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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims ....

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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It was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima).
The museum exhibit presents the facts of the atomic bombing, with the aims of contributing to the abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world, and of promoting world peace. It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors, too. 53 millions people had visited the museum from opening on 1955 through 2005. The number of visitors are over one million people per year. The architect of the main building was Kenzo Tange

Kenzo Tange

was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents. Tange was also an influential protagonist of...

Museum content

According to the introduction in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's English guide: "The Peace Memorial Museum" collects and displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of that event, supplemented by exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the bombings and others that present the current status of the nuclear age. Each of the items displayed embodies the grief, anger, or pain of real people. Having now recovered from the A-bomb calamity, Hiroshima's deepest wish is the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the realization of a genuinely peaceful international community."

To facilitate education, the museum was renovated in 1994 and is now divided into two sections.

The East Wing — the newest addition — explains the history of Hiroshima City before the bomb, development and decision to drop the bomb, the lives of Hiroshima citizens during World War II and after the bombing, and ends with information about the nuclear age and efforts for international peace. Included in this section is a model showing the damage done to the city.

The West Wing, which was part of the old museum, concentrates on the damage of the bomb. Sections include Material Witness, which shows clothing, watches, hair, and other personal effects worn by victims of the bomb; Damage by the Heat Rays, a section that looks at what happened to wood, stone, metal, glass, and flesh from the heat; Damage by the Blast, focusing on the destruction caused by the after shocks of the blast, and Damage by the Radiation which goes into details about the health effects suffered by humans.

Peace education programs

A-bomb survivor testimony
Video showings
Loan of Photo Posters and Videos
Peace Volunteer guide tour

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims ....

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Hiroden Genbaku Dome-mae Station
Hiroden Genbaku Dome-mae Station
Genbaku Dome-mae is a Hiroden tram stop on the Hiroden Main Line, located in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Ote-machi 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.-Routes:...
Hiroden Chuden-mae Station
Hiroden Chuden-mae Station
Chuden-mae is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Ujina Line located in Ote-machi 3-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.-Routes:From Chuden-mae Station, there are three of Hiroden Streetcar routes.* Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port Route...
Astram
Astram Line
The is a new transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan.-History:*August 8, 1994 - Opened for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima...

Hondōri Station
Hondori Station (Astram Line)
is an HRT terminal station on the Astram Line, located in Hondōri, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.-Platforms:-Connections:█ Astram Line-Other services connections:█ Hiroden Ujina Line*Hiroden Ujina Line Connections at Hiroden Hondori Station...

