- Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme is an incoming Belgian Senator, a former Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Yves Leterme is favourite to become the next prime minister of Belgium following the 2007 Belgian General Election. He tendered his resignation as Flemish Minister-President on June 26, 2007, and has been succeeded in that position by Kris Peeters.
- Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Peter Balkenende (born May 7, 1956) is Prime Minister of the Netherlands since July 22, 2002.
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz
Karl-Heinz Lambertz (born June 4 1952 at Amel, Belgium), is a jurist and politician, currently the leader (Minister-President) of the community executive of the German-speaking community of Belgium. He is noted for voicing an outspoken demand for his community, numbering about 60,000 around Eupen, to be separated from Wallonia and be recognised as a separate region of Belgium. He is married and has two children, and lives at Eupen.
- Edmund Stoiber
Edmund Stoiber (born September 28, 1941) is a German politician, currently minister-president of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). On January 18, 2007, he announced his decision to stand down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by September 30, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.
- Gerhard Schröder
"'"' (born April 7, 1944), German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full time politician, he was a successful lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor he was Minister-president of the German state of Lower Saxony. Following the 2005 federal election, which his party lost, …
- Roland Koch
Roland Koch (born March 24 1958 in Frankfurt am Main), German politician, has been Minister-President of Hesse since April 7 1999, immediately becoming President of the Bundesrat completing the term began by Hans Eichel, his predecessor as Minister President, who became Federal Minister of Finance. In 1979 he became the youngest person to hold the office of chair of the CDU youth group in the Main-Taunus district.
- Günther Beckstein
Günther Beckstein is a Bavarian politician from the CSU party, the designated Minister-President of Bavaria. He is quite well known outside Bavaria for his outspoken views on law and order.
- Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau was a German politician of the SPD. He was the eighth President of the Federal Republic of Germany from July 1, 1999 until June 30, 2004 and prime minister of North Rhine Westfalia from 1978 to 1998.
- Matthias Platzeck
Matthias Platzeck (born 29 December 1953) is a German politician. He has been Minister-President of Brandenburg since 2002 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006.
- Georg Milbradt
Georg Milbradt (born 23 February 1945 in Eslohe) is a German politician (CDU). He has been the minister-president of the Free State of Saxony since 2002.
- Jürgen Rüttgers
Jürgen Rüttgers is a German politician (CDU) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, widely known for his views on immigration and the famous phrase "Kinder statt Inder" ("children instead of Indians") which was a media interpretation of "Statt Inder an die Computer müssen unsere Kinder an die Computer" ("instead of Indians in front of computers, our children must be in front of computers"), …
- Erwin Teufel
Erwin Teufel is a German politician of the CDU. He was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg from 1991 to 2005, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1996/97. Teufel is an honorary member of A.V. Cheruskia Tübingen, a catholic student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband.
- Peter Müller
Peter Aloysius Müller is a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 1999, he has held the position of Minister-President of the state of Saarland.
- Björn Engholm
Björn Engholm is a Lübeck born German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, 1988-1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1991-1993. Engholm was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1987, in the wake of the Barschel affair, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.
- Harald Ringstorff
Dr. Harald Ringstorff (born September 25 1939 in Wittenburg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and minister-president of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He has been heading a coalition government of SPD and PDS (now Left Party) from 1998 until 2006, and since then is heading a coalition between SPD and CDU. He is the current President of the German Bundesrat, serving for the term 2006/07.
- Lothar Späth
Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU. From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85. Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 1996. Then he became president of the Industrie- und Handelskammer East-Thuringia in Gera.
- Gerhard Stoltenberg
Gerhard Stoltenberg (September 29, 1928 - November 23, 2001) was a German politician (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He also was minister-president of the German state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 1977/78.
- Holger Börner
Holger Börner was a German politician of the SPD. He was Minister-President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag elections of 24 April 1987 Afterwards (until 2003) he was chairman of the ":de:Friedrich Ebert Stiftung", the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, also known as (FES).
- Walter Wallmann
Walter Wallmann (born 24 September 1932) is a German politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (1977-1986) and Minister-President of Hesse (1987-1991). As Minister-President he also served as President of the Bundesrat in from May to October 1987. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union.
- Uwe Barschel
Uwe Barschel was a German politician (CDU) and from 1982 to 1987 Minister-President in the State of Schleswig-Holstein. He died under unclear circumstances. Barschel grew up in Börnsen nearby Hamburg. He was raised by his grandparents. Since 1971 Barschel was licensed to work as a lawyer. Beside his political activity Barschel composed several writings about public law and political science.
- Johannes Hoffmann
Johannes Hoffmann (July 3, 1867 - december 15, 1930) was a Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD. Born in Ilbesheim, near Landau, he was a Protestant and in 1908, he was elected member of the Landtag. After the revolution of November 1918, he served as Minister of Education under prime minister Kurt Eisner and later succeed him as the first freely elected Bavarian Minister President. Ousted from Munich by the Bavarian Soviet Republic, …
- Paul Giesler
Paul Giesler was a member of the NSDAP, from 1941 NSDAP Gauleiter of Westphalia-South ("Westfalen-Süd") and as of 1942 also acting Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria ("München-Oberbayern"). He was from 2 November 1942 to 28 April 1945 the Premier ("Ministerpräsident") of Bavaria.
