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x Gavin Newsom Gavin-newsom Mayor of San Francisco    
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the current mayor of San Francisco. A Democrat, Newsom was elected mayor in 2003, succeeding Willie Brown and becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007...
x Edwin M. Lee   San Francisco City Administrator   San Francisco  
x Michela Alioto-Pier Michela Alioto-Pier San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco
Michela Alioto-Pier (born 1968) is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She represents District 2, encompassing the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. She previously served as a member of the San Francisco Port Commission. She...
x Aaron Peskin Aaron Peskin President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco
Aaron Peskin (born 1964) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was first elected to the Board in 2000, and was re-elected in 2004. In January 2005, his colleagues elected him President of the Board. Peskin was born and...
San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco
x Ugyen Wangchuck UgyenWangchuck King of Bhutan   Bhutan
Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck (or Deb Nagpo) (Dzongkha: , Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 1861–1926) was the first Maharaja of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was born in 1862 to Jigme Namgyal, Penlop (governor) of Trongsa and Ashi Pema Choki. He succeeded the...
x Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk   Prime Minister of Bhutan    
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a political figure in Bhutan. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. In September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007,...
Prime Minister of Bhutan    
Lyonpo Lhengye Zhungtshog Bhutan
x Ted Arnott   Member of Provincial Parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario
Theodore Calvin (Ted) Arnott (born April 8, 1963 in Fergus, Ontario) is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills. Arnott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from...
x Dalton McGuinty   Premier of Ontario   Ontario
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, Premier of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and the second Roman Catholic to hold...
Member of Provincial Parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario
x Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao Premier of the People's Republic of China   China
Wen Jiabao (simplified Chinese: 温家宝; traditional Chinese: 溫家寶; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born 15 September 1942) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as the head of government...
x Zhu Rongji Chu Dung Cơ Premier of the People's Republic of China   China
Zhū Róngjī (born 1 October 1928, simplified Chinese: 朱镕基; traditional Chinese: 朱鎔基; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987 and 1991, before serving as Vice-Premier...
x Wu Yi Vice-premier Wu Yi Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council of the People's Republic of China China
Wu Yi (traditional Chinese: 吳儀; simplified Chinese: 吴仪; pinyin: Wú Yí; born November 1938 in Wuhan, China) was one of four Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, overseeing the country's economy until March 2008. Known...
Minister Chinese Ministry of Health China
Minister Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation China
Vice Minister Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation China
Secretary Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation China
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x Zeng Peiyan Zeng Peiyan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008 Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council of the People's Republic of China China
Zeng Peiyan (Chinese: 曾培炎; Pinyin: Zēng Péiyán; born December 1938 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2007 and was a Vice-premier from 2003 to 2008.
x Strom Thurmond Strom Thurmond      
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States...
x Jerry Springer Mayor of Cincinnati   Cincinnati
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British born American television personality, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati,...
x Samuel Alito Justice Alito official Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court of the United States  
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Alito is generally considered a fairly conservative jurist with a libertarian streak (especially...
x Micheline Calmy-Rey          
x Yoshio Utsumi        
Yoshio Utsumi (内海 善雄 ,Utsumi Yoshio) (born August 14, 1942) was the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, 1998-2006. He was born in Japan in 1942, and earned his Bachelor in law at the University of Tokyo, and a Master of...
x Pekka TARJANNE          
x Richard Butler          
x John Howard John Howard May 2006 Leader of the Opposition Australian House of Representatives Australia
John Winston Howard, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the Australian...
Treasurer of Australia Australian House of Representatives Australia
Prime Minister of Australia Australian House of Representatives Australia
Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives  
x Peter Garrett 9202a8c04000641f800000000a9a4c92.jpg Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts Australian House of Representatives Australia
Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October...
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts    
Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives  
x Julie Bishop Julie Bishop Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives  
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first...
x Allan Rocher   Australian Senator Australian Senate  
Allan Rocher (born 16 February 1936), Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, and later an Independent, who represented the blue-ribbon Liberal Division of Curtin in Western...
Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives  
x Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, taken in 1931      
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Hindi (listen) (help·info); Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, pronounced [moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmtʂən̪d̪ ɡän̪d̪ʱi]) (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian...
x Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Gustavo Díaz Ordaz      
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (March 12, 1911 - July 15, 1979) served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Diaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés Chalchícomula (Ciudad Serdán, Puebla). His father, Ramón Díaz Ordaz Redonet, worked as an accountant, while...
x Felipe G. Calderón        
Felipe Calderón y Roca (April 4, 1868 – July 6, 1908), was a Filipino politician. Calderón y Roca was born in Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite, to Don José Gonzales Calderón and Doña Manuela Roca. He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de...
x Felipe Calderón Hinojosa Felipe_Calderon_H.jpg President of Mexico   Mexico
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe kaldeˈɾon]) (born August 18, 1962 in Morelia, Michoacán) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will...
x George W. Bush George W. Bush President of the United States   United States
George Walker Bush ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒ ˈwɔːkər ˈbʊʃ/ (help·info); born July 6, 1946) served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20,...
