A member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Mohamed Irfaan Ali has been named next as the President of Guyana. He succeeded David Arthur (A.) Granger.
Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath as PM of Sri Lanka for the fourth time that the 74-year-old Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) leader has been appointed as the PM of Sri Lanka.
Mohamed Ould Bilal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania and the appointment was made by the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned after soldiers seized him from his home as part of a coup following months of mass protests against alleged corruption in the West African country.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has announced his resignation from the post, less than three months after his appointment. TikTok’s General Manager in North America, Vanessa Pappas will be taking over as the interim global head of the company.
Lebanon’s Ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib is set to become Lebanon’s next Prime Minister. The government, led by Hassan Diab, quit this month amid anger over an explosion in the capital Beirut.
India has decided to co-sponsor a UN security council resolution that calls for the full, effective, and meaningful participation of women personnel in peacekeeping operations.
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response appointed former health secretary Preeti Sudan as one of its 11 panellists from across the world.
On September 14, 2020 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed Takeo Konishi as a Country Director of India. Takeo Konishi has succeeded Kenichi Yokoyama.
The World Bank appointed Rajesh Khullar as Executive Director. Khullar is currently posted as principal secretary to chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. He will join the World Bank in the first week of November.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed Sameer Kumar Khare as Executive Director. Khare is a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Assam cadre. He is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Yoshihide Suga has been elected as Japan’s new Prime Minister. He has been serving as the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the current administration.
Ishmael Toroama has been elected as the President of Bougainville. This was the first general election since Bougainville separated from Papua New Guinea in November 2019.