Hardliner Mario Beaulieu , a former president of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste who had never been either a Member organization.organization_board_membership Parliament or a member of Quebec 's National Assembly , was elected party leader after running on a platform of prioritizing Quebec independence above all else .

The foundation of a new centre-left political party was announced on 2 January 2015 by George Papandreou , current President of the Socialist International , outgoing Member organization.organization_board_membership the Hellenic Parliament and former Prime Minister of Greece , three weeks before the upcoming election to be held on 25 January .

He became a Social Democratic Member organization.organization_board_membership Parliament from 1933 and from 1945 to 1947 he served as Trade Minister in Tage Erlander 's government .

Undeterred , he cultivated the more winnable Spen Valley until 1929 when the party resolved not to oppose sitting Liberal Member organization.organization_board_membership Parliament ( MP ) Sir John Simon while he was absent on the Simon Commission in India .

In addition to Bedol , notable angel investors include Jim Pallotta ( Raptor Capital Management ) ; co-owner , Boston Celtics ) , Jonathan Kraft ( President , Kraft Group and New England Patriots ) , Dan Gilbert ( founder and chairman , Quicken Loans ; majority owner , Cleveland Cavaliers ) , Kenneth Lerer ( Lerer Ventures , co-founder Huffington Post ) , Jeff Samberg ( Acadia Woods ) , John Fogelman ( Board Member organization.organization_board_membership William Morris Endeavor ) .

Initially , he courted WWF Board Member organization.organization_board_membership former Connecticut governor Lowell P. Weicker , Jr ..

However , Jürgen Stark , a Member organization.organization_board_membership the Executive Board of the European Central Bank , has stated that `` Iceland would not be able to adopt the EU currency without first becoming a member of the EU '' .

Charles Grant , Chairman of the British East India Company and Member organization.organization_board_membership Parliament , was closely involved in the foundation of the college .

Past recipients include Christine Lagarde , Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in 2012 ; Naguib Sawiris , CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding and Founding Member organization.organization_board_membership the political party Al Masreyeen Al Aharrar in 2011 ; George Soros , Chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC and Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Institute in 2010 ; Pascal Lamy , Director-General of the World Trade Organization in 2009 ; His Excellency Cheng Siwei , former Vice-Chairman of the 9th and 10th Standing Committee of the National People ’ s Congress of the Republic of China and Chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Assembly in 2008 ; and Ángel Gurría , Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2007 .

Over 1,000 people attended , including figures such as legal scholar Yochai Benkler , New York City Council Member organization.organization_board_membership del Carmen Arroyo , and Zipcar founder Robin Chase .

The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was an association set up in London by Samuel Gurney , a Member organization.organization_board_membership Parliament , and philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield , a barrister , in 1859 to provide free drinking water .

Eddy Wymeersch is former Chair of the Committee of European Securities Regulators ( CESR ) , former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Banking , Finance and Insurance Commission ( Belgium ) , Brussels ; Chairman of the European Regional Committee and Member organization.organization_board_membership the Executive Committee and of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions .