Engineers at the Highest Level of Government and their Contributions
The profession of heads of state matters so much in the development of those countries:
“A part from the Science Minister, Lord Dryson, appointed in 2009, no engineers are represented at the highest levels of British government. In contrast, the current Chinese president, graduated in Hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University and Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Prime Minister is a postgraduate engineer.” – Dambisa Moyo, Author and Zambian Economist
