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Finland anoints Sanna Marin, 34, as world's youngest serving prime minister →

December 13, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

Finland will have the world’s youngest serving prime minister later this week when Social Democrat Sanna Marin, 34, is sworn in at the head of a coalition whose four other parties are all led by women, three of them in their thirties. THE GUARDIAN

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December 13, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize →

October 14, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia became the first sitting black African leader to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, an award that will boost one of the continent’s few genuine reformers against his powerful domestic enemies. THE TELEGRAPH

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October 14, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
ethiopia, prime minister, nobel peace prize
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