For six years, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani held three high-profile positions as Qatar’s prime minister, foreign minister and head of the Qatar Investment Authority, one of the world’s richest sovereign wealth funds. His appointment as prime minister in 2007 solidified his position as the go-to person for matters ranging from wars in Syria and Afghanistan to corporate mergers and other business deals. The billio...
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... he was an engineering company executive for almost 20 years, to the public arena of Parliament and cabinet ministries overseeing industry, trade, energy and mineral resources. He developed plans for King Abdullah II’s proposed special economic zone around the port of Aqaba, work that helped make him the king’s favorite for prime minister in 2000. Though al-Ragheb focused on boosting the economy and attracting foreign investment, his tenure was marred by a crackdown on ...
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... a 1978 assassination attempt, which was widely believed to have been ordered by Hussein. Returning to Iraq, he was named prime minister in 2004 after the American-led coalition ended Hussein’s rule. Allawi has been active in Iraqi politics since, serving as vice president from 2014 until August, 2015 .
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...led the Georgian Dream to a stunning victory in the 2012 parliamentary election and took the job of prime minister. Ivanishvili resigned voluntarily after his party won the 2013 presidential election but continued to wield power behind the scenes. In March 2016, lawyers acting on behalf of Ivanishvili filed a complaint with Geneva prosecutors against Credit Suisse Group AG after Ivanishvili alleged he was victim of fraud by a former employee ...
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...b, he founded the center-right party Commitment to Change, then represented Buenos Aires in the Congress from 2005 to 2007, was elected mayor in 2007 and elected President by a narrow margin in 2015, with promises to liberalize the economy and eliminate corruption.
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...h the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). ICIJ had already coordinated the research for past projects that SZ was also involved in, among them Offshore Leaks, Lux Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. Panama Papers is the biggest-ever international cooperation of its kind. In the past 12 months, around 400 journalists from more than 100 media organizations in over 80 countries have taken part in ...
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...cooperation with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). ICIJ had already coordinated the research for past projects that SZ was also involved in, among them Offshore Leaks, Lux Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. Panama Papers is the biggest-ever international cooperation of its kind. In the past 12 months, around 400 journalists from more than 100 media organizations in over 80 countries ha...
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...yze the data in cooperation with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). ICIJ had already coordinated the research for past projects that SZ was also involved in, among them Offshore Leaks, Lux Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. Panama Papers is the biggest-ever international cooperation of its kind. In the past 12 months, around 400 journalists from more than 100 media organizations in over 80 c...
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