Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist,she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.
The Estonian Centre Party is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia,and it is currently led by Jüri Ratas.
Siiri Oviir is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament.
Mailis Reps is an Estonian politician,a member of the Estonian Centre Party. She served as the Minister of Education and Research from 2002 to 2003,2005 to 2007 and 2016 to 2020.
Urve Palo is an Estonian economist and politician,a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Marina Kaljurand is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Kaljurand served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet as an independent. Earlier,she served as the Ambassador of Estonia to the United States,Russia,Mexico,Canada,Kazakhstan,and Israel.
Lagle Parek is an Estonian politician. She served as the Minister of the Interior in the first post-soviet government,led by the Prime Minister Mart Laar.
Manuela Myriam Henri Ramin-Osmundsen is a French-Norwegian politician and former Minister of Children and Equality from the Labour Party. In 2008 she was the focus of a political scandal that ended with the forced resignation from her newly appointed minister position.
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. The current Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation,she is a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District.
Cornelia Johanna "Carola" Schouten is a Dutch politician serving as third Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister for Poverty Policy,Participation and Pensions in the IV Rutte Cabinet since 10 January 2022. She has served as Minister of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017-2022. She is a member of the Christian Union (CU).
Anna-Liisa Põld is an Estonian-born American competition swimmer who has represented Estonia in international events. She competes in the backstroke,butterfly,and individual medley events. She is a two-time national record-holder at the FINA World Championships,and a multiple-time high school and collegiate record-holder. She also represented her birth nation Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China.
Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician who has been prime minister of Estonia since 2021,and is the first woman to serve in the role. The leader of the Reform Party since 2018,she was a member of the Riigikogu in 2019–2021,and 2011–2014. Kallas was a member of the European Parliament in 2014–2018,representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Before her election to Parliament,she was an attorney specialising in European competition law.
Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia,in office from 9 April 2015 to 23 November 2016. It is a coalition cabinet of liberal centre-right Estonian Reform Party,Social Democratic Party and conservative Pro Patria and Res Publica Union.
Katarina Barley is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019,serving as one of its Vice-Presidents. She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel. Prior to that,she had served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs,Senior Citizens,Women and Youth and,from 28 September 2017,as the acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs,both until 14 March 2018.
The Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia is a government ministry of Estonia responsible for social policies of the country.
Madeleine Mary Harvie King is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia in the Albanese government since June 2022. She has represented the Western Australian seat of Brand in the House of Representatives since 2016. She worked as a lawyer and political adviser before entering politics.
Michèle Taïna Audette is a Canadian politician and activist. She has served as president of Femmes autochtones du Québec from 1998 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2012. She was also the president of Native Women's Association of Canada from 2012 to 2014. From 2004 through 2008,she served as Associate Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Relations with Citizens and Immigration of the Quebec government,where she was in charge of the Secretariat for Women.
Liina Kersna is an Estonian journalist,civil servant and politician. From 2021 to 2022 Kersna was the Minister of Education and Research.
Jadwiga Katarzyna Emilewicz is a Polish politician and political scientist. In 2020,she was Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. In 2019,she became Minister of Development,upon her three-year service as an undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Development,and from 2018 to 2019,she was Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology in the government of Mateusz Morawiecki.
Oviir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
