Political Leaders & Revolutionaries
36 entries in the Political Leaders & Revolutionaries compendium.
Alexander DubčekSocialism with a human faceAntonio López de Santa AnnaThe 'uncrowned monarch' of Mexico's turbulent 19th century.António de Oliveira SalazarPortuguese dictator who created the longest-lived authoritarian regime in modern Europe.Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe poet-politician who shaped modern Indian conservatism.Augusto PinochetChilean army officer and military dictator who ruled from 1973 to 1990Aung SanBurmese independence leader and founder of modern Myanmar.Bal Gangadhar TilakIndian nationalist and self-rule activist; advocate of Swaraj.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.Corazon AquinoThe Mother of Philippine DemocracyDavid Lloyd GeorgeLiberal PM who led Britain through WWI and social reform.Desmond TutuSouth African Anglican bishop and anti-apartheid activistEisaku SatōEisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972, holding the…Elizabeth Cady StantonArchitect of the women's rights movement and author of the Declaration of Sentiments.Ellen Johnson SirleafLiberia's Iron Lady and first elected female head of state in Africa.Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary leader of the agrarian Zapatista movement.Erich HoneckerEast German leader who oversaw the Berlin Wall.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.B. R. AmbedkarArchitect of the Indian Constitution and champion of Dalit rights.Benazir BhuttoFirst woman prime minister of a Muslim-majority country, assassinated in 2007.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 combatants.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.Eduard ShevardnadzeSoviet and Georgian politician, last Soviet foreign minister, and post-Soviet leader of Georgia.Eleanor RooseveltFirst Lady of the World and human rights championEmmeline PankhurstBritish activist who led the suffragette movement for women's voting rights.Enver PashaOttoman war minister, revolutionary, and convicted war criminal.Ferdinand MarcosTenth president of the Philippines, ruled as a dictator under martial law.Emir AbdelkaderArab Algerian religious and military leader who led a 17-year struggle against French colonial invasion.
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