Today is the opening session of the UN's General Assembly. Yesterday I forgot about how many heads of state come in early for this shindig and I ran into several of them.
Okay guys, get ready to play, let's see if you know any of these peoples names without googling:
- The King of Jordan
- First female African President
- First female head of state of an EU country
And for major bonus points: which nutcracker will get to address the General Assembly tomorrow shortly after Bush. I'll give you a hint: he's repeatedly called for the obliteration of Israel & the anhilation of the Jewish race and their western supporters.
Answers will be in the comments towards the end of the day. I wanted to play this game of Spotting Politicos w/Eric last year when he came to visit but worked for the witch from hell and was having a bad week so I forgot.
Posted by Michele at September 19, 2006 12:00 AM | TrackBackKing Abdullah 2
Ellen Sirleaf
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir - President of Iceland. Spoke at my college graduation which is how I remembered that one. (but you're probably thinking Halonen)
Musharraf?
Posted by: RSM at September 19, 2006 05:09 AMI only mentioned Musharraf because Ahmadinejad doesn't speak until much later.
Posted by: rsm at September 19, 2006 08:05 AMI know the President of Iran will be addressing the assembly about 8 hours after President Bush does. That was the big news story yesterday about how - those 2 would both be there, but not meeting... like they would under those circumstances.
I'm thinking the press was hoping for President Bush to indulge in a little cowboy like knockdown drag out with the Iranian President... just for the TV cameras. I think they salivate at the thought of being able to call Mr. Bush a neanderthal in his state dealings and would love to point to the Iranians as being sophisticated...
Oh well, no dice for them - the two are speaking something like 8 hours apart.
Heh.
Answers:
- King Abdullah 2
- President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)
- RSM is right, I was thinking of Tarja Kaarina Halonen. I do confuse her with Former President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Iceland) who was the World's first elected female President and is currently UNESCO's Ambassador. I've just checked and Iceland is not a current member state of the UN.
Bonus Pts: RSM is once again correct it's President Pervez Musharaff (Pakistan) who will speak immediately after Pres. Bush. However, I was referrencing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iranian President) who originally was schedule to go on 1 hr after Pres. Bush in the list I received 2.5 months ago. Lots can happen in 2 months.
... I suck at spotting politicos... although Bush's motorcade did bully past my taxi while I was there last fall....
Posted by: Eric at September 20, 2006 07:36 AMWow. I am once again humbled by RSM's wealth of knowledge. I need to study more...
Posted by: Richmond at September 20, 2006 01:43 PM