemicals & Mr. : Prime Fertilizers; Steel MINISTERS OF STATE Minister’s Office Mr. S. Jaipal : Urban (Independent Charge) Mr. Taslimuddin : Agriculture; Food & Development Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs Mr. : Mines Ms. : Women and Ms. Suryakanta Patil : Rural Mr. P. Chidambaram : Finance Child Development Development; Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Mahavir Prasad : Small Scale Mr. : Food Mr. Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi : HRD Industries, Agro & Rural Industries Processing Industries Mr. R. Velu : Railways Mr. P. R. Kyndiah : Tribal Affairs Mr. : New & Mr. S. S. Palanimanickam : Finance Mr. T. R. Baalu : Road Transport & Renewable Energy (Revenue Deptt.) Highways; Shipping Ms. Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Mr. S. Regupathy : Environment & Mr. Shankarsinh Vaghela : Textiles Poverty Alleviation Forests Mr. : Commerce & Mr. : Civil Aviation Mr. K. Venkatapathy : Law & Justice Industry Mr. G. K. Vasan : Statistics and Ms. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan : Mr. H. R. Bhardwaj : Law & Justice Programme Implementation Social Justice & Empowerment Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh : Rural Mr. : Labour & Mr. E.V.K.S. Elangovan : Textiles Development Employment Ms. : Heavy Industries & Mr. Priyaranjan Dasmunsi : Public Enterprises Information & Broadcasting; MINISTERS OF STATE Mr. : Parliamentary Affairs Environment & Forests Mr. : Youth Ms. V. Radhika Selvi : Home Affairs Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh : Affairs and Sports; Panchayati Raj; Mr. E. Ahammed : External Affairs Agriculture, Food & Public Distribution, Development of North-Eastern Region Mr. Suresh Pachauri : Personnel, Public Consumer Affairs

1 Mr. : Finance Malavalli H. Ambareesh : Information Mr. : External Affairs & Broadcasting JUDICIARY Mr. : Urban Development Mr. Akhilesh Das : Steel CHIEFS OF ARMED FORCES Mr. K. G. Balakrishnan : Chief Justice Mr. M. M. Pallam Raju : Defence of Mr. Chandrasekhar Sahu : Rural Supreme Commander : President Mr. Milon Kumar Banerjee : Attorney Development Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil General of India Mr. Ashwani Kumar : Dept. of Chief of the Army Staff : General Deepak Mr. Justice Ashok Agarwal : Chairman, Industrial Policy and Promotion, Kapoor Central Administrative Tribunal Commerce & Industry Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral (CAT) Ms. D. Purandeshwari : Human Sureesh Mehta Resource Development Chief of the Air Staff : Air Chief Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati : Solicitor- Mr. Dinsha J. Patel : Petroleum & Marshal Fali H. Major General of India Natural Gas Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Mr. Vikas Singh : Additional Solicitor- Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy : Mines Command : Vice-Admiral Vijay Shankar General of India Mr. : Dept. of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff : Vice- Mr. Gopal Subramaniam : Additional Commerce (Ministry of Commerce and Admiral Raman Puri Solicitor-General of India Industry) Mr. Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav : Water Resources CAPITALS, GOVERNORS AND CHIEF MINISTERS OF STATES

