Current Affairs for competitive examinations: NEW APPOINTMENTS IN WORLD 1. Syed Jalil Abbas Jilani appointed New Pakistans envoy to the United States. ( Foreign Secretary of Paksitan) 2. Syed Ibne Abbas: new Pakistani envoy to India. Abbas will replace current High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir, 3. Ms Tehmina Janjua: New Pakistans permanent representative (PR) for the United Nations in New York. 4. Nawaz Sharif: New Pm of Pakistan 5. Mamnoon Hussain - 12th President of Pakistan and replace incumbent Asif Ali Zardari. 6. Miss World 2013: Megan Young from Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 in Bali. The second place went to Miss France Marine Lorphelin and third to Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter. Note: The Miss World grand final had been scheduled at avenue near Jakarta, but it after it was shifted to Hindu-majority Bali after strong protests by Islamic groups 7. Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria becomes New World Muslimah 2013 Annual Award of World Muslimah in Jakarta, Indonesia. 8. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita: New Mali President 9. Mulatu Teshome: New president of Ethiopia 10. Hun Sen: New Cambodian Prime Minister 11. Tony Abbott :New PM of Australia. He succeeded Kevin Rudd 12. Nouri Abusahmain: Preseident of Libya 13. Ali Zeidan: Libya PM (Prime Minister) 14. Wael Nader Al-Halqi: Prime Minister of Syria. 15. C.V. Wigneswaran takes oath as Northern Province CM of Sri Lanka. He is Former Supreme Court judge. 16. Satya Nadella(India-born) – New Microsoft CEO (succeed Steve Ballmer) 17. Roberto Azevedo - Head of W.T.O. (replaced Pascal Lamy of France). 18. New King of Belgium: Prince Philippe 19. Samantha Power - US ambassador to United Nations. Samantha Power succeeded Susan Rice 20. Susan Elizabeth Rice - National Security Adviser to Obama ( replaced Tom Donilon) 21. James Comey - next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director of US. 22. Staffan de Mistura - Italian Special Envoy to India. 23. Dr. Christopher Briggs - Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention . 24. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, first woman regional director of WHO (World Health Org) 25. Takehiko Nakao – new President of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ( succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda) 26. Ashok Vemuri - the President and CEO of iGate Corporation. 27. Puneet Talwar - the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs by the US President Barack Obama. 28. The new Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) - new Pope becomes the 266th pontiff. 29. Thomas Batch (Germany) - 9th President of IOC ( succeeded Jacques Rogge of Belgium.) 30. Rangaswamy Srinivasan is the only Indian American re-nominated by Obama for the District of Columbia Circuit. 31. Elbegdorj Tsakhia – New Mongolia president. 32. Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal - New Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). 33. Satish Babu(Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)) – elected to 2014Nominating Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN). 34. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former president John F Kennedy- envoy to Japan. 35. Hassan Rouhani – New Irans seventh President replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 36. Robert Mugabe –President of Zimbabwe 37. Pak Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed - UN military advisor 38. Shinzo Abe - New PM of Japan. 39. John Kerry- The secretary of state (US). 40. Nicos Anastasiades - President of Cyprus . 41. Khil Raj Regmi – New Prime Minister of Nepal 42. Park Geun-hye - President of S. Korea (1st women president). 43. Raul Castro - President in Cuba. 44. New King of Netherlands: Willem-Alexander 45. Enrico Letta – New PM of Italy 46. Srikanth Srinivasan - first ever Indian-American judge in the U.S. Supreme Court 47. New Bangladesh President: Abdul Hamid 48. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia President 49. The new Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) - new Pope becomes the 266th pontiff.
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