X-Nico

23 unusual facts about president


2009–10 Missouri Mavericks season

Brad Lund, previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma City Blazers from 1992 to 2008, was tapped to serve as President of Independence Pro Hockey, LLC and run the day-to-day operations of the team.

Captive Nations

The latest US President to specify the list of countries with oppressive regimes was George W. Bush.

Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine

In the early sixties, the President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sent Dr. Oku Ampofo and others to China to benefit from the Chinese experience in herbal medicine.

Draper Committee

The Presidents Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program ("Draper Committee") was a bipartisan committee, created in November 1958 by U.S. President Eisenhower to undertake a completely independent, objective, and non-partisan analysis of the military assistance aspects of the U.S. Mutual Security Program (MSP).

Michael O'Laughlen

In the fall of 1864 O'Laughlen agreed to become a co-conspirator in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln.

Paul Joseph Chartier

He declared his desire to become President of Canada, and stated that he would appoint Toronto alderman June Marks as his Vice President.

Paul Quinichette

He was known as the Vice President or Vice Prez for his uncanny emulation of the breathy style of Lester Young, known as Prez.

President's Choice

Dave Nichol, president of Loblaws Supermarkets, was constantly on the lookout for new products to add to the company’s line-up of No Name generics and had even begun offering gourmet items in the familiar, unbranded yellow packaging.

President's College

President's College, Minuwangoda, a public school located in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka

•

President's College, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, a public school located in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Sri Lanka

President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity

This committee consisted of Charles H. Fahy as chairman and four other members, two of whom were African-American.

President's Cup Regatta

Then Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos, impressed by the success of Ray Ordoveza's "Vida" in the China Sea Race and Easter Regatta, encouraged the Manila Yacht Club to organize an International regatta at Subic in 1997.

President's Trophy Boat Race

This is the most popular of the races to be held during the season of the harvest festival Onam in Autumn on ashtamudi lake in Kollam,the cashew paradise in Kerala.

President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

He mentioned James K. Galbraith, Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, Dean Baker, and Jared Bernstein as progressive economists who might be suitable for the board.

PSAC

President's Science Advisory Committee, an advising body to the U.S. President from Truman to Nixon

Ricky Carandang

On July 9, 2010 He resigned in ABS-CBN to become a part of the communications team of President Benigno Aquino III.

Roger Wethered

Wethered was a runner up in the Amateur Championship twice (1928 and 1930) and won the President's Putter five times.

SkyHook JHL-40

The JHL-40, or Jess Heavy Lifter, is named after Pete Jess, the President and Chief operating officer of SkyHook International, the company that owns the patent for the aircraft.

Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXIII

::The President elect and Vice President elect of the United States.

Stem cell laws and policy in the United States

9 March 2009 - President Barack Obama signs an executive order reversing federal opposition to embryonic Stem Cell research.

The Sigma Protocol

It is learned that Sigma has grown from a simple attempt to plunder the Nazi treasury and stabilize the industrial and financial state of the world in the wake of the war, to a political and financial machine which controls as many as 75% of the world's leading companies, and has enough covert political clout to directly influence the outcome of the likes of Presidential elections.

Tobyhanna Army Depot

In 2005, President George W. Bush delivered his Veterans Day address at Tobyhanna Army Depot, commending the installation as a “facility that has provided critical services for our armed forces” and applauded the depot workers as men and women who have been “carrying out dangerous missions with bravery and skill.”

United States Associate Attorney General

On January 5, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Thomas J. Perrelli as the 18th Associate Attorney General of the United States.


2005–06 Fijian political crisis

Fiji Labour Party President Jokapeci Koroi issued a statement on 14 January 2006 accusing Lesi Korovavala, the Chief Executive Officer of the Home Affairs Ministry, of having conspired with Home Affairs Minister Josefa Vosanibola to arrange a secret meeting between Baledrokadroka and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, in an attempt to depose Bainimarama.

73079 Davidbaltimore

The asteroid was named after David Baltimore (b. 1938), renowned for his Nobel Prize-winning biological research and for his vision and leadership as the seventh president of the California Institute of Technology (1997–2006).

Antonio Morales de la Peña

As vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, he took part in the 2004 Convention of the World Association of Mexicans Abroad, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bartolomé Gamundi

A former General Manager at Electro Biology Corp., and a former executive at Arthur Andersen, Price Waterhouse, GE and Weston Instruments, Gamundi is a former president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association and of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.

Barzillai J. Chambers

Chambers was nominated for Vice President by the reunited party, as was Absolom M. West of Mississippi; Chambers was victorious on the first ballot, by 403 votes to 311.

Brian C. Griffin

In January 2004, Griffin was appointed the President and member of the Board for Clean Energy Systems, a private Rancho Cordova, California based energy technology innovations firm.

Butcher of the Balkans

Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), the former president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Castello Estense

The itinerary of the restoration of the castle has gone through important steps to remember: the exhibition "The Triumph of Bacchus" inaugurated in 2002 by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and the art exposition "The Este in Ferrara" opened on 14 March 2004 by the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi.

ChangeFIFA

Joining forces with Change FIFA, Damian Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe and member of the House of Commons' Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for Sepp Blatter's re‑election as FIFA president to be suspended and a "reform agenda" to be introduced at football's ruling organisation.

Christopher Maher

Christopher has cooked for many world figures including HH Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai Lama and President Bill Clinton.

CNC World

The venture is part of Beijing's effort to "present an international vision with a Chinese perspective," Xinhua President Li Congjun said at the press conference announcing the launch of CNC World.

Cyprus Football Association

The opening ceremony was attended by UEFA president Michel Platini, and the former president of Cyprus, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos.

Dennis Byron

He currently presides over the multi-accused Karemera, et al. trial, also known as Government I, involving Édouard Karemera, former Minister of the Interior of Rwanda, and Matthieu Ngirumpatse, former President of the MRND.

Dixie Network

Marston also was elected to the National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors in 1970 Edward B. Fritts, who began his broadcast career at WENK, Union City, Tennessee, was elected President of The National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., where he led the national trade association with distinction.

Eddie Sutton

While at Arkansas, Sutton befriended future President Bill Clinton, then a law professor at the University's law school.

Eduardo Haro Tecglen

The homage to him, held at the Teatro Español, a few days after his death, was attended by, among others, the founder of Triunfo, José Ángel Ezcurra; the journalist Fernando Delgado; the former and current editors of El País, Juan Luis Cebrián and Joaquín Estefanía, respectively; the president de PRISA, Jesús de Polanco; the actors Diego Galán and Núria Espert, and the then mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.

Egyptian constitutional review committee of 2011

Hatem Bagatou, president of the consultative commission of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Éleuthère Irénée du Pont

His grandson, Lammot du Pont I (1831–1884), was the first president of the United States Gunpowder Trade Association, popularly known as the Powder Trust.

Emilio Alvarez

Emilio Álvarez Icaza, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Mexican Federal District

Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just

In 1789, Fréteau de Saint-Just served two terms as President of the National Constituent Assembly.

Evangelical and Reformed Church

United States President Theodore Roosevelt attended Washington D.C.'s Grace Reformed Church, an Evangelical and Reformed congregation.

Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000

A devout Roman Catholic and a prominent member of the local Knights of Columbus, he oversaw the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and was president of the Friends of the Grotto Association for several years.

Hanis

Mark Hanis, Co-Founder, Board member, & Founding President of United to End Genocide

Henry Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth

He was President of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and of the St George Society, an Anglo-American group in New York; he also belonged to the Society for Sanitary Reform and the School Commission.

Inclusive capitalism

Allen Hammond is Vice President of Special Projects and Innovation at the World Resources Institute: a Washington, DC-based, non-profit, environmental, think tank created in 1982 through a $15 million donation by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago (World Resources Institute website 2008).

Jason Hirschhorn

After MTV, he transitioned to the president of Sling Media's Entertainment Group, where he led the introduction of Sling’s video anywhere device.

José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones

:For the erstwhile president of the European Parliament, see José María Gil-Robles.

Joseph P. Knapp

His father was a past president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and his mother was a hymn writer, credited with over 500 hymns, most notably "Blessed Assurance" with Fanny Crosby.

Joseph Rutherford

Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942), second president of Watch Tower Society corporation

Josh Braun

From 1991 to 1999 Braun worked with Fremantle Media as Senior Vice President and head of sales, where he was responsible for the sales, production, and acquisitions of such programs as Baywatch, All My Children, Third Rock from the Sun, South Park, The Price Is Right, and many others.

Milorad Dodik

On 5 May 2008, Dodik and Serbian President Boris Tadić inaugurated the Park Republika Srpska in Belgrade.

Mohammed Bello Adoke

Barrister Mohammed Bello Adoke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (born 1 September 1963) was appointed Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of Justice on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.

Muslims of Uttar Pradesh

Famous Muslims from Uttar Pradesh include the famous writer and poet Javed Akhtar, actress Shabana Azami, Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Maolana Dr. Kalbe Sadiq Vice President of Muslim Personal Law Board, actor and director Muzaffar Ali, Journalist Saeed Naqvi, Persian Scholar Dr. Naiyer Masud Rizvi, Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, historian Irfan Habib, politician Salman Khursheed and cricketer Mohammad Kaif.

Percy Jewett Burrell

Burrell served as the sixth supreme (national) president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity from 1907 to 1914, and along with fraternity founder Ossian E. Mills has been credited by fraternity historians with encouraging the early expansion of and formulating the basic philosophies and spiritual values espoused by the fraternity.

Politics of Poland

The Council of Ministers is responsible to the prime minister and the Sejm; the prime minister proposes, the president appoints, and the Sejm approves the Council of Ministers.

Portia Sabin

Portia Sabin is president of the independent label Kill Rock Stars and former board member of A2IM.

Prohibition of drugs

On February 22, 2008 the President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, called on the world to legalize drugs, in order, he said, to prevent the majority of violent murders occurring in Honduras.

Robert Litwak

Robert Litwak is vice president for programs and director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Saadia Afzaal

She has worked as a reporter as well, she has covered Foreign Office, Parliament and done a number of interviews with the heads of state and government including President Asif Ali Zardari, President Pervez Musharraf, PM Yousaf Raza Gillani, PM Shaukat Aziz.

Sing, Baby, Sing

When she insists that he represent her, he takes her to Mr. Brewster (Paul Stanton), president of the Federal Broadcasting Company, and Joan auditions, but Brewster refuses to hire her because she is not of the upper class.

Task Force 402

Ambassador Khalilzad, while visiting the local Civil Affairs company, presented members of TF402 with coins on behalf of the President George W. Bush of the United States.

Teburoro Tito

His main opponent was Harry Tong, who later ran against his brother, current President Anote Tong.

The New New Deal

He also argued that "Obama comes across as similarly unaware of the limits of top-down planning" in the book as well as that the 2010 midterm elections provided a rejoinder to President Obama's economic policy vision.

Thomas Jenckes

President Ulysses S. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870.

Tracy Strauss

In the future of "I Am Become Death", Tracy is married to Nathan Petrelli, who by that time is the President of the United States, making her the First Lady.

Tsholotsho District

Tsholotsho is a well known “battle ground” of Zimbabwean politics with the latest event being the so-called Tsholotsho Declaration of 2005 involving leading ZANU-PF members and current Tsholotsho Member of parliament Jonathan Moyo in which they were accused of mooting a boardroom removal of President Mugabe.

William H. Porter

On October 6, 1908, Porter was elected to serve as President of the New York Clearing House.

William Richert

Richert claimed Sorkin's screenplay was a thinly-veiled plagiarism of Richert's 1981 'The President Elopes', and that the television series The West Wing was derived from part of the same screenplay.

Winslow Carlton

In the final decade of his life, Winslow Carlton co-founded and served as president of Selcore Labs, where a new a-cellular pertussis vaccine was developed and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Yinka Dene Alliance

On February 6, 2012, the Yinka Dene Alliance released an open letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao.