Abdulqawi Yusuf vs Alexis Tsipras

Abdulqawi Yusuf was elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2009, becoming the first Somali to serve on the court. He was re-elected in 2018 for a second nine-year term, contributing to international legal jurisprudence.

Abdulqawi Yusuf was elected Vice-President of the International Court of Justice in 2015, serving until 2018. In this role, he assisted in the administration of the court and participated in major cases, including advisory opinions on Kosovo and the Chagos Archipelago.

Abdulqawi Yusuf was elected President of the International Court of Justice in 2018, becoming the first African to hold the position since 1994. He presided over the court's proceedings and represented it internationally until his term ended in 2021.

Tsipras led the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to victory in the January 2015 Greek legislative election, winning 149 seats. He became the youngest Prime Minister in Greek history at age 40, on a platform opposing austerity measures imposed by the EU-IMF bailout.

After months of tense negotiations, Tsipras agreed to a third bailout program worth

Tsipras signed the Prespa Agreement with North Macedonia on June 17, 2018, resolving a decades-long naming dispute. The agreement required North Macedonia to change its name, ending Greek objections to its NATO and EU membership. It faced strong opposition in Greece but was ratified by parliament.

Tsipras and SYRIZA were defeated in the July 2019 Greek legislative election by the New Democracy party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. SYRIZA won 86 seats, a significant loss from 2015. This ended Tsipras's four-year premiership and returned center-right governance to Greece.