Government Biographies Samples For Students

Women have long been suppressed and prevented to hold higher office or positions since the ancient times. There were suppositions that women are not politically savvy or capable of handling responsibility outside the home, let alone have a voice in society. Some societies even restricted women from becoming educated to suppress their desire to fight for their rights. However, as the years progressed, societies around the globe slowly became divided in how they treat their female constituents. Jamaica, for instance, had been open to women empowerment but they still held certain reservations on allowing to dominate in the political arena. ...

Hamilton Alexander one of America’s founding fathers was born on 11th January, 1757 in Charlestown on the island of Nevis, British West Indies. Thereafter, he migrated to the United States in 1772 where he received educational training in the schools of Elizabethtown, N.J and King’s College. He later on joined the Continental Army in New York in 1776 where he served as a captain of artillery until 1st March 1777 when he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Washington where he served until 16th February 1781 in that capacity.
Hamilton’s life was surrounded by extraordinary events that ...

Biography: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, known today as referred to as daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in Rangoon - now known as Yangon, Myanmar. A politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, a martyred national hero of freed Burma, and Khin Kyi, a distinguished diplomat from Myanmar. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and is renowned in the international community in addition to being revered by the people of Myanmar for her selfless and peaceful struggle against a tyrannical military rule in her country . Her struggle has ...

Ramses II was a renowned pharaoh of Egypt and he was formally famous for his greatness, authoritative command and several armed expeditions. His reigned lasted for over 60 years between 1290-1224 Before Christ. He acquiredthe status of pharaoh when he was just 24years old and Greeks call him Sesostris. Seti I was his father and Queen Tuya happened to be his loving mother and had a brother who died at an early age. His well know wives were Nefetari, Princess from Katti, Maetnefure and Istnofret and he had many children and on record the number appeared is over 200. The early ...

Fiona is currently responsible for managing projects, marketing, scheduling, and the planning of corporate events. She is chiefly responsible for coordinating scheduling with internal and external executives, working within the organization’s many facets to bring these resources to bear, including preparing presentation materials and background documents. Her duties are to coordinate executive meetings and communicate in detail with members of the board and consultants alike to create a schedule that streamlines their respective projects in the most effective way. She assists in preparing and management of pipelines and forecasts, allowing for streamlined allocation of resources and effective time management.
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Lazaro Cardenas was born in a village called Jiquiplan in 1985. He was forced to support his family following the death of his father when he was 16 years old. Although he dropped out of school when he was only 11 years old, he educated himself by reading extensively especially on historical works. By the time he was 18, he had worked as a jail keeper, a printer’s devil and a tax collector [ CITATION Och00 \l 1033 ].
Cárdenas joined politics during the Mexican Revolution and in 1928 he was elected governor of Michoacán. In 1932 he was selected to ...

Central Bankers:Jannet Yellen

Early Life and Education
Born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, Janet Yellen is currently serving as chairman of Federal Reserve and is also the first woman to hold this position. Being a bright and intelligent student right from the school days, she was elected as editor- in-chief of her school newspaper and became valedictorian by the time she graduated from school in 1963. She then went on to study economics at Brown University, where she earned her bachelor degree in Economics in 1967. Thereafter, she enrolled at Yale University for her doctorate in economics, which she completed in ...

The Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS)

Abstract
The Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS) was established in 1976 with the core mandate being the aiding of victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse. Accordingly, VIBS has been dispensing its duties with the organization assuming an expansionary approach. VIBS has, however, not failed in its activities. It continues to offer humanitarian services. This is despite the financial challenges that it faces. However, even with the society being seemingly educated and informed, it is this paper’s contention that the organizational activities aimed at creating a state of awareness and empowering the victims are critical. In addition, ...

Professional Affiliation

Nelesen Flumo has an extensive experience and deep knowledge of sophisticated, IT-integrated business contexts. Marked by extended spans and vertical integration of administrative and management functions across numerous business contexts, Nelesen Flumo has accumulated considerable executive management expertise. Nelesen Flumo's professional background is a rich personal background in several countries, a decided asset in current business ecosystem.
Currently, Nelesen Flumo has been an Executive Assistant at Talley Management Group (https://www.talley.com/) since 2014 and over 2008-2014 at Goodman-Gable-Gould. In both capacities, Nelesen Flumo manages and performs a broad range of senior executive functions including, most notably, managing activities for staff, ...

Abstract:

The following few pages look into the political life and career of the unforgettable leader, who became inspiration to every living soul on the planet. Nelson R. Mandela, the South African President had the unparalleled traits of a string leader, patriot and administrator, which will be covered in brief in the following sections in this study.

Nelson R. Mandela: South Africa’s first black Representative

Born in July 1918 in a small village of Mvezo in South African Cape Province, Nelson Mandela spent his early childhood days under the British rule. In his autobiography about his days spent in the prison, Mandela wrote, “"No one in my family had ever ...

John Adams, the second President of the United States, headed the young country through some of its toughest times. He was the Vice President during George Washington’s administration and followed him as the next President. During his presidency, the government moved to Washington, and John Adams was the first President to live in the White House. Although John Adams made a lot to the formation of the United States, his personality stays in the shadow of the significance of his colleagues (G. Washington, T. Jefferson, J. Madison). Because of his unlikeable character, Adams had only few friends in his ...

Harry Truman became the 33rd president of United States of America in the year 1945, following the sudden death of President Franklin Roosevelt. He encountered challenges during his two terms in office. First, the republicans and the press, severely, criticized his administration in terms of both domestic and foreign affairs. However, his policies abroad helped many generations. Domestically, he protected reforms. This paper discusses Harry Truman’s background, early life, accomplishments, shortcomings, and failures.

Background and early life

Harry Truman was born in Lamar, in the year 1884. Different historians give varying stories about Truman’s childhood. Some believe that he enjoyed his ...

Biography:

The quest for understanding is perhaps most apparent when it comes to the assessment of entrepreneurs and the effects of their workings in the world of business. Entrepreneurship is a practical activity that is acquired either through entrepreneurship genes or through learning/acquiring specific behavioral traits that can enable individuals to become active in entrepreneurship (Strategic Direction, 2011). One of the most influential persons in the world of entrepreneurship is Carlos Slim Helu, who owns varied properties ranging from telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, banking, and insurance. According to Forbes Business Magazine, Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man in the world with a ...

Currently living in the city of Atlanta Georgia, I am a native Californian. At a young age, I was introduced to pastoral care. My grandfather enjoyed a prominent position as an elder in the Baptist church. He would visit his members on a regular basis. He was the one who actually introduced me to learn about pastoral care as a PK. The basis of Pastoral care, as exemplified in one's treatment of the neighborhoods, grew out of the theological commitment as demonstrated in one's love for God’s people. I believe that my interest in pastoral care is a ...

This paper will look at the similarities and differences in the Presidencies of Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt became President during a trying time for America. The Great Depression was in full swing caused by the fact that Wall Street and the banks had collapsed causing millions of people or about 25 percent of the population. to be without jobs or financial security (Miller). When Roosevelt came into office he put together an economic package known as the New Deal in order to help alleviate the crisis and get men back to work.
Almost seventy years later in ...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He introduced acts and ...

Book Reviewed

Metaxas, E. (2010). Bonhoeffer: Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy: a Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Introduction and Thesis

God has a purpose for each and every human being. From the biblical teachings, God uses certain individuals, especially the least expected, to achieve His plans for human beings. All difficulties can be overcome by these chosen individuals, although before humans it may appear impossible to realize certain things, but to God nothing is impossible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a good example of how God works through people to show his greatness, especially a time when it appears to be no hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born ...

Li Keqiang

Introduction

Before one of the members of the politburo committee will be focused on, it is very vital that a brief explanation be given about this committee itself and how it has been able to gain some forms of public recognition. This is a committee which comprises of the top leaders in China. It is a party specially reserved for communists and has minimum membership of 5 persons and maximum number of 9 persons. These are all elite and are individuals who have been renowned form of national struggle or the other.
However, it is very important to ...

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Personal Background

Adam Smith was born in 1723 in Kirkcaldy in Scotland and was raised by his widowed mother. Adam Smith’s educated began at a local district school. In the year 1737, Smith was sent to the Glasgow College, later he also studied at the Baliol College in the Oxford University. Smith graduated with an extensive understanding of European literature and started to hate the school of English thought. In the year 1751, Smith was hired by the Glasgow University as the professor of logic. In the year 1752, Smith transferred to the moral philosophy. Smith’s lectures ...

