Hull alumni who went on to become successful international politicians include Neeli Kroes, the Dutch politician currently serving as European Commissioner for competition; Joseph Garcia, leader of the Gibraltar Liberal Party; Malaysian MP Hohd Puad Zarkashi; Saint Lucian lawyer and politician Sarah Flood-Beauburn; Belgian politician and chair of their Groen! party Wouter Van Besien; Daniel Francis Annan, speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament from 1993 to 2001; Dominican politician Nicholas Liverpool; and Hong Kong Minister and founder of their now-defunct pro-democracy Citizens Party, Christine Loh.