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The United States of America

Vice Presidents

• Dan Quayle (1947– ), 44th Vice President (1989–93)
• Dick Cheney (1941– ), 46th Vice President (2001–09); 17th Secretary of Defense (1989–93); 7th White House Chief of Staff (1975–77); 15th United States House of Representatives Minority Whip (1989)
• Joe Biden (1942– ), 47th Vice President (2009– ); Senator from Delaware (1973–2009)

Speakers of the House of Representatives

• Newt Gingrich (1943– ), 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1995–99); 16th United States House of Representatives Minority Whip (1989–95); Representative from Georgia's 6th congressional district (1979–99).
• Nancy Pelosi (1940– ), 60th Speaker of the House (2007– ); Representative from California's 8th congressional district (1987– )

Secretaries of State

• Condoleezza Rice (1954– ), 66th Secretary of State (2005–09); 20th United States National Security Advisor (2001–05)
• Hillary Clinton (1947– ), 67th Secretary of State (2009– ); Senator for New York (2001–09); First Lady (1993–2001)

Secretaries of the Treasury

• Timothy Geithner (1961– ), 57th Secretary of the Treasury (2009– ); President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003–09).

Secretaries of Defense

• Donald Rumsfeld (1932– ), 13th Secretary of Defense (1975–77); 21st Secretary of Defense (2001–06); Representative from Illinois's 13th congressional district (1963–69).

Attorneys General

• Eric Holder (1951– ), 82nd Attorney General (2009– )

White House Chiefs of Staff

• Rahm Emanuel (1959– ), 23rd White House Chief of Staff (2009–10); Representative from Illinois's 5th congressional district (2003–09)

National Security Advisors

• Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928– ), 10th United States National Security Advisor (1977–81)

Supreme Court

• John Paul Stevens (1920– ), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1975–2010)
• Sonia Sotomayor (1954– ), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2009– )

Senators

• John McCain (1936– ), Senator from Arizona (1987– ); Republican nominee for President (2008).
• Rand Paul (1963– ), Senator from Kentucky (2011– )
• Chris Coons (1963– ), Senator from Delaware (2010– )
• John Kerry (1943– ), Senator from Massachusetts (1985– ); Presidental nominee of the Democratic Party (2004)

Congressmen

• Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–80), Representative from California's 14th congressional district (1945–51)
• Barney Frank (1940– ), Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district (1981– )
• Ron Paul (1935– ), Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district (1997– )
• John Boehner (1949– ), Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district (1991– ); 25th Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (2006–07); 21st Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (2007–11)
• Chris Smith (1958– ), Representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district (1981– )
• Gabrielle Giffords (1970– ), Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district (2007– )
• Jon Runyan (1973– ), Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district (2011– )

Governors

• Christine Todd Whitman (1946– ), 50th governor of New Jersey (1994–2001)
• George Pataki (1945– ), 53rd governor of New York (1995–2006)
• Jon Corzine (1947– ), 54th governor of New Jersey (2006–10)
• Jesse Ventura (1951– ), 38th governor of Minnesota (1999–2003)
• John Baldacci (1955– ), 73rd governor of Maine (2003–11)
• Jim McGreevey (1957– ), 52nd governor of New Jersey (2002–04)
• Sarah Palin (1964– ), 9th governor of Alaska (2006–09)
• Chris Christie (1962– ), 55th governor of New Jersey (2010– )
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947– ), 38th governor of California (2003– )
• Eliot Spitzer (1959– ), 54th governor of New York (2007–08)
• David Paterson (1954– ), 55th governor of New York (2008– )

Mayors

• Rudy Giuliani (1944– ), Mayor of New York City (1994–2001)
• Michael Bloomberg (1942– ), Mayor of New York City (2002– )

Ambassadors

• Richard Holbrooke (1941–2010)

Chairmen of the Federal Reserve

• Alan Greenspan (1926– ), Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (1987 – 2006)
• Ben Bernanke (1953– ), Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (2006– )

Lobbyists

• Richard Perle (1941– )

Politicians

• Ralph Nader (1934– ), candidate for President of the United States (1996; 2000; 2004; 2008)
• Alan Keyes (1950– ), Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1985–87)
• Christine O'Donnell (1969– ), Republican nominee for Delaware's Senate (2010)
• Marion Barry (1936– ), politician.

The Republic of France

Presidents

• Jacques Chirac (1932– ), President of the French Republic (1995 – 2007); Prime Minister of France (1986–88); Mayor of Paris (1977–95); Minister of the Interior (1974)
• Nicolas Sarkozy (1955– ), 23rd President of the French Republic (2007– ); Minister of the Interior (2005–07); Minister of Finance (2004); Minister of the Budget (1993–95).

