Mexico
- President Enrique Pena Neito
- promised to open Pemex (Mexico's state owned oil company) to a private sector
- believes that Mexico needs to expand its economy to in order to create new jobs
China
- President HU Jintao
- he refuses to pressure trading partners
- because of Hu, China expanded its influences overseas in resource-rich developing nations
- most powerful economy in the world because of him
- active in politics since a young age
- head of the communist party in China
India
- President Pranab MUKHERJEE
- promises to protect and defend the Indian constitution
- only finance minister to have presented budgets in the pre and post liberalization time periods
- 2010 best finance manger in Asia
Afghanistan
- President Hamid KARZAI
- Origionally a supporter of the Taliban before the death of his father, after the death he campaigned for an anti-Taliban movement
- fluent in English- can effectively communicate with foreign nations
- the Taliban was in charge before President Karzai came into office
- President Mahmud AHMADI-NEJAD
- not an activist for women rights
- very conservative
- doesn't spend enough time dealing with the economy- unpopular with the people
Israel
- Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu
- entered politics after his brother was killed when leading the 1976 mission to rescue of hijacked Israeli hostages from Uganda
- motivated to get into office
Germany
- Chancellor Angela Merkel
- first women to become Chancellor of Germany
- one of her priorities was to strength economic relations by meeting with Obama in 2007
United Kingdom
- Prime Minister David CAMERON
- urged politicians to focus on improving people's happiness and general well-being instead of finical wealth
- wants to improving teaching
- deals with more of the issues, Queen is a figure leader
- received a good education- did very well in school- smart person
- Graduated from Oxford (one of the best schools) with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics
France
- President Francois HOLLANDE
- he worked hard to change his boring image during election
- pledged to get the soldiers home by 2014
- agnostic
Brazil
- President Dilma ROUSSEFF
- first women economist to be elected president in Brazil
- wants a mix of market-friendly policies with a strong role for the state in economic development
- supports abortion but only when the mother is in danger or was raped
- went to jail and was tortured because she tried to overthrow the government at age 22
Saudi Arabia
- King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
- created a regulatory body for capital markets
- encourages the development of non-hydrocarbon sectors
- 14 wives- lots of children
United States
- President Barack Obama
- When he was younger he experimented with drugs- marijuana and cocaine
- First black president of the USA
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