Current Affair
Here is the updated list of leaders of famous countries. This thread will not only help in Current Affairs Paper but also in Pak Affairs, I.R and other papers as well. It will also prove helpful for those who are preparing for CSS interview.
Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai-
Vice President Mohammed Fahim-
Vice President Karim Khalili
Australia
Government Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy-
Monarch Queen Elizabeth II-
Governor-General Quentin Bryce-
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Bangladesh
Government Unitary state and parliamentary democracy[1]-
President Zillur Rahman-
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
FM Dipu Moni
Bhutan
Government Constitutional democratic monarchy-
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck-
Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley (Jigme Yoser Thinley )
Canada
Government Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
- Monarch Elizabeth II-
Governor General David Lloyd Johnston-
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
China
Government Single party-led republic -
President Hu Jintao- Premier Wen Jiabao-
Cuba
Government Unitary communist state -
President Raúl Castro
Egypt
Government Semi-presidential republic
- President Hosni Mubarak
- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
France
Government Unitary semi-presidential republic-
President Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP)-
Prime Minister François Fillon (UMP)
FM: Michèle Alliot-Marie
Germany
Government Federal parliamentary republic-
President Christian Wulff
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
India
Government Federal parliamentaryconstitutional republic
- President Pratibha Patil
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (INC)
- Speaker of the House Meira Kumar
- Chief Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia
- Mohammad Hamid Ansari V.P and chairman Rajya Sabha
Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance
P. Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs
A.K. Antony Minister of Defence
S.M. Krishna Minister of Foreign Affairs
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono president of Indonesia.
Iran
Government Islamic republic
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
- Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani
- FM – Ali Akbar Salihi
Iraq
Government Parliamentary republic
- President Jalal Talabani
- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Israel
Government Parliamentary democracy
- President Shimon Peres
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- FM Avigdor Lieberman
Italy
Government Unitary parliamentary republic
- President Giorgio Napolitano
- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Japan
Government Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy- Emperor Akihito-
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Parliament: National Die (two chambers)
FM Seiji Maehara
Jordan
Government Constitutional monarchy
- King of Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan
- Prime Minister Samir Rifai
Kazakhstan
Government Presidential republic
- President Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Libya
Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar al – qaddafi
Lebanon
Government Confessionalist, parliamentary republic
- President Michel Suleiman
- Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Malaysia
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Mizan Zainal Abidin
- Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
(The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia.)
Maldives
- President Mohamed Nasheed
- Vice President of Maldives Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Nepal
- President Ram Baran Yadav
- Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal
Qatar
- Emir Hamad bin Khalifa
- Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim
Russian federation
- President Dmitry Medvedev
- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
- FM Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov
Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (PM)
- Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz (Deputy PM)
- Second Deputy Prime Minister Naif bin Abdul Aziz (interior minister)
- FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Somalia
- President Sharif Ahmed
- Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Omar al-Bashir president of Sudan
Tajikistan
- President Emomalii Rahmon
- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov
Turkey
- President Abdullah Gül
- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- FM Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu
UAE
- President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UK
- Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister David William Donald Cameron
- Deputy PM Nick Clegg
- FM William Hague
- Defence Secy Liam Fox
USA
- President Barack Obama
- Vice President Joe Biden
- Speaker of the House - John Boehner
- Chief Justice John Roberts
- Secy of State Hillary Clinton
- Secy of Defense Robert Gates
- US ambassador to Pakistan - Cameron Munter
- Frank Ruggiero has replaced his late boss Richard Holbrookeas the acting special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Uzbekistan
- President Islam Karimov
- Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda is the President of the Asian Development Bank
Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov
The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI)
It is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank.The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk Road. Contents of the document signed by Karzai, Berdymukhamedov,
President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian petroleum minister Murli Deora in Ashgabat. Turkmenistan is believed to hold the world’s fourth-largest gas reserves. Pipeline would deliver up to 33 billion cubic metres of gas annually. According to a preliminary breakdown, Pakistan and India would each get about 42 per cent of the gas and Afghanistan the remainder.
The 1,680 kilometre long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, backed by the Asian Development Bank, would bring 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcfd) from Dauletabad gas field, Turkmenistan via Qandhar to Multan in central Pakistan and end in the northwestern Indian town of Fazilka. Under the IGA, the four nations would commit to provide government support, including security for the pipeline.
The construction of the pipeline is likely to commence soon and would be completed by 2013-14. The project would help overcome Pakistan’s growing energy crisis that has caused electricity shortage and protests across the country. Project worth 7.6 billion dollars.
Mark Zuckerberg, Times Person Of The Year
Times magazine has named Mark Zuckerberg as the person of the year . Mr Zuckerberg is the founder of thesmash hit social networking site Facebook and is also the world youngest billionaire currently.
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