Margrethe II is Queen of Denmark and commander-in-chief of the Danish Defence.
Edward William Brooke III was an American politician of the Republican Party,who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979. Prior to serving in the senate,he served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967. Following his election in 1966,he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. Born to a middle-class black family,Brooke was raised in Washington,D.C. He graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1948,after serving in the United States Army during World War II. Beginning in 1950,he became involved in politics,when he ran for a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After serving as chairman of the Finance Commission of Boston,Brooke was elected attorney general in 1962,becoming the first African-American to be elected attorney general of any state.
Victoria Anne Kennedy is an American diplomat,attorney and activist who has served as the United States Ambassador to Austria since 2022. She is the widow and the second wife of longtime U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy,who was twenty-two years her senior.
Sherry Rehman is a Pakistani politician and former diplomat who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2015. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from March to August 2018 and served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2013. She is currently serving as the Federal Minister for the Ministry of Climate Change.
Alan I. Casden is an American real estate developer,investor and philanthropist. His real estate companies have developed over 90,000 multi-family apartments since the 1980s. He also owns 3,100 luxury apartments in Los Angeles.
Norman B. Leventhal was an American businessman,the chairman of The Beacon Companies,a developer and manager of office buildings,housing,and hotels. Leventhal was best known for his work in civic improvements to the city of Boston,and consequently had a park named after him of which he oversaw the creation.
Leventhal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
John Langeloth Loeb Jr. CBE is an American businessman,former United States Ambassador to Denmark,and former Delegate to the United Nations. He is an advocate for religious freedom and separation of church and state,having founded the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom in 2009. Loeb continues to serve as chairman of the George Washington Institute.
Jamie D. McCourt is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2,2017. Ambassador McCourt is also the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe. McCourt is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises and a former executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball,appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004,then President in 2005,and finally CEO in 2009.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. served as a Democratic State Senator from January 1,1997,until January 3,2007,representing the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden and Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin Massachusetts Senate districts in western Massachusetts. He is an attorney,having practiced law with a focus on commercial real estate,health care,education and business litigation. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination of the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's newly drawn 1st congressional district on September 6,2012.
The 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1978. Former Massachusetts Port Authority executive director Edward J. King was elected to a four-year term,from January 4,1979,until January 6,1983. King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary.
John Rufus Gifford is an American politician,diplomat,and reality television personality,who serves as the chief of protocol of the United States. Between 2013 and 2017,he was the United States Ambassador to Denmark.
Timothy M. Broas is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from March 19,2014 to February 12,2016.
Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom in the Joe Biden administration since 2022. She served as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco from 2014 until 2017 during the Barack Obama administration. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Beacon Capital Partners is an American real estate investment firm based in Boston,Massachusetts. It was founded in 1998,after Beacon Properties,Inc.,Beacon's predecessor,was acquired by EQ Office in a $4 billion transaction. The company focuses on office and life science properties in major markets across the United States,including Boston,Chicago,Denver,Los Angeles,New York City,San Francisco,Seattle and Washington,D.C. It's European presence formerly included buildings in London,Paris,and Luxemburg.
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who served as a spokesperson for the United States National Security Council. She has since worked as chief international officer for the Obama Foundation. On July 9,2021,Meehan was nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Chile.
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney is an American diplomat and businessman who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica from 2015 to 2017. Haney was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica by President Barack Obama on July 8,2014,and was confirmed by the full Senate on May 23,2015. He served until July 15,2017,having been the only Obama-appointed political ambassador in the world allowed to stay under the Donald Trump administration.
Carla J. Sands is an American businesswoman who is chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group. During the Trump administration (2017–21) she was U.S. ambassador to Denmark.
Erik D. Ramanathan is an American attorney,philanthropist,and political fundraiser who is serving as United States ambassador to Sweden under President Joe Biden.
