World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21-24 January 2015
List of Confirmed Public Figures
As of 14 January 2015
Abdesselam Bouchouareb Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria Algeria Mauricio Macri Mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina Reinhold Mitterlehner Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Science, Research Austria and Economy of Austria Ali Abbasov Minister of Communication and High Technologies of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Mathilde of Belgium Queen of Belgium; Young Global Leader Alumnus Belgium Charles Michel Prime Minister of Belgium Belgium Philippe of Belgium King of Belgium Belgium Joaquim Levy Minister of Finance of Brazil Brazil Daniel Marteleto Marteleto Secretary of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Brazil Godinho Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil Marcelo Côrtes Neri Minister of Strategic Affairs of Brazil Brazil Alexandre Tombini Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil Brazil Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Prime Minister of Cambodia Cambodia Hun Sen Sun Chanthol Senior Minister; Minister of Commerce of Cambodia Cambodia John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Canada Ed Fast Minister of International Trade of Canada Canada James Moore Minister of Industry of Canada; Young Global Leader Canada Joe Oliver Minister of Finance of Canada Canada Christian Paradis Minister of International Development and Minister for La Canada Francophonie of Canada Stephen S. Poloz Governor of the Bank of Canada Canada Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia Colombia Mauricio Cardenas Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia Colombia Diego Molano Vega Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia Colombia Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno Minister of National Defence of Colombia; Young Global Colombia Leader Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Daniel Kablan Duncan Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour Minister of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium Egypt Enterprises of Egypt Amre Moussa Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (2001-2011) Egypt and Head of the Constitution of Fifty, Egypt Hani Qadri Demian Minister of Finance of Egypt Egypt
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Hisham Ramez Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Egypt Ashraf Salman Minister of Investment of Egypt Egypt Sameh Shoukry Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Egypt Abdel Fatah Said El Sisi President of Egypt Egypt Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of Estonia Estonia Valdis Dombrovskis Vice-President and Commissioner, Euro and Social EU Dialogue, European Commission, Brussels; Young Global Leader Alumnus Andrea Enria Chairman, European Banking Authority, London EU 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 European External Action Service (EEAS), 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 Martin Schulz President, European Parliament, Brussels EU 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 Alexander Stubb Prime Minister of Finland; Young Global Leader Finland Laurent Fabius Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France France François Hollande President of France France Bruno Le Maire Member of Parliament, France France Christian Noyer Governor of the Banque de France France Michel Sapin Minister of Finances and Public Accounts of France France Tamar Beruchashvili Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Georgia Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister of Georgia Georgia George Kvirikashvili Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Georgia Sustainable Development of Georgia Alexander Dobrindt Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany Germany Sigmar Gabriel Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Germany and Energy of Germany Hermann Gröhe Federal Minister of Health of Germany Germany Hannelore Kraft Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Germany Thomas de Maizière Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany Germany Angela Merkel Federal Chancellor of Germany Germany Gerd Müller Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Germany of Germany Wolfgang Schäuble Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Germany Ursula von der Leyen Federal Minister of Defence of Germany Germany Fifi Fiavi Kwetey Minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana Ghana John Dramani Mahama President of Ghana Ghana Seth Emmanuel Terkper Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana Ghana Alpha Condé President of Guinea Guinea
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Mohamed Diaré Minister of Economy and Finance of Guinea Guinea Kerfalla Yansané Minister of Mines of Guinea Guinea Devendra Gangadharrao Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India India Fadnavis 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 Sofyan A. Djalil Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of Indonesia Indonesia Rahmat Gobel Minister of Trade of Indonesia Indonesia Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Indonesia Sudirman Said Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia Indonesia Baroness Valerie Amos Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and INT Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York Roberto Azevêdo Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva INT Abdalla Salem El Badri Secretary-General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting INT Countries (OPEC), Vienna Jin-Yong Cai Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, INT International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC Jaime Caruana General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), INT Basel Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva INT Helen E. Clark Administrator, United Nations Development Programme INT (UNDP), New York Benoît Coeuré Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank, INT Frankfurt Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme INT (WFP), Rome Jan Eliasson Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, New York INT Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention INT on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn Rebeca Grynspan Secretary-General, Secretaría General Iberoamericana INT (SEGIB), Spain Angel Gurría Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation INT and Development (OECD), Paris; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Francis Gurry Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization INT (WIPO), Geneva Antonio Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva INT Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High INT Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva Thorbjorn Jagland Secretary-General, Council of Europe, Strasbourg INT Donald Kaberuka President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Abidjan; World INT Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Jim Yong Kim President, World Bank, Washington DC INT Jean-Paul Laborde Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate INT (CTED), United Nations, New York Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), INT Washington DC; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Luis Alberto Moreno President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington INT DC; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Takehiko Nakao President, Asian Development Bank, Manila INT Guy Ryder Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO), INT Geneva Achim Steiner Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme INT
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(UNEP), Nairobi William Lacy Swing Director-General, International Organization for Migration INT (IOM), Geneva Lamberto Zannier Secretary-General, Organization for Security and Co- INT operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna Zhao Houlin Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union INT (ITU), Geneva Min Zhu Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund INT (IMF), Washington DC; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Haïdar Al Abadi Prime Minister of Iraq Iraq Ayad Allawi Vice-President of Iraq Iraq Masoud Barzani President of the Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq Ibrahim Al Jaafari Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq Iraq Rowsch N. Shaways Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Iraq Enda Kenny Taoiseach of Ireland Ireland Mohammad Javad Zarif Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Tzipi Livni Member of Parliament, Knesset, Israel Israel Shimon Peres President of Israel (2007-2014) Israel Paolo Gentiloni Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Italy Pietro Carlo Padoan Minister of Economics and Finance of Italy Italy Matteo Renzi Prime Minister of Italy Italy Ignazio Visco Governor of the Central Bank of Italy Italy Haruhiko Kuroda Governor of the Bank of Japan Japan Yoichi Miyazawa Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Japan Hakubun Shimomura Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Japan Technology, and Minister of Olympics and Paralympic Games of Japan Yasuhisa Shiozaki Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Japan Akihiko Tanaka President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Japan Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan Nasser Sami Judeh Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah of the Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; World Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Economic Forum Foundation Board Member Ibrahim Saif Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Umayya Toukan Minister of Finance of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan Zhanar Aitzhanova Minister of Economic Integration of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Karim Massimov Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Uhuru Kenyatta President of Kenya Kenya Njuguna S. Ndungu Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya Kenya Bader M. Al Sa’ad Managing Director, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), Kuwait Kuwait Anas Khalid Al Saleh Minister of Finance of Kuwait Kuwait Mahmoud Jibril Leader, National Forces Alliance of Libya, Libya Libya Ali Tarhouni President, Constituent Assembly of Libya, Libya Libya Dalia Grybauskaite President of Lithuania Lithuania Xavier Bettel Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luxembourg Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia Malaysia
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Mustapa Mohamed Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia Malaysia Moustapha Ben Barka Minister of Industry and Investments Promotion of Mali Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita President of the Republic of Mali Mali Agustin Carstens Governor of the Central Bank of Mexico Mexico Pedro Joaquín Coldwell Secretary of Energy of Mexico Mexico Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Secretary of Economy of Mexico Mexico José Antonio Meade Kuribreña Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Mexico Claudia Ruiz Massieu Secretary of Tourism of Mexico Mexico Albert II of Monaco Prince of Monaco Monaco Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj President of Mongolia Mongolia Purevsuren Lundeg Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Mongolia Soe Thane Union Minister, Office of the President, Myanmar Myanmar Zay Yar Aung Union Minister of Energy of Myanmar Myanmar Jeroen Dijsselbloem President of the Euro Group; Minister of Finance of the Netherlands Netherlands Klaas Knot Governor of the Central Bank of Netherlands (DNB) Netherlands Lilianne Ploumen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Netherlands the Netherlands Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherlands Netherlands Edith Schippers Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands Netherlands Tim Groser Minister of Trade and Minister of Climate Change Issues of New Zealand New Zealand John P. Key Prime Minister of New Zealand New Zealand Diezani K. Alison-Madueke Minister of Petroleum Resources of Nigeria; President of Nigeria OPEC Børge Brende Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Norway Erna Solberg Prime Minister of Norway Norway Mohammad Ishaq Dar Minister of Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics Pakistan and Privatization of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan Pakistan Mohammad Mustafa Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Palestinian Palestinian National Authority Territories Isabel Cecilia De Saint Malo de Vice-President of Panama; Global Shaper Panama Alvarado Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez President of Panama Panama Cui Jindu Executive Vice-Mayor of Tianjin, People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Li Keqiang Premier of the People's Republic of China People’s Republic of China Li Yang Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences People's (CASS), People's Republic of China Republic of China Qu Xiaofei Vice-Mayor of Dalian, People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Ren Xuefeng Party Secretary of CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee, People's People's Republic of China Republic of China Gonzalo Alfonso Gutiérrez Reinel Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Peru Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso President of Peru Peru Alonso Segura Vasi Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru Peru Cesar V. Purisima Secretary of Finance of the Philippines Philippines Mateusz Szczurek Minister of Finance of Poland Poland Antonio Pires de Lima Minister of Economy of Portugal Portugal Ali Shareef Al Emadi Minister of Finance of Qatar Qatar
