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Commonwealth Scholarship And Fellowship Plan
The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which Commonwealth governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. History The plan was originally proposed by Canadian statesman Sidney Earle Smith in a speech in Montreal on 1 September 1958 and was established in 1959, at the first Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) held in Oxford, Great Britain. Since then, over 25,000 individuals have held awards, hosted by over twenty countries. The CSFP is one of the primary mechanisms of pan-Commonwealth exchange. Organisation There is no central body which manages the CSFP. Instead, participation is based on a series of bi-lateral arrangements between home and host countries. The participation of each country is organised by a national nominating agency, which is responsible for advertising awards applicable to their own country and making nominations to host countries. In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Department Of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally. It is headed by the secretary of agriculture, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current secretary is Brooke Rollins, who has served since February 13, 2025. Approximately 71% of the USDA's $213 billion budget goes towards nutrition assistance programs administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The largest component of the FNS budget is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the 'Food Stamp' program), which is the cornerstone of USDA's nutrition assistance. The United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English
Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and Leader of the New Zealand National Party, leader of the New Zealand National Party, National Party from 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018. He had previously served as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and Minister of Finance (New Zealand), minister of finance from 2008 to 2016 under John Key and the Fifth National Government of New Zealand, Fifth National Government. A farmer and public servant before entering politics, English was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in as the New Zealand National Party, National Party's candidate in the Wallace (New Zealand electorate), Wallace electorate. He was elevated to cabinet of New Zealand, Cabinet in 1996 and in 1999 was made Minister of Finance (New Zealand), minister of finance, although he served for less than a year due to his party's loss at the 1999 New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tate
Michael Carter Tate AO (born 6 July 1945) is a legal academic and former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest. Early life and education Michael Carter Tate was born in Sydney on 6 July 1945. He was educated at St Virgil's College in Hobart, and then studied law at the University of Tasmania, where he resided at St. John Fisher College and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 1968. He attributed his achievement to the long hours he spent in libraries, rather than in sporting or social activities, while recovering from a serious road accident in 1963, which hospitalised him in neck-to-knee plaster for five months and required further operations for the next eight years.Bruce Montgomery, "For God and country", ''Weekend Australian'', 25–26 September 1999, p. 28 He later gained a Master of Arts in theology from the University of Oxford in 1971. Career Early career Tate worked as a lecturer in law a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Tarmugi
Abdullah bin Tarmugi ( Jawi: عبدالله بن ترموڬي; born 25 August 1944) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs from 1993 to 2002 and Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2002 and 2011. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), Abdullah was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Siglap from 1984 to 2011. Early life Abdullah was born in Singapore in 1944 to a Javanese father and a Chinese mother during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. He identifies with the Malay community and is a Muslim. Abdullah's father was a low-salaried surveyor's assistant and Abdullah's grandfather ran a provision shop. Abdullah studied at Raffles Institution and obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Singapore, followed by a post-graduate diploma in urban studies from the University of London in 1972 under a Commonwealth Scholarship. Political career Abdullah was a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2011, start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Simons
Carlos W. Simons QC (born 8 October 1954) is a Turks and Caicos Islands lawyer and politician. Career SImons served on a four-member interim Advisory Council He from July 1986 to 3 March 1988 after two previous Chief Ministers were forced to resign and ministerial government in the territory was suspended. Ministerial government resumed after elections were held in early 1988. He was a member of the National Democratic Alliance during the suspension of government in the 1980s and is now the deputy leader of the Progressive National Party. He is standing as an at-large representative (i.e. for the All-Island District) in the 2012 general election. Education Simons attended City University London for his LL.B., and went on to the Inns of Court School of Law. He was called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar Senior Counsel, SC Member of parliament, MP (, born 22 April 1952), often referred to by her initials KPB is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who has twice served as the sixth List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2010 to 2015 and again since May 2025. She has also been the United National Congress#List of political leaders, Political Leader of the United National Congress since 2010, and was the Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago), Leader of the Opposition for three times from 2006 to 2007, January to May 2010, and again from 2015 to 2025. Persad-Bissessar is the second prime minister to have served non-consecutive terms, after Patrick Manning. Persad-Bissessar was the country's first female prime minister, Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, attorney general, and opposition leader, the first woman to Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, chair the Commonwealth of Nations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolph Payet
