Most influential world leaders
So-called Religious leaders:
POPE BENEDICT; leader of the Roman Catholic Church, with millions of members.
THE DALAI LAMA; defacto Leader of many branches of Humanistic/new Age religions, such as Buddhism, Shintoism, Hinduism, Animism, etc.
Bishop SWING & Sir James LOVELOCK & Others promoting an ‘Interfaith’ One World Religion, such as the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’.PAT ROBERTSON & MANY CHURCH/CHRISTIAN PREACHERS; often-representing evangelical, protestant Christians of many denominations.
ORTHODOX CHURCH LEADERS, of Greek, Russian, Armenian, Assyrian Churches.
Rev. Dr. Samuel KOBIA, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
IMAMS & SHEIKS of the sections of ISLAM, with 1 billion followers.
Prominent leaders of CHRISTIAN CULTS, such as Sun Myung MOON, etc.
Political Leaders of NATIONS in World Organisations:
U.N.O. United Nations Organisation, Secretary General, 1.1.2007. BAN Ki-MOON.
[British] Commonwealth of Nations, General Secretary, Don McKINNON.
WTO, World Trade Organisation, (est. 1999), Director-General, Pascal LAMY.
IMF, International Monetary Fund, Managing Director, Dominique Straus-Kahn.
WBG, World Bank Group, President Robert Zoellick.
W.E.F. World Economic Forum, under supervision of Swiss Federal Government.
OIC, Organisation if Islamic Conferences, Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU.
Non-Religious, Non-Governmental Leaders of (new) Cultural/ civilization-saving Groups, with the aim of improving & ‘saving’ this Planet Earth from disaster:
Maurice Strong – Formerly an official in the UNO & confidant of Former General- Secretary, Kofi Anan. He is the initiator of the programme called ‘Agenda 21’ and the specific launch of the ‘Earth Charter’ in 1992 at the Earth Summit attended by 179 nations. From this was established ‘The Earth Council’ of 23 representatives. He is the author of ‘Our Global neighbourhood’.
Mikhail Gorbachev – Founder of ‘Green Cross’ Int’l, & ‘The Gorbachev Foundation’ to raise money for various causes. He also helped Maurice Strong write ‘The Earth Charter’.
Robert Muller, An Assistant Gen. Sec of the UNO & Chancellor of the ‘UNO University of Peace’.
Kofi Anan – Former Gen. Sec of UNO, & now involved with the ‘AoC’.
Ex-President William J. Clinton, Founder of the ‘Clinton Global Initiative’.
Al Gore – Author of influential book & film about the imagined danger to the Planet of ‘Global Warming’, called ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ which has influenced thousands.
Sir James Lovelock – Initiator of the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ – a Humanistic, religious concept inspiring a large proportion of environmentalists.
Rt. Rev. Bishop William E. Swing – Bishop for 25 years as the 7th Bishop of California, USA, & minister of Grace Cathedral. Initiator of the ‘United Religions Initiative’.
Steven Rockefeller – influential member of the Club of Rome.
Prince Al Bin Talal Hassan of Jordan – A prominent ‘Inter-Faith’ advocate.
MOST PROMINENT GROUPS of NATIONS
"G8" Most Industrialised Nations, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United States & Russia.
Non-aligned Nations, a group of nations that feel they are left outside the influence of the above nations, & other groupings. Many are in Africa & South America.
African Union of the 53 greater & smaller nations of this war ravaged, but potentially wealthy continent. A part of the world not to be ignored!
Commonwealth of Nations, is a global grouping of 52 Nations with allegiance to the Queen of England. Most are democracies, previously part of the British ‘Empire’.
Organisation of American States. Mainly trading association of North & South Americas.
Shanghai Co-operation Organisation. A relatively new (’96) emerging power bloc, led by China & Russia & some Central Asian States; with Iran & some others, being given only ‘Observer Status’ at present. Just by size & population very significant! Is anti-USA in theory.
Arab League, a grouping of 22 Arab nations, in the Middle East. (Part only of the OIC).
Organisation of Islamic Conferences is a voluntary coming together of 57 Islamic Nations. [For more detail on this powerful organisation, see
www.oic.oci.org] They number 1.5 billion.
