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Global Gateway Forum

Speakers

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 El 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