Politicians

• Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928– ), Président du Front National (1978– ); Member of the European Parliament for France (1984– ).
• Ségolène Royal (1953– ), President of Poitou-Charentes (2004– ); Deputy of the French National Assembly (1988–92; 1993–97; 2002–07); candidate in the 2007 French presidential election.

The United Kingdom

Prime Ministers

• James Callaghan (1912 – 2005), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1976–79)
• Margaret Thatcher (1925– ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–90); Leader of the Opposition (1975–79)
• John Major (1943– ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1990–1997)
• Tony Blair (1953– ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007); Leader of the Opposition (1994–97); Leader of the Labour Party (1994–97).
• Gordon Brown (1951– ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–10); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007).
• David Cameron (1966– ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010– ); Leader of the Opposition (2005–10)

Deputy Prime Ministers

• Nick Clegg (1967– ), Deputy Prime Minister (2010– ); Lord President of the Council (2010– ); Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007– )

Members of Parliament

• Nick Griffin (1959– ), Chairman of the British National Party (1999– ); Member of the European Parliament (2009– ).

Germany

Nazi Germany

• Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945), Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (1933–45); Chancellor of Germany (1945).
• Rudolf Hess (1894–1984), Deputy Führer (1933–41)
• Heinrich Himmler (1900–45), Reichsführer-SS (1929–45)
• Ernst Graf zu Reventlow (1869–1943), politician.

Federal Republic of Germany

• Gerhard Schröder (1944– ), Chancellor of Germany (1998–2005)
• Angela Merkel (1954– ), Chancellor of Germany (2005– )
• Thilo Sarrazin (1945– ), Berlin Senator of Finance (2002–09).

Italy

• Silvio Berlusconi (1936– ), Prime Minister of Italy (1994–95; 2001–06; 2008– ).
• Romano Prodi (1939– ), Prime Minister of Italy (2006–08).

The Netherlands

Politicians

• Geert Wilders (1963– ), Members of the House of Representatives]] (2002– ); Parliamentary Leader - Party for Freedom (2006– ).
• Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), politician.

Russia

The Soviet Union

• Mikhail Gorbachev (1931– ), Chairman of the Soviet Union

The Federal Republic of Russia

• Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007), 1st President of Russia (1991–99).
• Vladimir Putin (1952), 2nd President of Russia (2000–08); Prime Minister of Russia (2008– ).
• Dmitry Medvedev (1965– ), 3rd President of Russia (2008– ).

Ukraine

• Yulia Tymoshenko (1960– ), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005; 2007–10).

Iran

Royal Family

• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–80), Emperor of Iran (1941–79)

Presidents & Prime Ministers

• Mohammad Mosaddeq (1882–1967), Prime Minister of Iran (1951–53)
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942– ), Prime Minister of Iran (1981–89)
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956– ), 6th President of Iran (2005– )

Supreme Leaders

• Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–89), Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–89)

Middle East

Iraq

• Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), President of Iraq (1979–2003)
• Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Ba'athist Iraqi Defense Minister; Interior Minister; Chief of Iraqi Intelligence Services.

Maghreb

Leaders

• Muammar al-Gaddafi (1942– ), Leader of Libya (1969– )
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936– ), 2nd President of the Tunisian Republic (1987–2011).

Sub-Saharan Africa

Leaders

• Haile Selassie I (1892–1975), Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–74)
• Idi Amin (1925–2003), 3rd President of Uganda (1971–79)
• Abdoulaye Wade (1926– ), President of Senegal (2000– )
• Omar al-Bashir (1944– ), President of Sudan (1993– )
• Mobutu Sese Seko (1930–97), President of Zaire (1965–97)
• Lansana Conté (1934–2008), President of Guinea (1984–2008)
• Robert Mugabe (1924– ), President of Zimbabwe (1924– )

Central America

Presidents

• Ernesto Zedillo (1951– ), 34th President of Mexico (1994–2000).
• Vicente Fox (1942– ), 35th President of Mexico (2000–06).
• Felipe Calderón (1962– ), 36th President of Mexico (2006– ).

Other

• Subcomandante Marcos, spokesperson for Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

South America & Caribbean

Leaders

• Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006), President of Chile (1974–90).
• Fidel Castro (1926– ), President of Cuba (1976–2003);
• Hugo Chávez (1954– ), President of Venezuela (1999– )
• Evo Morales (1959– ), President of Bolivia (2006– )
• Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), President of Argentina (2003–07).
• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953– ), President of Argentina (2007– )
• Rafael Correa (1963– ), President of Ecuador (2007– ).

Politicians and Revolutionaries

• Che Guevara (1928–67), Marxist revolutionary.