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Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Qatar Abdullah Saud Al Thani Governor of Qatar Central Bank Qatar Ahmed Bin Jassim Bin Mohamed Minister of Economy and Commerce of Qatar Qatar Al Thani Yun Byung-Se Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Aleksandar Vucic Prime Minister of Serbia Republic of Serbia Arkady Dvorkovich Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Russian Federation Anton Siluanov Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Russian Federation Alexey Ulyukaev Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Russian Federation Federation Claver Gatete Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda Rwanda Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda Rwanda Geraldine Mukeshimana Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of Rwanda Rwanda Turki Al Faisal Al Saud Prince of Saudi Royal Family; Chairman, King Faisal Center Saudi Arabia for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia Fahad Almubarak Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Al Assaf Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Tawfig Al Rabiah Minister of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Grace Fu Hai Yien Minister, Prime Minister's Office; Second Minister of the Singapore Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore Rob Davies Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa South Africa Aaron Motsoaledi Minister of Health of South Africa South Africa Nhlanhla Musa Nene Minister of Finance of South Africa South Africa Ebrahim Patel Minister of Economic Development of South Africa South Africa Jeff Radebe Minister of the Presidency of South Africa, South Africa South Africa Ngoako Abel Ramathlodi Minister of Mineral Resources of South Africa South Africa Jacob G. Zuma President of South Africa South Africa Luis de Guindos Jurado Minister of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness of Spain Spain Stefan Löfven Prime Minister of Sweden Sweden Alain Berset Federal Councillor of Home Affairs of the Swiss Switzerland Confederation Didier Burkhalter Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Switzerland Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation Thomas J. Jordan Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, Switzerland Switzerland Doris Leuthard Federal Councillor and Head of the Environment, Transport, Switzerland Energy and Communications DETEC of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer Federal Councillor of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports of Switzerland the Swiss Confederation Johann N. Schneider-Ammann Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs, Education and Switzerland Research of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga President of the Swiss Confederation and Minister of Justice Switzerland and Police Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Federal Councillor of Finance of the Swiss Confederation Switzerland Jakaya M. Kikwete President of Tanzania Tanzania
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Benno Ndulu Governor of the Bank of Tanzania Tanzania Narongchai Akrasanee Minister of Energy of Thailand Thailand Pridiyathorn Devakula Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand Petipong Pungbun Na Ayudhya Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand Thailand Mehdi Jomaa Prime Minister of Tunisia Tunisia Ali Babacan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Turkey Turkey Volkan Bozkir Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu Prime Minister of Turkey Turkey Mehmet Simsek Minister of Finance of Turkey Turkey Taner Yildiz Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Turkey Valeria Gontareva Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Ukraine Natalia Ann Jaresko Minister of Finance of Ukraine Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ukraine Vitaliy Klitschko Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine Petro Poroshenko President of Ukraine Ukraine Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates H.R.H. Crown Princess Haya Bint Chairperson, International Humanitarian City (IHC), United United Arab Al Hussein Arab Emirates Emirates Sultan Saeed Nasser Al Mansoori Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Obaid Humaid Al Tayer Minister of State for Financial Affairs of the United Arab United Arab Emirates Emirates Tony Blair Middle East Quartet Representative United Kingdom Mark J. Carney Governor of the Bank of England; World Economic Forum United Kingdom Foundation Board Member Duke of York H.R.H. The Duke of York United Kingdom George Osborne Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Ander Crenshaw Congressman from Florida (Republican), 4th District, USA USA John K. Delaney Congressman from Maryland (Democrat), 6th District, USA USA Mario Diaz-Balart Congressman from Florida (Republican), 25th District, USA USA Jeff Fortenberry Congressman from Nebraska (Republican), 1st District, USA USA Michael Froman US Trade Representative USA John W. Hickenlooper Governor of Colorado, USA USA George Holding Congressman from North Carolina (Republican), 13th USA District, USA Darrell E. Issa Congressman from California (Republican), 49th District, USA USA John F. Kerry US Secretary of State USA Kenny Marchant Congressman from Texas (Republican), 24th District, USA USA Patrick McHenry Congressman from North Carolina (Republican), 10th USA District, USA Catherine Novelli Undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the USA Environment, US Department of State, USA Penny Pritzker US Secretary of Commerce USA Peter Roskam Congressman from Illinois (Republican), 6th District, USA USA Marshall C. Sanford Jr Congressman from South Carolina (Republican), 1st District, USA USA Rajiv Shah Administrator, US Agency for International Development USA (USAID); Young Global Leader Alumnus Cao Duc Phat Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam Vietnam
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Pham Binh Minh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Vietnam
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