Governor of Texas   Texas
x Luis Calderón Vega        
Luis Calderón Vega (1911 – 1989) was a Mexican politician and writer. Along with other leading opposition politicians, he was one of the founders of the National Action Party (PAN) in 1939. Calderón Vega, who married María del Carmen Hinojosa...
x Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born November 13, 1952) is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District (roughly, Mayor of Mexico City) from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006...
x Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Ebrard being interviewed by Televisa Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (b. October 10, 1959 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) who served as general secretary of the former Mexican Federal District Department, minister of...
x Al Gore Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., is an American environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician and former journalist. He served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. ...
United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
United States Senator United States Senate United States
Vice President of the United States   United States
x Hillary Rodham Clinton Senate career of Hillary Rodham Clinton United States Secretary of State United States Cabinet  
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of Bill Clinton,...
United States Senator United States Senate United States
x Yossi Sarid Yossi Sarid Member of the Knesset Knesset Israel
Yossi Sarid (Hebrew: יוסי שריד‎, born 24 October 1940) is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006. A former Minister of Education and...
x Robert Aderholt Aderholt.jpg United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Robert Brown Aderholt (born July 22, 1965) is an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Alabama's 4th congressional district (map). The district includes most of the far...
x Spencer Bachus Bachus.jpg United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district. Bachus was born in Birmingham to Edith...
x Josiah Bonner Jo Bonner United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Josiah Robins (Jo) Bonner, Jr. (born November 19, 1959), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 1st congressional district. Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama...
x Robert Cramer Cramer.jpg United States Representative United States House of Representatives  
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr., (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Alabama's 5th congressional district. On March 13, 2008, Cramer...
x Artur Davis Artur Davis United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Artur Genestre Davis (born October 9, 1967) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 7th congressional district. It encompasses the counties of...
x Terry Everett Terry Everett United States Representative United States House of Representatives  
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 2nd congressional district. On September 26, 2007, Everett...
x Michael D. Rogers Mike D. Rogers United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Michael Dennis (Mike) Rogers (born July 16, 1958), is American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 3rd congressional district. A fifth generation resident of Calhoun...
x Jefferson Sessions Jeff Sessions United States Senator United States Senate United States
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party, and the new ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sessions was born in Selma,...
x Richard Shelby Richard Shelby United States Senator United States Senate United States
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the majority in Congress. Shelby was born in Birmingham,...
x Lisa Murkowski Lisa Murkowski United States Senator United States Senate United States
Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican, is the only woman ever elected to Congress from her state, in addition to being the first Senator born in Alaska. Murkowski was born...
x Theodore Stevens Ted Stevens United States Senator United States Senate United States
Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is a former senior United States Senator from Alaska, who served from December 24, 1968 until January 3, 2009. As the longest continuously serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens served as President...
President pro tempore of the United States Senate United States Senate United States
United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
x Donald Young Don Young United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
Donald Edwin (Don) Young (born June 9, 1933) has been the sole Representative from Alaska in the United States House of Representatives since 1973. He is a Republican. Currently Young is the 7th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most...
x Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf President of Pakistan    
General (ret) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt, rcds, afwc, psc, gsc is a former President of Pakistan and a former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army,. He took power on 12 October 1999, ousting Nawaz...
x Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy United States Senator United States Senate United States
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. In office since November 1962, he is currently in his eighth full (and ninth overall) term in the Senate...
x John Kerry John Kerry United States Senator United States Senate United States
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in...
x John McCain John McCain official photo portrait United States Senator United States Senate United States
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election. McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into...
United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
x Jon Kyl Jon Kyl United States Senator United States Senate United States
Jon Llewellyn Kyl (born April 5, 1942) is the Republican junior U.S. Senator representing Arizona. He is currently the Senate Minority Whip, tasked with maintaining party discipline. Jon Kyl was born in the Midwest and moved to Arizona for College...
United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
x Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lincoln official portrait United States Senator United States Senate United States
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Lincoln is a member of the Democratic Party. She was the youngest woman to be elected to the Senate when she...
United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States
x Jo Leinen   Minister    
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten) is a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group. He obtained a law degree in Germany in 1972 and a Certificate of Advanced...
x Altiero Spinelli Altiero Spinelli Briefmarke Member of the European Commission European Commission  
Altiero Spinelli (31 August 1907 — 23 May 1986) was an Italian political theorist and a European Federalist. Spinelli is referred to as one of the "Founding Fathers of the European Union" due to his co-authorship of the Ventotene Manifesto (see...
x Mark Pryor Mark Pryor United States Senator United States Senate United States
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the same seat in the U.S. Senate once held by his father, David...
x Barbara Boxer Barbara Boxer United States Senator United States Senate United States
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California,...
x Dianne Feinstein Dianne Feinstein United States Senator United States Senate United States
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (pronounced /ˈfаɪnstаɪn/) (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San...
San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco
Mayor of San Francisco    
x Wayne Allard Wayne Allard United States Senator United States Senate United States
Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008. Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to Sibyl Jean Stewart and Amos Wilson Allard...
x Ken Salazar Ken Salazar United States Secretary of the Interior United States Cabinet  
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American politician and rancher from Colorado, currently serving as United States Secretary of Interior in the Obama administration. Salazar, a Democrat, served as Attorney General of Colorado...
United States Senator United States Senate United States
Colorado Attorney General    
Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources    
Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Roy Romer;    
x Christopher Dodd Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) United States Senator United States Senate United States
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he...