First, the retired president won the grand prize Carter.
On June 65438+1October 1 1, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced that it would award the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize to former US President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his unremitting efforts in seeking peaceful solutions to international conflicts and promoting economic and social development for decades.
1977- 198 1 during Carter's presidency, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. He played an important role in promoting the Egyptian-Israeli peace talks and the Middle East peace process. In May this year, Carter went to Cuba for talks with Castro. He is the first outgoing or current president of the United States to visit Cuba in more than 40 years. He insisted on solving the Iraq problem in accordance with international law.
Jimmy Carter was born in james earl carter on1June, 924+1 year1October. From 65438 to 0943, he entered the United States Naval Academy in Maryland and served in the navy after graduation. From 1962 to 1966, he was a senator from Georgia. Governor of Georgia 1970 rpm 1974. 1977 was elected as the 39th president of the United States.
Second, the heroes of the past are now prisoners in Erbers.
WorldCom, an American company with assets of $654.38+007 billion, formally filed for bankruptcy on July 265.438+0, thus setting a new record for the scale of corporate bankruptcy cases in American history. Earlier, the company admitted to making false accounts, involving more than $7 billion. Bernard Ebbers, the founder and former CEO of this case, also walked from behind the scenes to the stage.
Erbers, 60, was born in Canada. He worked as a milkman, a high school basketball coach, a clothing warehouse and a motel. 1983, he set up a telephone company to sell long-distance services to small local companies. 1995, he changed the company name to WorldCom. In just three years, he merged more than 70 telecom companies, making WorldCom develop from a little-known small enterprise into a global super telecom company with business in more than 60 countries and 80,000 employees. Excessive expansion led to out-of-control business development, and finally had to rely on false accounts to support. On September 30th, the prosecutor filed a civil lawsuit against Erbers.
Third, defend the country from terrorism and Bush's attacks.
In 2002, Bush was very busy. In order to win the war on terrorism, on the one hand, he increased defense expenditure and anti-terrorism budget, established a new Department of Homeland Security, and actively prepared for the Iraq war; On the other hand, he took advantage of the favorable opportunity for the United States since the anti-terrorism, while throwing out the "axis of evil" theory and putting forward the "preemptive strategy", he actively adjusted relations with major powers and further consolidated the leading position of the United States in international affairs. Of the three major goals he put forward, namely, fighting terrorism, defending the homeland and revitalizing the economy, only the economic issue is the biggest headache for Bush. Investment in fixed assets has been sluggish, corporate scandals have occurred one after another, the US stock market has plummeted, and people's wealth has shrunk. Bush has no good plan.
George walker bush was born in 1946. 1968 graduated from Yale university, 1975 received an MBA from Harvard university, 1994 was elected governor of Texas, 1998 was re-elected, and in 2000 was elected the 43rd president of the United States of America.
Fourth, challenges and compromises are what Saddam is good at.
Since February this year, the United States and Britain have frequently bombed Iraq. US President Bush said that he would take all measures to expel Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Faced with these threats, on the one hand, Saddam stood ready and stressed that "Iraq is not Afghanistan"; On the other hand, it tactfully agreed to let the UN inspection team return to Iraq, temporarily easing the cloudy situation. However, whether Saddam can escape in the face of the US-British Coalition forces that are eyeing up will be the focus of world attention for some time to come.
Saddam Hussein is currently President of Iraq, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Committee, General Secretary of the National Leading Body of the Iraqi Baath Socialist Party and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. 1937 was born in a peasant family in tikrit county, Saladin province on April 28th, and is the nephew of former President Becker. 1957 Join the Baath Party. 1979 after former president Becker resigned due to illness in July, he became the general secretary of regional leadership of Baath Party, chairman of revolutionary committee, chairman People's Republic of China (PRC) and commander-in-chief of armed forces, and was awarded the rank of marshal in August.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) The hostage incident shows Putin's wrist.
Putin has made outstanding achievements in domestic and foreign policies this year: carrying out internal reforms to tap the potential and make the economy recover obviously; We continue to pursue a pragmatic and flexible policy, seize the opportunity of "anti-terrorism" and establish new relations with the United States and NATO. When dealing with the hostage crisis in Moscow, his calm and decisive style left a deep impression on the world.
Putin 1952 10 was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on October 7, 1975 joined the KGB Foreign Intelligence Agency, 1994 served as the first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, 1997 served as the deputy director of the Russian President's Office and the director of the General Supervision Bureau of the President's Office. Putin likes sports since he was a child, especially judo.
6. Junichiro Koizumi, the first person to break the ice and visit the DPRK.
In September, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the DPRK became an ice-breaking trip to improve Japan-DPRK relations. The "Pyongyang Statement of Japan and the DPRK" signed by the two sides reached a * * * understanding on the normalization of relations between Japan and the DPRK, the settlement of the history of Japan's colonial rule over the DPRK and the settlement of outstanding issues between the two countries, and a historic breakthrough was made in Japan-DPRK relations. This move has had a positive impact on promoting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia.
