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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 Capt. Captain m. million Cdr Commander Maj. Major CFA Communauté Financière Africaine MW megawatt CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique MWh megawatt hours CGT compensated gross tonnes c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight NA not available C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief n.e.c. not elsewhere classified CIS Commonwealth of Independent States NRT net registered tonnes cm centimetre(s) NTSC National Television System Committee Cres. Crescent (525 lines 60 fields) cu. cubic CUP Cambridge University Press OUP Oxford University Press cwt hundredweight oz ounce(s) D. Democratic Party PAL Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields DWT dead weight tonnes 4·43 MHz sub-carrier) PAL M Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL 3·58 ECOWAS Economic Community of West African MHz sub-carrier) States PAL N Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL 3·58 EEA European Economic Area MHz sub-carrier) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone PAYE Pay-As-You-Earn EMS European Monetary System PPP Purchasing Power Parity EMU European Monetary Union ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism R. Republican Party est. estimate Rd Road retd retired f.o.b. free on board Rt Hon. Right Honourable FDI foreign direct investment ft foot/feet SADC Southern African Development Community FTE full-time equivalent SDR Special Drawing Rights SECAM H Sequential Couleur avec Memoire (625 lines G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, 50 fields Horizontal) USA, Russia SECAM V Sequential Couleur avec Memoire (625 lines GDP gross domestic product 50 fields Vertical) Gdns Gardens sq. square Gen. General St. Street GNI gross national income SSI Supplemental Security Income GNP gross national product GRT gross registered tonnes TAFE technical and further education GW gigawatt TEU twenty-foot equivalent units GWh gigawatt hours trn. trillion (one million million) TV television ha. hectare(s) HDI Human Development Index Univ. University ind. independent(s) VAT value-added tax ICT information and communication technology v.f.d. value for duty ISO International Organization for Standardization (domain names) 1520 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 • Euromonitor International Marketing Data and Statistics • United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report • United Nations World Population Prospects • United Nations World Urbanization Prospects • United Nations Demographic Yearbook • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook • International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance • International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook • Selected International Monetary Fund Reports • Selected European Union Reports • Selected Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Reports • Selected World Bank Reports • Selected World Trade Organization Reports • International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook • United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Production Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Forest Products Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – Capture Production • United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook • International Labour Organization Yearbook of Labour Statistics • International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook • United Nations International Trade Statistics Yearbook • International Road Federation World Road Statistics • Railway Directory • International Civil Aviation Organization Civil Aviation Statistics of the World • International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Traffic • International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of Statistics • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Statistical Yearbook • Religious Trends No 7 • World Association of Newspapers World Press Trends • Statistical offices, government departments, embassies dan international organizations throughout the world • Selected print and online national and international news media 1521 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX CURRENT LEADERS INDEX An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxiv Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1079–80 De Hoop Scheffer, Jaap (NATO) 53 Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 728–9 Déby, Lieut.