English

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Steve Jobs

Who can ever forget that mercurial genius and co-founder of ‘apple,’ and who branded Macintosh as ‘the computer for the rest of us’? None today, toddlers included, can escape the impression left behind the man, who left us grieving the loss of, not an individual, but a person who could have given us more. Apple has revolutionized ...

Berman, Eli, et al. "Do working men rebel? Insurgency and unemployment in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines." Journal of Conflict Resolution 55.4 (2011): 496-528.A large part of the Afghan population is unemployed because of the war making any economic activity impossible. Unemployment is bad for the economy as it as wise men say, an idle mind is the devils work shop. People start thinking of illegal ways of making money.
Clarke, Richard A. Against all enemies: Inside America's war on terror. Simon and Schuster, 2004.According to this book, there are cases of insider attacks, where American soldiers ...

‘Rachel Carson was born in the year 1907, on 27th of May at a place called Springdale in Pennsylvania.’1 He grew up in a rural home with her mother who inspired her to like the nature. The fact that she grew up in a farm found in Pennsylvania made her to better understand and like nature and the wild animals that lived in the farm. This is what inspired her to write many books about nature.
Rachel joined Pennsylvania College for women in the year 1925 and graduated in the year 1929 with an honors and this made her to ...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?”
One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of social systems. ...

Introduction

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a Lutheran pastor and theologian in Germany. As the Nazi Party grew in power, he protested against their atrocities and was one of the central founders of the Confessing Church (Metaxas 2010). He wrote The Cost of Discipleship, one of the modern classics when it comes to the role of the Christian in a secular world. He was also well known for his strident opposition to the euthanasia program and the genocide of the Jews, both pet programs of Adolf Hitler. The Gestapo arrested him in the spring of 1943, ...

Introduction

In the highpoint of my English teaching career, I found myself teaching English to Grade 4 Australian English learners. It was interesting because I am an Arab lady from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And many people found it rather unusual for me to be teaching Native English speakers their own mother tongue. This essay will outline the progression of my career as an English teacher and how I got to the climax of my career, teaching native speakers of English. I will outline my background, origins, immersion into the Anglo-American culture and how my professional career developed as ...

Euthanasia, widely known as mercy killing, has been a topic of debate globally. The word ‘euthanasia’ is made by the combination of two Greek words eu (well) and thanatos (death). The terms euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide or terminal sedation are sometimes used inter-changeably to define a condition wherein a lethal injection is given to patients who are extremely ill. This intentional killing is for the beneficence of pain and suffering of the patient. The ethics and legality of euthanasia have been questioned in many countries and only a few have approved it. It is a complex and challenging issue in the field of medical care ...

Annotated bibliography

Bodden, V. (2008). The 9/11 terror attacks. Mankato, Minn: Creative Education.
Bodden discusses events that culminated to the terror attack of 9/11. He further describes the relationship between U.S. and the Middle East as well as, the global response after terror attack and how the attacked transformed the world.
Bolton, M. (2008). U.S. national security and foreign policymaking after 9/11 : present at the re-creation. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
In his book, Bolton has analyzed the 109th congress of Dec 2004 that was passed signed under President Bush: Intelligence Reform and intelligent Prevention Act (IRTPA). ...

What if Edmund Burke were alive today? London and Washington D.C. are bound together in so many ways whatever his modern views might be he would be an influence on the politics of both countries. Would he still be the conscience of morality for conservatives? In this essay we will look for insight to his moral and political perspective on the East India Trading Company and the French Revolution.
We neither think of the modern American ‘celebrity’ conservatives as having empathy for workers nor as being particularly fiscally responsible. Maybe that is why Edmund Burke’s reputation as ...

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” These famous words uttered by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi while leading India to independence serve as a peephole into the magnanimity that his life and work were. Raised in a Jain family, where non-violence and vegetarianism form the root of their philosophy, Gandhi was inspired since a young age in the ways of truth and benevolence.

His faith was put to an early test when he first came face to face with the situation of Apartheid in South Africa where Indians living in the British colonies were denied basic rights and were subjected ...

The first greatest contribution of Karl Marx in political and social philosophies can be summed up by his utmost regard to the proletariats. Marx generalized the poor as being exploited in the market economy because even when he works so hard, he gets poorer and poorer. This is due to the forces of capitalism all over him. The poor produces wealth but he is alienated to it (Bottomore, p. 23 ). This means that he cannot enjoy the fruits of his labor. He could not have enough money to purchase the very thing that he creates.

For instance, the worker ...