Rolph Antoine Payet FRGS (born 4 August 1968) is a Seychellois international policy expert, researcher and speaker on environment, climate and island issues, and was the first President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. He was Minister of Environment and Energy in the Cabinet of Seychelles from 2012 to 2014. He is currently United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention. Personal life Payet was born in Seychelles. He grew up in Rochon, a suburb of the capital, Victoria. As young boy he dreamed of becoming a scientist. He attended Seychelles College, then Mont Fleuri School, completed two years of National Youth Service in Seychelles (1985–1986). He completed his Cambridge O/A-levels at the Seychelles Polytechnic in December 1988, where he was awarded the most outstanding science student. He grew up falling in love with the environment, and after numerous expeditions to islands such as Cerf and Silhouette, decided on a car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satendra Nandan
Satendra Nandan is an Indo-Fijian academic, writer, and former politician. He is one of Fiji's leading writers. Early life Nandan was born in Nadi, Fiji. After completing his secondary education he studied at Delhi University, from where he obtained his degree in engineering. He subsequently obtained a master of Arts from the University of Leeds and a PhD from Australian National University. He taught at various schools in India, including the all-boys' boarding school The Doon School in Dehradun. He joined the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji in 1969. Political career Nandan was first elected to the House of Representatives of Fiji as a National Federation Party candidate at the 1982 Fijian general election. He was appointed to Sidiq Koya's shadow cabinet as education spokesperson, but resigned in 1985 as the National Federation Party began to fragment. He subsequently resigned from the party and became an independent. He contested the 1987 election as a candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalombo Mwansa
Kalombo Mwansa (1955 – March 15, 2020) was a Zambian politician who served as Defence Minister. Political career Kalombo Mwansa became Zambia's Defense Minister on July 9, 2009. He was previously the foreign minister In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ... of Zambia from July 19, 2002, until January 2005, when he switched positions with Ronnie Shikapwasha in a cabinet reshuffle and became home affairs minister until August 2005, when he became mines and development minister in another cabinet reshuffle. He became home minister again after the 2008 presidential election, serving from November 18, 2008, until July 2009 when he became Defense Minister in another cabinet reshuffle. Mwansa died on March 15, 2020, at the age of 65. References 1955 births 2020 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juma Athuman Kapuya
Juma Athumani Kapuya (born 22 June 1945) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo West constituency from 1995 to 2015. Career Kapuya was a member of the National Executive Council of the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 1997 to 2005. After serving as Minister of Labour, Youth Development and Sports, Kapuya was appointed as Minister of Defense and National Service on January 4, 2006. After two years as Defence Minister, he was appointed as Minister of Labour, Employment and Youth Development on February 12, 2008.Austin Beyadi"Public welcomes new cabinet" ''Guardian'' (IPP Media), February 13, 2008. He is a CCM Member of Parliament in the Tanzanian National Assembly, representing the Urambo West constituency. Prior to his government service, Kapuya was a professor of botany at the University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: ''Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam'') is a public university located in Ubungo District, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hala Hameed
Hala Hameed (; born 6 November 1963) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat who has been heading the Bilateral Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2022. Career She was first the Vice President of the Police Integrity Commission from December 2012 to December 2013 but resigned to serve as Minister of State for Health and Gender from December 2013 to July 2014. She served as the Minister of State for Law and Gender from July 2014 to August 2015. In October 2015, she was appointed as the Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva from January 2016 to July 2020. Education She was educated at the American University of Beirut, the University of the South Pacific (BA, 1989), and the University of East Anglia (MPhil, 1993; PhD, 2004). Her PhD was entitled ''"Understanding gender and intra-household relations: a case study of Shaviyani Atoll, Maldives"''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
