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Jacques Rogge

Jacques Rogge

Jacques, Count Rogge KCMG (May 2, 1942 in Ghent; August 29, 2021 in Deinze) was a Belgian sports official. From 2001 to 2013, he was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEi4pCN5FE After completing his schooling at Sint-Barbaracollege, a Jesuit college in Ghent, Jacques Rogge studied at Ghent University, where he earned a doctorate in orthopedic surgery. He competed in sailing at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Read more [...]
Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula ˈɡɛʁtʁuːt fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ⓘ; née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician, serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European Read more [...]
Julius Levin

Julius Levin

Julius Levin (* 21. Januar 1862 in Elbing; † 29. Januar 1935 in Brüssel) was a German MD, author and violin maker. He also wrote many books as author. Moderne Modemaler, Berlin 1887 Die Hygiene und Diätetik des Wochenbettes, Berlin 1892 Was tut der deutschen Kunst not?, Berlin 1912 Das Lächeln des Herrn von Golubice-Golubicki, Berlin 1915 Zweie und der Liebe Gott, Berlin 1919 Wehrmann Ismer, Berlin 1920 Die singende Dame, Read more [...]