Junichiro Koizumi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on1October 8th. 1967 graduated from the Department of Economics of Keio University, 1968 went to study in the University of London. He has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Chairman of the National Organization, Minister of Postal Services, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Chairman of the Ministry of Finance. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1972. 2001April was elected Prime Minister. Koizumi's grandfather and father are both members of the House of Representatives. After entering politics, Koizumi was called a powerful figure by Japanese public opinion because he inherited his father's powerful support group. Koizumi likes reading and music.
Seven, ordered to show Karzai's ambition.
Said Hamid Karzai was sworn in as President of the Afghan Transitional Government on June 6, 2009. He attached great importance to education, paid close attention to the economy, destroyed about 4,000 kilograms of drugs in public, and announced the establishment of a drafting committee for Afghanistan's new constitution to show his determination to fight drugs and promote the democratic process in Afghanistan. The International Red Cross decided to award him this year's Freedom Prize in recognition of his contribution to the reconstruction of peace and security in Afghanistan.
He was born in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on February 24th. His grandfather was an adviser to the Zahir dynasty, and his father was the speaker of the National Assembly when King Zahir was in power. He studied at Habibia College in Kabul, and then went to India and the United States to study. 1973, after the overthrow of the Zahir dynasty, Karzai's family went into exile. After the collapse of the najibullah regime, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister in Rabbani's government. He emigrated to Pakistan from 65438 to 0997. After the "9. 1 1" incident, he secretly returned to Afghanistan to gather anti-Taliban forces and became the leader of the Pushtun Bopazai tribe. On September 5 this year, he narrowly escaped assassination. The term of office of the transitional government is 18 months until the general election is held in 2004.
Eight, Mugabe who resisted pressure to engage in land reform
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won the presidential election on March 9 and was re-elected for the third time.
1980 after Tianjin became independent, land reform began, and 70% of the land occupied by a few white farmers was expropriated and redistributed to landless farmers. Since 2000, Tianjin has accelerated the pace of land reform, requisitioned about 5 million hectares of land managed by White Farm, and resettled more than 500,000 landless farmers and veterans. This move caused dissatisfaction in Britain and the United States, and some western countries imposed sanctions on Tianjin. With the support of African countries, Mugabe withstood international pressure and won the support of domestic people.
Mugabe was born in a peasant family in Kutama District of Harare on February 2 1924. He studied in Helburg University, London University and South African University successively, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Law and Economics degree. 1In August 1963, the Zimbabwe African National Union was founded as the general secretary. 1964- 1974 went to prison, 1975 went to Mozambique to organize and lead Zimbabwe's national liberation struggle. 1980 after Tianjin became independent in April, he became the prime minister of the government. 1990 was elected president in March, and 1996 was re-elected.
Nine, the political situation is changeable, and he calmly responded to Chavez.
On April 1 1, a coup took place in Venezuela. Some senior officials, led by Major General Hector Ramirez, declared that they did not support the Chavez government and detained him. Carmone, former president of Venezuelan Entrepreneurs' Federation, took office as interim president in June 5438+02. Chavez's supporters and opponents clashed bloody. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/3, Vice President Cabello quietly returned to the presidential palace and issued an ultimatum to the coup soldiers to release Chá vez. Carmon immediately announced his resignation./kloc-In the early morning of 0/4, Chavez returned to the presidential palace by helicopter from the imprisoned Caribbean island. The main reasons for this coup are the poor economic situation and the hasty reform measures of the government, especially the oil policy of "reducing production and protecting prices", which makes different interest groups form a United front against the government.
65438+In early February, the Venezuelan opposition organized a national strike, and at the same time, some big countries also put pressure on Venezuela in an attempt to force the country to hold a general election in advance.
Hugo Chá vez 1954 was born in Barinas, and studied at the Venezuelan Military Academy and Simó n Bolí var University. 1992 founded the "Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement", which was later renamed as the "Fifth Republic Movement" and served as its chairman. President since February 1999.
10. Fighting violence with violence is not a soft salon.
Since the beginning of this year, the tension between Palestine and Israel has been escalating. On the one hand, Palestinian suicide attacks on Israelis wave after wave; On the other hand, Sharon, known as an "iron-fisted general", adopted a tit-for-tat policy, repeatedly attacked the Palestinians, and even sent planes and tanks to attack and besiege the official residence of Palestinian President Arafat, restricting his personal freedom for several months. This year1October 5 165438 Sharon announced that the general election would be held in advance when the Israeli Labor Party withdrew from the government. On the 28th of that month, he defeated Netanyahu and was elected leader of Likud Group. Ariel Sharon, 1928 was born in Tel Aviv. 17 joined the army and became a major general at the age of 36. He participated in almost all the Middle East wars and was a famous Israeli hardliner. In September 2000, he forcibly "visited" Al-Aqsa Mosque, which triggered a large-scale bloody conflict between Palestine and Israel. 200 1 February was elected Prime Minister of Israel.