Italian Leading Scientist appointed as Grand Commander Of The Order Of Aranan

Royal News :

The Royal House Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan under the Royal Order Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan of Sulu appointed The Leading Italian Scientist, His Most Excellency Datu Laksamana Di Raja Prof. Dr. Giulio Filippo Tarro as the Grand Commander Of The Royal Order.


BIOGRAPHY

 Italian nationality

 Date of birth 09/07/1938 - MESSINA

 

 WORKING EXPERIENCE

         

• Dates (from - to)

• Name and address of employer

• Type of business or sector

• Kind of employment

• Main duties and responsibilities of medical pathology Assistant University of Naples from 02/01/1964 to 05/31/1966.

- Assistant of the Division of Virology and research for cancer at The Children's Hospital Research Foundation in Cincinnati Ohio from 09/01/1965 to 30/06/1968

- Pediatric research professor in the Division of Virology and research for cancer at The Children's Hospital Research Foundation in Cincinnati Ohio from 23/11/1968 to 09/30/1969

- The CNR National Research Center from 01-01-1966 to 01-01-1975

- Oncology Professor of Virology at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the 'University of Naples from 24/01/1972 to 31/10/1985

- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology applied to Nephrology at the school of specialization in Medical Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the 'University of Naples from 1972 to 2006

- Project Director National Cancer Institute from 09.04.1971 to '08/04/1975

- Assistant Professor of Public Health Senior Services NCI Frederick Cancer Center, Maryland USA from 02/13/1973 to 31/05/1973

- Primary virologist at the 'Cotugno Hospital (NA) from 01/06/1973 to 07/31/2006

- E 'was President from 1998 to 2007 of the Ethics Committee of the A O "D. Cotugno "

- Member of the Academic Senate from 1990 Univ. Constantine of Providence, Rhode Island, and since 1994 the Univ. Pro Deo in New York

- Honorary Academic of the University Sancti Cyrilli of Malta since 2001

- Honorary Rector of the University since 2003 Roger II of the State of Florida in the USA,

- President of the consortium of the Campania Region "Centro Campano Technology and Environment (CCTA) from 02/03/2004 to date

- Director of the Department of Diagnostic Services at the Cotugno Hospital (NA) from 13-02-2003 to 12-02-2006

-Primario Emeritus of 'A.O. "D. Cotugno "by resolution # 525, 23-11-2006

- Adjunct Professor of the Department of Biology at Temple University in Philadelphia (USA) dall'1-4-2007 today

- President of the Commission on Biotechnology of Virosfera, WABT UNESCO, Paris from 01.02.2007.

- Life President (DPR. 03/01/78) Foundation T. & L. de Beaumont Bonelli, for Research on Cancer, an organization with legal personality recognized by the President of the Republic with Presidential Decree of 03/01/78.

- Chairman of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Inter-University Consortium Higher Education "Alberto Moravia" from 02-10-2008

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from - to)

• Name and type of organization providing education and training

• Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

• Qualification

• Level in national classification (if appropriate) Classical High School Diploma High School Maurolico Messina

Degree in Medicine and Surgery, mark: 110/110 cum laude, in 1962 at the 'University of Naples, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.

Degree in Medicine H.C. Pro Deo University, Albany, New York 1989 graduate H.C. in Immunology, Academy of St. Theodora in New York in 1991, he graduating H.C. in Bioethics, Constantinian University of Cranston, Rhode Island (USA) 1996 Specialization in Nervous and Mental Diseases votes: 70/70 cum laude at the 'University of Naples in 1968 studies, lecturer in Virology, Ministry of Education in 1971 in Rome.

Master of Science in Biomedical Technologies, A.S.A.M. University, Rome 2008

PERSONAL SKILLS

Acquired in the course of life and career

but not necessarily

 by formal certificates and diplomas.

The best-known studies have shown the association of herpesvirus with some human cancers. In '79 isolated respiratory syncytial virus in children with during the outbreak of the "dark evil" of Naples. It is currently involved in separating tumor antigens and identify their value in the diagnosis and immunotherapy. Experience gained in the management of services of public interest at the A. Cotugno Hospital and the monads, during the joining of the two hospitals, led the projects finalized with regard to diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, in the context of recurrent outbreaks of the Campania Region from cholera to AIDS and hepatitis more recently the SARS and avian influenza; Finally, he was able to train and qualify large staff which in turn has also directed and organized not only in the context of 'A. O. Cotugno, but also other health care facilities, with management responsibilities in Italy and abroad.

                                                          

FIRST LANGUAGE

OTHER LANGUAGES knows perfectly the 'English (five-year stay in the US), also knows the French report and interviews, knows well the German report to the Congress Hall in Berlin and writings as curriculum, also he knows Spanish report in Madrid more see curriculum, moderately knows the Russian frequency association Italy-USSR and belonging to the academies of Russia and of 'Ukraine as curriculum.

Social skills and competences

Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (eg. Culture and sports), etc. In the context of all the experiences of the above direction it was in charge of organizing the training and qualifications of the personnel directly; Especially highlights the delicate role in qualifying the personnel chosen for the establishment of the Department of Virology at the Cotugno Hospital; same effort was made to organize and train staff in the field of studies carried out for the electron microscope.

As part of President of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Inter-university higher education "Alberto Moravia Consortium" is focusing on the choice made by the competent bodies in the education sector, the tutoring and the right to education (see Communication appointment of the Consortium).

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

Eg. coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (eg. culture and sports) and at home, etc. As a professor of "Virology Oncology" of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Naples until 1985 he was responsible for organizing the first chair of virology oncology in Italy with all its structuring processes personally guided in this role.

E 'was also responsible for personnel pertaining to the hospital, fellows and staff sponsored by private and public entities seconded to the hospital corporation. In taking responsibility for the company's goal of a financial nature it led the passage of virology laboratories as local activities at the regional and then national and international reference center for the purposes of virology discovering the "dark evil of Naples" (respiratory viruses sincinziale) with budgets of the Ministry region of research and health.

