Title: Co-chair of WEF meeting

Age: 57

Education: Manhattan College, 1965; New York University Law School, 1968

Background information: Giuliani stepped down from being Mayor of New York City in January 2002 after serving office for eight years. He was widely praised for his strong leadership following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001. Named Time magazine 'Person of the Year' and made an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He stepped down from a possible US Senate run against Hillary Clinton in May 2000 after annoucing he had prostate cancer. As a former US district attorney, he cracked down on organised crime, helping to put John Gotti, of New York's Gambino family, in prison.