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Presenting biographical sketch of some of the most famous political leaders of all times. Biographies of these leaders trace their life history, works & achievements.
Political Leaders
Aaron Burr When Aaron Burr Jr was born, little did his parents, Aaron Burr Sr. and Esther Edwards, knew that their son would go on to hold the chair of the ...
Abdoulaye Wade A politician, lawyer and professor by profession, Abdoulaye Wade secured the chair of the President of Senegal for twelve years and has been ...
Abdullah Ahmad Badaw... The 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is one of the most prolific Malaysian politicians that the country has ever had. ...
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States who led the country to victory during the American Civil War and contributed ...
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler, an Austrian-born, was the leader of the Nazi Party and a notorious dictator of Germany. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to ...
Agnes Macphail Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons. She was also was one of the first two women elected to the ...
Alan Cranston Alan Cranston was an American journalist and a Democratic Senator from California. Hailing from a rich family of real estate developers, he ...
Albert John Luthuli Albert John Luthuli, the president of the African National Congress, was an African politician and teacher. A noble man and an adamant leader, ...
Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton was one of the important pioneers in the early formation of the American government. He participated in Washington's ...
Alexandre Auguste Le... Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin was a French politician and lawyer whose active radical and political activism earned him a prominent place in ...
Alexei Kosygin Alexei Kosygin was an important statesman of Soviet-Russia during the cold war. As part of his evacuation process of civilians from Leningrad, ...
Alija Izetbegovic Alija Izetbegovic, the first president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina was a Bosnian activist who ruled the nation during one of the bloodiest phases ...
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is the former Prime Minister of Israel and a military leader. He is ranked among the most powerful leaders in the history of ...
Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced as Ong San Soo Chee) is the leading face of the pro-democracy movement and a leader of the National League for ...
Betty Williams Betty Williams is the President of the ‘World Centers of Compassion for Children’ and the Chairperson of ‘Institute for Asian Democracy’. She is ...
Charles IX Charles IX was the King of France. During his reign, France witnessed several Wars of Religion which included the horrible incident of St. ...
Cordell Hull Cordell Hull was a major political leader of Tennessee, USA and 47th Secretary of States of the United States. He is credited as the ...
Daniel Webster Daniel Webster was a renowned American Senator and politician. Famous for his gift of the gab ability, he vehemently criticised the War of 1812 ...
David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was a prominent personality in the history of Israel who delivered the country’s declaration of independence and was also the ...
Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry was a true patriot who played a significant role in America’s struggle to establish its independent identity, ideology and ...
F D Roosevelt Born in 1882 and famous all over the world with the three letters, 'FDR' Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the U.S. and is the ...
Fidel Castro Fidel Castro is a revolutionary figure and former Prime Minister of Cuba who served the country from 1959 to 1976 and gained a reputation of an ...
Franklin Pierce When Franklin Pierce became the 14th President of the United States, the political atmosphere of the country was that of the calm before the ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser was the 2nd president of Egypt and one of the most important figures in the modern world and Arab history who served the ...
General Aung San Aung San was a revolutionary nationalist leader of Burmese origin. He is regarded as the father of modern-day Burma. He took the initiative to ...
George Canning George Canning was a British politician who later became Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister of the UK. During his parliamentary career, he ...
George Washington George Washington was the first President of the United States who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War against ...
Gordon Brown One of Britain’s most influential politicians, Gordon Brown became the 52nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Tony Blair. He ...
Henri La Fontaine Henri La Fontaine was a bibliographer, professor of International law and senator in the Belgium legislature who received the Nobel Peace Prize ...
Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger is a German-born American political scientist, bureaucrat and diplomat who served America as National Security Advisor and later ...
Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh was a communist, revolutionist of Vietnam who played a symbolic role as head of state of Vietnam and as a mediator of Party disputes ...
Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was the first woman Prime Minister of India. Political thinkers, even today consider Gandhi as the most controversial Premier of ...
Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac is one of the most influential politicians in France. Getting inspiration from Charles DeGaulle, Chirac entered French national ...
James Buchanan During one of the most difficult phases in American history, when old resolved issues, were once again getting complicated James Buchanan Jr. ...