In the quality of the National Cancer Institute project director (USA) between 1971-75 organized by the Laboratory of Virology at the Cotugno Hospital abutting to a Fund of the South Bank, the necessary equipment, personnel and the structuring of the division first as a research association that used the local hospital (1971-73) and later (1973-75) as the Diagnostic Department of New institution as part of the Ente Cotugno hospital; in this period he has been conducting research and has been involved in the financing of the same, starting as a forerunner of the hospital's virology of infectious diseases and serving as the primary conducting research and diagnostics with the hospital staff and volunteers. As part of the experience of the direction of T. & L. de Beaumont Bonelli Foundation for Research on Cancer she has been able to organize international conferences with the participation of the first Nobel or precursors of diseases that bear their name and then lead to administrative or financial budgets from moral entity institution today directing technical / administrative staff and research; for the same Foundation has proceeded since 1978 the economic and administrative management of the relevant real estate assets of the same, solving with the help of professionals in charge also delicate legal questions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc. 1) "Antigenic regions of Tumor Liberated Particles (TLP) complexes and antibodies". Priority date (s): IT July 7, 1992. Europe: Patent No. EP649433 granted on November 19, 1997 and validated in the Following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Nethelands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden , Switzerland, United Kingdom. Eurasia & Asia Australia: Patent No. 680,198, granted on 13/11/97; Russian Federation: Patent No. 2141969, granted on 4/21/99; South Korea: Patent No. 237250 granted on 10/10/99. US, Canada, Mexico and Brazil United States: 1) Patent No. 5,759,792, granted on 06/02/98; 2) Patent No. 5,747,643, granted on 05/05/98; 3) Patent No. 5,877,294, granted on 02/03/99; Canada: Patent No. 2139518, ( "Notice of Allowance" dated 01/10/2003). 2) "Pharmaceutical compositions comprendendo natural human interferon" Priority dates: 28.02.1996, 14.06.1996) Patents Issued Europe European Patent No. 0,886,527, granted on 9/12/01: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Other countries: Australia: Patent No. 722,987, granted on November 30, 2000; Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarrus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Maldava, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan): Patent No. 001,147, recently granted (the granting date is not yet available). Georgia: Patent No. 2489, granted on July 25.2001; Italy: 1) Patent No. 1,283,945, granted on May 7, 1998; 2) Patent No. 1,284,852, granted on May 22, 1998. North Korea: Patent No. 33639, granted on December 24, 1999; Russian Federation: Patent No. 001,147, recently granted (see "Eurasia"); 3) "Urogenital carcinoma TLP complex peptides and antibodies thereof". Priority date (s): IT October 10, 1996 Europe: Patent No. EP851872 granted on April 18, 2001 and validated in the Following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. 4) "Immunogenetic TLP composition" Priority dates (s): IT July 10, 1996. Europe: Patent No. EP938329 granted on May 29, 2002 and validated in the Following: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands , Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Other countries: Australia: Patent No. 725,218, granted on January 25, 2001. Russian Federation: Patent Applications No. 2,192,274, granted on November 10, 2002. 5) "Sticking plaster for controlled release of natural interferon" Priority date (s) : see PCT application. International Patent Application No. PTC / EP98 / 03809, filed on June 22.1998, Has Been extended in the Following countries: Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, U.S.A. The International Preliminary Examination Report, issued at the end of the PCT procedure, has Expressed a favorable opinion with regard to novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability. Austria: Patent No. 84396/98 Has Been allowed and the Corresponding Patent issued shortly. New Zealand Patent No. 509029 Has Been allowed and the Corresponding Patent issued shortly. 6) "Transdermal pathch and tropical compositions comprendendo propylnorapomorhine". Priority date (s): IT July 17, 1998. International Patent Application No. PTC / IE99 / 00066, filed on July 15.1999, Has Been extended in the Following countries: Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, USA The International Preliminary Examination Report, issued at the end of the PCT procedure, has acknowledged the novelty of the claims Japan: Patent Applications No. 2000-559833, filed on January 15, 2001. Mexico: Patent No. 000527, filed on January 15 , 2001. Norway: Patent Applications No. 20010248, filed on January 15, 2001. 7) "Use of rubidium and in Particular rubidium chloride as an antimaniac agent and stabilizer for mood swings." Priority date (s): IE April 19, 1999. International Patent Application No. PTC / IE00 / 0004, filed on April 17.2000, Has Been extended, Within the terms Foreseen by the international conventions, in the Following countries: Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, USA The International Preliminary Examination Report, issued at the end of the PCT procedure, has Expressed a favorable opinion with regard to novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability. 8) "TLP Peptides and DNA-sequences coding the same". Priority date (s): IT February 25, 2000. The International Patent Application No. PTC / E001 / 01857, filed on Februry 20.2001, Has Been extended, Within the terms Foreseen by the in ternational conventions, in the Following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, North Korea, Russian Federation, South Korea, USA Europe, designating: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Liechteinstein, Turkey, United Kingdom. The International Preliminary Examination Has Been Concluded (IPER issued on May 21, 2002) with a positive opinion regard to novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability of the claims Concerning the cDNA of TLP, the peptide coded by the same and the relevant pharmaceutical compositions. 9) "Diphenyl ketoaldehyde derivatives with anti-HIV activity." Priority date (s): IT March 24, 2000. The International Patent Application No. PTC / EP01 / 03343, filed on March 23.2001, Has Been extended, Within the terms Foreseen by the international conventions, in the Following countries: Australia , Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, USA Europe, designating the Following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland / Liechteinstein, Turkey, United Kingdom. The International Preliminary Examination Report, issued at the end of the PCT procedure, has acknowwledged the novelty of the invention. 10) "Compounds with anti-rhinovirus activity" .Italy: The Patent Application filed on June 9.2000 under No. MI2000A001288, has not Been extended. 11) "Slow release" pharmaceutical compositions comprendendo lithium carbonate. Priority Date (s): IT August 6, 2001.

Priority: IT / 10.08.00 / ITA MI001868 + IT / 14.O2.01 / MI000299. Designated states: AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR. The International Patent Application No. PTC / EP01 / 09054, filed on August 6.2001, and extended, Within the term Foreseen by the international conventions, in the Following countries: Europe, designating the Following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark , Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland / Liechteinstein, Turkey, United Kingdom, and moreover in: "Euroasiatic Area", designating the Following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarrus, Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Maldava, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, U.S.A. On October 2, 2002, the IPER (International Preliminary Examination Report), has Expressly acknowledged novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability of all the five claims. 12) "TLP Antigen and diagnostic applications thereof". Priority Date (s): EN, June 29,2001.The International Patent Application No. PTC / EP02 / 07020, filed on June 25, 2002 Has Been published on January 9, 2003 under No. WO03 / 002591.The international preliminary Within examination Concluded October 29, 2003, while the national / regional started Within December 29, 2003. 13) "Fusion Proteins containing TLP peptides".

