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Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque (born 4 May 1961) is a Portuguese monarchist [2] politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current President of the Regional Government of Madeira. He took office as leader of the PSD of Madeira on 10 January 2015. [3] He was a former mayor (presidente da Câmara in Portuguese) of Funchal, Madeira.
In 1995, Jacklyn and Miguel loaned Jeff US$245,573 to start Amazon.com, [11] giving them both 6% equity. [12] Later they relocated to Florida. [5] Jacklyn and her husband are co-founders of, [13] and major donors to, the Bezos Family Foundation. [14] Through the foundation, they donated $710.5 million to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. [15]
In 2006, Miguel Albuquerque published a book where he writes about a few of the most important roses from the garden. [5] The rosarium contains a few rare rose species, for example, the indigenous rose Rosa mandonii. Albuquerque is also busy with rose breeding; the rose 'Lagoa' is, for example, a rose created by him in 2015. [6]
Carlos Manuel de Azeredo and Joaquim Miguel Duarte Silva served as presidents of the Regional Junta, the provisional government that functioned during the transition towards democracy. The current President of the Regional Government of Madeira is Miguel Albuquerque , whose party won the 2015 Madeira regional election on 29 March 2015.
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Miguel Alcubierre Moya (born March 28, 1964) is a Mexican theoretical physicist. [4] Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive , a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel.
Miguel Antonio Otero II (October 17, 1859 – August 7, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and author who served as the 16th Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1897 to 1906. He was the son of Miguel Antonio Otero , a prominent businessman and New Mexico politician.
Manuel Armijo (c. 1793 – 1853) was a New Mexican soldier and statesman who served three times as governor of New Mexico between 1827 and 1846. He was instrumental in putting down the Revolt of 1837; he led the military forces that captured the invaders of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition; and he later surrendered to the United States in the Mexican–American War, leading to the capture of ...