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Was a Polish-Lithuanian historian, writer and a poet, notable as the author of Chronicle of Poland,

Was a Polish-Lithuanian historian, writer and a poet, notable as the author of Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and all of Ruthenia (1582), considered the first printed book on the history of Lithuania[1].Maciej Stryjkowski was born around 1547 in Stryków, a small town in the Polish region of Masovia. He graduated from a local school in Brzeziny, after which he joined the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and served in the forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, though it is not certain whether he actually took part in any war. Despite being a Masovian, he spent most of his life in the Grand Duchy[1], initially as a soldier. Around 1573, at the age of roughly 25, he retired from active service and became a protégé of Melchioras Giedraitis,

Was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by President Bill

Was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997. She is currently a professor at Georgetown University.

Was the Indian education secretary to Murli Manohar Joshi during most of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's admi

Was the Indian education secretary to Murli Manohar Joshi during most of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's administration. He is also a poet.

A Sri Lankan politician and former diplomat. He is the current Cabinet Minister of Disaster Manageme

A Sri Lankan politician and former diplomat. He is the current Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights [1][2] in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government and current Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Agalawatta Electorate in Kalutara District.In addition He co-chairs the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights, the other chair being former minister of foreign affairs, Mangala Samaraweera.

Was a renowned Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bomb

Was a renowned Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1948 to 1958.He was educated at St. Xavier's High School and College in Bombay, after which he went on to study at Lincoln College, Oxford University, from 1919 until 1922. He then was admitted to the Bar of the Bombay High Court, where he worked with such illuminaries as Sir Jamsetji Kanga and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who would one day become the founder of Pakistan.

Was a Polish diplomat and jurist who greatly influenced in the development of international law afte

Was a Polish diplomat and jurist who greatly influenced in the development of international law after World War II.Before his career turned toward international laws, he filled many judiciary posts in the Polish government such as Poland's Foreign Affairs director of the Department of treaties and legal juridiction (1947-1960) and prime minister's special advisor (1960-1967). During the Paris' Peace conference of 1946, Lachs stood for his country as a delegate. He later became a professor of international law at the University of Warsaw (1952-1993), and served as a member of the Polish delegation of the general assembly of the United Nations.

Was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), a cartographer, diplomat and historian in Poland and later in

Was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), a cartographer, diplomat and historian in Poland and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was personal secretary to two Kings of Poland, Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus.In 1545, upon the death of his mentor, Kromer accepted the latter's post as personal secretary to Poland's King Sigismund I the Old. He was also an associate of Samuel Maciejowski, who later became Chancellor of the Crown. A specialist on Royal Prussia and Warmia, in 1551 Kromer became head of the Warmian canonry. However, his church career did not proceed as planned, since he was seen as one of the best Polish diplomats of the age and was frequently required by the court to leave his post to serve as envoy on various diplomatic missions. In 1552, for his services to the King, he was ennobled and granted a coat of arms.

Is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a fo

Is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Was a French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.He

Was a French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.He was born on July 25, 1839 at Saint-Étienne, and entered the French Navy, and after voyaging in Brazilian waters and the Pacific, he obtained a post on the

An Argentine writer, politician and physician who specializes in psychoanalysis.He was born in Bueno

An Argentine writer, politician and physician who specializes in psychoanalysis.He was born in Buenos Aires to Mario Antonio O'Donnell and Susana Lucrecia Ure, and is married to Susana Evans Civit, with whom he has five children. His brother Guillermo is a noted political scientist.After the return to democracy in Argentina in 1983, he was named Secretary of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires. He ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 presidential nomination in the Radical Civic Union primaries, but later became a Peronist and was elected to the Argentine Senate for the city of Buenos Aires. President Carlos Menem appointed O'Donnell Ambassador to Bolivia and Paraguay, as well as Secretary of Culture. He was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 2001.

Is a career diplomat and the current French Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Mr Gourdault-Montagne

Is a career diplomat and the current French Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Mr Gourdault-Montagne joined the French Foreign Ministry in 1978. He served as First Secretary at the French Embassy in New Delhi (1981-83),counsellor in Bonn(1988-1991),then as Spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry(1991-1993) and Deputy private secretary to the Minister to Foreign Affairs (1993-95). He became Private Secretary and Head of the Prime Minister's Office(1995-1997). He served as the Ambassador to Japan (1998-2002) and became Senior diplomatic Advisor and G8 sherpa to the French President jacques Chirac(2002-2007).He was appointed as French Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2007.

Was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist. After graduating in Law, Maurice Paléologue obtaine

Was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist. After graduating in Law, Maurice Paléologue obtained an office at the French Foreign Ministry in 1880, and moved on to become Embassy Secretary at Tangiers, in the Morocco Protectorate, then in Beijing (Qing China), and later in Italy. A Minister Plenipotentiary in 1901, he represented France in Bulgaria (1907-1912) and Imperial Russia (1914-1917), and moved on to become General Secretary of the Foreign Ministry in the Alexandre Millerand cabinet.

