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Abbreviations ABBREVIATIONS ACP African Caribbean Pacific K kindergarten Adm. Admiral kg kilogramme(s) Adv. Advocate kl kilolitre(s) a.i. ad interim km kilometre(s) kW kilowatt b. born kWh kilowatt hours bbls. barrels bd board lat. latitude bn. billion (one thousand million) lb pound(s) (weight) Brig. Brigadier Lieut. Lieutenant bu. bushel long. longitude Cdr Commander m. million CFA Communauté Financière Africaine Maj. Major CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique MW megawatt CGT compensated gross tonnes MWh megawatt hours c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief NA not available CIS Commonwealth of Independent States n.e.c. not elsewhere classified cm centimetre(s) NRT net registered tonnes Col. Colonel NTSC National Television System Committee cu. cubic (525 lines 60 fields) CUP Cambridge University Press cwt hundredweight OUP Oxford University Press oz ounce(s) D. Democratic Party DWT dead weight tonnes PAL Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields 4·43 MHz sub-carrier) ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States PAL M Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL EEA European Economic Area 3·58 MHz sub-carrier) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone PAL N Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL EMS European Monetary System 3·58 MHz sub-carrier) EMU European Monetary Union PAYE Pay-As-You-Earn ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism PPP Purchasing Power Parity est. estimate f.o.b. free on board R. Republican Party FDI foreign direct investment retd retired ft foot/feet Rt Hon. Right Honourable FTE full-time equivalent SADC Southern African Development Community G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, SDR Special Drawing Rights USA, Russia SECAM H Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines GDP gross domestic product 50 fieldsHorizontal) Gen. General SECAM V Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines GNI gross national income 50 fieldsVertical) GNP gross national product sq. square GRT gross registered tonnes SSI Supplemental Security Income GW gigawatt GWh gigawatt hours TAFE technical and further education TEU twenty-foot equivalent units ha. hectare(s) trn. trillion (one million million) HDI Human Development Index TV television ind. independent(s) Univ. University ICT information and communication technology ISO International Organization for Standardization VAT value-added tax (domain names) v.f.d value for duty 1512 STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SOURCES The Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our database: • United Nations Statistical Yearbook • International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook • United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report • International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook • United Nations World Population Prospects • Selected International Monetary Fund Reports • United Nations World Urbanization Prospects • Selected Organization for Economic Co-operation and • United Nations Demographic Yearbook Development Reports • United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook • Selected World Trade Organization Reports • United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook • Selected European Union Reports • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Organization Statistical Yearbook Yearbook • International Labour Organization Yearbook of Labour • International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Statistics Balance • Food and Agricultural Organization Production Yearbook • International Road Federation World Road Statistics • Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – • International Civil Aviation Organization Civil Aviation Capture Production Statistics of the World • International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of • International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Traffic Statistics • Statistical offices, government departments, embassies and • Selected World Bank Reports international organizations throughout the world • International Monetary Fund Government Finance • Selected print and online national and international news Statistics Yearbook media 1513 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX CURRENT LEADERS INDEX An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxi Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1072–3 Fenech Adami, Eddie (Malta) 842 Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 730–1 Fernández, Dr Leonel (Dominican Republic) 411 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somalia) 1121–2 Fischer, Dr Heinz (Austria) 159 Adamkus, Valdas (Lithuania) 803–4 Fogh Rasmussen, Anders (Denmark) 395–6 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 436–7 Fox Quesada, Vicente (Mexico) 860–1 Ahern, Bertie (Ireland) 682–3 Francini, Loris (San Marino) 1064–5 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (Iran) 665–6 Aima, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 211–12 Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1106–7 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 872–3 Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul (Maldives) 835 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 165 Gbagbo, Laurent (Côte d’Ivoire) 362–3 Annan, Kofi (United Nations) 11–12 Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1214 Ansip, Andrus (Estonia) 441–2 Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and Grenadines) 1059 Anthony, Dr Kenny (St Lucia) 1056 Gonzi, Lawrence (Malta) 842 Arias Sánchez, Oscar (Costa Rica) 358 Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 597 Arthur, Owen (Barbados) 183–4 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 885 Ásgrímsson, Halldór (Iceland) 597–8 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 405 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1196 Gusmão, Xanana (East Timor) 415 Gyanendra, King (Nepal) 901 Bachelet, Michelle (Chile) 311–12 Gyurcsány, Ferenc (Hungary) 590 Badawi, Abdullah (Malaysia) 829–30 Bakiyev, Kurmanbek (Kyrgyzstan) 768 Halonen, Tarja (Finland) 460 Balkenende, Jan Peter (Netherlands) 908–9 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 174 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1022 Hamad, Sheikh bin Khalifa Al Thani (Qatar) 1017 Bashir, Lieut.-Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed al- (Sudan) 1164 Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 800 Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine (Tunisia) 1226 Harper, Stephen (Canada) 264–5 Benedict XVI, Pope (Vatican City State) 1482–3 Howard, John (Australia) 124–5 Berger Perdomo, Óscar (Guatemala) 564 Hu Jintao (China) 320 Berisha, Dr Sali (Albania) 88 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 251–2 Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 256–7 Blair, Tony (United Kingdom) 1270–2 Iloilo, Ratu Josefa (Fiji Islands) 452 Bolaños, Enrique (Nicaragua) 933 Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 234 Jagdeo, Bharrat (Guyana) 575 Bongo, Omar (Gabon) 499 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 504 Boni, Yayi (Benin) 204 Janša, Janez (Slovenia) 1112–13 Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 94 Jiabao, Wen (China) 320–1 Bozizé, Gen. François (Central African Republic) 301 Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King (Bhutan) 208 Brazauskas, Algirdas (Lithuania) 804 Jintao, Hu (China) 320 Bush, George W. (United States of America) 1346–7 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 791 Jong Il, Kim (North Korea) 759 Castro, Fidel (Cuba) 372–3 Jong-wook, Dr Lee (World Health Organization)* 28 Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1011 Juncker, Jean-Claude (Luxembourg) 809 Chávez, Hugo (Venezuela) 1487 Chidchai Vanasatidya (Thailand) 1209–10 Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan (Sierra Leone) 1096 Chirac, Jacques (France) 471–2 Kabila, Joseph (Congo, Dem. Rep.) 350 Christie, Perry (Bahamas) 170 Kaczyński, Lech (Poland) 1001 Clark, Helen (New Zealand) 922 Kagame, Paul (Rwanda) 1049 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 243 Kalam, Abdul (India) 609 Conté, Gen. Lansana (Guinea) 568 Kalvītis, Aigars (Latvia) 776–7 Crvenkovski, Branko (Macedonia) 815 Karamanlis, Kostas (Greece) 555 Karimov, Islam (Uzbekistan) 1475 De Hoop Scheffer, Jaap (NATO) 57–8 Karzai, Hamid (Afghanistan) 82–3 Déby, Lieut.-Gen. Idris (Chad) 305 Khai, Phan Van (Vietnam) 1493 Douglas, Dr Denzil L. (St Kitts and Nevis) 1052–3 Khaleda Zia, Begum (Bangladesh) 179 Drnovšek, Janez (Slovenia) 1112 Khalifa, Sheikh bin Zayed al-Nahyan (United Arab Emirates) Duarte Frutos, Nicanor (Paraguay) 981 1259 Durão Barroso, José Manuel (European Commission) 35–6 Khalifa, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al- (Bahrain) 174 Dzurinda, Mikuláš (Slovakia) 1107–8 Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyed Ali (Iran) 665 Khamtay Siphandone, Gen. (Laos) 772 Enkhbayar, Nambaryn (Mongolia) 876 Kibaki, Mwai (Kenya) 740–1 Enkhbold, Miyegombo (Mongolia) 876 Kikwete, Jakaya (Tanzania) 1204–5 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1232–3 Kim Jong Il (North Korea) 759 1517 1518 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX Kirchner, Néstor (Argentina) 111 Palacio, Dr Alfredo (Ecuador) 419 Klaus, Dr Václav (Czech Republic) 387–8 Papadopoulos, Tassos (Cyprus) 378 Kocharian, Robert (Armenia) 116 Papoulias, Karolos (Greece) 554–5 Köhler, Horst (Germany) 520 Paroubek, Jiří (Czech Republic) 388 Koizumi, Junichiro (Japan) 722–3 Parvanov, Georgi (Bulgaria) 237–8 Kufuor, John (Ghana) 548–9 Persson, Göran (Sweden) 1179 Phan Van Khai (Vietnam) 1493 Lahoud, Emile (Lebanon) 782–3 Pintat Santolària, Albert (Andorra) 98–9 Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore) 1110 Pires, Pedro (Cape Verde) 297 Lee Jong-wook, Dr (World Health Organization)* 28 Pohamba, Hifikepunye (Namibia) 894 Leuenberger, Moritz (Switzerland) 1188–9 Popescu-Tăriceanu, Călin (Romania) 1022–3 Lini, Ham (Vanuatu) 1480 Préval, René (Haiti) 579 Liverpool, Dr Nicholas (Dominica) 407–8 Prodi, Romano (Italy) 708–9 Loong, Lee Hsien (Singapore) 1110 Putin, Vladimir (Russia) 1032–3 Lukashenka, Alyaksandr (Belarus) 188 Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio (Brazil) 228 Qaboos, Sultan (Oman) 958 Qadhafi, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al- (Libya) 795 McAleese, Mary (Ireland) 682 Qarase, Laisenia (Fiji Islands) 452–3 Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria (Philippines) 991–2 Makuza, Bernard (Rwanda) 1049 Rajapaksa, Mahinda (Sri Lanka) 1157 Malielegaoi, Tuila’epa Sailele (Samoa) 1062 Rakhmonov, Emomali (Tajikistan) 1200 Maliki, Nouri al- (Iraq) 674–5 Ramgoolam, Navin (Mauritius)
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