James Callaghan James Callaghan, also known as the Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. He was also the ...
James K. Polk James Knox Polk has the distinction of not only being the 11th President of the United States of America but for also being the youngest among ...
James Monroe The fifth President of the United States of America, James Monroe was last of the veterans of the American Revolutionary War to hold this ...
Jawaharlal Nehru Born in an aristocratic family of Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru emerged as one of the greatest political leaders of the world, ever. ...
John F Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States and first American President to be born in the twentieth century. The former ...
John Quincy Adams Before becoming the sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams essayed many other roles in the field of public service, right from ...
John Tyler John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States of America is best remembered for approving the annexation of Texas and bringing Florida ...
Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin was one of the greatest leaders of the former Soviet Union and General Secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union ...
Kim Dae Jung Kim Dae Jung, the fifteenth President of Korea is mainly known for his opposition to and lifelong struggle against the authoritarian rule in ...
Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan, a diplomat from the West African country of Ghana was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations (UN) staff to serve ...
Lech Walesa Lech Walesa is a former president of Poland and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner. He is also a humanitarian and a co founder of ‘Solidarity’, the ...
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev was a Communist Party official and a statesman of the former Soviet Union. He served as the leader of the Soviet Union for ...
Lord Mountbatten Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British admiral, statesman and the 1st Earl ...
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India who led the country in the ...
Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was the leader of the Communist Party of China who showed it the way to victory against the 'Kuomintang' in the Civil war of China. ...
Margaret Thatcher ‘I fight on, I fight to win’ asserted Britain’s first female Prime Minister and leader of the British Conservative Party; and win she did. She ...
Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was an illustrious lawyer and a brilliant politician, who became the eighth President of the United States of America. He along ...
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev is a former President of the erstwhile USSR who served as the last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet ...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah The founder and the first Governor General of the state of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was one of the most influential political leaders in ...
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was the most significant black leader who stood against racism and apartheid in South Africa, while many in the world were ...
Oscar Arias Sanchez Oscar Arias Sanchez is the present “Head of the State” and president of Costa Rica. Known for his excellent ruling and a popular organizer, ...
Queen Elizabeth II ‘Supreme Governor of the Church of England’ and ‘The Defender of the Faith’, Her Highness Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch and ...
Ralph Bunche Ralph Bunche was an American political scientist and diplomat and an active leader who contributed heavily in the Civil Rights Movements in the ...
Raul Castro Raul Castro is the current President of Cuba and brother of the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Most of his life was spent under the ...
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon was a leader of the Republican Party and became the thirty-seventh President of the United States in 1968 and was subsequently ...
Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was the fortieth President of the United States and thirty-third governor of California. A short time film actor and director, ...
Saddam Hussein When Saddam Hussein took over as the fifth President of Iraq, hardly did the world realize that an era of strife, war and communal violence ...
Salvador Allende Salvador Allende, the former president of Chile who served from 1970 to 1973, was the first Marxist to be democratically elected the president ...
Sun Yat Sen Sun Yat-Sen was a major politician and a Chinese revolutionary who co founded the Kuomintang and served as its first leader. Known as the Father ...
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was a major political leader and the third president of the United States serving from 1801 to 1809. He was also a co-founder ...
Tony Blair Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair) was one of the youngest and the longest serving Prime Ministers of Britain, belonging to the Labour ...
Tunku Abdul Rahman Sir Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah was the Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 and ...
Vladimir Lenin A communist philosopher, founder of the Soviet Republic and a devout follower of Marxist views, Vladimir Lenin is remembered as the leader of ...
William Henry Harris... Way before becoming the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison had become a household name and a military hero. He managed ...
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one of the greatest politicians of the United Kingdom who went on to become the Prime Minister of the ...
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat was a leader of the state of Palestine and 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority. The leader is also known as the ...
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was the 5th Prime Minister of Israel and served the country from 1974–1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. While ...
Yoshiro Mori Yoshiro Mori is a Japanese politician and former Prime Minister of Japan who served the country from the year 2000 to 2001 as its 85th and 86th ...
Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor served as the 12th president of the United States from the period 1849 to 1850. He was a successful military leader and his ...