Was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century.Taylor's rise to the highest echelons o

Was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century.Taylor's rise to the highest echelons of U.S. government began under the tutelage of General Matthew B. Ridgway in the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division when Ridgway commanded the division in the early part of World War II. In 1943, Taylor's diplomatic and language skills resulted in his secret mission to Rome to coordinate an 82nd air drop with Italian forces. General Eisenhower would later say that "the risks he ran were greater than I asked any other agent or emissary to take during the war." Hundreds of miles behind the front lines of battle, Taylor was forced by rules of engagement to wear his American military uniform, so that if captured he could not be shot as a spy. He met with the new Italian Prime Minister, Marshal Pietro Badoglio.

Was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckw

Was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan.Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1943, Evers, then 17, dropped out of high school to enlist in the army with his older brother Charlie . Evers fought in the European Theatre of WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945 as a Sergeant. In 1946, having returned to his hometown, Evers, along with his brother and four friends, registered to vote in a local election. On voting day, however, local white citizens used intimidation to prevent Evers and the others from casting their votes. He recounts this moment in his autobiography:

Was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet. A younger son of Armand XVI, marq

Was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet. A younger son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac, he was born at Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, Auvergne. At an early age he achieved distinction as a diplomat. In 1695 he was sent as ambassador to Poland, where he succeeded in bringing about the election of François-Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti as successor to John Sobieski (1697). The subsequent failure of this intrigue led to his temporary disgrace, but in 1702 he was restored to favour, and in 1712 he was sent as the plenipotentiary of Louis XIV of France to the Congress of Utrecht.

Was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005.Walt Disney Product

Was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005.Walt Disney Productions had been struggling[citation needed] since its founder's death in 1966 and had narrowly survived takeover attempts by corporate raiders when its shareholders Sid Bass and Roy E. Disney brought on Eisner and former Warner Brothers chief Frank Wells to replace Ron W. Miller in 1984 and turn the company around.

Is a Canadian career diplomat, who has been a member of the foreign service in some capacity since 1

Is a Canadian career diplomat, who has been a member of the foreign service in some capacity since 1967, when he joined the Department of External Affairs.Kergin graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1965, and received a degree from Magdelen College at Oxford University in 1967.

Is „Maître de conférences“ at the University of Nice and director of the French-Austrian relat

Is „Maître de conférences“ at the University of Nice and director of the French-Austrian relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. After he earned his degrees in political science and German studies (1962-65) in Paris, Michel Cullin became „Assistant de français“ at the "Theresianum-school" in Vienna (1966-1967). Between 1967 and 1969 he was „Lecteur de français“ at the University of Vienna. After working at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1969-1971) he became „Assistant d’allemand“ (1971-1976), „Maître- assistant de civilisation autrichienne“ (1976-1980) und later „Maître de conférences de civilisation autrichienne“ (1980-1982) at the University of Orléans.

Was a Russian diplomat. He was the son of Pyotr Bestuzhev and elder brother of the more famous Aleks

Was a Russian diplomat. He was the son of Pyotr Bestuzhev and elder brother of the more famous Aleksey Bestuzhev.

He is a former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).[1] He is also an academicia

He is a former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).[1] He is also an academician, a career diplomat, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University.He was elected the 13th Vice President of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007.

Was the Governor of Maharashtra from October 10, 2002 to December 5, 2004.He is known for his contro

Was the Governor of Maharashtra from October 10, 2002 to December 5, 2004.He is known for his controversial suggestion to the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Sushilkumar Shinde to legalise prostitution.In 1977, he was appointed the Secretary of Industrial Development, Government of India. He served the Planning Commission as its senior-most member from April 1980 till his resignation in January 1985. In 1999, he was appointed the Governor of Goa a post he held until he was appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.

Was a traveller, diplomat, and author. He played a central role in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 183

Was a traveller, diplomat, and author. He played a central role in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838–1842. His biography of Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Kabul, is a primary source on the War.His wife Hyderi Begum was a Muslim and a scholar. During the Indian Mutiny in 1857, she maintained a day book recording vividly the happenings and events in Delhi. Her diary was later seized and confiscated by the British government.

Was a Punjabi civil servant. He played major roles in the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punj

Was a Punjabi civil servant. He played major roles in the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punjabis uprooted by Partition, establishing the city of Chandigarh and documenting the arts of Punjab.Randhawa joined the Indian Civil Service in 1934, then served in various capacities at Saharanpur, Fyzabad, Almora, Allahabad, Agra, and Rai Barelli until 1945, when he became secretary of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for a year. He was associated with the ICAR through its initial years and made huge contributions to this pioneering organisation which was responsible for the Green Revolution in India.

Has been a prominent Indian economic policy-maker. He has been most recently Deputy Chairman of the

Has been a prominent Indian economic policy-maker. He has been most recently Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. He was appointed to hold the post on June 16, 2004 by the ruling UPA government. Previously, he became the first Director of the Independent Evaluation Office, International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 9, 2001. Prior to that he was Member of the Indian Planning Commission in the NDA Government.