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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03OTTAWA1036 |
BANK OF CANADA PROMOTES FROM WITHIN [...] The Bank of Canada's April 9 announcement that Paul Jenkins will be promoted to Senior Deputy Governor reverses a recent trend of drawing on outside talent for top leadership. Jenkins, a Deputy Governor for 10 years, had been a front-runner for the SDG job in 1999, but was edged out by Malco [...] |
2003-04-10 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN CA PBIO |
| 04TASHKENT2609 |
AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...] |
2004-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ |
| 04TASHKENT3180 |
FIRST DAUGHTER LOLA (KARIMOVA) CUTS LOSE [...] (C) For at least the past month, the youngest of President Islom Karimov's three children, 26-year old Lola Karimova, has been frequenting restaurant/club Barkhan ("shifting sand dune") on a near nightly basis. On November 13, we once again ran into the First Daughter at this location. During this [...] |
2004-11-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PINR UZ |
| 04TASHKENT3519 |
PRESIDENT KARIMOV NOT AN ORPHAN, AND OTHER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Although his face was covered in bruises, the physical resemblance to the President is striking. In a wide-ranging conversation with poloff, Islom Karimov's estranged nephew, Jamshid Karimov, and Jamshid's mother, Muslima Karimova -- the President's sister-in-law -- revealed det [...] |
2004-12-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBIO PGOV UZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1018 |
PARLIAMENT "IN BALANCE": ACT PARTY SWEARS IN [...] (U) ACT Party MP Kenneth Wang was sworn into Parliament November 30, replacing former ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata. Huata was removed from Parliament November 19, after losing a year-long court battle to retain her seat, which culminated in a Supreme Court hearing. The Supreme Court, in its firs [...] |
2004-12-08 04:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ PBIO |
| 04WELLINGTON1040 |
NEW ZEALAND CABINET RESHUFFLE: FIRST UP, [...] (U) Summary: The Labour Government took its first steps in a long-heralded Cabinet reshuffle, with the December 14 nomination of current Attorney-General Margaret Wilson for the position of Speaker of the House. The Speaker is the third highest office in the country and, while the role is no [...] |
2004-12-15 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NZ PBIO |
| 05AMMAN2819 |
NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez tendered its resignation April 5, and King Abdullah named Dr. Adnan Badran as the new PM to lead a reshuffled cabinet. This development is in line with the King's earlier discussion with Charge on a government change (ref B) and comes on th [...] |
2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN2890 |
KING ABDULLAH SWEARS IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in a new cabinet under recently-appointed Prime Minister Adnan Badran on April 7 (refs). Of the 26 ministers (counting Badran), only 11 are hold-overs from the previous cabinet, and four of those have shifted to new ministries. New Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Te [...] |
2005-04-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN2974 |
JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers), compared to only [...] |
2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN3709 |
Jordan Health Minister to Attend MECC Ministerial [...] Post delivered reftel invitation from HHS Secretary Leavitt, with a covering letter from the Charge, to Minister of Health Said Darwazeh on May 9 to attend the Middle East Cancer Consortium Ministerial in Geneva on May 17. Deputy Secretary General for Hospital Affairs Samir Al-Kayed told S [...] |
2005-05-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN5314 |
JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...] |
2005-07-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5922 |
JORDAN: BIOS FOR NEW BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Prime Minister Badran's reshuffled cabinet received its vote of confidence from parliament on July 21 (ref A), nearly three weeks after King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers (although three only shifted portfolios) and accepted the resignation of five (ref B). Hisham al-Tel loses the [...] |
2005-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN7071 |
DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] ( C ) On August 31 A/DCM and British Charge Patricia Phillips jointly made ref A demarche to Ambassador Muhammad al-Qaraan, director of the Foreign Ministry,s Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs Department. Al-Qaraan started out by calling the constitution an internal Iraqi affair. When reminde [...] |
2005-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO PBIO |
| 05PARIS1050 |
GDP INCREASED 2.3 PERCENT IN 2004; UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY. According to the latest flash estimate, French GDP increased a relatively high 2.8 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2004, which means France posted a decent 2.3 percent growth rate for 2004. Domestic demand revived, contributing to significant import growth. [...] |
2005-02-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1230 |
FINANCE MINISTER TURNS IN RESIGNATION [...] SUMMARY. Intense and unabating media coverage of Finance Minister Herve Gaymard's extravagance in his choice of taxpayer provided housing, and his lying about his financial situation, has prompted him to turn in his resignation on February 25. Despite his efforts to focus attention on GOF ec [...] |
2005-02-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1238 |
FRANCE ISSUES 50-YEAR GOVERNMENT BONDS [...] SUMMARY. France has introduced a new financial instrument on the debt markets: 50-year Government bonds. Faced with an aging population and pension reforms, France tapped the bond market to take advantage of low long-term interest rates and robust demand. The issuance, which has been a succe [...] |
2005-02-25 18:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS137 |
2004: FRENCH MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] SUMMARY: France enjoyed a moderately good year in 2004 in terms of macroeconomic performance, advances in economic policy, and economic stability. Job growth remains the economy's major weakness, but modest GDP growth did help the government to maintain fiscal restraint and the private sect [...] |
2005-01-07 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS175 |
2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET, PART III: [...] SUMMARY. This is the last in a series of cables on the 2005 GOF central government (CG) budget. This cable analyzes the questionable assumptions upon which the budget bill was based, and analyzes the budget as finally passed. Final passage of the 2005 budget law occurred December 30 with pub [...] |
2005-01-10 18:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS3014 |
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO FINLAND GERARD CROS [...] (C) According to the official GoF "Daily Bulletin" on May 2, Gerard Cros will be the next French Ambassador in Helsinki. Although Cros has been involved in work on the Congo Basin Forest partnership, he appears to have been essentially without a job since being replaced as MFA Africa Director [...] |
