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Orani João Tempesta, O.Cist., is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was appointed to that office by Pope Benedict XVI on 27 February 2009, and took possession of the see on 19 April 2009. He became a Cardinal in 2014.

Rusdy Mastura is an Indonesian politician who is the governor-elect of Central Sulawesi and the mayor of the province's capital, Palu, between 2005 and 2015.

Chang Chia-juch was Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan from 2013 to 2014.

Joshua A. Fogel is a Sinologist, historian, and translator who specializes in the history of modern China, especially on the cultural and political relations between China and Japan. He has held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada since 2005. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenship.