Institute for Cultural Diplomacy inc. (USA)
Leadership & Advisory Board
ICD Secretariat
Supachai Panitchpakdi »
9th Secretary-General of the UNCTAD (2005-2013); 4th Director-General of the World Trade Organization (2002-05); Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (1997-2000)
ICD Chair Person
Mark C. Donfried
ICD Director General
Emil Constantinescu »
President of Romania (1996-2000); President of The Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture (Bucharest)
President of the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy (2009-17)
Michele Alliot-Marie »
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of France (2010-11); Minister of Justice (2009-10); Minister of the Interior (2007-10); Minister of Defence (2002-2007)
President, ICD Advisory Board
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis »
Foreign Minister of Cyprus (2007-08 & 2011-13); Minister of Communications and Works of Cyprus (2010-11)
Vice President, ICD Advisory Board
Irina Bokova »
10th Director-General of UNESCO (2009-17)
President of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy
Katalin Bogyay »
Ambassador of Hungary to the United Nations (2015-20); Ambassador of Hungary to UNESCO (200914); President of the 36th session of UNESCO General Conference (2011-13)
President, Cultural Diplomacy & The Arts Plan
Ali Ahmad Jalali »
Minister of Interior of Afghanistan (2003-05); Ambassador of Afghanistan to Germany (2017-18)
Vice President of the ICD for Central & South Asia
Hassan B. Diab ť
51st Prime Minister of Lebanon (2020-21); 8th Minister of Education and Higher Learning (2011-14)
Vice President of the ICD for the Mediterranean Region
Hrant Bagratyan »
4th Prime Minister of Armenia (1993-96)
Vice President of the ICD for Economic Bridges, Global Trade & Business
Moncef Marzouki »
President of Tunisia (2011-14)
4th Prime Minister of Armenia (1993-96)
Vice President of the ICD for the Arab World
Gjorge Ivanov »
4th President of North Macedonia (2009-19)
President, ICD Organization for Youth Education & Development (OYED)
Mohammad Haneef Atmar »
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (2020-21); Minister of Interior (2008-10); Minister of Education (2006-08); Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (2002-08)
President, Afghanistan Relief Plan
Ögmundur Jónasson ť
Minister of the Interior of Iceland (2011-13); Minister of Justice (2010); Minister of Health (2009)
President, IPAHP Human Rights Program
ICD Advisory Board
ICD Advisory Board provides advice and support to the Secretariat of the ICD for the development and execution of its activity. ICD Advisory Board includes prominent individuals coming from the fields of international politics, religion, judiciary, academia, the private sector, as well as celebrated artists. All individuals have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to society and have served their countries and their communities in significant ways.
The Advisory Board of the ICD includes (among others) the following Members:
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Judge Abdulkadir Ilhani » Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Turkey |
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Mufti Akhmed Tamim » Mufti of Ukraine |
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Sen. Alan Ferguson » The 22nd President of the Australian Senate |
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The Hon. Alberto Gonzales » 80th United States Attorney General |
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Alex Salmond » (In Memoriam) First Minister of Scotland 2007-14 |
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The Hon. Alfred Sant » Former Prime Minister of Malta |
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President Alfredo Palacio » Former President of Ecuador |
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Amb. Ali Ahmad Jalali » Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan |
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The Hon. Alojz Peterle » Former Prime Minister of Slovenia; Member of the European Parliament |
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The Hon. Andreas Khol » Former President of the Austrian National Council |
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Ann Linde » Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden 2019-22 |
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President Arnold Rüütel » Former President of Estonia |
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President Artur Mas i Gavarró » 129th President of the Government of Catalonia; President, Catalan Center for Cultural Diplomacy |
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Mufti Dr. Aziz ef. Hasanović » President of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia |
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Dr. Benjamin Barber » (In Memoriam) Political Theorist & Author |
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The Hon. Bertie Ahern » Former Prime Minister of Ireland |
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Judge Borghe Dahl » Former President of the Supreme Court of Denmark |
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Judge Boris Velchev » President of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria |
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Judge Branko Hrvatin » President of the Supreme Court of Croatia |
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The Hon. Brian Cowen » Former Prime Minister of Ireland |
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President Bujar Nishani » (In Memoriam) Former President of Albania |
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Mr. Carlo Mazzi » Chairman of Prada SpA |
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President Cassam Uteem » Former President of the Republic of Mauritius |
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Mr. Christian Leitz » Head, Corporate Responsibility Management, UBS AG |
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Lieutenant General (Ret.) Clarence McKnight » (In Memoriam) Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
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The Hon. Cyril Svoboda » Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic |
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The Hon. Dalia Grybauskaite President of Lithuania (2009-19) |
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The Hon. Dato Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Tan Sri Abdul Aziz » Former Minister of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia |
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Mr. David Soul » (In Memoriam) Celebrated Actor, Director & Singer |
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Judge Dmitry Dedov » Judge, European Court of Human Rights |
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The Hon. Dora Bakoyannis ť » Former Foreign Minister of Greece |
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Judge Dragoljub Popovic » Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights |
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Amb. Eddy Pratomo » Former Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Germany |
