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Global Gateway Forum 2023 – Speakers [ARCHIVE]

Opening plenary session

  • Ursula von der Leyen
    Ursula von der Leyen

    President of the European Commission 

  • Macky Sall
    Macky Sall

    President, Senegal

  • Edi Rama
    Edi Rama

    Prime Minister, Albania

  • Sheikh Hasina
    Sheikh Hasina

    Prime Minister, Bangladesh

  • Amina J. Mohammed
    Amina J. Mohammed

    Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

  • Fumio Kishida
    Fumio Kishida

    Prime Minister, Japan and Chair, Group of Seven (G7)

Leaders’ sessions: Green energy transition and green hydrogen

  • Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister, Namibia
    Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

    Deputy Prime Minister, Namibia

  • Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani
    Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani

    President, Mauritania

  • Mostafa Madbouly
    Mostafa Madbouly

    Prime Minister, Egypt

  • Maroš Šefčovič
    Maroš Šefčovič

    European Commission Executive Vice-President

  • Tran Hong Ha
    Tran Hong Ha

    Deputy Prime-Minister, Vietnam

  • Werner Hoyer
    Werner Hoyer

    President, European Investment Bank

  • Dan Jørgensen
    Dan Jørgensen

    Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark

  • Sirojiddin Muhriddin
    Sirojiddin Muhriddin

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan

  • Germán Umaña
    Germán Umaña

    Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia

  • Roland Siller
    Roland Siller

    Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG)

Leaders’ sessions: Education and research

  • Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
    Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

    President, Somalia

  • Edouard Ngirente
    Edouard Ngirente

    Prime Minister, Rwanda

  • Jutta Urpilainen
    Jutta Urpilainen

    European Commissioner for International Partnerships

  • Amina J. Mohammed
    Amina J. Mohammed

    Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

  • Rigathi Gachagua
    Rigathi Gachagua

    Vice-President, Kenya

  • Bojan Marichikj
    Bojan Marichikj

    Deputy Prime Minister, North Macedonia

  • Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
    Chrysoula Zacharopoulou

    Minister of State for Development, Francophonie & International Partnerships, France

  • Tomas Tobé
    Tomas Tobé

    Chair of the Development Committee, Member of the European Parliament

  • The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
    The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP

    Minister of State (Development and Africa), United Kingdom

  • Dr. Vicente Atxa Uribe
    Dr. Vicente Atxa Uribe

    President of Mondragon Knowledge, and Chancellor of Mondragon University

Leaders’ sessions: Critical raw materials

  • Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge
    Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge

    Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Director-General, World Trade Organisation

  • Thierry Breton
    Thierry Breton

    European Commissioner for Internal Market

  • Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane
    Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane

    Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

  • Thomas Alweendo
    Thomas Alweendo

    Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia

  • Alfonso Durazo Montaño
    Alfonso Durazo Montaño

    Governor of Sonora, Mexico

  • Jusipdek Kazbekov, Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Uzbekistan
    Jusipdek Kazbekov

    Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Uzbekistan

  • Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President
    Dubravka Šuica

    European Commission Vice-President

Leaders’ sessions: Transport corridors

  • José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva
    José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva

    Prime Minister, Cape Verde

  • Irakli Garibashvili
    Irakli Garibashvili

    Prime Minister, Georgia

  • Dorin Recean
    Dorin Recean

    Prime Minister, Moldova

  • Adina-Ioana Vălean
    Adina-Ioana Vălean

    European Commissioner for Transport

  • Ana Brnabic
    Ana Brnabic

    Prime Minister, Serbia

  • Odile Renaud-Basso
    Odile Renaud-Basso

    President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

  • Abdulkadir Uraloğlu
    Abdulkadir Uraloğlu

    Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Türkiye

  • Marat Karabayev
    Marat Karabayev

    Minister of Transport, Kazakhstan

  • Serdar Jorayev
    Serdar Jorayev

    Minister of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan

  • Boudewijn Siemons
    Boudewijn Siemons

    Chief Executive Officer, Port of Rotterdam Authority

  • José de Lima Massano
    José de Lima Massano

    Minister of State for Economic Coordination, Angola

  • Olivér Várhelyi
    Olivér Várhelyi

    European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Leaders’ sessions: Health products manufacturing

  • Macky Sall
    Macky Sall

    President, Senegal

  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

    Director-General, World Health Organisation

  • Stella Kyriakides
    Stella Kyriakides

    European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

  • Caroline Gennez
    Caroline Gennez

    Minister for Development Cooperation, Belgium

  • Peter Sands
    Peter Sands

    Chief Executive Officer, The Global Fund

  • Hala Audi
    Hala Audi

    Chief Executive Officer of Unizima, a Univercells company

  • Dr Ngashi Ngongo
    Dr Ngashi Ngongo

    Chief of staff, Africa Centres for disease control and prevention

  • Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare
    Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare

    Presidential Advisor on Health, at the Office of the President of Ghana

Leaders’ sessions: Digital infrastructure

  • Vahagn Khachaturyan
    Vahagn Khachaturyan

    President, Armenia

  • Ana Brnabic
    Ana Brnabic

    Prime Minister, Serbia

  • Kaja Kallas
    Kaja Kallas

    Prime Minister, Estonia

  • Doreen Bogdan-Martin
    Doreen Bogdan-Martin

    Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

  • Anna Bjerde
    Anna Bjerde

    Managing Director, World Bank Group

  • Benjamin Diokno
    Benjamin Diokno

    Secretary of Finance, Philippines

  • Arnoldo André Tinoco
    Arnoldo André Tinoco

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica

  • Nuria Kutnaeva
    Nuria Kutnaeva

    Minister of Digital Development, Kyrgyzstan

  • Jessika Roswall
    Jessika Roswall

    Minister of EU Affairs, Sweden

  • Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Oon
    Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Oon

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria

  • Melissa Schoeb
    Melissa Schoeb

    Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Nokia

  • Věra Jourová
    Věra Jourová

    European Commission Vice-President

Closing plenary session

  • Josep Borrell Fontelles
    Josep Borrell Fontelles

    High Representative/Vice-President of the European Commission

  • Jutta Urpilainen
    Jutta Urpilainen

    European Commissioner for International Partnerships

  • Azali Assoumani
    Azali Assoumani

    President, Comoros (Chair of the African Union)

  • Dammu Ravi
    Dammu Ravi

    Principal Secretary, India and Chair, the Group of Twenty (G20)

  • Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón
    Pedro Sánchez

    President of the Government of Spain (Presidency of the Council of the EU)

  • Xavier Bettel
    Xavier Bettel

    Prime Minister of Luxembourg

  • António Costa
    António Costa

    Prime Minister of Portugal

  • Antonio Tajani
    Antonio Tajani

    Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Incoming G7 Presidency

  • Alexander De Croo
    Alexander De Croo

    Prime Minister of Belgium