Association of South East Asian Nations, (ASEAN)
Significant leader is Lee Kuan Yew, ex-president of Singapore, a very capable politician. Ten Countries involved; Australia, N.Z., China, South Korea, Indonesia [World’s largest Muslim nation], Philippines, Japan, & other Island nations. Linked at present by Trade. A powerful grouping as it includes China, with a population of over 1 billion!
Europe Union. A gradual re-uniting of the many nations in this continent, which was once unified by religious affiliation to the Catholic Empire, then disintegrated into many separate nation states, before and after the Second World War. It is now emerging as a counter to the United States of America, with its own currency & partially accepted Constitution.
European Union LEADER, Javier SOLANA, (27 countries are now part of the E.U.)
1. The General Secretary of the ‘Council of Europe’ (& main architect over many years.)
2. E.U’s 1st High Representative for Common Foreign Policy. This gives him the power to act on behalf of all the E.U. nations - & in an emergency - without consultation…
3. Secretary of the ‘Neighbourhood Partnership Policy’ whereby M.E. Nations are involved with the E.U. This includes 11 M.E. nations adjacent to Europe, including Israel for Trade.
E.U.Commissioner for External Relations, is (Ms) Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
Presidency of the E.U. is on a rotating basis of different nations out of the 27+.
MOST PROMINENT LEADERS OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONS:
Only some have been listed as they relate to the fulfillments of Scripture, & the destiny of the Middle East & Israel. These are members of the permanent Security Council of the UN....
China: President HU Jintao.
France: President SARKOZY (Elected 2007.)
Russia: President Vladimir PUTIN.
United Kingdom: Prime Minister, Gordon BROWN
United States of America: President George W. BUSH
Germany, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Angela MERKEL; Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
REGIONAL GROUPS OF NATIONS:
North America:
U.S.A. - President George W. BUSH., Secretary of State; Dr Condoleeza RICE.; U.S. Secretary of Defence, Robert GATES.
Canada - Prime Minister, Stephen Harper; Foreign Minister, Peter MacKay.
Asia:
China - President HU Jintao; P.M. Wen Jiabo
Pakistan - President General Pervez MUSHARRAF.
India - President, Pratibha PATIL, (1st woman President), Prime Minister, Manmohan SINGH.
South Korea - President ROH MUU HYUN.
North Korea - Kim Jong- Ill – (Called, ‘Dear Leader.”)
Japan - P.M. Shinzo ABE.
Also a number of other Asian nations - not all are listed here.
Middle East most prominent Leaders:
Jordan - KING ABDULLAH II. (Became Monarch on his Father’s death.)
Saudi Arabia - KING ABDULLAH. (By family succession.)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) - Politburo Head, Khaled MASHAAL.
Palestine Authority - PRESIDENT ABBAS. (Elected by Palestinians.)
Other people involved in leadership roles are not settled, in 2007.Egypt - PRESIDENT Muhammed Hosni MUBARAK. (Elected, but has held office tenaciously, son may follow as next President.)
Syria - PRESIDENT Bashar al-ASSAD. (Took office on the death of his father.) Foreign Minister, Mualem, Deputy President, Farouk al-SHAR’A
Libya - PRESIDENT, Coln. Ahmed Gadafi al-Dam.
Iran - PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD. But, Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali KHAMENEI.
Iraq - PRESIDENT NOURI- al- MALAKI.
Lebanon - PRESIDENT Emile LAHOUD, PRIME MINISTER, Fouad SINIORI.
Africa:
Some 53 nations, in the largest continent, & 3rd largest population with great wealth, often mismanaged, plus wars, AIDs & famines resulting in millions of deaths, poverty & persecution of Christians. A continent, which cannot be ignored.
President of the African Union - Olusegun OBASINJO.
South America, another continent with natural resources, but conflicts of many kinds.
President of the Organization of American States - Jose Miguel INSULZA.
Oceania/ South East Asia:
Australia - Prime Minister John HOWARD.
Philippines - President Gloria ARROYO.
Indonesia - President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO.
New Zealand - Prime Minister Helen Clark
Many smaller Island Nations - Papua N.G, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, & others.
North American Alliance: Canada, USA & Mexico.
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