Who is he? Retired Major General Delfin Lorenzana has served as presidential representative and head of the Office of Veterans Affairs at the Philippine Embassy in Washington since 2013. He previously held the same position under then-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo…
Who is she? Rena Bitter is the consul general at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a position that she has held for three years. Prior to this position, she served as the director of the…
Who is he? Perfecto Yasay Jr. is a lawyer who has practiced in both the Philippines and the United States, and most recently taught at the Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. He ran for vice president…
Who is she? Apiradi Tantraporn has been Thailand’s minister of commerce since August 2015, when she was promoted as part of a larger cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha. Her appointment was part of the creation of an economic…
Who is he? Ambassador Sung Kim most recently served as special representative for North Korea policy and deputy assistant secretary for Korea and Japan at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to that appointment in November 2014, he was the…
Who is she? Rep. Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo currently serves as the representative to the Philippine House of Representatives from the Camarines Sur Third District in the northern Philippines, a position she has held for three years. Earlier, she was…
Who is he? Muhammad Ibrahim is deputy governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, a position he has held since 2010. Muhammad has worked at Bank Negara since 1984 – making him the most senior of the three deputy governors. During the…
Who is he? Vuong Dinh Hue was most recently the head of the economic commission of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, a position that he held from January 2013. He served as minister of finance between 2011…
Who is he? Nai Thet Lwin is an ethnic Mon politician in Myanmar and vice chairman of the Mon National Party (MNP). He was born in 1940 in Karen State and studied at Moulmein University in neighboring Mon State. He…
Who is he? Prak Sokhonn is currently Cambodia’s minister of posts and telecommunications, a position he has held since 2013. Prior to this position, he held a number of different posts in the government, including adviser to the prime minister,…
