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  2. European Central Bank - Wikipedia

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    Early years (1998–2007) Wim Duisenberg, first President of the ECB. The European Central Bank is the de facto successor of the European Monetary Institute (EMI). The EMI was established at the start of the second stage of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) to handle the transitional issues of states adopting the euro and prepare for the creation of the ECB and European System of ...

  3. Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.

  4. Permanent Member of the Secretariat - Wikipedia

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    The Permanent Member [a] of the Secretariat, [b] officially the Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat ( Vietnamese: Thường trực Ban Bí thư Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam ), is a senior position within the Communist Party of Vietnam . The Permanent Member is appointed by the ...

  5. Union Council of Ministers - Wikipedia

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    The Union Council of Ministers [1] is the principal executive organ of the Government of India, which functions as the senior decision-making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the prime minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries. Currently, the council is headed by prime minister Narendra Modi ...

  6. Art Green (American football) - Wikipedia

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    Early life. Green was born on April 29, 2000, in Chesterfield, Missouri. He attended Parkway Central High School there and played football. As a senior, Green, a two-way player, had 29 receptions for 528 yards and 13 touchdowns as a wide receiver with 46 tackles and three interceptions as a defensive back, being named all-metro by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch while helping Parkway Central reach ...

  7. European System of Central Banks - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The European System of Central Banks ( ESCB) is an institution that comprises the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of all 27 member states of the European Union (EU). [1] Its objective is to ensure price stability throughout the EU, and improve monetary and financial cooperation between eurozone and non ...

  8. European exploration of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Euthymenes of Massalia explored the coast of West Africa in the early sixth century BC. The West African coast may have been explored by Hanno the Navigator in an expedition c. 500 BC. [2] The report of this voyage survives in a short Periplus in Greek, which was first cited by Greek authors in the 3rd century BC.

  9. Central American Integration System - Wikipedia

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    The Central American Integration System ( Spanish: Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization of Central American states since 1 February 1993. On 13 December 1991, the ODECA countries (Spanish: Organización de Estados Centroamericanos) signed the Protocol of Tegucigalpa, extending ...