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The Hon. Emil Boc Mayor of Cluj-Napoca; Former Prime minister of Romania |
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President Emil Constantinescu » Former President of Romania |
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The Hon. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis » Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus |
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The Hon. Erhard Busek » (In Memoriam) Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria |
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The Hon. Erkki Tuomioja » Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland |
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The Hon. Eva-Maria Liimets Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia |
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The Hon. Fadi El Abdallah » Spoke Person of the International Criminal Court of the UN |
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Mr. Faisal J. Abbas » Editor in Chief of Arab News |
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Judge Fausto Pocar » Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) |
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The Hon. Franco Frattini » (In Memoriam) Former Minister Foreign Affairs of Italy |
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The Hon. François Fillon Prime Minister of France (2007-12) |
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Amb. Gebhardt von Moltke » (In Memoriam) Former German Ambassador to the UK & NATO |
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Dr. Gerhard Prätorius » Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG |
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President Gjorge Ivanov President of North Macedonia (2009-19) |
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Judge Göran Lambertz » Former Chancellor of Justice |
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Judge Guđmundur Eiríksson » Former Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
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The Hon. Hakima El Haite » President, Liberal International |
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The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson (In Memoriam) » Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers; Former Prime Minister of Iceland |
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Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler » Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck |
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Prof. Dr. Hassan B. Diab » Former Prime Minister of Lebanon |
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The Hon. Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson » Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Iceland |
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Dr. Hiba Husseini » Formenr Chair of the Legal Committee to Final Status Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis |
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The Hon. Hrant Bagratyan » Former Prime Minister of Armenia |
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His Eminence Husein Kavazovic » Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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Mr. Ian Gillan » Singer & Song Writer with Deep Purple |
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The Hon. Ioannis Kasoulides » Member of the European Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus |
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The Hon. Irakli Khutsurauli » Ambassador of Georgia to Sweden and Finland |
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The Hon. Irina Bokova » Former Director-General of UNESCO |
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President James R. Mancham (In Memoriam) » Founding President of the Republic of Seychelles |
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Judge Iulia-Cristina Tarcea » Vice President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice Romania |
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The Hon. Jadranka Kosor » Former Prime Minister of Croatia |
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The Hon. Dr. Jacques F. Poos » (In Memoriam) Former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg; Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Lieutenant General (Ret.) James B. Peake, M.D. » 6th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
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Admiral James Milton Loy » Former Commandant of the USA Coast Guard |
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Mr. Jan Philipp Goertz Former Director, Governmental Relations, Lufthansa AG |
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The Hon. Jan-Erik Enestam » Former Secretary-General of the Nordic Council |
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The Hon. Jan Pronk » Former Minister for Development Cooperation and the Environment of the Netherlands |
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The Hon. Janez Jansa » Prime Minister of Slovenia |
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Minister Jean Paul Adam » Director, Climate Change, Natural Resource Management and Technology at the UN Economic Commission for Africa; Former Minister of Health and Social Affairs of the Seychelles |
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Mr. Jermaine Jackson » Celebrated American Singer, Member of The Jackson 5 |
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Ombudsman Jose de Faria Costa » Former Ombudsman of Portugal |
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Judge Julia Sebutinde » Judge, International Court of Justice |
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Ombudsman Juris Jansons » Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia |
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Prof. Dr. Karl P. Donfried » (In Memoriam) Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor Emeritus of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College USA |
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Amb. Katalin Bogyay » Former President of UNESCO General Conference |
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The Hon. Lawrence Gonzi » Former Prime Minister of Malta |
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The Hon. László Kovács » Former European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union |
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The Hon. Louis Wade Sullivan » 17th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services |
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The Hon. Luc Van den Brande » Former Minister-President of Flanders-Belgium; Former President, European Committee of the Regions |
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Prince Luitpold of Bavaria » CEO, König LudwigSchlossbrauerei Kaltenberg |
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Ms. Marcia Barrett » Celebrated Musician; Lead Singer of Boney M |
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The Hon. Michčle Alliot-Marie » Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France |
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The Hon. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu » Former Prime Minister of Rumania |
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The Hon. Mirko Cvetkovic » Former Prime Minister of Serbia |
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The Hon. Mirko Tomassoni » Former Captain Regent of San Marino |
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Ms. Mmantsetsa Marope » Director, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO |
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The Hon. Mohammad Haneef Atmar Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan |
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Amb. Mohamed Orabi » Former Foreign Minister of Egypt; Former Ambassador of Egypt to Germany |
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Dr. Mohammed Omran » Former Executive Chairman, the Egyptian Stock Exchange |
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President Moncef Marzouki » 4th President of Tunisia |
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Mr. Moremi Marwa » Chief Executive Officer, Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, Tanzania |
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The Hon. Moses Ali » First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda |
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Amb. Mosud Mannan » Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to Turkey; Former Amb. To Germany |
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The Hon. Mukhisa Kituyi Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade & Development, UNCTAD |
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Mr. Nondas Cl. Metaxas » Former CEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange |
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The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson » Former Minister of the Justice of Iceland |
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The Hon. Paul-Eerik Rummo » Former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education |
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The Hon. Pernille Weiss Member of the European Parliament for Denmark |
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Mr. Rajeeva Bandaranaike » Former Chief Executive Officer, Colombo Stock Exchange |
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Amb. Ranko Vilovic » Senior Ambassador of Croatia |
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The Hon. Rashed Al Baloushi » Former Chief Executive, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange |
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The Hon. Reinhold Lopatka » Former Spokeperson of the Austrian People´s Party for European & Foreign Affairs |
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President Rexhep Meidani » Former President of Albania |
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Sen. Richard Bryan » Former United States Senator from Nevada |
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The Hon. Rubén Arosemena Valdés » Former Vice President of Panama |
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The Hon. Rui Duarte Barros » Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau |
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The Hon. Said W. Musa » Former Prime Minister of Belize |
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The Hon. Staffan Nilsson » Former President of the EU European Economic & Social Committee |
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President Stjepan Mesić » Former President of Croatia |
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The Hon. Supachai Panitchpakdi » Former Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Former Director General of the WTO |
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The Hon. Tara D. Sonenshine » Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US State Department |
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The Hon. Theodoros Pangalos » (In Memoriam) Former Deputy Prime Minister of Greece |
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Sen. Tim Hutchinson » Former United States Senator from Arkansas |
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President Ugo Mifsud Bonnici » Former President of Malta |
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President Valdis Zatlers » Former President of Latvia |
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Sen. Vanessa Rubio Marquez Senator of the Mexican Congress |
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Rector Vladimir Filippov » Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
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Mayor Wilmot Collins Mayor of Helena, Montana, USA |
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Judge Xhezair Zaganjori » President of the Supreme Court of Albania |
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Judge Yuriy Baulin » Former Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine |
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The Hon. Yossi Beilin » Former Minister of Justice of Israel; Leading Architect of the Oslo Accords & the Geneva Initiative |
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The Hon. Yves Leterme » Former Prime Minister of Belgium |
Senior Academics
The Advisory Board includes (Among Others) the following Members:
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Prof. Dr. Álvaro Escribano Saéz » Vice Rector, Universidad Carlos II de, Madrid |
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Prof. Dr. Anthony Giddens » Former Director of the London School of Economics |
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Prof. Dr. Aquien Pascal » Vice President, The scientific Council, Université Paris 4 Sorbonne |
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Prof. Dr. Arthur Hirsch Director, Webster University - Vienna Campus |
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Prof. Dr. Athanasios D. Koustelios » Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, University of Thessaly, Greece |
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Prof. Dr. Bulyzhenkov Igor Edmundovich » Rectorate Councellor, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
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Prof. Dr. Cyril Svoboda » Rector, Prague Diplomatic Academy |
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Prof. Dr. Dragan Domazet » Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University |
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Prof. Dr. Enver Halilovic » Rector, University of Tuzla |
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Prof. Dr. Euripides Stephanou » Rector, University of Crete |
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Prof. Dr. Finn Kjćrsdam » Former Rector, of Aalborg University in Denmark |
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Prof. Dr. Gigi Tevzadze » Rector of Ilia State University, Georgia |
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Prof. Dr. Giovanni Puglisi » Rector, International University of Languages and Media IULM |