List of notable visitors

Date	Distinguished visitor	Nationality	remark, "Message for Peace"
July 26, 1959	Ernesto Guevara	Argentina	visited as a Cuban ambassador
August 6, 1971	Eisaku Sato Eisaku Sato This article is about the Prime Minister of Japan. For the governor of Fukushima Prefecture of Japan of the same name, see Eisaku Satō ....	Japan	1st Prime minister of Japan to attend the Peace Ceremony of 8/6, he introduced Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles Three Non-Nuclear Principles Japan's are a parliamentary resolution that have guided Japanese nuclear policy since their inception in the late 1960s, and reflect general public sentiment and national policy since the end of World War II. The tenets state that Japan shall neither possess nor manufacture nuclear weapons, nor...
February 25, 1981	Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...	Vatican City	Pope, "God's hope is one of peace, not one of pain." MFP
April 24, 1981	Margrethe II	Denmark	Queen of Denmark
December 8, 1981	Olof Palme Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...	Sweden	Prime minister of Sweden
March 13, 1982	Sandro Pertini	Italy	President of Italy
August 26, 1982	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully...	Peru	Secretary-General of the UN
December 7, 1983	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was a jurist and the President of Bangladesh. Abu Sayeed Choudhury was born on January 05, 1921 in a Zamindar family of Nagbari in Tangail District...	Bangladesh	President of Bangladesh
March 16, 1984	Iri Maruki, Toshi Maruki	Japan	Artist of The Hiroshima Panels The Hiroshima Panels The Hiroshima Panels are a series of fifteen painted folding panels by the collaborative husband and wife artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi completed over a span of thirty-two years . The Panels depict the consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as other nuclear...
May 25, 1984	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...	United States	39th US President, visited after his presidency
July 8, 1984	San Yu	Myanmar	President of Burma
August 5, 1984	Floyd Schmoe Floyd Schmoe Floyd W. Schmoe was a Quaker, pacifist and author living in the Seattle, Washington area for most of his life.- Early life :...	United States	Pacifist, author
August 5, 1984	:es:Mary McMillan	United States	Founder of AWPTA current American Physical Therapy Association American Physical Therapy Association A Historical PerspectivePhysical therapists formed their first professional association in 1921, called the American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association. Led by President Mary McMillan, an executive committee of elected officers governed the Association, which included 274 charter members...
September 15, 1984	Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982.Carazo was born in 1926 in Cartago...	Costa Rica	President of Costa Rica
November 10, 1984	Kalevi Sorsa Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister...	Finland	Prime Minister of Finland
November 23, 1984	Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...	Albania	Indian citizen, founder of Missionaries of Charity Missionaries of Charity Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which consists of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries... , "Let us love one another as God loves each one of us, so that the terrible evil that had ..." MFP
August 5, 1985	Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...	United States	Conductor, composer, "Too many words already. Not enough action!" MFP
June 11, 1986	Bernard Lown Bernard Lown Bernard Lown, M.D. is the original developer of the defibrillator and is an internationally known peace activist. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an organization he helped to create, was awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for its work against nuclear proliferation... , Eugueni Chazov	United States	Founder of IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 63 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation... , 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, "We physicians from the IPPNW are committed that the mistake never be repeated. ..." MFP
September 16, 1986	Maung Maung Kha Maung Maung Kha Maung Maung Kha was the 8th Prime Minister of Myanmar between 1977 and 1988.Maung Maung Kha was born to Khin Tint and Chit Pe in Yangon. He enrolled in University of Rangoon in 1937 to study engineering but left school in the final year of studies to join the Burma Independence Army in 1941...	Myanmar	Prime Minister of Myanmar
December 4, 1986	Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado	Mexico	President of Mexico
February 26, 1987	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury	Bangladesh	president of the 41st session of the UN General Assembly
September16,1987	Ati George Sokomanu Ati George Sokomanu Ati George Sokomanu, MBE is a Ni-Vanuatu politician who served as the first president of the country. He was elected President by the Parliament when Vanuatu gained independence in 1980, and served until the end of his term in 1984...	Vanuatu	President of Ni-Vanuatu
November 12, 1988	Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine sculptor, architect and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize.-Biography:Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires to a Spanish fisherman who emigrated to Argentina...	Argentina	Sculptor, architect and pacifist. 1980 Nobel Peace Prize, "Let me express my solidarity with the Japanese people. Hiroshima is a testimonial for ..." MFP
September 14, 1989	Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist, as well as a former President of Uruguay for the Partido Colorado.A lawyer and journalist by profession, he was born into a middle-class family of Italian origin...	Uruguay	President of Uruguay
November 4, 1989	Andrei Sakharov Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. He earned renown as the designer of the Soviet Union's Third Idea, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. Sakharov was an advocate of civil liberties and civil reforms in the...	Soviet Union	Physicist, 1975 Nobel Peace Prize, "Sadness wrings my heart. We all must swear to do our best so as to avoid repeating ..." MFP
March 17, 1990	Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged...	United States	Athlete, Gold medalist
September 14, 1990	Hassan Gouled Aptidon Hassan Gouled Aptidon Hassan Gouled Aptidon was the first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999.-Biography:...	Djibouti	President of Djibouti
October 6, 1990	Oscar Arias Sánchez	Costa Rica	President of Costa Rica, 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, "I wish that all of the men and women in the world would engrave in their minds ..." MFP
November 2, 1990	Mairead Maguire	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Irish peace activist, 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, "Let us put aside all thoughts and weapons of war, and pledge ourselves to use the means ..." MFP
November 10, 1990	Rafael Leonardo Callejas	Honduras	President of Honduras
April 23, 1991	Junius Richard Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	President of Sri Lanka
April 17, 1992	Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...	Soviet Union	President of the Soviet Union, visited after his presidency
August 5, 1992	Pengiran Yusof	Brunei	Former Prime Minister of Brunei (A-bomb survivor), "To the people of Hiroshima as well as the whole world, Let us pray to GOD-ALLAH TAALA, ..." MFP
April 5, 1993	Martin Harwit Martin Harwit Martin Harwit is a Czech-American astronomer, author, and was director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1987 to 1995...	United States	Director of Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
November 4, 1993	Azlan Shah	Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
November 24, 1993	Yuriko Kuronuma Yuriko Kuronuma is a Japanese violinist.Starting the violin at age 8, she won in 1956 the first prize and special award in The Music Competition of Japan, one of the most prestigious music contests in Japan. After that, she studied in the Musical Arts Academy of Prague in Czech Republic.- External links :*...	Japan	Japanese violinist, "Seeing evidence that makes me embarrassed to be a member of the human race makes me ..." MFP
April 22, 1994	Ingvar Carlsson Ingvar Carlsson Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party ....	Sweden	Prime Minister of Sweden
May 7, 1994	Mamoru Mohri Mamoru Mohri is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.-Biography:Born in Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan, Mohri earned degrees in chemistry from Hokkaido University and a Doctorate from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1976.Most of Mohri's...	Japan	Japanese astronomer
October 5, 1994	Juan Antonio Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain , known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló , was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001...	Spain	President of the International Olympic Committee
February 25, 1995	Mary Robinson Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate...	Republic of Ireland	President of Ireland
March 30, 1995	The Dalai Lama	Tibet	14th Dalai Lama, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, "As humans, we all have the duty to eliminate, from this earth, weapons with destructive ..." MFP
August 8, 1995	Richard von Weizsäcker Richard von Weizsäcker Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker , known as Richard von Weizsäcker, is a German politician . He served as Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984, and as President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994...	Germany	President of Germany
September 16, 1995	Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...	Peru	President of Peru
November 1, 1995	Helmut Schmidt Helmut Schmidt Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting...	Germany	Chancellor of Germany
December 6, 1995	Václav Havel Václav Havel Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...	Czech Republic	President of the Czech Republic
December 6, 1995	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	India	President of India
December 6, 1995	Kenzaburo Oe Kenzaburo Oe is a Japanese author and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.Ōe was awarded...	Japan	Author, 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, "I have been to this memorial museum on many occasions. Today, I visited here once again ..." MFP
December 6, 1995	Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel Sir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...	United States	Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, 1986 Peace Prize, "We shall remember, We must remember, for only in memory is there some hope for us all." MFP
August 28, 1996	Betty Williams Betty Williams (Northern Ireland) Betty Williams in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, is a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland...	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Cofounder of Community of Peace People. 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, "May we always remember the tragedy of this lovely city. May we all work to make sure ..." MFP
July 28, 1997	Frederik W. de Klerk	South Africa	President of South Africa, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, "I was deeply touched. It must never happen again! Now is the time for an effort like ..." MFP
November 12, 1997	Shimon Peres Shimon Peres GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...	Israel	Former Prime Minister of Israel, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, "This is the greatest declaration against war in human history; it is also the greatest ..." MFP
April 18, 1998	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , Italian politician and magistrate, was the ninth President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and is currently a senator for life...	Italy	President of Italy
June 12, 1998	Kuniwo Nakamura Kuniwo Nakamura Kuniwo Nakamura was the President and foreign minister of Palau from 1993 until 2001.-Background and early life:Nakamura is the son of a Japanese immigrant from Matsusaka, Ise Province and a Palauan chieftain's daughter. He was studying in his second year of primary school when the surrender of...	Palau	President of Palau
