Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2013

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 Visitors

More than 2500 leaders from politics and business will travel to the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos. The Annual Meeting will take place from 23 to 27 January under the theme Resilient Dynamism.

We will not publish any arriving or departures dates and time (security reason) 

These politicians have confirmed their participation: 
President Michael D. Higgins (Ireland)
President Wiktor Janukowytsch (Ukraine)
President Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
President Schimon Peres (Israel)
President Jacob Zuma (South Africa)
President Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria)
President Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Ethiopian)
President Benigno Aquino III (Philippines)
President Mohd Najib Abdul Razak (Malaysia)
President Thein Sein (Burma)
President Choummaly Sayasone (Laos)
President Enrique Peña Nieto (Mexico)
President Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
President Sabine de Bethune (Belgium)
President Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica)
President Sauli Niinistö (Finnland)
President Micheil Saakaschwili (Georgia)
President Otto Pérez Molina (Guatemala)
President Alpha Condé (Guinea)
President Michel Martelly (Haiti)
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Iceland)
President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan)
President Paul Kagame (Rwanda)
President Mwai Kibaki (Kenia)
President Andris Bērziņš (Latvia)
President Fredrik Reinfeldt (Sweden)
President Kailash Purryag (Mauritius)
President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (Mongolia)
President of National Council Jean-François Robillon (Monaco)
Chancellor Angela Merkel, (Germany)
Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (Qatar)

(Also planned (not confirmed yet) are six other African Presidents.) 

Prime Minister Mario Monti, (Italy)
Prime Minister David Cameron (Great Britan)
Prime Minister Dmitry Medwedew (Russia)
Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane (Marokko)
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali (Tunesie)
Prime Minister Ali Seidan (Libya)
Prime Minister Hescham Kandil (Egypt)
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (Lebanon)
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (Zimbabwe)
Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Poland)
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark)
Prime Minister Mark Rutte (Netherland)
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
Secretary of State Pierre Moscovici (France)
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (Germany)
Royal Highness Abdullah II. bin al-Hussein (Jordanian)

(this list can changed on short time). 

Confirmed delegations: 
China: Representatives of the Central Bank and the Communist Party
USA: 4 cabinet secretaries, 7 senators (incl. John McCain), 7 members of the Gv.House

Among leading public figures who will participate in this year’s Meeting are: 
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations (1997-2006)
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York
Eric I. Cantor, Majority Leader and Congressman from Virginia (Republican)
Mark J. Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Mario Draghi, President European Central Bank
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General Org. for Economic Co-operation and Dev. (OECD)
Robert D. Hormats, US Undersecretary of State for Economic
Jim Yong Kim, President, The World Bank, Washington DC
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Pascal Lamy, Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO)
John McCain, Senator from Arizona (Republican) USA
Olli Rehn, Vice-President Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Com., Brussels.