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Jeddah Economic Forum (arabic: منتدى جدة الإقتصادي) is a forum held annually since 1999 during winter in Jeddah

Jeddah

Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...

, western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

. It has become the region's (middle east

Middle East

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) strategic think tank focusing on regional and international economic and social issues. The Jeddah Economic Forum is organized by the Jeddah Marketing Board

Jeddah Marketing Board

Jeddah Marketing Board is the a branch of marketing systems for Saudi Arabia. It tries to get the best net returns for executives, exporters, factory workers, and farmers.It covers Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, and Taif....

, which is a part of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry,' was established on May 1946 and since then it has been serving the economy of Saudi Arabia and has continuously contributed to its development and progress. The JCCI always tries to support and serve the private companies and help it to solve its...

.

It is also organized in association with Duke Corporate Education

Duke Corporate Education

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as an academic partner. The current president of the forum is Sami Bahrawi, who has replaced Amr Anany in 2006. Its known that the forum was originally founded by Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh was appointed Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , with a rank of Minister on 22 March 2004.-Biography:...

.

The forum has invited famous speakers at the event such as George H. W. Bush

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, John Major

John Major

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, Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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, ex-President of the United States

United States

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, Gerhard Schroeder the former German chancellor, Madeleine Albright

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, Al-Waleed bin Talal

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, Queen Rania of Jordan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Prime Minister of Turkey

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, Rafik Hariri

Rafik Hariri

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Post Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Lubna Olayan

Lubna Olayan

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, Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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, Klaus Schwab

Klaus Schwab

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, Hayyat Sindi and Princess Victoria Ingrid

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

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2000

former UK's

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Prime Minister John Major

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. former US

United States

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president George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

. Richard N. Cooper, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

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. Louis T. Wells, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Harvard University

. Roger B. Porter, IBM

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Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government

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2001

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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, former President of France

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. Helmut Kohl

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, former Chancellor of Germany

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. Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh was appointed Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , with a rank of Minister on 22 March 2004.-Biography:...

, Professor of Economics, KAU

King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001....

. Chairman of JEF, member of the World Economic Forum

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. Prince Abdul Majeed Bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Makkah Region. Prince Abdullah Bin Faisal Bin Turki, Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority

Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority

The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority was created by the Saudi Government on April 10, 2000 as part of measures geared towards formalizing the process of economic liberalization. SAGIA is responsible for managing the investment environment in the Kingdom...

. Fawaz al Alami, former Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. John A. Quelch, Dean of London Business School

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2002

Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

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, Crown Prince of Bahrain

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. Prince Al-Waleed, World 8th Richest person. Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Council of Tourism of Saudi Arabia

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. Iyad Madani, former Minister of Hajj of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, Minister of Electricity and Industry of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Osama Fakieh, Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Mohammed Abdou Yamani, former Minister of Information of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Mohammed Sabban, Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum & Minerals. Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh was appointed Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , with a rank of Minister on 22 March 2004.-Biography:...

, Professor of Economics, KAU

King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001....

. Chairman of JEF, member of the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

. former US

United States

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president Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

. Neil Bush

Neil Bush

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, son of president George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

2003

Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Governor of Bahrain

Bahrain

Monetary Agency. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia. Liquat Ali Jatoi, Minister for Industries and Production of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. Yevgeny Primakov

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, former Prime Minister of the Russia

Russia

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. Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh was appointed Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , with a rank of Minister on 22 March 2004.-Biography:...

, Professor of Economics, King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001....

. Chairman of JEF, member of the World Economic Forum

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. Lindiwe Hendriks, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa

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. Christine McCafferty

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, member of the UK Parliament . Professor John A. Quelch, Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School

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2004

Queen Rania of Jordan

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. President Nursultan Nazarbayev

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of Kazakhstan

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. Kassymzhomart Tokayen, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan

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. Rafik Hariri

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, former Prime Minister of Lebanon

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. Fouad Siniora

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, Prime Minister of Lebanon

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. Mahathir bin Mohamad

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, former Prime Minister of Malaysia. Shaukat Aziz

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, Prime Minister of Pakistan

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. Lubna Olayan, famous Saudi business woman. Crown Princess of Sweden

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Victoria Ingrid

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. Gunnar Lund, Minister of International Economic Affairs & Financial Markets of Sweden

Sweden

. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

, Prime Minister of Turkey

Turkey

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. Mohamed Al Abbar, Director General Department of Economy Dubai

Dubai

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. former US

United States

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president Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

2005

Hamid Karzai

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, President of Afghanistan

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. Tayeb Laouh, Minister of Labour & Social Affairs of Algeria

Algeria

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. Deisi Kusztra, President of World Family Organization. Celso Amorim

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, Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil

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. Ta-lin Hsu

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, Chairman H&Q Asia Pacific

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. Václav Klaus

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, President of Czech Republic

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. Rachid Mohemed, Minister of Foreign Trade & Industry of Egypt

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. Amr Moussa

Amr Moussa

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, Secretary General of the Arab League

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. Fayza Aboulnaga, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt

Egypt

. Ahmed Maghrabi, Minister of Tourism of Egypt

Egypt

. Francesco Frangialli, Secretary General, World Tourism Organization

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. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