Priority Date (s): IT, November 30, 2001. The International Patent Application No. PTC / EP02 / 13470 Has Been Filed on November 29, 2002. 14) "Compounds with anti-rhinovirus activity". The Italian Patent Application (No. MI2002A000966), filed on May 8, 2002 extended Within the priority year as PTC application. Date (s): December 13, 2004. Application No .: No./Patent 03727431.3-2123-EP0304673. Date of filing: May 5, 2003. Priority: IT / 08.05.02 / ITA MI20020966. Designated states: AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE , SI, SK, TR. 15) "Pharmaceutical composition containing the association LevodopaCarbidopa". Italian Application filed on April 18, 2003. 16) "Pharmaceutical compositions containing interferon f or the treatment of Human Papilloma Virus Infections". Italian Application filed on April 18, 2003

ARTISTIC SKILLS

Music, writing, design, etc. Selected publications (over 500 articles in total)

Recherches sur le mechanisme d'action d'un groupe de medicaments antiviral activité (produits du chetoaldéhydiques diphényle et leur dérivés): Facteurs here interferent sur leur activité protectrice in vivo. (With F. Magrassi, Altucci P. et al.). III Internat. Cong. Of Chemotherapy - Stutgart, July 1963. Proceedings, p. 783 (1964). Studies on the mechanism of antiviral activity of ketoaldehyde derivates of biphenyl. (With F. Magrassi, Altucci P. et al.) International "Symposium on non-specific resistance to virus infection, Interferon and viral chemotherapy" Smolenice, September 1964. Chemotherapia 9, 341, 1964. Studies on the mechanism of antiviral activity of biphenyl ketoaldeydes. (With F. Magrassi, p. Altucci et al.), Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Hungarian Association of Microbiologists Akadémiai Kiado Budapest 1964, p. 11. Properties of an avirulent influenza A virus variant derived from drug treated mice infected with PR8 virus. (With Magrassi F., et al.) In "Antimicrobial Agent and Chemotherapy", page 605 (1965). Properties of an avirulent influenza A virus variant derived from drug treated mice infected with PR8 virus. (With Magrassi F., et al.) Arch. Ges. Virusforsch, 18, 422, 1966. Effect of Streptovitacin A on replication of RNA viruses (poliovirus). Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 126, 535. 1967. Specific Virus, Labile, Nonvirion Herpes Virus Antigen in Infected Cells. (With A. B. Sabin) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 65, 753, 1970. Increase in Preexisting Cellular Antigen Combining Groups at Different Times after Infection with Different Viruses. (With A. Sabin) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 67, 731, 1970. Studies on the mechanism of antiviral activity of Ketoaldheide derivates of bifhenil. (With Magrassi F. et al.) Rev. Roum. of inframicobiol. 5, 275, 1968. Effect of two methisazone derivatives on herpes simplex virus replication. (With P. Mastroeni). VII Intern. Congress of Chemoterapy, August 1971 Avicenum, Czechoslovak Medical Press, Prague, p. 273. Soluble Membrane Antigens of Lip and Cervical carcinomas: Reactivity with Antigens Antibody for Herpesvirus Nonvirion. (With A. C. Hollinshead) Science 179, 698, 1973. apperance in trypsinized Normal Cells of Reactivity Presumably with Antibody Specific for Malignant Cells. Proc. Nat Acad. Sci. USA 70, 325, 1973. Nonvirion Antigens Produced by Herpes Simplex Viruses I and 2. (with A. B. Sabin) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 70, 1032, 1973. Herpes Simplex and Herpes Virus in Genitalis Some Etiology of Human Cancers. (With A. B. Sabin) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, A70, 3225, 1973. Studies of Tumor-specific and Herpes Virus Not virion Antigens. (With A. Hollinshead et al.) Cancer Res. 34, 1122, 1974. Characterization of herpesvirus not virion antigens: relation to squamous cell arcinomas. (With A. Hollinshead, W. Rawls and P. Chretien) In Kurstak and E. Morriset R. (ed) "Viral Immunodiagnosis", Academic Press, New York, 1974. Soluble Membrane Antigens of Lip and Cervical carcinomas: Reactivity with Antigens Antibody for Herpesvirus Nonvirion. (With A. C. Hollinshead) Year Book of Cancer 1974. Analysis and Description of Procedures Used in the Study of the Relationship of Herpes Simplex "Nonvirion" Antigens to Certain Cancers. In C. de Thé, MA Epstein, H. zur Hansen (ed.) "Oncogenesis and Herpesviruses" IARC, Lyon, 1975. Preliminary studies of nonvirion antigens Associated with Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 HSV-2) ( with Accini R. et al.) Bull. Inst. Sieroter. Milan 55, 120 1976 Herpes Simplex Virus nuclear non-virion antigens detected by immunofluorescence anticomplement (with C. Giordano et al.) Cancer 62 (6) 609, 1976. Herpes Simplex virus tumor associated antigens in cancer patients (with Joy M. et al.) cancer 62 (6) 615, 1976. Cell-mediated immunity to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 antigens in leucoplakia and cancer in man. (With EJ Shillitoe, T. Lehner) Oncology 33, 192, 1976. Detection of early antigens in the nuclei of cells infected by cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex type 1 and 2 by anticomplement immunofluorescence assay and blocking to Demonstrate Their specifity. (With G. Giraldo , E. Beth, U. Hammerling, FM Kourilsky) Int. J. Cancer 19, 17, 1977. Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Herpes Simplex Virus Tumor-Associated Antigen. (With R. Bisaccia et al.) Cancer 45, 938, 1980. An Immune Enzymatic Assay for Purified Tumor Associated Antigen of Herpes Simplex Virus. (In coll.) Cellular and Molecular Biology 25, 329, 1980. Purification of Herpes Virus Tumor Associated Antigen from Human Kidney cancer. (With R. Bisaccia et al.) Cancer 46, 1594, 1980. Foreword of the proceedings of the First International Congress of Viral Oncology The role of Virus in Human Cancer, vol. 1 Elsevier, North Holland, 1980. Herpes Simplex Virus Tumor Associated Antigen (HSV-TAA) Detected by the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). in The Role of Viruses in Human Cancer, vol. 1 Giraldo and Beth Publishers, Elsevier North Holland inc., P. 108, 1980. The TAF tests: a new method for the diagnosis of certain cancers. Medical journal of Italian Switzerland 45, 245, 1980 Monoclonal Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Tumor Associated Antigen. (With A. Karpas and T. Wheeler) International Workshop on Herpesviruses Soc. Aesculapius Edizioni, Bologna 1981, p. 232. Circulating Immunocomplexes (CIC) in Sera of Patients with Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) - Associated carcinomas. (In coll.) International Workshop on Herpesviruses Soc. Aesculapius Edizioni, Bologna 1981, p. 236. traitment de la herpetique avec le metiseprinol. Aspect clinique et histologique (with G. Gorgone, Cavallaro N., S. ladder, Carnazza S., M. Ricci, G. Gala Trinchera, Cordaro S.) Bull. Soc. Belge Ophtal. 192113-123 1981 Perspectives and limits of an immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA) for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Tumor-Associated Antigen (TAA). Cancer Detection and Prevenction 4, 47, 1981. An immunoenzymatic assay for herpes simplex virus tumor associated antigen in gynecological oncology (with G. Magli, C. Scimone, Flaminio G., G. D'Alessandro, Mascolo A., R. Magli Saladin I.) Eur. J. Gynaec. Oncol. 