1. Bangladeshi Islamist politician and Muslim cleric who has been sentenced to death for the war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war?
Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
He was an elected member of the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008. He is the Nayeb-e-Ameer or the Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami. The International Crimes Tribunal found Sayeedi guilty in 8 of the 20 charges, including mass killing, rape, arson, looting and forcing minority Hindus to convert to Islam during 1971. On 28 February 2013, the tribunal sentenced him to death by hanging for two charges among the eight committed during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
2. KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UNION BUDGET 2013-14:
1. Average economic growth rate in 11th Plan period is 8 per cent, highest ever in any Plan period
2. Plan expenditure in 12th Five Year Plan revised to Rs 14,30,825 crore or 96 per cent of budgeted expenditure.
3. Budget expenditure is Rs 16,65,297 crore and Plan expenditure Rs 5,55, 322 crore. The revised expenditure target is Rs 14,30,825 crore or 96 per cent of Budget estimate for this fiscal. In 2013-14, the budget estimate is Rs 16,65,297 crore.
4. Rs 7 lakh crore target fixed for agricultural credit for 2013-14 compared to Rs 5.75 lakh crore in the current year.
5. Indian Institute of Biotechnology will be set up at Ranchi.
6. A company investing Rs 100 crore or more in plant and machinery in April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015 will be allowed 15 per cent investment deduction allowance apart from depreciation.
7. First housing loan up to Rs 25 lakh would get additional deduction of interest of up to Rs 1 lakh in 2013-14.
8. Govt to construct power transmission system from Srinagar to Leh at the cost of Rs 1,840 crore, Rs 226 crore provided in current Budget.
9. Investor with stake of 10 per cent or less will be treated as FII; any stake more than 10 per cent will be treated as FDI.72. FIIs will be allowed to participate in exchange traded currency derivatives.
10. In 2011-12, tax-GDP ratio was 5.5 per cent for direct taxes and 4.6 per cent for indirect taxes.
11. Tax credit of Rs 2000 to be provided to every person to having income of up to Rs 5 lakh.
12. 5 to 10 per cent surcharge on domestic companies whose taxable income exceeds Rs 10 crore.
13. Specific excise duty on cigarettes and cigars raised by 18 per cent.
14 Excise duty on SUVs to be increased to 30 per cent from 27 per cent, SUVs registered as taxis exempted.
15. Direct tax proposals to yield Rs 13,300 crore, indirect tax proposal to give Rs 4,700 crore.
3. Election results of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura:
Meghalaya:
Total Seats: 60
Results Declared: 60.
Congress: 29
United Democratic Party-8
Others: 23
Nagaland:
Total Seats: 59
Results Declared: 59.
Naga People's Front+:39
Congress: 8
Others: 12
Tripura:
Total Seats: 60
Results Declared: 60.
Left Front: 50
Congress: 10
4. From February 28, 2013 to March 13, 2013(13 days), the papal chair of the Catholic Church has been vacant. The expression which describes that period of time without a Pope is known as?
Sede vacante.
Sede vacante is Latin for “the seat being empty” and refers to the Chair of Peter being unoccupied until the election of a new pope. After the death or resignation of a pope the Holy See enters a period of sede vacante. During this period, the Holy See is administered by a regency of the College of Cardinals. The most recent period of sede vacante of the Holy See began on 28 February 2013, after the resignation of Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013 and ended on 13 March 2013 with the election of Pope Francis, a period of only 13 days. The longest period without a Pope in the last 250 years was the approximately half year from the death in prison of Pius VI in 1799 and the election of Pius VII in Venice in 1800. There have been several periods when the papal chair has been vacant for months or even years. Such an extensive period of time without a Pope is described as an interregnum.
5. Indian-origin writer who has won the inaugural Physics Journalism sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)?
Anil Ananthaswamy.
The Prize is aimed at inspiring the next generation of physicists by encouraging journalists to spread awareness about the complex subject. Ananthaswamy, a consultant at New Scientist Magazine and author of "The Edge of Physics," has won the prize for his article "Hip Hip Array," which focuses on the Square Kilometre Array, an international project to design and build the largest radio telescope ever conceived.
6. Man of the match winners of 3 Test cricket matches (Border-Gavaskar Trophy) played between Australia and India held in India in March 2013:
Second Test between India and Australia held in Hyderabad from March 2-5, 2013:
Man of the Match: Cheteshwar Pujara (India).He scored 204 runs.
Result: India won by an innings and 135 runs.
Third Test between India and Australia held in Mohali from March 14-18, 2013:
Man of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan (India).He scored 187 runs.
Result: India won by 6 wickets.
Fourth Test between India and Australia held in Delhi from March 22-24, 2013:
Man of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja (India) He scored 43runs in first innings and took 5 wickets in second innings.
Result: India won by 6 wickets.
Series India won the 4-match series 4-0.
7. Who won the Player of the series award in the 4 Test Cricket series (the Border-Gavaskar Trophy) between India and Australia held in India in 2013?
Ravi Chandran Ashwin (India)
8. Indian origin engineer and scientist who has become the ninth president of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA?
Subra Suresh.
Suresh served as Director of the National Science Foundation from 2010 to 2013.Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
9. Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy held in Kochi, Kerala?
Services.
Services won the final of the 67th Santosh beating hosts Kerala 4-3 on penalties in a closely fought football contest.
10. Which state won both the men’s and women’s division of the Federation Cup Volleyball Championship-2013?
Kerala.
Kerala won the Men’s title of Federation Cup Volleyball Championship beating Tamil Nadu in the final. Kerala secured the women’s crown, beating Andhra Pradesh in straight sets in the final.
11. Who became the 2nd fastest Indian to get to 1000 Test runs?
Cheteshwar Pujara.
Pujara reached 1000 Test runs, (1017 runs, avg of 67.80, 4 centuries, 11 matches, 18 innings). He is the second fastest Indian to reach the landmark in terms of innings. Only Vinod Kambli, who did it in 14 innings, was faster.
12. Who won the Mexican Open Tennis tile -2013 defeating David Ferrer in the final?
Rafael Nadal.
13. Man of the match winners of 2 T20 cricket matches played between South Africa and Pakistan held in South Africa in March 2013:
First T20: Match abandoned.
Second T20 Cricket between South Africa and Pakistan held in Centurion on 03-05-2013:
Man of the Match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan).
He scored 86 runs and took 3 wickets.
Result: Pakistan won by 95 runs.
Series: Pakistan won the 2-match series 1-0
14. Former President of Maldives who has been arrested, to face charges of abuse of power during his tenure?
Mohamed Nasheed.
15. Who takes the top spot in the world's richest man on Forbes 2013 Billionaire’s list?
Carlos Slim.
Mukesh Ambani retained the top spot among Indians on Forbes' annual list of the world's billionaires on Monday with an estimated worth of $21.5 billion.
16. Who has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly after India won the second Test against Australia by an innings and 135 run?
Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
He has recorded two World Cup wins (2007-T20, 2011-ODI), now has 22 Test wins, one more than Sourav Ganguly.
17. Which country has named former England captain David Beckham as its first global football ambassador to revive the game's image?
China.
18. Sri Lankan Cricketer who has retired from international cricket after being left out of the Sri Lanka squad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Galle, which starts on March 8, 2013?
Thilan Samaraweera.
He has scored 5,462 runs in 81 Tests, at an impressive average of 48.76 - and memorably took eight hours to score 142 against England in 2003 to help set up an innings victory.
19. Venezuelan politician and the President of Venezuela from 1999 who died on March 5, 2013 after a two year battle with cancer?
Hugo Chavez.
He was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.
Following Chavism, his own political ideology of Bolivarianism and Socialism of the 21st Century, he focused on implementing socialist reforms in the country as a part of a social project known as the Bolivarian Revolution. He implemented the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, participatory democratic councils, the nationalization of several key industries, and increased government funding of health care and education and made significant reductions in poverty with oil revenues. After winning the October 2012 presidential election, he was to have been sworn in on 10 January 2013, but the National Assembly of Venezuela agreed to postpone the inauguration to allow him time to recover from medical treatment in Cuba, resulting from a return of the cancer that was originally diagnosed in June 2011.
20. Name the 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in UK who has scored an incredible 162 on her IQ test - even higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking?
Neha Ramu.
21. The 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup will be held in?
New Delhi, India.
The 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup will be the 10th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men. It will be held between 6–15 December 2013.
