Ilhan Omar is a Somali-American politician from Minnesota. In 2016, she was elected a Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, making her the first Somali-American Muslim legislator elected to office in the United States. She is the Director of Policy and Initiatives of the Women Organizing Women Network. We are proud of her achievement and we name her Most …
Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Nzega constituency since 2010.We are proud of his achievement and we name him Most Influential 100 Class of 2018 Politics and Governance Category.
Hadiza Bala Usman is a Nigerian activist and politician. She is currently the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday 11 July 2016. She was formerly the Chief of Staff for the Kaduna State Governor. We are proud of her achievement and we name her Most Influential 100 Class of 2018 Politics and …
Guled Ibrahim is a Rotary Peace Fellow & Policy Advisor, Somali Mission to the UN.We are proud of his achievement and we name him Most Influential 100 Class of 2018 Politics and Governance Category.
Gregory Lorjuste is an Associate Director of Scheduling to US President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Lorjuste had already worked for Obama at Obama for America. Lorjuste is one of three associate directors working under Alyssa Mastromonaco. We are proud of his achievement and we name him Most Influential 100 Class of 2018 Politics and …
Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough in 2017 She’s of Nigerian ancestry, Onasanya schooled at the University of Hertfordshire and previously worked as a solicitor. She was a Labour Cambridgeshire County Councillor for King’s Hedges in Cambridge from 2013 and …
Eiman Kheir is Regional Diaspora Policy Officer working for the citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission (AUC) and responsible of engaging the African diaspora in the region of the Middle East, Asia and Oceania. Eiman handles a variety of portfolios within the directorate such as the Diaspora engagement & participation, Preventing …
Deniece Laurent-Mantey is currently a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State and has served in the United States government for over six years. She began her career at the U.S. Department of State as an intern in the Bureau of African Affairs and continued to hold various roles. Mrs. Laurent-Mantey most recently …
Chereda Grannum holds a position at the Ministry of Culture, Sports & Youth, Commission for Pan-African Affairs, Government of Barbados. She’s in charge of conceptualization, coordination and implementation all of the IDPADstate-led activities in her capacity as Project Officer of the Commission for Pan-African Affairs, and as 2016 U.N. Fellow – Human Rights ( OHCHR …
Alix S. Idrache is 1st Lieutenant, Aviation Officer, 2nd Battalion of 1st Combat Aviation Brigade.We are proud of his achievement and we name him Most Influential 100 Class of 2018 Politics and Governance Category.