Country: Thailand
Areas of Expertise: Security, Diplomacy
Biographical information from Wikipedia
Biographical information from Commission on Human Security
Current Positions:

Until the removal of Thaksin Shinawatra’s government in September 2006, Surin Pitsuwan was a Member of Parliament and Executive Member of Democratic Party.
Member of the International Labor Organisation’s Commission on Human Security and World Commission on the Social Dimension of […]

Nominated on 20 September 2006 by Afghanistan. Click here to read the letter of nomination and his CV.
Country: Afghanistan
Areas of Expertise: Development, Anthropology, and Post-Conflict Recovery; Click here for biography
Education:

Bachelor of Arts in political science at American University of Beirut
MA and PhD at Columbia University
leadership training programs at Harvard-INSEAD and Stanford

Current Positions: Chancellor of […]

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(has expressed interest in the position)
Country: Singapore
Area of Expertise: Economist
Current Positions:

Senior Minister of Singapore (2004-present)
Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (2004-present)
Patron for the Institute for Policy Studies, a government think-tank

Past Positions:

Member of Parliament in Singapore (1976-1981)
Senior Minister of State for Finance
Minister for Trade and Industry
Minister for Health
Minister for Defence
First Deputy Prime Minister […]

Nominated on 15 September 2006 by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Click here to read her statement upon her nomination.
Candidacy withdrawn in a statement on 5 October 2006.
Country: Latvia
Areas of Expertise: Click here for official biography
Past Initiatives/Past Policy Agenda: Worked to establish a Western-style democracy and market economy in Latvia while serving as president
Education: […]

(candidacy reported in the media)
Country: Turkey
Current Positions:

Administrator of UNDP (2005-present)

Education

PhD Department of Economics, Princeton University (1973)
B.Sc. First Class Honors and M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (1968, 1970)

Past Positions

Member of Parliament ( Turkey)
Minister of Economic Affairs (2001-2002)
Vice-President of the World Bank (1996-2002)
Faculty, Princeton University (1976-78)

General Information

In 1978 he began the […]

(candidacy reported in the media)
Country : Jordan
Areas of Expertise :
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Current Positions

Permanent representative to the UN (2000-present)

Education

BA in political science from Johns Hopkins University
PhD in history from Cambridge University (Christ’s College).

Past Positions

President of Assembly of States Parties for the International Criminal Court
Deputy permanent representative to the UN (1996-2000)
Political affairs officer with […]