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, Prime Minister of Malaysia Shaukat Aziz

Shaukat Aziz

, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Pakistan

. Haifa Jamalallail, Dean of Effat College

Effat College

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. Suhair Al-Qurashi, Dean of Dar Al-Hekma College

Dar Al-Hekma College

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. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Ghazi A. Al-Gosaibi, Saudi Minister of Labour . Ahmed Ali Mohammad, former President of Islamic Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank

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. Abdullah Al-Moallami, Mayor of Jeddah

Jeddah

. Prince Amr Al-Faisal, famous Saudi business man. Hayyat Sindi, Saudi Biotechnology Consultant & Inventor in England

England

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. Abdoulaye Wade

Abdoulaye Wade

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, President of Senegal

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. Goh Chok Tong

Goh Chok Tong

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, Prime Minister of Singapore

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. Celia de Anca, Director of Centre for Diversity in Global Management in Spain

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. Klaus Schwab

Klaus Schwab

, Founder & Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

. Nibras El-Fadel, Economic Advisor to the President of Syria

Syria

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Mohamed Al Abbar, Director General Department of Economy Dubai

Dubai

. Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Minister of the United States

United States

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Zbigniew Brzezinski

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, former National Security Advisor. Adib Kanafani, Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering University of California

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. Jay D. Keasling, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of California

University of California

. Joe Klein

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, famous columnist in TIME Magazine Donald A. McQuade, Vice Chancellor, University Relations, University of California

University of California

. Jamil Mrouie, publisher in The Daily Star. Christiaan Poortman, Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank. Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge

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, former Secretary of Homeland Security . Clark Winter

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, Chief Global Investment Strategist, The Citigroup

Citigroup

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Private Bank.

2006

Deisi Kusztra, President of World Family Organization. Henry DJombo, Minister of Environment & Forestry Economy of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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. Amr Moussa

Amr Moussa

, Secretary General of the Arab League

Arab League

. Clara Gaymard,Ambassador at Large, President, Agence Francaise pour les Investissements Internationaux - AF.I.I. Rainer Geiger, Deputy Director of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder

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, Former Chancellor of Germany

Germany

. Jerry Rawlings

Jerry Rawlings

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, Former President of Ghana

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. Ali Reza Attar, Deputy Foreign Minister on Economic Affairs of Iran

Iran

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. Mary McAleese

Mary McAleese

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, President of Ireland

Ireland

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. Abdul Salam M. Al-Majali, Former Prime Minister of Jordan

Jordan

. Yousef Al-Ibrahim, Advisor to the Prince of Kuwait

Kuwait

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& Ex-Minister of Finance. Anwar Ibrahim

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, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. Doku Zavgayev, Director General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

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. Abdullah Al-Muallimi, Mayor of Jeddah

Jeddah

. Ahmed Ali Mohammad, former President of Islamic Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank

. Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh

Amr Dabbagh was appointed Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , with a rank of Minister on 22 March 2004.-Biography:...

, Professor of Economics, King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001....

. Chairman of JEF, member of the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

. Haifa Jamalallail, Dean of Effat College

Effat College

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. Hussein Shobokshi, famous Saudi TV interviewer of Business programmes. Lim Hng Kiang

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, Prime Minister of Singapore

Singapore

. Harsha V. Singh, Deputy Director-General of World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization

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(WTO). Saida Agrebi

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, Vice President of World Family Organization. Abdullah Gül

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, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

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. Mohamed Al Abbar, Director General Department of Economy Dubai

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. David Brewer, Lord Mayor of London

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. Carma Elliot, British Consul General in Jeddah

Jeddah

. Albert Arnold Gore, former Vice President of the United States

United States

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. John Anwyl, President of Anwyl International Development Group . George Billard, Network 20/20. Steve Forbes

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, President & CEO of Forbes

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Inc. Kristina M. Johnson, Dean of Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University

Duke University

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. Christiaan Poortman, Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank. Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer

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, President of Eurasia Group

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. Albert Beckford Jones

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, Senior Advisor to the President of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

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(CRDF)

2007

Jean Chrétien

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, former Prime Minister of Canada. Liu Jian Feng, Chinese minister. Emma Bonino

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, Italian Trade Minister . Queen Rania of Jordan

Jordan

. Luc Frieden

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, Minister for Justice in Luxembourg. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

, Prime Minister of Malaysia. Lech Wałęsa

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, former President of Poland

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. Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi ambassador in United Kingdom

United Kingdom

& Ireland

Ireland

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& United States

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. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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, Prime Minister of Turkey

Turkey

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. Sue MacGregor

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, British writer and broadcaster in BBC

BBC

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. Alastair Stewart

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, British television newsreader. Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

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, European Commissioner. Wesley Clark

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, former Commander of NATO.

2008

Dr. Haris Silajdžić

Haris Silajdžic

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, member of the Presidency

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of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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and former Prime Minister

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. Dr. Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad

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, the current Prime Minister of Palestine

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. Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi

Saudi Arabia

ambassador

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to the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

, Ireland

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and the United States

United States

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