1982 ISSN: 0392.2936.III.2 Further Studies on an Immunoenzymatic Assay for Heres Simplex Virus-Tumor Associated Antigen. (In coll.) Clin. Immunol. Immunopath .. 25, 126, 1982. Human tumor antigens inducing delayed hypersensitivity in vivo and in vitro mitogenic activity. (With A. Pederzini et al.) Oncology 40, 248, 1983. As above Immunomodulation amd Therapy in Cancer (with Pedercini A. et al.) And. H.H. Fuderberg, P. Pontiggia, C. ogler, Acta Medica edit. Congress 1983, p. 307 Virological Investigation of Young Children with Acute Respiratory yndrome Synctyal Associated with Respiratory Virus (RSV). (In coll.) In Medical Virology II, Editor L.M. La Maza, E.M .. Peterson Elseiver Biomedical, 1983, p. 402. Quantitative Determination of Human CMV IgG Antibodies by solid phase enzyme immunoassay: comparison with CF test. (In coll.) In Medical Virology II - Editor L.M. La Maza, E.M .. Peterson Elseiver Biomedical, 1983, p.392. Correlation between immune complexes and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Tumor Associated Antigen (TAA) in Human Cancer Sera. (With others) Cellular and molecular biology 29, 394, 1983. The role of herpes simplex virus in the neoplastic pathologies and diagnostic markers. J. Exp. Clin. Cancer Res. 4 (2), 213, 1985. Serological and Virological Investigations of Young Children with Acute respiratory Syndrome Associated with Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infection Disease 3 (1), 81, 1985. The pathogenesis of malignant tumors X Dies Italico-Iugoslavici Medicinae intended, Lugnano, 1985 Screening hemodialysis patients for infection with human immune deficiency virus (HIV). Journal of Infection 14, 1987, p. 229. Absence of risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in recipients of hepatitis B vaccine. Eur. J. Epidem. 3, 1987, p. 323. Viruses and immunodeficiences. "Regulation of Mammalian Cell Growth", Capri 27-9 / 10.2.87, p. VIR 9, Ciba-Geigy. Monoclonal antibody for tumor associated antigens induced by Herpes Simplex Virus. Advances in Management of Malignancies, Proceedings of an international congress, Ascoli Piceno, 3 / 06.05.1988. Laboratory methods for diagnosis of AIDS. Significance of sierological markers (with others) Italian Journal of Clinical Pathology 3 (6) 1988, p. 393 Search for tumor antigens to be used for active specific immunotherapy. Abstract book of the 2nd Internationl Congress "Advance in Management of Malignannces, Ascoli Piceno 28 / 5-1 / 6/1990 p. 36 Histochemistry and Immunolohistochemistry in the diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma (with others) Abstract book of the 2nd International Congress "Advances in Management of Malignancies", Ascoli Pisceno, 28 / 5-1 / 6-1990, p. 93 Epidemiological, serological, evolution aspects of HIV infection and related malignancies Within Naples area (Jan '86 -Dec. '89). Abstract book of the 2nd International Congress "Advances in Management of Malignancies", Ascoli Pisceno, 28 / 5-1 / 6-1990, p. 19. Methoden in vitro als bei tierversuchersatz immunologishen studien. in AA.VV. "Artze fur Die Abschaffung der Tierversuche" Bern 1990, p. 77 (German); p. 167 (French); p. 255 (Italian). Neutralization tests and antibody titers in AIDS (with Valguarmera G. et al.) European Clinical 30 (2) June 1991 HIV Infection and Serological Response (with C. Esposito et al.) Clinical Biochemistry 15, 1991Seroepidemiologic patten of HCV infection in Campania During the first six months 1992 (with C. Esposito et al ..) Abstract, Journal of Hepatology supplement 1 to vol 17, 5028, 1992 Screening of HTLV-1 infection drug addicts from Campania region. Advances in Management of Malignancies Pisa, 6 / 10-12, 1993, p.33 BIOS Ed. Lung cancer histopatholocic approaches for a prognostic valuation (with others) Advances in Management of Malignancies Pisa 6 / 10- 12/1995 p. 237 and BIOS. Antigenic regions of tumor liberated protein complexes and antibodies against the same (with. Marshak DR et al) In Third International Congress. Advances in Management of Malignancies. Pisa, Italy 6/10 December 1993 Biomed & Pharmacother 47: 237Vom Anthropozentrismus zur Antivisektion: Tierschtz heute und Jurassic Park. Proceedings of International Medical Congress, Lugano 20/11/93. LIMAV, p. 195 Ed. ASTRA / AG STG March 1995. Passive immunotherapy in AIDS patients Italian Journal of Medical Research and Chirurigiche Year III vol. 3 n. 3 September 1995 p. 11 Anti-TLP antibodies in lung cancer patients. (With C. Esposito et al.) Internal Medicine Clinical Laboratory 5191-194, 1997.The Genome Project: Ethical implications in oncology. In: Internal Medicine Clinical Laboratory 6 67-72, 1998 Immunoistochemical characterization of tumor liberated particles (TLP) expression pattern in lung cancer. (With A. Jordan et al.) Anticancer Res 18: 2365-2370, 1998 Los derechos de los animales Actas Congreso medico international LIMAV Madrid Mayo 1997 ARTA STG enero 1998 Effect of Bergarital on virus replication Italian research journal Medical and Surgical Publishing Doctor's year VI n. 2/4 April / December 1998 Neoangiogenesis and prognosis in lung Cencer (with A. Perna et al.) Internal Medicine Clinical Laboratory 7111-113, 1999 Tumor liberated protein (TLP). Its potential for diagnosis and therapy. Anticancer Res 19: 1755-1758, 1999 Immunity Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) (with others) Proceedings of International Workshop on Viruses Immunities and Diseases, Naples, October 1999 AIMS and Perspectives for Liberated Tumor Protein (TLP) proceding of the Joint International Cancer Conference "New Dimension in Cancer Biology Therapy on" Edition H. Ozer, K. Khalili, GC Jordanian As above Riv It Ric. Med Chir 7: 43-46 1999 Vom freigesetze Tumor Protein: Neuer Wendepunkt fur Diagnose und Therapie von ohne Notwendigkeit Tierversuchen. Humanmedizin ohne Tierversuche: Die Artze haben das Wort. Berlin Mai 1999 ASTRA - AG STG pages. 67-74 Overview of the Lung Tumor Liberated Protein (TLP): Characterization of Genetic Immunologic Profile Internal Medicine Clinical and Laboratory 8 33-38, 2000 Immunochemical evaluation of endothelal damage by angioinvasivity. (With Perna A, et al.) Int J. Clin Invest 9: 31-33, 2001 Production and characterization of anti-TLP derived peptide RTNKZEASIC) monoclonal antibodies. (With C. Esposito et al.) Int Med 9: 55-61, 2001 Characterization of a Fragment Containing a Putative TLP Sequence DNA. Anticancer Research, 22: 2693-6, 2002 UCV genotypes and antibodies reactivity what's relations? Journal of Hepathology Suppl. 1, Vol.30, 1999 pag.209. (With C. Esposito, F. Morelli, N. Cuomo, A. Di Spirito) Evaluation of a new test for the determination of the HCV genotypes JournaI of Clinical Virology, 22/2: 174, 2002 Hepatopaty and oxidative stress: clinical study on the efficacy of the depatox Int. J. Clin. Invest. 1: 15 -18, 2003 Determination of the polymerasis HBV gene mutation in HBV patients treated ECA and naive. (With C. Esposito et al.) Journal of Clinical Virology suppl.

