History & Politics
Heads of State & Dictators (years of rule)
- Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai (2004 to present)
- Argentina - Eva (1952) & Juan Peron (1946/55 & 1973/4)
- Burma - Than Shwe (1992 - present)
- Cambodia - Pol Pot (1963/79)
- Cameroon - Paul Biya (1982 to present)
- Chad - Idriss Deby
- Chile - General Auguste Pinochet (1974/90)
- China - Hu Jintao (2002 - present)
- Cuba - Fidel Castro (1959/2008)
- Egypt - Anwar Sedat (1970/81)
- Ethiopia - Haile Selassie (1930/74)
- France - Nicolas Sarkozy
- Gabon - Omar Bongo (1967 to 2009)
- Germany (Chancellor) - Angela Merkel (2005 to present)
- Haiti - Papa (1957/71) & Baby Doc (1971/86)
- Iran - Ayatollah Khomeini (1979/89)
- Iran - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President: 2005 to present)
- Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu (2009 to present)
- Israel - Golda Meir (1969/74)
- Jordan - King Abdullah II (1999 to present)
- Korea (North) - Kim Jung II (1993 to pres)
- Libya - Colonel Gaddafi (1969 to present)
- Mongolia - Genghis Kahn (born 12th century)
- New Zealand - John Key (2008 to present)
- North Vietnam (NV) - Ho Chi Min (1945/69)
- Ottoman Empire - Saladin (1174/93)
- Pakistan - Asif Ali Zadari (2008 to present)
- Romania - Ceausescu (1965/89)
- Rwanda - Paul Kagame
- Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah (2005 to present)
- South Africa - Jacob Zuma (2009 to present)
- Sudan - Omar al-Bashir (1989 to present)
- Syria - Bashar al-Assad (2000 to present)
- The Philippines - Cory Aquino (1986/92) Asia's first female president
- The Philippines - Ferdinand Marcos (1965/86)
- Uganda - Idi Amin (1971/79)
- Yugoslavia - Josip Tito (1953/80)
- Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe (1980 to present)
