Trustee John Curran was acting President until July 1 of 2009 when he assumed the CEO role permanently.

Nielsen remained with the company until January 2009, when he accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer at VMware ; CFO Erik Prusch then took over as Acting President and CEO.

On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the U. S. to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.

On 23 July 2009, Michael Macht was appointed CEO, to replace Wendelin Wiedeking, who is expected to receive a compensation package of 50 million euros.

On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the United States to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.

The Métis Nation of Canada was founded on January 21, 2009 by founder and CEO Bryce Fequet.

* Interview with Sesame Workshop CEO & President Gary Knell by Scott Traylor of 360KID with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Oct 2009

In October 2009, the wave of suicides led former Deputy CEO Louis-Pierre Wenes to resign under trade union pressure, to be replaced by Stephane Richard.

On July 13, 2009, WTA Tour announced the appointment of Stacey Allaster, the Tour's President since 2006, as the new Chairman and CEO of the WTA.

Former U. S. congresswoman Patricia Schroeder served as the association's outspoken CEO from 1997 until 2009.

On May 1, 2009 former U. S. congressman Tom Allen took over as president and CEO.

On April 1, 2009, Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki accepted the position as the 3rd CEO.

In 2009 Bo Andersson, former Vice-President of General Motors, was appointed President / CEO of GAZ Group.

She has since July 2009 served as President and CEO of the International Crisis Group.

On October 9, 2009, Brian Halla announced his retirement as National ’ s CEO.

Robert Louis-Dreyfus ( 1946 – 2009 ), one of her cousins, was former CEO of Adidas and owner of the Olympique de Marseille soccer team.

In June 2009, James Bass, CEO of Piper Aircraft since 2005, announced he would step down effective that same month.

As CEO from June 2007 to January 2009, Yang had been criticized by many investors, including Carl Icahn, for not increasing revenues and stock price, while there has been a exodus of executives.

On December 17, 2009 Pachta-Reyhofen was assigned as speaker of the board and CEO of MAN SE by the board of directors.

In 2009, following the death of former Walt Disney Feature Animation Chairman, Roy E. Disney, the building was renamed and rededicated in his honor by The Walt Disney Company's president and CEO, Bob Iger.

In May 2009, it was announced that when previous CEO Denis Cortese retires in November 2009, Dr. John Noseworthy would be named the new President and CEO.

In 2009, on her album Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie released a new version of " America the Beautiful ".

More than 20, 000 people were forced to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009, an action the DR Congo said was in retaliation for regular expulsion of Congolese diamond miners who were in Angola illegally.

Several robot cities have been planned for the country: the first will be built in 2009 at a cost of 500 billion won, of which 50 billion is direct government investment.

A paper published at the same time as the 2009 classification proposed seven subfamilies for the families recognized in the very first APG classification of 1998.

* 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for " the appalling way he was treated ".

The best current ( 2009 ) estimate of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for the value of the astronomical unit in meters is A = m, based on a comparison of JPL and IAA – RAS ephemerides.

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

< li > A unit was sold in September 2009 for $ 17, 000 on eBay.

In 2009, Aachen was ranked 8th among cities in Germany for innovation.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

* Stewart, David, O. Impeached: the Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy ( 2009 ) Simon and Schuster, New York, NY.

" Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World 16. 5 ( 2009 ): 20-22.

In September 2009 criticism over the seven-figure salaries earned by various coaches at Arizona's public universities ( including ASU ) prompted the Arizona Board of Regents to re-evaluate the salary and benefit policy for athletic staff.

In 2009, plans for a $ 24 million expansion to the campus, including a new academic building, a second residence and a sports complex were unveiled.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season.

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

Namco Bandai has purchased a 34 % stake in Atari Europe on May 14, 2009, paving the way for its acquisition from Infogrames.

In November 2009 at the Teatro Salieri in Legnago occurred the first staging in modern times of his opera Il mondo alla rovescia, a co-production between the Fondazione Culturale Antonio Salieri and the Fondazione Arena di Verona for the Salieri Opera Festival.

Koeman became the manager for AZ on 17 May 2009.

On 22 May 2009, Dirk Scheringa announced a cooperation with Bayern Munich ; the club has first-option rights for the AZ contracted players.

This production was recorded on DVD, and subsequently won the 2009 Grammy Awards for " Best Classical Album " and " Best Opera Recording.