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Prof. Dr. Gwenaele Proutičre-Maulion » Vice President, European Affairs and International Relations, Université de Nantes |
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Prof. Dr. Ivan Ilchev » Former Rector, Sofia University |
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Prof. Dr. Javier Casalí » Vice-President of International Relations and Cooperation, Public University of Navarre |
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Dr. Jeremias Kettner » Deputy Director, Arabic Cultural House, Divan; Global Risk Analyst and Foreign Policy Expert, Founder Kettner Advisory |
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Prof. Dr. John M. Hobson » Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, UK |
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Prof. Dr. Ludomír lahor » Vice Rector for International Relations, Comenius University, Bratislava |
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Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer » Executive Vice President of International Affairs & Executive Education, Furtwangen University |
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Dr. Mihail Dobre » Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania |
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Prof. Dr. Mike Hardy » Professor of Intercultural Relations; Executive Director, the Institute for Community Cohesion, Coventry University, UK |
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Prof. Dr. Murat Tuncer » President of the Hacettepe University |
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Prof. Dr. Patrick Quinn » Provost, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy |
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Prof. Dr. Paul De Knop » (In Memoriam) Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
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Prof. Dr. Pedro Nonell » Director, EENI Global Business School, Spain |
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Sir Robert Milton Worcester » Chancellor of the University of Kent (2006-2014) |
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Prof. Dr. Rolf Tarrach » Former Rector of the University of Luxembourg |
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Prof. Dr. Sibrandes Poppema » President University of Groningen; Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Korea to the Netherlands |
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Prof. Dr. Sjaak Koenis » Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University |
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Prof. Dr. Soodursun Jugessur » Pro Chancellor & Chairman, University of Mauritius & Chairman, Mauritius Research Council |
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Prof Dr. Tariq Modood » Director, University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK |
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Prof. Dr. Timothy O'Shea » Principal of the University of Edinburgh |
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Prof. Dr. Vasile Puscas » Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs |
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Prof. Dr. Wahid Omar » President & Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
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Dr. Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel UK Senior Leader, Black Hebrew Israelites |
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Prof. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic » (In Memoriam) Former Minister of Justice of Croatia |
Parliamentarians
The Advisory Board includes (among others) the following Members:
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The Hon. Áine Collins TD » Former Member of the Irish Parliament |
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The Hon. Alan Ferguson » The 22nd President of the Australian Senate |
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The Hon. Angelika Werthmann » Former Member of the European Parliament |
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The Hon. Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia » Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta |
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The Hon. Anna Wallén » Former Member of the Parliament of Sweden |
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The Hon. Bill Cash » Member of the British Parliament |
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The Hon. Davor Bozinovic » Member of the Parliament of Croatia |
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Sen. Dominique Tilmans » Former Member of the Belgian Senate |
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The Hon. Egidijus Vareikis » Member of the Parliament of Lithuania |
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The Hon. Elfyn Llwyd » Former Member of the British Parliament |
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The Hon. Francesco Maria Amoruso » Member of the Italian Senate |
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The Hon. George Sabin Cutas » Former Member of the European Parliament |
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The Hon. Georgi Pirinski » Member of the European Parliament |
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Sir Graham Watson » Former Member of European Parliament for the South West of England and Gibraltar |
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The Hon. Ints Dalderis » Member of the Saeima |
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The Hon. Jeffrey Donaldson » Member of the British Parliament |
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The Hon. Jesmond Mugliett » Former Member of the Parliament of Malta |
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The Hon. Leonidas Donskis » Former Member of the European Parliament |
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The Hon. Lia Quartapelle » Member of the Italian Parliament, Democratic Party |
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The Hon. Linda Lanzillotta » Vice President of the Italian Senate |
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The Hon. Lucio Malan » Member of the Italian Senate |
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The Hon. Marta Grande » Member of the Italian Parliament |
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The Hon. Milan Zver » Member of the EU Parliament |
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The Hon. Nouzha Skalli » Member of the Moroccan Parliament; Former Minister of Social Development, Family, and Solidarity |
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The Hon. Rita Süssmuth » Former President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) |
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The Hon. Robert John Walter » Member of the British Parliament |
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The Hon. Tsiaras Konstantinos » Member of the Hellenic Parliament |
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The Hon. Wayne David » Member of the British Parliament |
