INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS 1) Rangaswamy Srinivasan is the only Indian American re-nominated by Obama for the District of Columbia Circuit. 2) Bill de Blasio was elected New York Citys first Democratic mayor in two decades. 3) Ibrahim Boubacar Keita: New Mali President 4) Syed Jalil Abbas Jilani appointed New Pakistans envoy to the United States. (Foreign Secretary of Paksitan) 5) Syed Ibne Abbas: new Pakistani envoy to India. Abbas will replace current High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir, 6) Ms Tehmina Janjua: New Pakistans permanent representative (PR) for the United Nations in New York. 7) C.V. Wigneswaran takes oath as Northern Province CM of Sri Lanka. He is Former Supreme Court judge. Mamnoon Hussain - 12th President of Pakistan and replace incumbent Asif Ali Zardari. 9) Miss World 2013: Megan Young from Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 in Bali. The second place went to Miss France Marine Lorphelin and third to Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter. Note: The Miss World grand final had been scheduled at avenue near Jakarta, but it after it was shifted to Hindu-majority Bali after strong protests by Islamic groups 10) Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria becomes New World Muslimah 2013 Annual Award of World Muslimah in Jakarta, Indonesia. 11) Imomali Rakhmon Reelected as the President of Tajikistan 12) Hun Sen: New Cambodian Prime Minister 13) Tony Abbott :New PM of Australia. He succeeded Kevin Rudd 14) Nouri Abusahmain: Preseident of Libya 15) Ali Zeidan: Libya PM (Prime Minister) 16) Wael Nader Al-Halqi: Prime Minister of Syria. 17) Abdulla Yameen has been appointed as the new President of Maldives. 18) Nawaz Sharif: New PM of Pakistan 19) Satya Nadella(India-born) – New Microsoft CEO (succeed Steve Ballmer) 20) Thomas Batch (Germany) - 9th President of IOC ( succeeded Jacques Rogge of Belgium.) 21) Samantha Power - US ambassador to United Nations. Samantha Power succeeded Susan Rice 22) Susan Elizabeth Rice - National Security Adviser to Obama ( replaced Tom Donilon) 23) Shinzo Abe is the new PM of Japan. 24) Staffan de Mistura - Italian Special Envoy to India. 25) Mulatu Teshome: New president of Ethiopia 26) Dr. Christopher Briggs - Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention . 27) Poonam Khetrapal Singh, first woman regional director of WHO (World Health Org) 28) Takehiko Nakao – new President of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ( succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda) 29) Ashok Vemuri - the President and CEO of iGate Corporation. 30) Puneet Talwar - the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs by the US President Barack Obama. 31) The new Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) - new Pope becomes the 266th pontiff. 32) Roberto Azevedo - Head of W.T.O. (replaced Pascal Lamy of France). 33) Elbegdorj Tsakhia is the new Mongolia president. 34) Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal is the New Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). 35) Satish Babu(Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)) – elected to 2014Nominating Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN). 36) Hassan Rouhani is Irans seventh President replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 37) Robert Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe 38) Pak Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed is the UN military advisor 39) James Comey - next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director of US. 40) John Kerry is the secretary of state (US). 41) Nicos Anastasiades is the President of Cyprus. 42) Hazem El-Beblawi is the new Prime Minister of Egypt by the Interim President Adly Mansour. 43) New King of Belgium: Prince Philippe 44) Khil Raj Regmi is the new Prime Minister of Nepal 45) Park Geun-hye is the President of S. Korea (1st women president). 46) Raul Castro is the President in Cuba. 47) Willem-Alexander is the new King of Netherlands 48) Enrico Letta is the new PM of Italy 49) Srikanth Srinivasan is the first ever Indian-American judge in the U.S. Supreme Court 50) Abdul Hamid is the new Bangladesh President 51) Elbegdorj Tsakhia is the new Mongolian President
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