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Yun Gongmin is a retired Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He entered the workforce in August 1968, and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1979. He was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China, in October 2019. He retired in November 2013 after five years as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and general manager of China Huadian Corporation, one of China's largest power companies, between 2008 and 2013.

Taoufik Baccar is a Tunisian politician. He was the governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia from 2004 to 2011.

Li Xueyong is a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Jiangsu Province from 2010 to 2015. An academic-turned-politician, Li served for many years in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Jeffi Medina is a prominent Turkish Jewish businessman in the advertisement sector of Turkey.

Gary Cheng Kai Nam is a Hong Kong politician who served as Vice Chairman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party. He was educated at Pui Kiu Middle School, the University of East Anglia (BA), and the University of Hong Kong. He was a longtime member of the Legislative Council. During the legislative election in 2000, he was exposed for failing to disclose his personal own assets and became a suspect for corruption. In the end, he gave up his seat in the Legislative Council. In 2001, the court found Cheng guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to 18 months in jail.

Luo Yuan, is a Chinese naval officer, author, social commentator, and military theorist at the PLA Academy of Military Science. Luo holds the rank of rear admiral in the PLA Navy. The son of Luo Qingchang, he is a supporter of communist orthodoxy and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-western sentiments.

Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 25 April 2015 to February 2018.

Ziad Abu Amr is a Palestinian politician, author, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He currently serves as the first Deputy Prime Minister and is a member (independent) of the PLO Executive Committee. From 18 March 2007 to 17 June 2007, he was Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. On 6 June 2013, Ziad Abu-Amr was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority by President Mahmoud Abbas.