- Christoph Bergner
Christoph Bergner (born November 24, 1948 in Zwickau) is a German politician and member of the CDU. Bergner was from 1993-1994 Minister-President of Sachsen-Anhalt.
- Karl Steinhoff
Karl Steinhoff was a Minister-President ("Ministerpräsident") of the German state ("Land") of Brandenburg, then part of East Germany, and later served as East Germany's Minister of the Interior. Born in Herford, Steinhoff studied law from 1910 through 1921 at the Universities of Freiburg, Munich, Königsberg, Berlin, and Münster, earning his doctorate in 1921.
- Fritz Schäffer
Fritz Schäffer was a German politician for the BVP and the CSU. In 1945 he became the first Bavarian Minister-President after World War II. From 1949 to 1957 he was German Minister of Finance and from 1957 to 1961 Minister of Justice.
- Gerd Gies
Dr. Gerd Gies is a German politician (CDU). He was the first Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt after its creation following the reunification of Germany Gies held office from October 1990 to July 4 1991, when he was forced to resign after he was accused of having collaborated with the Stasi. He was succeeded by Werner Münch. Gies remained a parliamentary delegate until 1998. Afterwards, he worked in the energy industry and served on the board of Electrabel Germany.
- Josef Müller
Josef Müller, nicknamed "Ochsensepp" (Oxen-Joe) (27 March, 1898 - 12 September 1979) was a German politician. Born in Steinwiesen, Oberfranken (Bavaria), he entered the legal profession. During the Weimar Republic he became politically active as a member of the Bavarian People's Party. During the Third Reich he served as an attorney for many Nazi opponents. He also was part of the Catholic resistance and was in contact to resistance figures in the military, …
- Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
Manfred, "Freiherr" von Killinger (July 14, 1886-September 2, 1944) was a German naval officer, "Freikorps" leader, military writer and Nazi politician. A veteran of World War I and member of the "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt" during the German Revolution, he took part in the violent intervention against the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- David McAllister
David James McAllister is a German politician (CDU). He is leader of the parliamentary group in the regional parliament (German "Landtag") of Lower Saxony. McAllister was born as son of a German mother an a Scottish father. Since August 2003 he has been married with his wife Dunja. The couple has two daughters. In 1989 McAllister finished school.
- Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the current President of France and "ex officio" Co-prince of Andorra. He was elected President of the French Republic on 6 May, 2007 after defeating left wing Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. Before his presidency, he was leader of the UMP right wing party.
- Elmar Brandt
Elmar Brandt is a German impressionist, most well-known for his imitations of politicians. His most famous series is The Gerd Show, in which actual events are lampooned using an imitation of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The Gerd Show was broadcast between 1999 and 2005 as a short daily comedy on various radio programmes. Other politicians and celebrities Brandt has imitated include current Minister-President of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber, Rainer Calmund, …
- Kurt Biedenkopf
Prof. Dr. Kurt Hans Biedenkopf is a German politician. He was "Ministerpräsident" of the Free State of Saxony (one of Germany's federal states) from 1990 until 2002, as such serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1999/2000.
- Alfred Gomolka
Alfred Gomolka (born 21 July 1942 in Breslau) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. As Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Dr Gomolka served as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 1991 to 19 March 1992.
- Günther Oettinger
Günther Hermann Oettinger is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He has been Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005, and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg. Oettinger studied law in Tübingen. He has been married since 1994 and has one son.
- Peer Steinbrück
Peer Steinbrück is a German SPD politician. He currently serves as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Angela Merkel. He was Minister President ("Ministerpräsident") of North Rhine-Westphalia from November 2002 to June 2005. On the state election on May 22 2005 Steinbrück failed to be reelected as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. His successor is Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU). From November 2005 he is finance minister of Germany and Vice chief of SPD
- Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin said air strikes did nothing to settle the situation around Iraq and urged any action taken against it to be sanctioned by the United Nations.
- Benazir Bhutto
She was elected co-chairwoman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) along with her mother, and when free elections were finally held in 1988, she herself became Prime Minister. At 35, she was one of the youngest chief executives in the world, and the first woman to serve as prime minister in an Islamic country.
- Johannes Rau
President of Germany from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2004. Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populated state, from 1978 to 1998. Former German president who urged his country to open up to foreigners and promoted deeper ties with Israel. He was replaced in 2004 by Germany's current president, the conservative Horst Köhler. Candidate for the West German Federal Chancellorship in 1987; lost to Helmut Kohl. Two months after his death the unnamed place in front...
- Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Division of Griffith, Queensland. Should Labor win a majority of lower house seats at the upcoming 2007 federal election, Rudd will succeed John Howard and become the 26th Prime Minister of Australia.
- Silvio Berlusconi
(born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. He is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 1993 in Rome. Berlusconi has twice held office as prime minister of Italy, most recently from 2001 to 2006. Berlusconi is the founder and main shareholder of Fininvest, among the ten largest Italian privately-owned companies, operating in media and finance including three national TV channels.