-Gen. Idriss (Chad) 303–4 Abela, George (Malta) 841 Delgado, Rafael Vicente Correa (Ecuador) 416 Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thailand) 1215 Dombrovskis, Valdis (Latvia) 775 Adamkus, Valdas (Lithuania) 802 Douglas, Dr Denzil L. (St Kitts and Nevis) 1059–60 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 435 Dung, Nguyen Tan (Vietnam) 1498–9 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (Iran) 663 Ahmed, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh (Somalia) 1127–8 Enkhbayar, Nambaryn (Mongolia) 876 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 872–3 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1238–9 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 160–1 Faymann, Werner (Austria) 154–5 Anni (Maldives) 834 Fernández, Dr Leonel (Dominican Republic) 408 Ansip, Andrus (Estonia) 440 Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina (Argentina) 106 Arias Sánchez, Oscar (Costa Rica) 356 Fico, Robert (Slovakia) 1113–14 Aso, Taro (Japan) 720 Fillon, François (France) 470 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1201 Fischer, Dr Heinz (Austria) 154 Atta Mills, John (Ghana) 545 Fischer, Jan (Czech Republic) 386 Ayma, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 207–8 García Pérez, Alan (Peru) 993 Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Mauritania) 850 Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1113 Bachelet, Michelle (Chile) 309–10 Gbagbo, Laurent (Côte d’Ivoire) 360–1 Bainimarama, Josaia Voreqe (Fiji Islands) 450–1 Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1219–20 Bajnai, Gordon (Hungary) 587 Golding, Bruce (Jamaica) 713 Bakiyev, Kurmanbek (Kyrgyzstan) 766 Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and Grenadines) 1066 Balkenende, Jan Peter (Netherlands) 913–14 Gonzi, Lawrence (Malta) 841 Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 6–7 Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 594 Banda, Rupiah (Zambia) 1508–9 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 889 Barroso, José Manuel (European Commission) 30–1 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 402 Barrow, Dean (Belize) 197 Gül, Abdullah (Turkey) 1237–40 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1029–30 Gusmão, Xanana (East Timor) 412–13 Bashir, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al- (Sudan) 1169–70 Halonen, Tarja (Finland) 458 Bayar, Sanj (Mongolia) 876 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 170 Ben Ali, Zine-Al Abidine (Tunisia) 1231–2 Hamad, Sheikh bin Khalifa Al Thani (Qatar) 1024 Benedict XVI, Pope (Vatican City State) 1487–8 Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 798 Berdymukhammedov, Gurbanguly (Turkmenistan) 1244 Harper, Stephen (Canada) 261–2 Berisha, Dr Sali (Albania) 83 Hasina Wajed, Sheikh (Bangladesh) 175 Berlusconi, Silvio (Italy) 705–6 Hinojosa, Felipe de Jesús Calderón (Mexico) 859–60 Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 253–4 Hu Jintao (China) 318 Boc, Emil (Romania) 1030 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 248–9 Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 230 Ielemia, Apisai (Tuvalu) 1247–8 Bongo, Omar (Gabon) 495 Iloilo, Ratu Josefa (Fiji Islands) 450 Boni, Yayi (Benin) 200 Ilves, Toomas (Estonia) 439–40 Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 89 Ingraham, Hubert (Bahamas) 166 Bozizé, Gen. François (Central African Republic) 299 Ivanov, Gjorgje (Macedonia) 814 Brown, Gordon (United Kingdom) 1276–7 Jagdeo, Bharrat (Guyana) 572 Caballeros, Álvaro Colom (Guatemala) 561 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 500 Calderón Hinojosa, Felipe de Jesús (Mexico) 859–60 Jiabao, Wen (China) 318–19 Camara, Moussa Dadis (Guinea) 565 Jintao, Hu (China) 318 Castro, Raúl (Cuba) 370–1 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 789 Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1018 Jong Il, Kim (North Korea) 757–8 Cenci, Massimo (San Marino) 1071–2 Juncker, Jean-Claude (Luxembourg) 808–9 Chan, Dr Margaret (World Health Organization) 22–3 Chávez, Hugo (Venezuela) 1492–3 Kabila, Joseph (Congo, Dem. Rep.) 348 Choummaly Sayasone, Lieut.-Gen. (Laos) 770 Kaczyński, Lech (Poland) 1008 Christofias, Dimitris (Cyprus) 375–6 Kagame, Paul (Rwanda) 1056 Colom Caballeros, Álvaro (Guatemala) 561 Karamanlis, Kostas (Greece) 552–3 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 240 Karimov, Islam (Uzbekistan) 1480–1 Correa Delgado, Rafael Vicente (Ecuador) 416 Karzai, Hamid (Afghanistan) 77 Cowen, Brian (Ireland) 679–80 Key, John (New Zealand) 927 1525 1526 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX Khalifa, Sheikh bin Zayed al-Nahyan (United Arab Emirates) Nazarbaev, Nursultan (Kazakhstan) 733–4 1264 Ndong, Jean Eyeghe (Gabon) 496 Khalifa, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al- (Bahrain) 170 Netanyahu, Binyamin (Israel) 692–3 Khama, Lieut.-Gen. Seretse Khama Ian (Botswana) 216 Nguyen Tan Dung (Vietnam) 1498–9 Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyed Ali (Iran) 662–3 Nkurunziza, Pierre (Burundi) 244–5 Ki-moon, Ban (United Nations) 6–7 Nong Duc Manh (Vietnam) 1498 Kibaki, Mwai (Kenya) 738–9 Kikwete, Jakaya (Tanzania) 1209–10 Obama, Barack (United States of America) 1351–2 Kim Jong Il (North Korea) 757–8 Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Brig.-Gen. Teodoro (Equatorial King, Stephenson (St Lucia) 1063 Guinea) 431–2 Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de (Argentina) 106 Ortega Saavedra, José Daniel (Nicaragua) 938–9 Klaus, Dr Václav (Czech Republic) 385–6 Ouyahia, Ahmed (Algeria) 89–90 Köhler, Horst (Germany) 517 Pahor, Borut (Slovenia) 1119 Koroma, Ernest Bai (Sierra Leone) 1101–2 Papoulias, Karolos (Greece) 551–2 Kubilius, Andrius (Lithuania) 802–3 Parvanov, Georgi (Bulgaria) 234–5 Patil, Pratibha
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