sschub - UPSC, SSC CGL or IBPS needs a lot of efforts to mug-up PIN (persons in news) and when you go through ready made magazines, you find a very long list. so I analysed magazines and The Hindu and this is the part-2 of Revision for PIN series.
click For Revision PIN part 1
click For Revision PIN part 3
International Persons in News
| Country | People/Name | Why in News |
| Bhutan | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th Jan. 2013. |
| Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | First woman President of Brazil. She replaced Lula Desilva. (Lula got Indira Gandhi peace prize.) |
| China | Xi Jingping | Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is expected to become President, in March 2013. |
| China | Li Kequiang | New PM of China. Replaced Wen Jiabao. |
| China | Bo Xilai | corrupt leader in Chinese politbureu. Expelled |
| Cuba | Raul Castro | President of Cuba. Replaced Fidel Castro |
| Egypt | Mohd. Morsy | President of Egypt. |
| Eu | Herman Van Rompuy | PM of Belgium. President of European Council |
| France | Francois Hollande | President of France. He defeated Sarkozi. Belongs to Socialist party |
| Greece | Atonis Samras | PM Greece. Name is important only because Greece=#EPICFAIL economy. |
| Iran | Aytollah Khamenei | Supreme leader of Iran |
| Iran | Ahmedijad | President of Iran. |
| Israel | President Shimon Peres. PM Benjamin Netanyahu. | Their parliament =Knesset. |
| Japan | Shinzo Abe | PM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda. Their parliament =Diet. |
| Liberia | Ellen Sirleaf | President of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi peace price. (2012) |
| Maldives -Coup | Nasheed N Waheed | after coup, Nasheed was replaced by Waheed |
| Mali-coup | Diarra N Traore | After coup, Diarra was replaced by Traore |
| Mauritius | Rajkeshwur Purryag | President of Mauratius. He was chief guest @Pravasi bharatiya Divas 2013 |
| Mexico | Enrique Nieto | Mexico new President |
| Myanmar | Thein Sein | Myanmar president |
| Myanmar | Aung San Suu Ki | Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in Myanmar. Party National league for democracy. Visited India in Nov 12 |
| N.Korea | Kim Jong-Un | North Korea President. After his father King Jong-il Died |
| Pak | Raja Parvez | PM of Pakistan, SC ordered his arrested. |
| Germany | Angela Markel | German Chancellor |
| Palestine | Mohd.Abbas | President of Palestine Authority |
| S.Korea | Park Geun-hye | first female President of S.Korea. She replaced Lee Myung-bak |
| Srilanka | Gen.Sarath Fonseca | Ex-General of Sri Lankan army. Was jailed after power struggle with President. |
| Srilanka | Mahinda Rajpakshe | Sri lankan President. He threw out CJI Shiran Bandaranyake. |
| Syria | Wael Halqi | PM of Syria. |
| Syria | Bashar Al Assad | President of Syria |
| Thailand | Yingluck Shinawatra | First female PM of Thailand. She was chief guest of 26thJan parade in 2012. |
| Uk | David Cameron | PM of UK. (Conservative party) He replaced Gordon Brown. |
| Uk | Nick Clegg | Deputy PM of UK. (liberal democrats) |
| Usa | Obama (Democrat) | won second time Presidential election. His VP candidate was Joe Biden. |
| Usa | Mitt Romney (Republican) | Contested against Obama. His VP candidate was Paul Ryan. |
| Ven | Hugo Chavez | President Venezuela. Right now getting treatment for cancer in Cuba. |
International Organizations
| name | Org |
| Ban-Ki-Moon | UN General Secretary |
| Jim Yong Kim | World Bank |
| Justice Dalveer Bhandari | Indian. became Judge of International court of Justice. |
| Christine Lagarde | Chief of IMF |
| Pascal Lamy | Chief of WTO |
| Jacques Rogge | President IOC, olympic Committee. |
| SK Jain | first Indian to become chairman of World Assco. Of Nuke operators. |
| Nkosazana Zuma | Head of African Union (AU): First woman |
click For Revision PIN part 1
click For Revision PIN part 3
