Wednesday, October 22, 2014

10-22-14 Class


Today in Human Geo we talked about the information that we came up with. I had come up with 4 pieces of information for each leader. Almost each person had shared one piece of information.


President Enrique Pena Nieto:

1.     He announced his presidential candidacy in September of 2011, four days after he left the office of governor.

2.     He officially registered in November of 2011.

3.     He received 38% of the votes in the election.

Chancellor Angela Merkel:

1.     She earned a doctorate as a physical chemist.

2.     She entered politics in the wake of the revolutions of 1989.

President Bashar al- Assad:

1.     He attended post- graduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital.

2.     In 1994, his older brother got killed in a car crash.

President Xi Jinping:

1.     He served as the Governor of Fujian between 1999 and 2002.

2.      He is now the leader of the People’s Republic’s fifth generation leadership.

Prime Minister David Cameron:

1.     Cameron first stood for parliament of Stafford in 1997.

2.     He rose to become head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign.

 Monarch Elizabeth II:

1.     She visited the Republic of Ireland.

2.     She was born in London and privately educated at home.

President Pranab Mukherjee:

1.     Mukherjee was sidelined from the congress during the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi, Indira’s son.

2.     When the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came into power in 2004, Mukherjee, never a mass leader.

 
President Francois Hollande:

1.     He was born in Rouen to a middle class family.

2.     His mother was a social worker.

Emperor Akihito:

1.     During the American firebombing raids on Tokyo in March 1945, Akihito and his younger brother, Prince Masahito, were evacuated from the city.

2.     Although he was Heir-Apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne from the moment of his birth.

President Vladimir Putin:

1.     He was an officer in the KGB, for 16 years.

2.     He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before he retired to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg in 1991

President Dilma Rousseff:

1.     After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with Carlos Araújo, who would be her partner for 30 years.

2.     Both helped found the Democratic Labour Party.


President Reuven Rivlin:

1.     He was first elected to the 12th Knesset in 1988.

2.     He also served as Likud chairman from 1988 to 1993.
 
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