8 Muslim countries elected christian leaders

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8 Non muslim leaders in muslim majority countries. 1. Februniye Akyol Februniye Akyol, also known by her Christian name of Fabronia Benno, is a Syriac Christian and a political novice, she was elected co-mayor of Mardin in March of 2014, thus becoming the first Christian woman to lead one of Turkey's 30 metropolitan municipalities. Put forward as a candidate by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), Turkey’s main Kurdish party, in municipal elections on March 30, Februniye Akyol was elected co-mayor of the southeastern city of Mardin together with Ahmet Turk, 71, a widely respected veteran Kurdish leader. The BDP splits all top posts between a man and a woman to boost female participation in politics. 2. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Indonesian politician serving as the 17th Governor of Jakarta since November 14, 2014. Basuki was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on November 18, 2014. 3. Alees Thomas Samaan Bahraini politician and former ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 she chaired Bahrain's upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council Samaan was one of four women to sit in the Consultative Council. Like the majority of Bahraini Christians, she is the daughter of immigrants who were granted citizenship, with her parents being of Syrian Christian origin. 4. kamran Michael Kamran Michael is a Pakistani politician, businessman, national conservative activist, and a Christian community leader, and the current Minister of Ports and Shipping, serving since 7 June 2013. 5. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt, Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises, including the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan Genocide. He was then the first Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from November 1997 to December 2002. 6. Janet Michael She is former mayor of Ramallah in the West Bank. She is the first woman to hold this post. She was head teacher of the girls' school in Ramallah for 20 years, now retired. She is a Palestinian Christian (Roman Catholic). She was chosen as mayor on 29 December 2005 by the newly elected 15-member city council. She ran as a political independent (although some sources have associated her with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine movement), and was the head of the "Ramallah for All" independent list, which won six seats in local elections held earlier in December. 7. Léopold Sédar Senghor Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. 8. Michel Sulieman President of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014. Before becoming President, he served as Commander in chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces from 1998 to 2008. After Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander Émile Lahoud took office as President in November 1998, Suleiman succeeded him, taking his place in December. Suleiman was later elected President and was sworn into office on 25 May 2008.