22. Asian Grand Prix-2013 which is scheduled to be held in Chennai on May 16 as now been shifted to?
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
23. The jail term of Italy's longest-serving postwar prime minister has been reduced recently from four years to one. Who is that Prime Minister?
Silvio Berlusconi.
24. The Union Cabinet of India on March 7, 2013 approved a bill providing for time-bound delivery of services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards and tax refunds etc. What is the name of that bill?
The Right of Citizens for Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill-2011. The bill comes with a penalty of Rs 250 a day subject to a maximum of Rs 50,000 for default.
25. Man of the match winners of 2 test cricket matches played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held in Sri Lanka in March-2013:
First Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held in Galle from March 8-12:
Man of the match: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh). He scored 200 runs.
Result: Match drawn
Second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held in Colombo from March 16-19:
Man of the match: Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka). He took 5 wickets in first innings and 7 wickets in second innings.
Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Series Result: Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1-0.
26. Who won the Player of the series award in 2 test cricket matches played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held in Sri Lanka in March-2013?
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
27. Who is appointed as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
Man of the match: Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka). He took 5 wickets in first innings and 7 wickets in second innings.
Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Series Result: Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1-0.
26. Who won the Player of the series award in 2 test cricket matches played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh held in Sri Lanka in March-2013?
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
27. Who is appointed as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
John Owen Brennan.
President Obama nominated Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency January 7, 2013. John Brennan was approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 5, 2013 to succeed David Petraeus as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency by a vote of 12 to 3.
28. Man of the match winners of 5 ODI cricket matches played between South Africa and Pakistan held in South Africa in March 2013:
First ODI between South Africa and Pakistan held in Bloemfontein on 10-03-2013:
Man of the Match: Colin Ingram (South Africa). He scored unbeaten 105 runs.
Result: South Africa won by 125 runs.
Second ODI between South Africa and Pakistan held in Centurion on 15-03-2013:
Man of the Match: Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan). He took 4 wickets.
Result: Pakistan won by 6 wickets.
Third ODI between South Africa and Pakistan held in Johannesburg on 17-03-2013:
Players of the Match: Hashim Amla (South Africa) and AB de Villiers (South Africa). Amla scored 122 runs and De Villiers scored 128 runs.
Result: South Africa won by 34 runs.
Fourth ODI between South Africa and Pakistan held in Durban on 21-03-2013:
Man of the Match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan). He scored 80 runs.
Result: Pakistan won by 3 wickets.
Fifth ODI between South Africa and Pakistan held in Benoni on 24-03-2013:
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers (South Africa). He scored unbeaten 95 runs.
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets.
Series: South Africa won the 5-match series 3-2.
29. Who won the Player of the series award in the 5 ODI cricket matches played between South Africa and Pakistan held in South Africa in March 2013?
AB de Villiers (South Africa).
30. Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013?
Tine Baun.
She defeated three-time world junior champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in the final. The tournament is held at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England.
31. Who won the men’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013?
Chen Long (China).
He defeated Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the final.
32. Who becomes the first Bangladesh cricketer to score a double century in Test matches?
Mushfiqur Rahim. He scored 200 runs.
He achieved this milestone in the test match against Sri Lanka.
33. Prominent Afghan actor who starred in more than a dozen films has been killed in a NATO air strike in Afghanistan?
Nazar Mohammad Majnonyar Helmandi.
34. Name the television channel started in Israel which is aimed primarily at dogs?
DOGTV.
DOGTV has been launched by An Israeli Cable TV Company. DOGTV
is cable's first television network for dogs.
35. Who becomes the first non-tribal speaker of Meghalaya?
Abu Taher Mondal.
36. A record of 8 centuries scored in a test cricket match held in March 2013. The test match is played between?
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) scored two centuries, 142 in first innings and 105 in second innings. Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)-190, Lahiru Thirumanne(Sri Lanka)-155*, Dinesh Chandimal(Sri Lanka)-116*, Mushfiqur Rahim(Bangladesh)-200, Nasir Hossain(Bangladesh)-100, Tillakaratne Dilshan(Sri Lanka)-126.
37. India’s first indigenous-developed long range cruise missile which has been aborted midway after it deviated from its intended flight path?
Nirbhay.
The sub-sonic missile fell off its flight trajectory and was taken down over the Bay of Bengal to ensure safety. It consequently fell into a cashew nut plantation, near the coast.
