Get to know the "Top of the Table": 100 key minds from the German-speaking China scene. Selected by the China.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics to administration, consulting, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. Today: key personalities from companies. Click here for last week's list.
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As a student in Kyiv, Ivanna Volochiy organized the protests of the Orange Revolution, later her attachment to Europe took her to Brussels. Now she is running for first place in the European elections for the liberal Latvian party Kustība Par!.
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For 36 years, Christiane Kesper has been active with the SPD-affiliated Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), serving as head of its Brussels office since 2022. Now she is stepping down. Her successor is ready to take over. For the future of the EU, Kesper has a clear wish: more unity.
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Meet the "Top of the Table": 100 key minds from the German-speaking China scene. Selected by the China.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics to administration, consulting, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. Today: Key personalities from associations. Click here for the overview
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A technocrat and doer type becomes the new head of government in The Hague at the suggestion of Geert Wilders: 67-year-old Dick Schoof has helped shape the Netherlands' asylum and security policy as a top civil servant.
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A female farmer is at the top of the European election list for the Free Voters. Christine Singer, currently state farmer in Bavaria, wants to campaign for a reduction in bureaucracy – and admits that she is competing with the CSU for the favor of farmers.
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The former mayor of Mexico City and climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum is one of the leading candidates for the presidency in Mexico. Will she make the country greener?
By Lisa Kuner
Foreign Office spokeswoman Hua Chunying has been promoted to deputy foreign minister. She became world-famous as a "wolf warrior" with a superior smile. Now, she is the only woman among five deputy ministers.
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Li Xiaopeng, one of the highest-ranking "princelings" in the People's Republic, ran one of Asia's largest energy providers before his political career. Now, he ensures that every Chinese person has access to a highway and a train within 15 minutes.
By Fabian Peltsch
