Asian Leaders | MCQs

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U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.

First non-Scandinavian to hold the position.

He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.

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  RY 15-01-2023

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Shahabuddin Chuppu is the current & 16th president of Bangladesh

Appointed on April 24, 2023

Previously, Mohammad Abdul Hamid was as the president of Bangladesh.

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Updated & verified on 13 July 2024

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Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party, won the presidential election on March 9, 2022. 

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Srettha Thavisin is the current prime minister of Thailand since August 2023 

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ð  The Ramon Magsaysay Award, named after a Filipino president killed in a plane crash, was established in 1957.

ð  The Ramon Magsaysay Award dubbed as Asia’s highest award equivalent to Nobel Prize.

ð  Pakistani Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for pioneering the idea of Interest-Free Microfinance Programme.