States Capitals Governors Chief Ministers (1) Mr. N.D. Tiwari Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy (2) Itanagar Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan Mr. Dorjee Khandu (3) Assam Dispur Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajai Singh Mr. (4) Patna Mr. R.K. Gavai Mr. (5) Chhattisgarh Raipur Mr. E.S.L. Narasimhan Dr. Raman Singh (6) Goa Panaji Mr. S. C. Jameer Mr. Digambar V. Kamat (7) Gandhinagar Mr. Navalkishore Sharma Mr. (8) Chandigarh Dr. A. R. Kidwai Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda (9) Himachal Shimla Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mr. Pradesh V. S. Kokje (10) Jammu and Srinagar (Summer) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad Kashmir Jammu (Winter) S. K. Sinha (11) Mr. Syed Sibtey Razi Mr. Madhu Koda (12) Bengaluru Mr. Rameshwar Thakur President’s Rule (13) Thiruvanan- Mr. R. L. Bhatia Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan thapuram (14) Madhya Bhopal Mr. Balram Jhakar Mr. Shivraj Singh Pradesh Chauhan (15) Mr. S. M. Krishna Mr. Vilasrao (16) Manipur Imphal Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu Mr. Okram Ibobi Singh (17) Meghalaya Shillong Mr. B. L. Joshi Mr. D.D. Lapang (18) Mizoram Aizawl Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M. M. Lakhera Mr. Zoramthanga (19) Nagaland Kohima Mr. K. Sankaranarayan Mr. Neiphiu Rio (20) Orissa Bhubaneswar Mr. M.C. Bhandare Mr. Naveen Patnaik (21) Punjab Chandigarh Gen. (Retd.) S. F. Rodrigues Mr. (22) Mr. Shilendra Kumar Singh Ms. (23) Sikkim Gangtok Mr. Sudharshan Agarwal Mr. Pawan Chamling (24) Mr. S. S. Barnala Mr. M. Karunanidhi (25) Agartala Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya Mr. Manik Sarkar (26) Uttarakhand Dehradun Mr. B.L. Joshi Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri (27) Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Mr. T. V. Rajeshwar Rao Ms. Mayawati (28) West Bengal Kolkata Mr. Gopal Krishna Gandhi Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 2 CAPITAL, LT. AND CHIEF MINISTER OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY

National Capital Territory Capital Lt. Governor Chief Minister (1) Delhi Mr. Tejendra Khanna Ms. Sheila Dikshit

CAPITALS, LT. GOVERNORS/ADMINISTRATORS AND CHIEF MINISTERS OF UNION TERRITORIES Union Territories Capitals Lt. Governors/Administrators Chief Ministers (1) Andaman and Port Blair Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh – Nicobar Islands (2) Chandigarh Chandigarh Gen. (Retd.) S. F. Rodrigues – (3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa Mr. Rajni Kant Verma – (4) Daman and Diu Daman Mr. Rajni Kant Verma – (5) Lakshadweep Kavaratti Mr. Parimal Rai – (6) Puducherry Puducherry Mr. Mukut Mithi Mr. N. Rangaswamy

HEADS OF IMPORTANT OFFICES

Mohammad Hamid Ansari : National Commission for Protection Mr. Gopal Sharma : Director-General, Chairman, . of Child Rights Sashastra Seema Bal. Mr. K. Rahman Khan : Deputy Dr. : Chairman, National Vice-Admiral Rustom Faramroze Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Commission for Scheduled Castes Contractor : Director-General, Coast Mr. Somnath Chatterjee : Speaker, Mr. Kunwar Singh : Chairman, Guard. . National Commission for Scheduled Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh : Director- Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal : Deputy Tribes. General, Defence Intelligence Agency. Speaker, Lok Sabha. Mr. Gurbachan Jagat : Chairman, Mr. Sukhadeo Thorat : Chairman, Dr. Manmohan Singh : Chairman, UPSC. UGC. Planning Commission. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia : Deputy National Commission on Farmers. Scientific Adviser to the Government. Chairman, Planning Commission. Mr. M. K. Narayanan : National Mr. M. Natarajan : Scientific Adviser Mr. A. B. Vajpayee : Chairman, BJP Security Adviser and Special Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Parliamentary Party. to PM (Internal Security). Defence Research & Development Mr. L. K. Advani : Leader of Mr. J. P. Batra : Chairman, Railway Organisation. Opposition (Lok Sabha). Board. Mr. G. Madhavan Nair : Chairman, Mr. : Leader of Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri : Space Commission and ISRO. Opposition (Rajya Sabha). Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha Mr. Anil Kakodkar : Chairman, Atomic Mr. N. Gopalaswamy : Chief Election Mr. P.D.T. Achary : Secretary-General, Energy Commission and Secretary, Commissioner. Lok Sabha. Dept. of Atomic Energy. Mr. Navin B. Chawla : Election Mr. P.C. Haldar : Director, IB. Mr. : Chairman, Commissioner. Mr. Vijay Shankar : Director, CBI. Telecom Regulatory Authority of Mr. S.Y. Quraishi : Election Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi : Director, India. Commissioner. Research and Analysis Wing. Mr. B. K. Mishra : Chairman, SSC. Mr. V. N. Kaul : Comptroller and Mr. S.I.S. Ahmed : Director-General, Mr. Anil Kumar : Chairman, Telecom Auditor-General of India. CRPF. Commission. Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar : Cabinet Mr. Ashish Kumar Mitra : Director- Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal: Secretary. General,Border Security Force Chairman, National Forest Commission. Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary (BSF). Dr. Amrita Patel : Chairperson, to Prime Minister. Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Das : Director- National Dairy Development Board Mr. Kamal Pande : Secretary, Inter- General, Central Industrial Security (NDDB). State Council. Force (CISF). Lt. Gen. A.K. Nanda : Director- Mr. Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian : Mr. A. K. Suri : Director-General, General, Border Roads Organisation. Chairman, National Commission for Railway Protection Force. Dr. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly : Backward Classes. Mr. V. K. Joshi : Director-General, Director-General, Indian Council of Ms. Shanta Sinha : Chairperson, Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Medical Research.

3 Mr. R. S. S. L. N. Bhaskardu : National Centre for the President, ASSOCHAM. Chairman, Public Enterprises Arts (IGNCA). Mr. Manmohan Shetty : Chairman, Selection Board. Mr. Nirupam Sen : India’s Permanent National Film Development Mr. Prahlad Basu : Chairman, Board Representative to UN. Corporation. for Reconstruction of Public Sector Dr. Mangla Rai : Director-General, Mr. Tripurari Sharan : Director, Film Enterprises. Indian Council of Agricultural & Television Institute of India (FTII). Mr. D. K. Sikri : Registrar-General of Research. Mr. V. Thulasidas : CMD, Air-India. India and Census Commissioner. Mr. R. Jeyasheelan : Chairman, Mr. V. Trivedi : CMD, Indian. Mr. Justice D. P. Wadhwa : President, Central Water Commission. Mr. A. K. Puri : CMD, BHEL. National Consumer Disputes Ms. : Chairperson, National Mr. Ram Niwas Mirdha : Chairman, Redressal Commission. Commission for Women. Sangeet Natak Akademi. Mr. A.R. Lakshmanan: Chairman, Law Dr. C. Rangarajan : Chairman, 12th Dr. : President, ICCR. Commission. Finance Commission. Prof. D. N. Tripathi : Chairman, Mr. Y. V. Reddy : Governor, RBI. Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar : ICHR. Mr. : Chairman, Chairman, National Statistical Mr. Andre Beteille : Chairman, ICSSR. National Commission on Labour. Commission. Dr. Ishar J. Ahluwalia : Chairperson, Mr. Justice G. N. Ray : Chairman, Mr. V. Rajagopalan : Chairman, ICRIER. Press Council of India. Central Pollution Control Board Mr. Kumarmangalam Birla : Mr. Ajit Bhattacharjea : Director, (CPCB). Chairman, Board of Trade. Press Institute of India. Ms. Sharmila Tagore : Chairperson, Mr. Mathew Varghese : Chairman, Mr. Anil Kapoor : Chairman, Audit Central Board of Film Certification. GIC. Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Ms. Nafisa Ali : Chairperson, Mr. Ravindra Kumar : Chairman, Children’s Film Society of India. WORLD United News of India. Mr. C. Babu Rajeev : Director- Mr. Bahubali S. Shah : President, General, Archaeological Survey of Indian Newspaper Society. India. Afghanistan : President – Hamid Karzai; Mr. R. Lakshmipathy : Chairman, Mr. Habil Khorakiwala : President, Capital – Kabul. PTI. FICCI. Albania : President – Alfred Moisui; Mr. C. S. Rao : Chairman, Insurance Mr. R. S. P. Sinha : Chairman, MTNL. Prime Minister – Fatos Nano; Capital – Regulatory Authority. Mr. R. N. Das : Director, Enforcement Tirana. Ms. Indira Bhargava : Chairperson, Directorate. : President – Abdelaziz Central Board of Direct Taxes Mr. D. Swarup : Chairman, Pension Bouteflika; Prime Minister – Ahmed (CBDT). Fund Regulatory & Development Ouyahia; Capital – Algiers. Mr. A. K. Singh : Chairman, Central Authority. Argentina : President – Nestor Carlos Board of Excise & Customs. Mr. Pratyush Sinha : Central Vigilance Kirchner; Capital – Buenos Aires. Mr. Sushil Kumar Roongta : Commissioner. Australia : Governor-General – Michael Chairman, SAIL. Mr. S. Banerjee : Director, Bhabha Jeffery; Prime Minister – John Winston Mr. S. K. Garg : CMD, NHPC. Atomic Research Centre. Howard; Capital (Federal) – Canberra. Mr. R.S. Sharma : CMD, ONGC. Mr. Wajahat Habibullah : Chief Austria : President – Thomas Klestil; Mr. U.D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL. Information Commissioner. Chancellor – Wolfgang Schussel; Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC. Mr. Pradeep Kumar : Chairman, Capital – Vienna. Mr. Prabir Sengupta : Director- NHAI. Bahrain : King – Hamad ibn al-Khalifah; General, Indian Institute of Foreign Ms. : Chairperson, Central Prime Minister – Sheikh Khalifah Trade. Social Welfare Board. Sulman al-Khalifah; Capital – Manama. Mr. M.R. Pasrija : CMD, Ltd. Mr. Suresh Kalmadi : President, Indian : President - Iajuddin Mr. Ashok Ganguly : Chairman, Olympic Association. Ahmed; Capital - Dhaka. CBSE. Prof. Krishan Kumar : Director, Belarus: President - Alexander Mr. M. Damodaran : Chairman, NCERT. Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Sergei Securities & Exchange Board of India. Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal : President, Sidorsky; Capital -Minsk. Mr. Y. S. P. Thorat : Chairman, CII. Belgium : King - Albert II; Prime NABARD. Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Minister - Guy Verhofstadt; Capital - Mr. O.P. Bhat : Chairman, SBI. Knowledge Commission. Brussels. Mr. R. H. Patil : Chairman, UTI Asset Mr. M. V. Kamath : Chairman, Prasar Bolivia : President - Evo Morales; Management Company. Bharti Board. Capital - La Paz. Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI. Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Brazil : President - Luiz Inacio Lula da Mr. T.S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC. Investment Commission. Silva; Capital - Brasilia. Mr. Justice Ajay Kumar Banerji : Mr. N. Lakshmi Narayanan : Bulgaria : President - Georgi Purvanov; Chairman, Company Law Board. Chairman, NASSCOM. Prime Minister - Simeon II; Capital - Ms. Kapila Vatsayayan : President, Mr. Anil K. Agarwal : Sofia.

4 Burkina Faso : President - Blaise Honduras : President – Manuel Zelaya; Miyeegombo Enkhbold; Capital – Ulan Compaore; Prime Minister – Capital – Tegucigalpa. Bator. Paramanga Ernest Yonli Capital - Hungary : President - Ferenc Madl; Montenegro : President – Filip Ouagadougou. Prime Minister - Peter Medgyessy; Vujanovic; Prime Minister – Milo Cambodia : King - Norodom Sihamoni; Capital - Budapest. Dukanovic; Capital – Podgorica First Prime Minister - Ung Huot; Indonesia : President - Susilo Bambang Morocco : King - Mohammed VI; Prime Second Prime Minister - Hun Sen; Yudhoyono; Capital - Jakarta. Minister - Driss Jettou; Capital - Rabat. Capital - Phnom Penh. : President - Mahmoud Myanmar (Burma) : Head of Govt. : Canada : Governor-General - Ms. Ahmadinejad; Capital - Teheran. Gen. Than Shwe; Capital - Nyapidaw. Michaelle Jean; PM - Stephen Harper; Iraq : President - Jalal Talabani; Prime Namibia : President - Sam Nujoma; Capital - Ottawa. Minister - Nuri al-Maliki; Capital - Prime Minister - Theo-Ben Gurirab; Chile : President - Ms. Michelle Baghdad. Capital - Windhoek. Bachelet; Capital - Santiago. Ireland : President - Ms. Mary : King - Gyanendra Bir Bikram : President - Hu Jintao; Prime McAleese; Prime Minister - Bertie Shah Dev; Prime Minister - Girija Minister - Wen Jiabao; Capital - Ahern; Capital - Dublin. Prasad Koirala; Capital - . Beijing. Israel : President - Shimon Peres; Netherlands : Queen - Beatrix; Capital - Colombia : President - Alvaro Uribe Prime Minister – Ehud Olmert; Amsterdam. Velez; Capital - Bogota. Capital - Jerusalem. New Zealand : Governor-General - Croatia: President - Stipe Mesic; Prime Italy : President - Georgio Napolitano; Anand Satyanand; Prime Minister - Ms. Minister -Dr. Ivo Sanader; Capital - Prime Minister - Romano Prodi; Helen Clark; Capital - Wellington. Zagreb. Capital - Rome. Niger : President - Tandja Mamadou; : President - Fidel Castro Ruz; Japan : Emperor - Akihito; Prime Minister Prime Minister - Hama Amadou, Capital - Havana. : Yasuo Fukuda; Capital -Tokyo. Capital - Niamey. Czech Republic: President - Vaclav : King - Abdullah II; Prime Nigeria : President - Umaru Yar’Adua; Klaus; Prime Minister - Jiri Paroubek; Minister - Faisal al-Fayez; Capital - Capital - Abuja. Capital - Prague. Amman. Norway : King - Harald V; Prime Denmark : Queen - Margrethe II; Prime Kazakhstan : President - Nursultan A. Minister - Jens Stoltenberg; Capital - Minister - Anders Fogh Rasmussen; Nazarbayev; Prime Minister – Karim Oslo. Capital - Copenhagen. Masimov; Capital - Astana. : President – Gen. Pervez East Timor : President – Jose Ramos- : President - Mwai Kibaki; Musharraf; Prime Minister – Horta; Prime Minister – Xanana Capital – Nairobi. Mr. Shaukat Aziz; Capital -Islamabad. Gusmao; Capital - Dili. Korea, North : President - Marshal Kim Panama : President – Mr. Martin Ecuador : President – Rafael Correa; Jong II; Prime Minister - Hong Song Torrijos; Capital – Panama City. Capital – Quito Nam; Capital - Pyongyang. Peru: President – Alan Garcia; Prime Egypt : President - Hosni Mubarak; Korea, South : President - Roh Moo- Minister – Luis Solari; Capital - Lima. Prime Minister - Ahmed Najief; hyun; Capital - Seoul. Philippines : President – Ms. Gloria Capital - Cairo. Kuwait : Emir - Sheikh Sabah al- Macapagal – Arroyo; Capital - Manila. El Salvador : President - Mr. Elias Ahmad al-Sabah; Capital - Kuwait. Poland : President – Lech Kaczynski; Antonic Saca; Capital - San Salvador. Kyrgyzstan : President (Interim) - Prime Minister – Jaroslaw Kaczynski; Ethiopia: President - Girma Kurmanbek Bakiyev; Prime Minister Capital - Warsaw. Woldegyiorgis; Prime Minister - Meles – Azim Isabekov Capital - Bishkek. Portugal : President – Jorge Sampaio; Zenawi; Capital - . Laos : President - Gen. Khamtay Prime Minister – Jose Socrates; Finland: President - Ms. Tarja Halonen; Siphandon; Prime Minister - Bouasone Capital - Lisbon. Capital - Helsinki. Bouphavanh; Capital - Vientiane. Romania : President – Traian Basecue; France : President - Nicolas Sarkozy; Liberia : President - Ellen Johnson- Capital - Bucharest. Prime Minister – Francois Fillon; Sirleaf; Capital - Monrovia. Russia : President – Vladimir Putin; Capital - Paris. Madagascar : President - Marc Prime Minister - Viktor Zubkov; Gabon : President – Omar Bongo Ravalomanana; Prime Minister - Capital - Moscow. Ondimba; Prime Minister – Jean Jacques Sylla; Capital -Antananarivo. Rwanda : President – Paul Kagame; Eyeghe Ndong; Capital – Libreville. : President - Bingu wa Capital -Kigali. Germany: President - Horst Koehler; Mutharika; Capital - Lilongwe. Saudi Arabia : King – Abdullah bin Chancellor - Ms. Angela Merkel; Malaysia : King - Tuanku Syed Abdul Aziz al Saud; Capital - Riyadh. Capital - Berlin. Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail; Serbia : Prime Minister - Vojislav Guyana : President - Bharrat Jagdeo; Prime Minister -Abdullah Ahmad Kostunica; Capital - Belgrade. Prime Minister - Samuel Hinds; Badawi; Capital - Kuala Lumpur. : President - Ahmed Tejan Capital - Georgetown. Maldives : President - Maumoon Abdul Kabbah; Capital - Freetown. Greece : President - Constantinos Gayoom; Capital - Male. Singapore : President - S. R. Nathan; Stephanopoulos; Prime Minister - Mauritius: President - Karl A. Offmann; PM - Lee Hsien Loong; Capital - Costas Simitis; Capital - Athens. Prime Minister - Navinchandra Singapore. Haiti : President – Rene Preval; Prime Ramgoolam; Capital - Port Louis. Slovakia : President - Ivan Gasparovic; Minister – Gerard Latortue; Capital – Mongolia : President – Nambaryn Prime Minister - Mikulas Dzurinda; Port-au-Prince. Enkhbayar; Prime Minister – Capital -Bratislava.

5 South Africa : President – Thabo M. Vanuatu : President - Kalkokt Jacques Rogge : President, Mbeki; Capital - Cape Town Mahashelekel; Prime Minister - Ham International Olympic Committee. (Legislative) and Tshwane (Formerly Livi; Capital - Vila. Don McKinnon : Secretary-General, Pretoria) (Administrative). Venezuela : President - Hugo Chavez Commonwealth. Spain : King - Juan Carlos I; Prime Frias; Capital - Caracas. Harshvardhana Singh : Deputy Minister - Jose Luis Rodriguez Vietnam : President - Nguyen Minh Director-General, WTO. Zapatevo; Capital - Madrid. Triet; Prime Minister - Nguyen Tan Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare : : Exe. President – Mahinda Dung; Capital - Hanoi. Chairman, . Rajapakse; Prime Minister - Ratnasiri Zambia : President - Levy Patrick Pascal Lamy : Director-General, Wickremanayake; Capital - Sri Mwanawasa; Prime Minister - General WTO. Jayewardenepura Kotte (). M. N. Masheke; Capital - Lusaka. Amara Essy : Secretary-General, Sudan : President - Omar Hassan Ahmad Zimbabwe : Executive President - African Union. al-Bashir; Capital - Khartoum. Robert G. Mugabe; Capital - Harare. Louise Arbour : High Commissioner, Sweden : King - Carl XVI Gustaf; PM – UN High Commission for Human Fredrik Reinfeldt; Capital - Heads of important offices Rights. Stockholm. Ray Mali : Acting President, Switzerland : President - Moritz International Cricket Council. Leuenberger; Capital - Berne. Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi : Chairman, Syria : President - Bashar Al-Assad; PM - Organisation. Non-Aligned Movement. Muhammad Naji al-Otari; Capital - Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro : First Deputy Jose Manuel Durao Barroso : Damascus. Secretary-General, UN. President, European Commission. Taiwan : President - Chen Shui-bian; Major Gen. Randhir Mehta : Military Kandeh K. Yumkella : Director- Prime Minister -Su Tseng-chang; Adviser to UN Dept. of Peace-keeping General, UNIDO. Capital - Taipei. Operations. Jammel Al Hujilan : Secretary- Tajikistan : President - Emomali Robert Zoellick : President, World General, Gulf Co-operation Council. Rakhmonov; PM - Akil Akilov; Capital - Bank. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu : Secretary- Dushanbe. Rodrigo Rato : Managing Director, General, Organisation of Islamic Tanzania : President - Benjamin International Monetary Fund (IMF). Conference. William Mkapa; Prime Minister - Koichiro Matsuura : Director- Alvaro Silva Calderon : Secretary- Frederick Tulway Sumaye; Capital – General, UNESCO. Dodoma. General, Organisation of Petroleum Dr. Margaret Chan : Director-General, Exporting Countries (OPEC). Thailand : King - Bhumibol Adulyadej; WHO. PM – Surayud Chulanont; Capital - Cesar Gaviria Trujilo : Chairman, Jacques Diouf : Director-General, Organisation of American States. Bangkok. Food and Agricultural Organisation. Trinidad and Tobago: President - Sam Nujoma : President, South-West Juan Somavia : Director-General, African People’s Organisation George Maxwell Richards; Prime Inter-national Labour Organisation. Patrick Manning; (SWAPO). Minister - Capital - Ann M. Veneman : Executive Port-of-Spain. Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei : Director- Director, United Nations International Tunisia : President - Zine El Abidine General, International Atomic Energy Children's Emergency Fund Ben Ali; Prime Minister - Mohamed Agency (IAEA). (UNICEF). Ghannouchi; Capital - Tunis. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer : Secretary- Antonio Guterres : UN High Turkey : President - Abdullah Gul; General, North Atlantic Treaty Commissioner for Refugees. Prime Minister - Recep Tayyip Organisation (NATO). Mark M. Brown : Director-General, Erdogan; Capital - Ankara. Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan : Director, United Nations Development Ukraine : President - Victor Commonwealth of Learning. Yushchenko; Capital - Kiev. Programme. Hashim Abdul Halim : Chairman, United Arab Emirates : Prime Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi : Commonwealth Parliamentary Minister -Sheikh Mohammed bin Secretary-General, United Nations Association. Rashid Al-Maktoum; Capital - Abu Conference on Trade and Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid : Dhabi. Development (UNCTAD). Executive Director, UNFPA. : Queen - Elizabeth II; Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Ong Keng Yong : Secretary-General, Prime Minister - Gordon Brown; Organisation of Economic ASEAN. Capital - London. Cooperation and Development Q. A. M. A. Rahim : Secretary-General, United States of America : President - (OECD). SAARC. George W. Bush; Secretary of State – Ms. Rosalyn Higgins : President, Lamine Diack : President, Dr. Condoleezza Rice; Capital - International Court of Justice. International Amateur Athletic Washington, D.C. Haruhiko Kuroda : President, Asian Federation (IAAF). Uzbekistan: President - Islam A. Development Bank. Michael Griffin : Chief of NASA(USA). Karimov; Prime Minister – Shavkat Donald Kaberuka : President, African Ms. Irene Zubaida Khan : Secretary- Mirziyayev; Capital - Tashkent. Development Bank. General, Amnesty International.

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