38. Which team won the Deodhar Trophy 2012-2013?
West Zone.
West Zone defeated North Zone by five wickets in the final. The current List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket is the Deodhar Trophy. It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket) and is a 50-over knockout competition played on an annual basis among the 5 zonal teams - North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone. The competition was introduced in 1973-74 season with South Zone winning the trophy.
39. Who was elected 266th pope of Roman Catholic Church and chose the papal name Pope Francis?
Jorge Bergoglio. (Argentina).
He becomes the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He is the first Latin American pope to lead the church, as well as the first Jesuit priest. He prayed for the church, the papacy and for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
40. Who is elected as the new President of Kenya?
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta.
He is the fourth and current President of Kenya. He previously served in the Government of Kenya as Minister of Local Government from 2001 to 2002, and he was Leader of the Official Opposition from 2002 to 2007; subsequently he was Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
41. Name the World’s largest radio telescope perched above Chile's Atacama Desert which becomes fully operational on March 13, 2013?
ALMA. (The Atacama Large Millimeter Array).
ALMA consists of 66 interconnected radio telescopes. Operating through a supercomputer in extreme synchronicity, ALMA will be about 10 times more powerful than NASA's Hubble telescope. The project is jointly funded by the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan and built in collaboration with Chile.
42. Chief Justice of Nepal who was sworn-in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister to head an interim government that will hold elections in three months, ending a long political deadlock in the country?
Khil Raj Regmi.
43. What is the rank of India in the Human Development Report 2013 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
136.
India ranked the country at a low 136 among 186 countries on its human development index (HDI).
44. Who is the new Prime Minister of China?
Li Keqiang.
He is the current Premier of the People's Republic of China and party secretary of the State Council.
45. Law and Urban Development Minister of Odisha who resigned on moral grounds after his daughter-in-law filed a dowry case against him and his family members?
Raghunath Mohanty.
46. Man of the match winners of 2 test cricket matches (Clive Lloyd Trophy-2013) played between West Indies and Zimbabwe held in West Indies in March-2013:
First Test cricket match between West Indies and Zimbabwe held in Barbados from March 12-14:
Man of the match: Shane Shillingford (West Indies). He took 3 wickets in first innings and 6 wickets in second innings.
Result: West Indies won by 9 wickets.
Second Test cricket match between West Indies and Zimbabwe held in Dominica from March 20-22:
Man of the match: Shane Shillingford (West Indies). He took 5 wickets each in both first innings and second innings.
Result: West Indies won by an innings and 65 runs.
47. Who won the Player of the Series award in Clive Lloyd Trophy-2013 played between West Indies and Zimbabwe held in West Indies in March-2013?
Shane Shillingford (West Indies).
48. The Indian Opener who made the fastest debut hundred in Test Cricket history is?
Shikhar Dhawan.
Dhawan's 185 was also the highest score by an India debutant, beating Gundappa Viswanath's 137 in 1969.
49. Who becomes the first woman Railway porter in Rajasthan?
Manju Devi.
50. Which South African cricketers smashed 238 runs to set a world-record partnership for the third wicket as South Africa plundered 343-5 against Pakistan in the third one-day international?
AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla.
51. Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament title-2013 defeating Malaysia in the final?
Australia.
Australia won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament title for the seventh time. Australia had won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in 1983, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2011. South Korea won bronze after defeating 2012 winner- New Zealand.
52. Palestinian lawmaker known as "the mother of martyrs" who praised and supported three of her sons who were killed while carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis, died on March 17, 2013?
Marian Farhat.
She was also known as Umm Nidal, had liver and bowel diseases. Three of her sons died in attacks against Israel, one of which was a suicide mission that she encouraged in a homemade video.
53. COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF 60TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS/NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2012
To know the complete list of winners of 60th National Film awards/ National Film Awards 2012 , please vist the below link.
http://onlineindya.blogspot.in/2013/04/complete-list-of-winners-of-60th.html
54. Who won the Indian Wells ATP Masters Men's title-2013?
Rafael Nadal.
He defeated Juan Martin del Potro to win his third Indian Wells ATP Masters title.
55. Who won the Indian Wells ATP Masters Women's title-2013?
Maria Sharapova.
She defeated her opponent Caroline Wozniacki in the women’s final in straight sets. This is her second Indian Wells ATP Masters title.
56. Which umpire has been banned for 10 years by the Bangladesh Cricket Board following an investigation into corruption?
Nadir Shah.
57. Name the submarine-launched supersonic missile which was successfully test fired by India on 20 March 2013 at Vishakhapatnam?
BrahMos.
India successfully test fired 290km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. India is the only country in the world to own a submarine launched supersonic cruise missile.
58. Former India captain who has been appointed chairman of the All India Football Federation's technical committee?
Baichung Bhutia.
59. The most financially powerful city of India which dropped to 66th position in the recently published ranking list of world’s leading financial hubs by Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI)?
Mumbai.
The capital of United Kingdom, London has managed to secure the pole position to claim the tag of number 1 financial hub of the world. Mumbai remains the one and only Indian entry of the list. GFCI is an agency, and it provides ratings, ranking and profiles of 79 leading and powerful financial centres across the world.
60. President of Bangladesh who passed away on 20 March 2013 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore?
Mohammad Zillur Rahman.
He was the 19th President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. In 2009, Rahman was elected to the presidency by parliament in an uncontested vote; the Awami League had won the vast majority of seats in the 2008 parliamentary election. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, to die in office, while being the first to die of natural causes.
61. Who became the first player in Spanish football history to score against every other team in La Liga consecutively?
Lionel Messi.
62. The Supreme Court of India in a judgment on 21st March 2013 convicted the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts for his role in the case and sentenced him to death. What is the name of that terrorist?
Yakub Memon.
Yakub Memon is a chartered accountant who is convicted in 1993 Bombay bombings case. He is a brother of Ibrahim Mushtaq 'Tiger' Memon, one of the prime accused of the attacks which killed 257 people.
Yakub was the most educated member of the Memon family and has been in jail since he returned to India and surrendered in 1994. His accounting firm used to handle the finances of brother Tiger's illegal operations, which included lucrative silver smuggling. He did well for himself and had bought six flats in the Al Hussaini building where Tiger already had two duplex flats. Tiger was a henchman of D-Company mafioso and co-conspirator in the 1993 blasts, Dawood Ibrahim.
63. Bollywood Actor who has been sentenced to 5 years in jail by the Supreme Court of India for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts?
Sanjay Dutt.
64. 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter champion, who held the 200 m world record for almost 17 years (the longest time ever in the race's history) with his time of 19.72 seconds, died on March 21, 2013?
Pietro Mennea.
The record held for seventeen years before Michael Johnson broke it at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. As of 1st of September 2013, only eight athletes have recorded a better time over 200 metres than Mennea. His time stands as the current European record. He also held the low-altitude world record, 19.96, from 1980 to 1983, set in his home town of Barletta. On 17 August 1980, Mennea became the first sprinter to break 20 seconds for the 200 metres for the third time.
65. The internationally acclaimed Nigerian writer who was best known for his first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), died on March 20, 2013?
Chinua Achebe.
His book "Things Fall Apart" is the most widely read book in modern African literature. His other novels are No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).
66. Who is sworn in as the New Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim?
Justice Pius C Kuriakose.
67. The 2013 BRICS summit was the fifth annual BRICS summit was held in?
Durban, South Africa.
BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the head of states or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
68. Who won the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix-2013?
Sebastien Vettel.
69. Who is appointed as the new Governor of Kerala?
Nikhil Kumar.
Prior to this appointment, he was Governor of Nagaland. He also served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology He is the former Chief of the elite National Security Guards and a former Commissioner of Police, Delhi.
70. Veteran Malayalam actress who won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Namma Gramam (2010), died on 26 March 2013?
Sukumari.
She died on following a heart attack while under treatment for burn injuries received while lighting the pooja lamp at her residence in Chennai. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri. In 2010, she won the National Award for her performance in the Malayalam film “Namma Gramam”.
71. Foreign Minister of Italy who resigned over his government's decision to return two marines to India to face trial for the murder of local fishermen while on anti-piracy duty?
Giulio Terzi.
The marines, Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, are facing trial in India over the shooting dead of two fishermen off the southern state of Kerala in February 2012 when they were assigned to protect an Italian commercial tanker from pirates.
72. Who is appointed as the Director of the United States Secret Service?
Julia Pierson.
She became the 23rd Director and the first woman to head the male dominated United States Secret Service agency.
