Ettela’At

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Ettela’At

Newspaper

Ettela’At is the oldest Iranian Persian-language daily newspaper. It is also the oldest Iranian newspaper, having been founded in 1926. It is one of Iran’s most widely read newspapers and currently the only international Persian newspaper. The paper is noted for being one of the few right wing Arab newspapers with a heavy international focus, as it continuously reports on Iranian events and Iranian persons abroad. Illustrating the right wing nature of the paper was its stance against the 1979 Iranian Revolution where, before the revolution, it published articles defaming Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Following the publication of materials slandering Ayatollah, protesters gathered outside Ettela’At headquarters and were subsequently fired upon by police when they refused to disperse.

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Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga

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Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga

Former President International Red Cross

Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga, Vice President of the International Red Cross, won the 1979 Gold Mercury International Award for his involvement in humanitarian relief activities in situations of conflict and for his efforts in trying to uphold humanitarian law around the world. Born in 1933 he served as the Minister for Trade Union Relations from 1976 to 1977 in the interim government which arose after Franco’s death. In this position, he was instrumental in allowing the trade unions back into Spain. He joined the Union of the Democratic Centre and was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies in 1979. He then became the Vice President of the International Red Cross, before serving as the President of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1981 to 1987.

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Dr. Hassan Ragab

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Dr. Hassan Ragab

Former Egyptian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and Responsible for Re-Introducing the Science of Making Papyrus

Dr Hassan Ragab was the former Egyptian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and was responsible for re-introducing the science of making papyrus. Born in 1911 in Cairo, he graduated from Cairo University in 1933 with a degree in Engineering. In 1935 he became the Chief Maintenance Engineer at Ramleh Electric Railway in Alexandria before becoming a Captain in the Engineers Corps of the Egyptian army. In the early 1940′s he resumed his studies and graduated in 1943 from the General Staff College of the Egyptian Army with an MSC in Military Sciences. Following this, in 1944, Dr Ragab became Director of the Army Survey Department and later, he served as the Colonel Military Attache at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington. In 1948 he was appointed General Director and Founder of the Department of Research and Development of the Egyptian Armed Forces. In 1952 he was selected to become Under Secretary of State and Chairman of the Armament Factories and the following year he founded Egyptian Youth Hostels. He continued his diplomatic career in 1956, becoming Egypt’s first Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and soon after he became the Ambassador of Egypt to Yugoslavia. In 1965 he rediscovered the secret of papyrus making and by 1968 he had founded the Papyrus Institute. In 1979, he graduated from the Institute National de Polytechnique de Grenoble with a distinction in Applied Biology. Dr Ragab, wishing to be involved with Egypt politically, founded the Pharanoic Village in 1985 and by 1990 he had become First Chief of the Egyptian Green Party. During the course of his career he was also a published author and recognised with numerous awards and honours including the Gold Mercury International Award.

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Der Spiegel

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Der Spiegel

News Magazine

Der Spiegel is one of the two largest circulating news magazines currently being published in Germany, with a weekly circulation of more than one million. Der Spiegel was founded in 1946, to act as Germany’s equivalent to America’s TIME and Newsweek magazines. Its first edition was published in 1947 with Rudolf Augstein acting as its first Editor-in-Chief. In 1974 Augstein restructured the company to allow employees with three or more years experience in senior positions to become shareholders and participate in the management of the company, receiving a share of the profits. Der Spiegel has a long history of investigative journalism and exposing political misconduct. Demonstrating this was the famed Spiegel Scandal of 1962 in which the magazine published a report about the low state of readiness of German armed forces. This article is still credited with altering the political culture of post-war Germany. In recent years the magazine has also exposed other political scandals, as well as supported other controversial political movements such as Wikileaks. Der Spiegel also has a concentrated regional and local interest, often producing feature articles on problems affecting the German population, as well as suggesting strategies to tackle the issues.

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Anton Jaumann

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Anton Jaumann

Former Bavarian State Minister for Economy and Transport

Anton Jaumann was a German politician who served as the Bavarian Minister for Economy and Transport. Born in 1927 he studied Theology, Economics and Law before starting his own law firm in 1957. During this time he also served as CEO of the National Association of Bavarian Foreign Trade. He was a member of Bavaria’s parliament from 1958 until 1990. In 1966 he became State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance before becoming the Bavarian State Minister of Economy and Transport in 1988. During his term as Minister of Economy and Transport he made several key decisions and was noted as one of the many outspoken critics who voiced their concerns over the construction of the Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport.

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