Political geography

      Today in class we continued with the power point. We talked about Enrique Pena Nieto. He is the president of Mexico. He had an affair and had two children and has three children with his wife Monica. Monica died in 2007 at their home. He is called the Teflon Candidate, because trouble seems to slide off him. 2 years later he was engaged to Angelica Rivera, a famous soap opera actress, and they had a big fancy wedding. She then became the first lady. Then we talked about Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Cameron was rich and privileged and from the time he was 7 years old he attended Heatherdown, which was a highly exclusive school. His first child Ivan, was profoundly disabled and required, round the clock, care. Ivan died in February 2009. Cameron's experience with Ivan broadened his horizons, he was said to life an almost charmed life till that point. He was the youngest Prime Minister (43 years old when he took office) in over 200 years. Elizabeth became queen on February 6th 1953, and has been queen for 60 years and counting. Next we talked about Vladimir Putin the President of Russia. He was President from 2000-2008 then became Prime Minister, then was elected President again in 2012. He was born October 7, 1952 in Leningrad Russia (now St. Petersburg). He developed an interest in sports as a young man. After graduating from Leningrad state university with a law degree in 1975, Putin began his career in the KGB as an intelligence officer stationed mainly in East Germany he held that position until 1990 retiring with the rank of lieutenant Colonel. Then we talked about Basher al-assad from Syria. Syria is an Authoritarian Regime. al-Assad rigs his elections. He was born September 11th 1965 and graduated from the medical school of Damarcus University in 1998 and started to work as a doctor in the army. In 1994, after his elder brother Bassel was killed in a car crash Bashar was recalled to Syria. He ordered mass crackdowns and Military sieges on Arab spring protestors leading to the Syrian civil war. Then President Faud Fasum in Iraq. Iraq has a parliamentary democracy. He was born in 1938 he is the son Sheikh Mulla Masun. He belonged to an established political dynasty with Muslim clerical links. Then we talked about Justin Tradeau. He rules Canada which is a parliamentary democracy, federation, constitutional monarchy. He was born on Christmas 1971. He supported liberal party at young age. He started the Kokanee Glacier Alpine campaign for winter sports.