Hamid Karzai male

Hamid Karzai is the current President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). He became the dominant political figure after the removal of the...

Augusto Pinochet male, deceased

"' The junta members originally planned for the presidency to rotate among the commanders-in-chief of the four military branches. However, Pinochet...

Charles de Gaulle male, deceased

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as "Général de Gaulle", was a Frenc...

Mary Robinson female

Mary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from...

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga female

Benito Mussolini male, deceased

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 - April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was...

Tarja Halonen female

Tarja Kaarina Halonen (born December 24, 1943, in Helsinki, Finland) is the President of Finland. She began her first term of office in 2000 and...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf female

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (born October 29, 1938) is the current president of Liberia and Africa's first elected female head of state. The Liberian...

Michelle Michelle Bachelet female

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a center-left politician and the current President of Chile—the first woman to hold this position in the cou...

Sani Abacha male, deceased

General Sani Abacha (Kano, 20 September 1943 - Abuja, 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military leader and politician. He was the "de facto" President...