President Of Islamic Republic Of Gambia appointed as Grand Commander Of The Order Of Aranan

Royal News :

The Royal House Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan under the Royal Order Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan of Sulu appointed The President Of Islamic Republic Of Gambia, His Most Excellency Datu Laksamana Di Raja Prof. Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh as the Grand Commander Of The Royal Order.

He born 25 May 1963 is the president of the Gambia. As a young army officer, he took power in a 1994 military coup. He was elected as President in 1996; he was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011.

Biography

President Jammeh joined the Gambian National Army in 1984, was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1989, and in 1992 became commander of the Gambian Military Police. He received extensive military training in neighboring Senegal and at United States Army School of the Americas.

Rise to power

On 22 July 1994, a group of young officers in the Gambian National Army seized power from President Sir Dawda Jawara in a military coup by taking control of key facilities in the capital city, Banjul. The coup took place without bloodshed and met with very little resistance. The group identified itself as the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), with the 29-year-old Jammeh as its chairman.

The AFPRC then suspended the constitution, sealed the borders, and implemented a curfew. While Jammeh's new government justified the coup by decrying corruption and lack of democracy under the Jawara regime, army personnel had also been dissatisfied with their salaries, living conditions, and prospects for promotion.

 

Elections

Jammeh founded the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction as his political party. He was elected as president in September 1996. Foreign observers did not deem these elections free and fair.[6] He was re-elected on 18 October 2001 with about 53% of the vote; this election was generally deemed free and fair by observers, despite some very serious shortcomings ranging from overt government intimidation of voters to technical innovations (such as raising the required deposit to stand for election by a factor of 25) to distort the process in favour of the incumbent regime.

A coup attempt against Jammeh was reported to have been thwarted on 21 March 2006; Jammeh, who was in Mauritania at the time, quickly returned home. Army chief of staff Col. Ndure Cham, the alleged leader of the plot, reportedly fled to neighboring Senegal, while other alleged conspirators were arrested and were put on trial for treason. In April 2007, ten former officers accused of involvement were convicted and given prison sentences; four of them were sentenced to life in prison.

Jammeh ran for a third term in the presidential election held on 22 September 2006; the election was initially planned for October but was moved forward because of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.[citation needed] He was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote and was declared the winner of the election; the opposition candidate Ousainou Darboe finished second, as in 2001.

In November 2011, Jammeh was again re-elected as president for a fourth term in office, reportedly having received 72% of the popular vote.

Peacekeeping

Senegal peace talks

According to The Daily Observer, on 10 December 2012, Jammeh secured the release of Senegalese soldiers who had been held as hostages by rebels in Senegal. He sent a delegation to meet with Senegalese President Macky Sall in early December 2012. The delegation’s goal was to discuss a resolution to the ongoing civil unrest in Senegal’s southern region of Cassamance. Members of the delegation included the Minister of Presidential Affairs, the U.S. Ambassador to the Gambia, and members from the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Jammeh Foundation for Peace

The Jammeh Foundation for Peace (JFP) was created by Jammeh to help eradicate poverty among Gambians, improve agricultural production, and sponsor educational opportunities for needy students. The foundation has a hospital that is sponsored by the president and provides medical services to the general public.

Charitable giving

Donations in 2012 included $2,563,138 to the National Youths Conference and Festival (NAYCONF), and "two truckloads of turkey" to the Gambia Christian Council for delivery to the Christian community. Jammeh also bankrolled the university of education for less privilege Gambians and non Gambians alike both home and abroad.

Homosexuality

Further information: LGBT rights in the Gambia

On 15 May 2008, Jammeh announced that his government would introduce legislation that would set laws against homosexuals that would be "stricter than those in Iran", and that he would "cut off the head" of any gay or lesbian person discovered in the country. News reports indicated his government intended to execute all homosexuals in the country. In the speech given in Tallinding, Jammeh gave a "final ultimatum" to any gays or lesbians in the Gambia to leave the country.

In a speech to the United Nations on 27 September 2013, Jammeh said that "[h]omosexuality in all its forms and manifestations which, though very evil, antihuman as well as anti-Allah, is being promoted as a human right by some powers," and that those who do so "want to put an end to human existence."

On 18 February 2014, Jammeh called homosexuals "vermins" by saying that "We will fight these vermins called homosexuals or gays the same way we are fighting malaria-causing mosquitoes, if not more aggressively,". He also went on to disparage the LGBT by saying that "As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for Leprosy, Gonorrhoea, Bacteria and Tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence".

Claims of medical treatments and cures

In January 2007, Jammeh claimed he could cure HIV/AIDS and asthma with natural herbs. His claimed treatment program includes instructing patients to cease taking their anti-retroviral drugs. His claims have been criticized for promoting unscientific treatment that could have dangerous results, due to the belief that those discharged from his program can infect others. In December 2011, he restated during an interview that the alleged cure for HIV/AIDS was "going very well".

Fadzai Gwaradzimba, the country representative of the United Nations Development Programme in the Gambia, was told to leave the country after she expressed doubts about the claims and said the remedy might encourage risky behaviour. In August 2007, Jammeh claimed to have developed a single dose herbal infusion that could treat high blood pressure. Jammeh has also claimed to develop a treatment for infertility in women as part of what is called the President's Alternative Treatment Program (PATP).

Historical claims

According to the Daily Observer newspaper, Jammeh claimed on 26 July 2010, that Gambia had played an important role in the aviation industry, specifically, "that the first Atlantic flight and the first flight from Eastern Europe landed in the Gambia." At the same time Jammeh also stated that "this country is one of the oldest and biggest countries in Africa that was reduced to a small snake by the British government who sold all our lands to the French."

