State Governors
Marcus Aquino*
- Former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico and Korean war hero who strongly advocated statehood. The Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee proposed issuing a stamp in his honor [2.9].
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- Josh convinced him not to run for President because Bartlet was threatened by Buckland's health [3.4].
- Buckland tried to woo Victor Campos away from loyalty to President by taking him to a Pacers/Cavaliers basketball game [3.3].
Edward Pratt
Governor of Tennessee
Governor of Tennessee
- He met with President Bartlet when black churches in his state were being bombed [3.9].
Robert Ritchie
Governor of Florida
Governor of Florida
Gabe Tillman*
Governor of California
Governor of California
- Will Bailey wrote his speech for the Stanford Club during the 2002 election [4.6].
Foreign Dignitaries
King Bhumibol Adulyadej*
King of Thailand [2.12]
King of Thailand [2.12]
Salmon Afkham*
- Son of the ayatollah of Iran. He has Eisenmenger's syndrome and is in need of a heart and lung transplant, for which he flies to the United States [4.9].
Hassan Ali*
- An Egyptian VIP who presented the president with a priceless ceramic statue of the goddess Bast [2.17].
- He has 38 wives [2.17].
Rahmadi Sumahidjo Bambang
Senior Indonesian Deputy
Senior Indonesian Deputy
- He refused Toby Ziegler's request that a friend imprisoned in Indonesia be released because he was insulted by President Bartlet's toast at the state dinner [1.7].
- He speaks English and Batak [1.7].
Colonel Bazen*
- Head of the Haitian military junta opposed to the election of Dessaline [2.21].
- Bazen wanted Dessaline arrested on false charges of embezzling $18 million in humanitarian funds [2.21].
- He demanded $10 million, a private plane, and asylum in America for him and his family before he would leave Haiti; instead, Bartlet unfroze his accounts and let his wife and children flee with him to Venezuala [3.2].
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan*
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
- He is the longest-standing ambassador to the U.S. [2.12]
Jean-Paul Claude
Charpentiér, Vicomte de Condé de Bourbon
- Zoey's French boyfriend. He's the 22nd Vicomte de Bourbon [4.11].
- Jean-Paul was, according to Charlie, high when he arrived at the White House for the Daughters of the American Revolution reception [4.18].
- In keeping with his affinity for drugs, Jean-Paul slipped half a hit of ecstasy into Zoey's drink the night she was apparently kidnapped from a techno club in D.C. [4.22]. After her disappearance, Jean-Paul was high, and not on ecstasy. Wesley promised Jean-Paul they'd keep him alive, because he was the key witness to the end of the world. Blood tests revealed Jean-Paul was high on GHB, a date rape drug [4.23].
Anthony Bratt*
- Candidate for British ambassador to the United States who withdrew, citing familial obligations, and was replaced by Lord John Marbury [2.12].
Peter Chigorin*
President of Russia [3.19]
President of Russia [3.19]
Dessaline*
President of Haiti
President of Haiti
- Democratically elected president, Dessaline was overthrown by a military junta. He was rescued after being smuggled into the American embassy in the trunk of a car [2.21]. .
- He is a former treasury minister [2.21].
- The United States encouraged him to run for president of Haiti [2.21].
Rene Ducasse*
Justice Minister of Haiti
Justice Minister of Haiti
- Ducasse was arrested by Colonel Bazen [2.21].
Renee Ernesto*
The Argentinian ambassador to the United States [2.12]
The Argentinian ambassador to the United States [2.12]
Alberto Fedrigatti
Italian Charge d'Affaires
Italian Charge d'Affaires
- Advised Josh Lyman about the extradition of the thirteen year old boy wanted in Georgia for the murder of his teacher [3.7].
General Garcia*
- Led rebel forces in an uprising against President Velasco in Venezuela [4.1].
King Carl Gustaf*
King of Sweden [2.12]
King of Sweden [2.12]
- Presented Josiah Bartlet with his Nobel Prize in Economics [3.14].
Noah Jola*
The ambassador to the United States from Burkina Faso [2.12]
The ambassador to the United States from Burkina Faso [2.12]
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Lord John Marbury
British Ambassador to the United States |
- Marbury is the former ambassador to New Delhi from the Court of Saint James and the great great grandson of a former Viceroy [1.11].
- He also served as the Queen's minister to either India or Pakistan for thirteen years [1.11] and was appointed British ambassador to the United States [1.12].
- Marbury is an old friend of President Bartlet's who was brought in to advise the president on the aggressions between India and Pakistan [1.11].
- He calls CJ Cregg "Princepessa" and Leo McGarry "Gerald" [1.12].
- His mother was a descendant of the third of the nine children of Queen Victoria [2.12 and he was educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne [1.12].
Notable Quotes"The NMD is an absurdly wasteful military boondoggle that will never produce a working missile. It violates any number of elements of the ABM treaty, and any argument you make in its defense will surely be moronic." [2.12]
President Mbeki*
President of South Africa
President of South Africa
- Mbeki made the controversial claim that AIDS is not related to HIV [2.4].
Maggie Morningstar-Charles
- A representative from the Stockbridge-Muncee tribe. She has a degree from the University of Michigan [3.7].
Nadia
Russian Ambassador to the United States
Russian Ambassador to the United States
- She was flirting with Leo [2.9].
King Nawa*
King of Bhutan
King of Bhutan
- He died in January, 2003, and was succeeded by his son [4.14].
King Yashey Nawa*
King of Bhutan
King of Bhutan
- He became king in January 2003, after his father's death, at the age of 18 [4.14].
Sir Christopher Nealing-Roach*
- Candidate for British ambassador to the United States who withdrew after being diagnosed with a rare form of encephalitis contracted during his recent posting to Kenya; he was replaced by Lord John Marbury [2.12].
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President Nimbala
President of the Republic of Equatorial Kuhndu |
- Nimbala attended a White House summit for African AIDS relief [2.4].
- The AFRC staged a coup in his absence. It is believed his brother and two sons were killed and his wife was hiding in Kenya [2.4].
- Nimbala was executed upon his return to his country [2.4].
- One memorable point he made while in Washington was, "It is a terrible thing to pay for your life" [2.4].
Vigdis Olafsdottir*
Icelandic Ambassador to the United States
Icelandic Ambassador to the United States
- Olafsdottir attended the Reykjavik Symphony Orchestra concert at the Kennedy Center with President Bartlet [2.9].
President Santos*
President of Columbia
President of Columbia
- He worked with President Bartlet to arrange Juan Aguilar's release from prison [2.13].
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Abdul Shareef Defense Minister of Qumar |
- While he had been helping the United States with intelligence out of Qumar, Shareef was discovered to be funding terrorist attacks from Bahji cells [3.20].
- He is the brother of the Qumari Sultan [3.21].
- When he visits President Bartlet in the Oval Office, he brings a hand-carved incense burner. Bartlet refuses to shake his hand, and later orders Shareef's assassination [3.22].
- Shareef was assassinated on May 22, 2002 [4.11]
President Rahm Siguto
President of Indonesia
President of Indonesia
- The White House hosted a state dinner in his honor; President Bartlet thinks he is either boring or rude [1.7].
- He doesn't like salmon [1.7].
- Siguto was once almost pushed out of an airplane by a CIA-trained operative [1.7].
Vanderbass*
Ambassador to Vietnam [4.9]
Ambassador to Vietnam [4.9]
Ben Yosef
Israeli Foreign Minister
Israeli Foreign Minister
- Yosef presented Leo with the Medal of David and then met with him about the situation in Qumar. On his return flight to Israel, his plane was lost [4.4].
* Individuals noted with an asterisk have been mentioned, but have never appeared.