Famous Political Leaders - List of Famous Political Leaders - page 8

A political leader, or a politician, can be anyone who has taken up the responsibility of governing a tribe, city, state, region or even an entire nation. History has given us a plethora of political leaders, both good and bad, who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of their countries and the people living in the country. Political leaders are not just people who govern nations during peace times but also during times of crisis. They are people who are responsible for making and implementing strategies and policies meant to better serve the interests of the country they govern. These leaders are chosen through various processes, some examples of which would be through elections, in a democratic nation, and through lineage or birthright, in case of a monarchy, or even dictatorships wherein one individual declares himself the head of state. A look at the political leader’s hall of fame would reveal names like Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill and even Genghis Khan. What follows next are the biographies of some of the most famous politicians along with information on their life’s story, trivia about them, their timelines and some other interesting facts about their professional and personal lives.

The Most Famous Political Leaders

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Edi RamaJuly 4, 1964AlbanianEdi Rama is the current Prime Minister of Albania
Leo VaradkarJanuary 18, 1979IrishCam Leo Varadkar is the current Taoiseach—the Prime Minister—of the Republic of Ireland
Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanJanuary 25, 1948EmiratiSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the current President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mohammed bin SalmanAugust 31, 1985Saudi ArabianMohammed bin Salman is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the heir apparent to the throne
Sebastian CoeSeptember 29, 1956BritishSebastian Coe is a British former track and field athlete turned politician
Fatos NanoSeptember 16, 1952AlbanianFatos Nano is an Albanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Albania for several times
Kamla Persad-BissessarApril 22, 1952TrinidadianKamla Persad-Bissessar is Trinidad and Tobago’s seventh Prime Minister
Kitaw EjiguFebruary 25, 1948EthiopianKitaw Ejigu was an Ethiopian American engineer and political leader
Ranasinghe PremadasaJune 23, 1924Sri LankanRanasinghe Premadasa was a Sri Lankan politician, who served as the third President of the island nation
Boris JohnsonJune 19, 1964AmericanBoris Johnson is a British politician who has served as the Mayor of London since 2008
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Adolfo Rodriguez Saa is an Argentine politician who served as the interim President of Argentina for a week in 2001

ArgentinianJuly 25, 1947133 views
Fernando de la Rúa

Fernando de la Rúa

Fernando de la Rua is an Argentine politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1999 to 2001

Vincent Auriol

Vincent Auriol

Vincent Jules Auriol served as the first President of the Fourth French Republic between 1947 and 1954

FrenchAugust 27, 1884128 views
Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin

Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepinis a French diplomat, politician, and writer who served as the Prime Minister of France during 2005–07

FrenchNovember 14, 195394 views
Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, more famously known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician and stateswoman

Sri LankanApril 17, 1916171 views
Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel is a German politician who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005

GermanJuly 17, 1954224 views
Robert Menzies

Robert Menzies

Robert Gordon Menzies was the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia

Bob Hawke

Bob Hawke

Bob Hawke is an Australian politician who was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia

D. S. Senanayake

D. S. Senanayake

Don Stephen Senanayake respected as the ‘Father of the Nation’, was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

Sri LankanOctober 20, 1883179 views
Chandrika Kumaratunga

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Chandrika Kumaratunga is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth President of Sri Lanka

Sri LankanJune 29, 1945197 views