In 1996, Jammeh institutionalized The International Roots Festival. Since then, the festival has attracted hundreds of Africans from the Diaspora to the Gambia to reconnect with their African Ancestry and to immerse themselves in the culture of Africa and to come back to their roots. In 2011, Jammeh renamed James Island to Kunta Kinte Island at the request of American Artist Chaz Guest.

Religion

President Jammeh, like the majority of Gambians, practices Islam.

In July 2010, Jammeh stressed that people should believe in God: "If you don't believe in God, you can never be grateful to humanity and you are even below a pig."

In 2011 he told the BBC, "I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so."

On 12 December 2015, Jammeh declared the Muslim-majority country to be an Islamic republic, saying the move marked a break with the Gambia's colonial past. Jammeh told state TV that the proclamation was in line with Gambia's "religious identity and values." He added that no dress code would be imposed and citizens of other faiths would be allowed to practise freely.

Criticism

An electoral sign supporting Yahya Jammeh.

Restrictions to press freedom

Jammeh has been accused of restricting freedom of the press. Harsh new press laws were followed by the unsolved killing of Deyda Hydara, editor of The Point tabloid. Hydara, who had been mildly critical of the Jammeh regime, was brutally gunned down in December 2004.

Alhagie Martin, one of Jammeh’s closest military aides, has been named in connection with Hydara's killing. It has, however, not been possible to verify the allegation linking Martin with Hydara's slaying. It is widely believed that Jammeh is responsible for Hydara's murder. Jammeh has denied that security agents were involved in the killing.

In April 2004 he called on journalists to obey his government "or go to hell". In June 2005 he stated on radio and television that he has allowed "too much expression" in the country.

In July 2006, journalist Ebrima Manneh of The Daily Observer was reportedly arrested by state security after attempting to republish a BBC report criticizing Jammeh shortly before an African Union meeting in Banjul; his arrest was witnessed by coworkers. Though ordered to release Manneh by an Economic Community of West African States court, the Gambian government denied that Manneh was imprisoned.

According to AFP, an unnamed police source confirmed Manneh's arrest in April 2009, but added he believed Manneh "is no longer alive". Amnesty International named Manneh a prisoner of conscience and a 2011 "priority case". The Committee to Protect Journalists has also called for his release.

Alleged human rights abuses

Shooting of students

On 10 and 11 April 2000, the government was accused of the killing of 12 students and a journalist during a student demonstration to protest the death of a student in the Gambia. Jammeh was accused of ordering the shooting of the students, but the government denied the allegations. A government commission of inquiry reportedly concluded that the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) officers were "largely responsible" for many of the deaths and other injuries.

The commission also said that five soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Battalion were responsible for the deaths of two students at Brikama. The government stated that the report implicated several PIU officers in the students' deaths and injuries, but those responsible were not prosecuted.

Disappearances and imprisonments

Newspaper reports list dozens of individuals who have disappeared after being picked up by men in plain-clothes, and others who have languished under indefinite detention for months or years without charge or trial.[46] The regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court ordered the Gambia government to produce one journalist who was disappeared.

Witch hunting campaign

In March 2009 Amnesty International reported that up to 1,000 Gambians had been abducted by government-sponsored "witch doctors" on charges of witchcraft, and taken to detention centers where they were forced to drink poisonous concoctions. On 21 May 2009, The New York Times reported that the alleged witch-hunting campaign had been sparked by the President Yahya Jammeh, who believed that the death of his aunt earlier that year could be attributed to witchcraft.

Massacre of migrants

Jammeh has also been linked with the 2004 massacre of 44 Ghanaian migrants and 10 other ECOWAS nationals.

Death penalty

Though previously regarded by Amnesty International as "abolitionist in practice", having had no executions since 1985, on 27 August 2012, the Gambian government confirmed that nine prisoners were executed by firing squad. This followed President Jammeh's stated intention to carry out all death penalties before mid-September amid protests from the European Union countries and others.

Calls for anti-gay violence

In May 2015, in defiance of western criticism Jammeh intensified his anti-gay rhetoric, telling a crowd during an agricultural tour: "If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat — if you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it."

This prompted a fresh round of condemnation from international human rights leaders. US National Security Advisor Susan Rice released a statement of condemnation on 16 May 2015: "We condemn his comments, and note these threats come amid an alarming deterioration of the broader human rights situation in The Gambia," said Rice. "We are deeply concerned about credible reports of torture, suspicious disappearances – including of two American citizens – and arbitrary detention at the government’s hands."

Personal life

Colonel Yahya Jammeh and Mrs. Zineb Jammeh with Barack and Michelle Obama in the White House, August 2014.

Jammeh's first marriage ended in divorce. Jammeh married his second wife Zeinab Suma Jammeh, in 1999. They have two children as of 2007, a daughter, Mariam Jammeh, and a son, Muhammed Yahya Jammeh. The latter was born in late 2007, when his daughter was eight years old.

On 30 September 2010, Jammeh announced his marriage to a 21-year-old (or possibly 18-year-old) additional wife by the name Alima Sallah, daughter of Omar Gibril Sallah, Gambia's current Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Zahra Sallah. It was announced that his new wife would officially be referred to as Lady Alima Yahya Jammeh, and would not be referred to as a "first lady", since Zeinab Suma Jammeh is the official "first lady".

According to at least one source, his marriage to Ms. Sallah was a shock to his other wife Zeinab Suma Jammeh, and the additional marriage led to strains in their relationship and even plans for their divorce. Zeinab Jammeh had reportedly already been living in the U.S. separately from her husband for some time. Ms. Sallah reportedly also left Gambia for the U.S. in June 2010. According to the same publication, he then divorced Ms. Sallah in early 2011.

President Of Republic Of Benin appointed as Grand Commander Of The Order Of Aranan

Royal News :

The Royal House Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan under the Royal Order Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan of Sulu appointed The President Of Republic Of Benin, His Most Excellency Datu Laksamana Di Raja Thomas Boni Yayi as the Grand Commander Of The Royal Order.

Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1952) is a Beninese banker and politician who was President of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. He also served as the Chairperson of the African Union from 29 January 2012 to 27 January 2013.

Early life and banking career

Boni was born in Tchaourou, in the Borgou Department in northern Benin, then the French colony of Dahomey. He received his education first in the regional capital of Parakou before moving on to earn a Master's degree in economics at the National University of Benin. He then pursued an additional Master's Degree in economics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, and then earned a doctorate in economics and politics at the University of Orléans in France and at Paris Dauphine University, where he completed a doctorate in economics in 1976.

At the end of his education, Boni began a long career in banking. From 1975 until 1979 he worked at the Benin Commercial Bank before moving to work at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) from 1977 until 1989. From 1992 until 1994, he served as an economic adviser to the President of Benin Nicéphore Soglo. In 1994 he left this position to become the President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

Presidency

Boni stood as one of 26 candidates in the March 2006 presidential election. The sitting president, Mathieu Kérékou, had been a dominant force in the politics of the country since the early 1970s and there were serious doubts about him agreeing to allow a transition of power. Boni surprised many by earning 35.8% of the vote in the first round as an independent candidate. The main parts of his campaign were to improve governance, stimulate the private sector, improve educational opportunities for women, and modernize the agricultural sector. His closest competitor was Adrien Houngbédji of Soglo's Party for Democratic Renewal who received 25 percent. In the runoff between Boni and Houngbédji on 19 March 2006, Boni won with almost 75 percent of the vote. He took office on 6 April 2006. The 2006 election saw high voter turnout and was considered free and fair by independent election observers.

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, a coalition that was led by the Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) and supported Boni earned the largest share of seats. This coalition broke apart by 2010 and prevented the passage of many parts of Boni's agenda. By August 2010, an increasingly unified coalition was able to get a majority of the parliament to vote to impeach Boni for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that took the savings of 100,000 people in Benin. While they did not get the required two-thirds majority to remove Boni from power, the opposition agreed to organize around Houngbédji in the 2011 presidential election.

A new voter system in the country was widely criticized by the opposition, and with the assistance of international organizations, Boni agreed to a two week delay in the 2011 presidential election. The result of the election, deemed free and fair by international election monitors, was a victory for Boni on the first round with 53.8% of the vote. Houngbédji, who received 36%, challenged the election and took the case to the Constitutional Court. The court named Boni as the winner on March 21, 2011, resulting in large-scale protests and police repression of those demonstrations. Although protests continued, the opposition had largely fractured and Boni's coalition earned 49 of the 83 seats in the parliamentary elections that followed. Boni was the first president since the restoration of democracy to win the presidency in a single round.

Having served two terms in office, Yayi Boni was constitutionally required to step down in 2016. His preferred successor, Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, was defeated in the March 2016 presidential election by Patrice Talon, and Yayi Boni was succeeded by Talon on 6 April 2016.

Assassination attempts

Yayi Boni with the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff

On March 15, 2007, Yayi Boni survived an ambush on his convoy near the village of Ikemon while returning from an election campaign rally in the town Ouesse for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The attackers blocked the road with downed trees, and fired upon the vehicle that usually carries the President; however President Boni was traveling in a separate vehicle. Several of his entourage were wounded in the ensuing crossfire between the presidential guard and the would-be assassins. However this information remains unproven since all sources claiming the assassination attempt come from the president's camp. The verification of such information remains impossible to date.

On October 23, 2012, the BBC reported that the president's doctor, niece, and former commerce minister had been arrested in a plot to poison the president. Patrice Talon, a former ally of the president and businessman, had reportedly paid the niece to substitute the President's medicine with a "toxic substance" while he was on a state visit to Brussels.

Personal life

Originally from a Muslim family, Boni is now an Evangelical Protestant. He has five children, and his wife Chantal (née de Souza), a native of the coastal city of Ouidah, is the niece of the former President Paul-Émile de Souza and the great granddaughter of Francisco Felix de Sousa, also known as Chacha de Souza, who was a Brazilian slave trader and the Viceroy of Ouidah. A descendant of the Yoruba princes of Sabe in his own right, both Yayi Boni and his wife were awarded chieftaincy titles by the Nigerian king of Ile-Ife in 2008.

President Of Burkina Faso appointed as Grand Commander Of The Order Of Aranan

Royal News :

The Royal House Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan under the Royal Order Of Maharaja Adinda Aranan of Sulu appointed The President Of Republic Of Burkina Faso, His Most Excellency Datu Laksamana Di Raja Dr. Blaise Compaore as the Grand Commander Of The Royal Order.

His Most Excellency born 3 February 1951, is a Burkinabé politician who was president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987, he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed. Subsequently, he introduced a policy of "rectification", overturning the Marxist policies pursued by Sankara. He won elections in 1991, 1998, 2005, and 2010 in questionable circumstances. His attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. On 31 October 2014, Compaoré resigned, whereupon he fled to the Ivory Coast.

Early career

Compaoré was born in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso (then named Upper Volta) and grew up in nearby Ziniaré. He reached the rank of captain in the Voltaïc army. Compaoré met Thomas Sankara in 1976 in a military training center in Morocco, and subsequently Compaoré and Sankara were considered close friends. Compaoré played a major role in the coups d'état against Saye Zerbo and Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. He has been married to Chantal Compaoré (née Chantal Terrasson) since 1985.

Under Sankara's leadership, which lasted from 1983 to 1987, Compaoré was his deputy and was a member of the National Revolutionary Council. He served as Minister of State at the Presidency and subsequently as Minister of State for Justice.

Politics

Compaoré was involved in the 1983 and 1987 coups, taking power after the second in which his predecessor Sankara was killed. He was elected President in 1991, in an election that was boycotted by the opposition, and re-elected in 1998, 2005, and 2010.

1983 coup

At the age of 33, Compaoré organized a Coup d'état, which deposed Major Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo on 4 August 1983. The coup d'état was supported by Libya, which was, at the time, on the verge of war with France in Chad (see History of Chad). Other key participants were Captain Henri Zongo, Major Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and the charismatic Captain Thomas Sankara—who was pronounced President.

1987 coup

Compaoré took power on 15 October 1987 in a coup during which Sankara was killed. Compaoré described the killing of Sankara as an "accident", but the circumstances have never been properly investigated. Upon taking the presidency, he reverted many of the policies of Sankara, claiming that his policy was a "rectification" of the Burkinabé revolution.

Initially ruling in a triumvirate with Henri Zongo and Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani, in September 1989 these two were arrested, charged with plotting to overthrow the government, summarily tried, and executed.

1991 and 1998 elections

Compaoré was elected as president in 1991 in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties in protest at the questionable means Compaoré had used to take office in the first place. Only 25 percent of the electorate voted. In 1998, he was re-elected for the first time. In 2003, numerous alleged plotters were arrested, following accusations of a coup plot against Compaoré. In August 2005, he announced his intention to contest the next presidential election. Opposition politicians regarded this as unconstitutional due to a constitutional amendment in 2000 limiting a president to two terms, and reducing term lengths from seven to five years. Compaoré's supporters disputed this, saying that the amendment could not be applied retroactively, and in October 2005, the constitutional council ruled that because Compaoré was a sitting president in 2000, the amendment would not apply until the end of his second term in office, thereby allowing him to present his candidacy for the 2005 election.

2005 election

Palais Kossyam, since 2005 the president's official residence

On 13 November 2005, Compaoré was re-elected as president, defeating 12 opponents and winning 80.35 percent of the vote. Although sixteen opposition parties announced a coalition to unseat Compaoré early on in the race, ultimately nobody wanted to give up their spot in the race to another leader in the coalition, and the pact fell through.

Following Compaoré's victory, he was sworn in for another term on 20 December 2005.

2011 protests

Main article: 2011 Burkinabè protests

On 14 April 2011, Compaoré was reported to have fled from the capital Ouagadougou to his hometown of Ziniare after mutineering military bodyguards began a revolt in their barracks reportedly over unpaid allowances. Their actions eventually spread to the presidential compound and other army bases. In the night, gunfire was reported at the presidential compound and an ambulance was seen leaving the compound. Soldiers also looted shops in the city through the night.

2014 uprising

Main article: 2014 Burkinabé uprising

In June 2014 Compaoré's ruling party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), called on him to organise a referendum that would allow him to alter the constitution in order to seek re-election in 2015. Otherwise, he would be forced to step down due to term limits.

On 30 October 2014, the National Assembly was scheduled to debate an amendment to the constitution that would have enabled Compaoré to stand for re-election as president in 2015. Opponents protested this by storming the parliament building in Ouagadougou, starting fires inside it and looting offices. Billowing smoke was reported by the BBC to be coming from the building. Opposition spokesman Pargui Emile Paré, of the People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party described the protests as "Burkina Faso’s black spring, like the Arab spring".

Compaoré reacted to the events by shelving the proposed constitutional changes, dissolving the government, declaring a state of emergency, and offering to work with the opposition to resolve the crisis. Later in the day, the military, under General Honore Traore, announced that it would install a transitional government "in consultation with all parties" and that the National Assembly was dissolved; he foresaw "a return to the constitutional order" within a year. He did not make clear what role, if any, he envisioned for Compaoré during the transitional period. Compaoré said that he was prepared to leave office at the end of the transition.

On 31 October, Compaoré announced he had left the presidency and that there was a "power vacuum". He also called for a "free and transparent" election within 90 days. Presidential guard officer Yacouba Isaac Zida then took over as head of state in an interim capacity. It was reported that a heavily armed convoy believed to be carrying Compaoré was traveling towards the southern town of Pô. However, it diverted before reaching the town and he then fled to Ivory Coast]l with the support of President Alassane Ouattara.

A week later, Jeune Afrique published an interview with Compaoré in which he alleged that "part of the opposition was working with the army" to plot his overthrow and that "history will tell us if they were right." He added that he would "not wish for his worst enemy" to be in Zida's place.

Sierra Leone Civil War

See also: Sierra Leone Civil War

Compaoré introduced Charles Taylor to his friend Muammar Gaddafi. Compaoré also helped Taylor[clarification needed] in the early 1990s.

International and regional roles

Delegates of Ansar Dine and the MNLA in Ouagadougou, with Blaise Compaoré (November 16, 2012)

In 1993, President Compaoré headed the Burkina-Faso delegation that participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

Compaoré has been active as a mediator in regional issues. On 26 July 2006, he was designated as the mediator of the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, which was held in Ouagadougou in August 2006 and resulted in an agreement between the government and opposition parties. He has also acted as mediator in the crisis in Ivory Coast, brokering the peace agreement signed by Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces leader Guillaume Soro in Ouagadougou on 4 March 2007. In March 2012, he acted as a mediator in talks between representatives of the Malian coup d'état and other regional leaders.

The BBC noted in 2014 that he was "the strongest ally to France and the US in the region," and that "despite his own history of backing rebels and fuelling civil wars in the West African neighbourhood ... more importantly, he used his networks to help Western powers battling Islamist militancy in the Sahel."

He served on the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) International Advisory Board.

Political views

In an interview with the magazine Famille Chrétienne, President Compaoré asserted that the notion of sexual abstinence was not a monopoly of the Roman Catholic Church and that European non-governmental organizations that disagreed with traditional morality were profiting from the situation to intervene in regional African affairs.

Investing Funds For Water And Electricity Improvement For Peoples Of Sulu

The Royal Family Of Aranan announce to launch a humanitarian aid project to help the people of Sulu who live in difficult circumstances and poor. Among the projects launched is Water And Electricity Improvement. Royal Family Of Aranan have invested an initial amount of 1 million PHP in the region of Parang, Jolo, Sulu to buy water and electrical appliances. Moreover, it provides complete maintenance facility.

photo : HRH Datu Muhammidul Ali provide cash checks to one of head of village in Parang Municipal, Jolo Sulu to buy water and electrical appliances  

The project initiatives is being implemented to help the people of Sulu who do not have clean water that invites to health problems. Sulu have many people ill due to infection from dirty water. In addition, the electrical problem becomes one of the sulu peoples mess that resulted in many of them can not feel comfortable at home.

photo : Children in sulu buy water from tank resource

Recently Head of the royal family, HRH Datu Muhammidul Ali with the royal delegate visited the villages that became the main focus of this project. This contribution will continue to be implemented by the royal family which a role in helping charitable and humanitarian of sulu people.

photo : Villagers in sulu use water for washing clothes 

Royal Family Of Aranan have also been working with local and international NGOs to establish more projects like this in making people of sulu priority of all humanity. His Highness The Head Of Royal Family said "our family will try to help as much effort and will mobilize all capabilities and the ability to contribute to the welfare of the people and will ensure that all the people of sulu will be taken care their fate while we still have the strength that is given by GOD Almighty".

photo : Sulu children with water gallon

After this, The Royal Family will focus on humanitarian affairs in all respects to help upgrade and maintain the welfare of the people sulu.

Project Of The Royal House To Contribute Facilities And Infrastructure For Sulu Syariah Court

photo : Sulu Sharia Court building need proper development

The head of the royal family, HRH Datu Muhammidul Ali accompanied by the royal delegation visited the office of the Sulu Sharia Court. During his visit were pleased by the Syariah Judge Mdm. Emraida and syariah court officials.

photo : HRH Datu Muhammidul Ali (left) discuss with Judge of Sulu Sharia Court

He discussed for implementation of renovation shariah court as one of the projects that will be implemented immediately after receiving a full fund from the contributors.

photo : HRH Datu Muhammidul Ali with royal delegates visit the Sulu Sharia Court

The project of developing sharia court involve funds 10 million PHP which includes rebuilding court, offices, and customer center to be fully operational. His Highness had donated some funds for the purchase of office equipment and also donated a cow for sacrifice celebrate "Eid Adha Mubarak". The full project will be reported Soon.

photo : The Royal Delegate with the Sulu Shariah Court Officer