June 27, 1998	:de:Kazimierz Smoleń	Poland	Director of Auschwitz concentration camp memorial and former Polish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp
July 3, 1998	Milorad Dodik Milorad Dodik Milorad Dodik , is the President of Republika Srpska, and the president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats political party. He graduated from the Belgrade University of Political Sciences .-Political career:...	Republika Srpska	Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
November 6, 1998	Girija Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. He was Prime Minister of Nepal for four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July...	Nepal	Prime Minister of Nepal
December 9, 1998	Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He lives in Dublin. Heaney has received the Nobel Prize in Literature , the Golden Wreath of Poetry , T. S. Eliot Prize and two Whitbread prizes...	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Irish poet, 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, "The Peace Memorial Museum putting enlightenment where there was darkness ..." MFP
July 31, 1999	Vasco Rocha Vieira	Macau	Governor of Macau.
March 12, 2000	Abdallah Baali Abdallah Baali Abdallah Baali is an Algerian diplomat.He has been the Ambassador of Algeria to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Brunei Darussalam from 1992 to 1996, to the United Nations from 1996-2005 and to the United States of America since 2008.He was Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United...	Algeria	Ambassador of Algeria
May 12, 2000	José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo Arnoldo Alemán José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo was the 81st President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002.-Biography:Alemán was born in Managua and received his early education at the La Salle institute in Managua...	Nicaragua	President of Nicaragua
August 3, 2000	Hisashi Inoue	Japan	Writer, "This phrase Protest and survive is a wise word by anti-nuclear activist and physicist of the UK. I add the word Remember to the formula." MFP
September 19, 2000	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL is an East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop. Along with José Ramos-Horta, he received the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for work "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor."...	East Timor	Roman Catholic bishop, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, "I would like to thank the Mayor and the Director of the Museum for their sympathy ..." MFP
February 17, 2001	Abdulsalami Abubakar Abdulsalami Abubakar General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar is a Nigerian general who was President of Nigeria from June 9, 1998 until May 29, 1999. He succeeded Sani Abacha upon Abacha's death. It was during Abubakar's leadership that Nigeria adopted its new constitution on May 5, 1999, which provided for multiparty...	Nigeria	Head of State of Nigeria
February 22, 2001	Teburoro Tito Teburoro Tito Teburoro Tito was the President and foreign minister of Kiribati from October 1, 1994 to March 28, 2003. He was elected for the first time in 1994. He was reelected in 1998 with 52% of the vote. His main opponent was Harry Tong, who later ran against his brother, current President Anote Tong...	Kiribati	President of Kiribati
April 15, 2001	Helen Clark Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ is a New Zealand political figure who was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008...	New Zealand	Prime Minister of New Zealand
February 8, 2002	Aftab Seth	India	Ambassador of India
August 3, 2002	Barbara Lee Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...	United States	U.S. House of Representatives
November 21, 2002	Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor	South Africa	Member of Parliament of South Africa
March 3, 2003	Fidel Castro Ruz	Cuba	President of Cuba
June 7, 2003	Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	Sri Lanka	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
January 29, 2004	Howard H. Baker, Jr Howard Baker Howard Henry Baker, Jr. is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.Known in Washington, D.C...	United States	United States Ambassador
May 21, 2004	Jean Ping Jean Ping Jean Ping is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who is currently the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union...	Gabon	Foreign Minister of Gabon
August 5, 2004	Alexander Losyukov Alexander Losyukov Alexander Prokhorovich Losyukov , born 15 November 1943, is a Soviet and Russian diplomat.After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1968, Losyukov entered the service of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working in various positions in the central office...	Russia	Ambassador of Russia
November 4, 2004	Bertrand Delanoë Bertrand Delanoë Bertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother...	Early Modern France	Mayor of Paris
November 4, 2004	Mwai Kibaki Mwai Kibaki Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...	Kenya	President of Kenya
July 23, 2005	Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...	Ukraine	President of Ukraine
March 15, 2006	Bingu wa Mutharika Bingu wa Mutharika Bingu wa Mutharika is a Malawi economist who is President of Malawi. He took office on 24 May 2004 after winning a disputed presidential election...	Malawi	President of Malawi
October 18, 2009	Lesao Lehohla Lesao Lehohla Archibald Lesao Lehohla is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety of Lesotho. He was first elected to parliament from the Mafeteng Constituency in 1993 and became Minister of Home Affairs in the new Basutoland Congress Party government. Subsequently he became...	Lesotho	Deputy Prime Minister of Lesotho
October 20, 2009	Sven Alkalaj Sven Alkalaj Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who is the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Alkalaj, who is of Sephardic ethnicity, is one of the most prominent Bosnian Jews...		Bosnian diplomat