2005-05-04 07:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR FI PBIO FR CROS GERARD |
| 05PARIS381 |
EURONEXT BIDS ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE [...] SUMMARY. Paris-based Euronext, the first cross-border European exchange, has launched talks to buy the London Stock Exchange (LSE), after the LSE rejected an informal approach from Deutsche Borse (DB, ref B). If the bid is accepted, Euronext will realize its ambitions (ref A), becoming the b [...] |
2005-01-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS771 |
FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...] |
2005-02-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 06ANKARA1629 |
IMF CRITICISM OF TURKEY COINCIDES WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PBIO TU |
| 06ANKARA323 |
TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...] |
2006-01-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA325 |
TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...] |
2006-01-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA40 |
WILL THE ALAN GREENSPAN OF TURKEY BE REPLACED? [...] (SBU) Summary: Many observers have worried that the AKP Government may replace Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti when his term expires in March. Our view -- supported by Serdengecti himself -- is that even if PM Erdogan decides not to reappoint the founding father of Turkey's indepe [...] |
2006-01-04 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PBIO TU |
| 06BAGHDAD3516 |
MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY KARIM WAHID HASAN ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PBIO PREL IZ |
| 06BEIJING24641 |
LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
| 06BEIJING24655 |
LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...] |
2006-12-20 00:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
| 06KIEV3128 |
UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...] |
2006-08-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP |
| 06SANTIAGO405 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (U) Embassy received Diplomatic Note 41 from the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Multilateral Policy Directorate) on February 17, 2006, in reference to the Government of Chile's candidacy of Ms. Maria Soledad Weinstein for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). The GOC note touched [...] |
2006-02-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC SNAR CI PBIO |
| 06WELLINGTON221 |
COOK ISLANDS HIGH COMMISSIONER SACKED FOR PLOTTING [...] (SBU) On March 3, citing involvement in a plot to topple him from Government, Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai sacked Dr. Robert Woonton as High Commissioner to New Zealand. Marurai succeeded Woonton as Prime Minister in December 2004, and Woonton became High Commissioner as a politica [...] |
2006-03-22 19:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO NZ |
| 07ANKARA1905 |
TURKEY: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Prime Minister Erdogan, chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is a perfectionist workaholic who sincerely cares for the well-being of those around him, according to a top-level Prime Ministry insider. His boss is very "democratic," he said, but the ove [...] |
2007-07-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PINR PBIO TU |
| 07ANKARA2014 |
TURKEY'S NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY DEPUTIES: FRESH SOPHISTICATES COVER UP OLD-LINE BRUISERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is returning to parliament after five years on the sidelines, having carried 14.4 percent of the vote in Turkey's July 22 elections (septel). Since its coalition government with the Motherland Party (ANAP) and Democratic [...] |
2007-08-07 09:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANTANANARIVO1103 |
SECOND MALAGASY CABINET RESHUFFLE IN 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana's October 27 cabinet reshuffle, the second of his current term in office, had few significant changes but portends some improvement in overall governance. Only three of the 19 Cabinet members are new to the government. Seven former ministers were dro [...] |
2007-10-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PBIO MA |
| 07LONDON1947 |
BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...] |
2007-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK |
| 07MANAGUA2620 |
AMBASSADOR GREETS NEW NICARAGUAN MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on new Minister of Health (MINSax%p [...] |
2007-12-20 21:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PARM PGOV PBIO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2623 |
AMBASSADOR GREETS NEW NICARAGUAN MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PARM PGOV PBIO NU |
| 08ASHGABAT1218 |
TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy [...] |
2008-09-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1230 |
TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...] |
2008-09-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1231 |
TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...] |
2008-09-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1023 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...] |
2008-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1340 |
PLD LEADER MEDINA KEEPS DISTANCE FROM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Danilo Medina is the second-most powerful leader in the PLD party, after President Fernandez himself, and is seen as the strategic brains behind the organization's rise from third-party status in the 1980s to control of the presidency and both houses of congress by 2006. Medina se [...] |
2008-08-25 19:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBIO SNAR ECON DR |
| 08STATE60043 |
NON-PAPER ON FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 3. 2. (U) Objective: To advance our bilateral discussions with the Russians on the future of the ISTC. Please pass the non-paper at paragraph 3 to the appropriate host government officials. 3. (U) Begin Text Transformation of the I [...] |
2008-06-04 17:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PBIO RS |
| 08TOKYO3198 |
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JAPAN SHARES USG [...] (SBU) Responding to points delivered as a non-paper (reftel), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa said Japan views the purpose of the upcoming Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha as fo [...] |
2008-11-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON UNGA PBIO JA |
| 09HAVANA345 |
CUBA BREAKS UP CONGLOMERATE CUBALSE [...] (C) The Cuban Council of Ministers decided on May 26 to "extinguish" Cubalse, the second largest conglomerate in Cuba, and transfer its assets within 90 days to seven other entities. Cubalse was originally created to serve the diplomatic community with local employees and housing. The entit [...] |
2009-06-10 19:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR PBIO CU |
| 09TOKYO2238 |
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hatoyama looks forward to working with President Obama on climate change and a nuclear-free world, Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa told the Ambassador during a September 18 courtesy call. Ozawa credited President Obama's election for triggering similar political chang [...] |
2009-09-24 23:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PBIO KGHG JP |