Political Leaders & Revolutionaries
36 entries in the Political Leaders & Revolutionaries compendium.
Political Leaders & Revolutionaries — Era Chart
Alexander DubčekSlovak leader of the Prague Spring, advocate of 'Socialism with a human face'.Alfredo StroessnerParaguayan military dictator who ruled for 35 years.Ali Abdullah SalehFirst president of unified Yemen, ousted in 2012 after the Arab Spring.Angela MerkelFirst female German chancellor and the first chancellor raised in the former East Germany.Ante PavelićFounder of the Ustaše and dictator of the Independent State of Croatia.Antonio José de SucreVenezuelan general and first president of Bolivia.Antonio López de Santa AnnaMexican general, politician, and caudillo; eighth president of Mexico on multiple occasionAntónio de Oliveira SalazarPortuguese dictator who created the long-lasting Estado Novo regime.Atal Bihari VajpayeeBJP leader who became Prime Minister in 1998 and formed a coalition government.Augusto PinochetChilean army officer and military dictator who ruled from 1973 to 1990Aung SanBurmese independence leader and founder of modern Myanmar.B. R. AmbedkarArchitect of the Indian Constitution and champion of Dalit rights.Bal Gangadhar TilakLokmanya: Advocate of Swaraj and Indian self-ruleBenazir BhuttoFirst woman prime minister of a Muslim-majority country, assassinated in 2007.Benito JuárezZapotec president who led Mexico through civil war and foreign invasion.Benito MussoliniItalian dictator who founded fascism and led Italy in World War II.Benjamin NetanyahuIsraeli politician and diplomat, longest-serving prime minister of Israel.Boris YeltsinSoviet politician and reform leader who visited the US in 1989.Charles de GaulleFrench general and statesman who led Free France and founded the Fifth Republic.Che GuevaraMemorial in Santa Clara, Cuba, housing the remains of Che Guevara and 29 fellow combatantsCorazon AquinoFirst female Philippine president and democracy icon.Dag HammarskjöldThe second UN Secretary-General who died in a plane crash during the Congo Crisis.David Ben-GurionPrimary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel.David Lloyd GeorgeLiberal PM who led Britain through WWI and social reform.Desmond TutuSouth African Anglican bishop and anti-apartheid activistEduard ShevardnadzeSoviet and Georgian politician, last Soviet foreign minister, and post-Soviet leader of GeEisaku SatōEisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1Eleanor RooseveltFirst Lady of the World and human rights championElizabeth Cady StantonLeader of the women's rights movement and primary author of the Declaration of SentimentsEllen Johnson SirleafFirst elected female head of state in Africa.Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary leader of the agrarian Zapatista movement.Emir AbdelkaderArab Algerian religious and military leader who led a 17-year resistance against French coEmmeline PankhurstBritish activist who led the suffragette movement for women's voting rights.Enver PashaOttoman war minister, revolutionary, and convicted war criminal.Erich HoneckerEast German leader who oversaw the Berlin Wall.Ferdinand MarcosTenth president of the Philippines, ruled as a dictator under martial law.
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