State

State: biographies of political and public figures, their careers, major decisions and influence on government, society and historical events.

Stjepan Mesic
Stjepan Mesic
Croatia
President of Croatia since 2000, re-elected in 2005.
Lisa Perez Jackson
Lisa Perez Jackson
USA
American politician, chemical engineer
Joy Johnson
Joy Johnson
USA
The 86-year-old runner who died the day after the marathon
Jack Layton
Jack Layton
Canada
Canadian politician, PhD
 Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Argentina
266th Pope since March 13, 2013
Tatyana Moskalkova
Tatyana Moskalkova
Belarus
Russian politician, lawyer
Lars Gathenhielm
Lars Gathenhielm
Sweden
Swedish privateer and adventurer
Ilse Aigner
Ilse Aigner
Germany
German statesman and politician
Valter Fecherin
Valter Fecherin
Switzerland
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to the Russian Federation
Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
USA
American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
Dina Boluarte
Dina Boluarte
Peru
President of Peru from December 7, 2022
Red Adair
Red Adair
USA
Famous American firefighter
Andrey Yrodivuy
Andrey Yrodivuy
A famous Christian saint and holy fool.
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
USA
American politician
Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang
China
Chinese statesman and politician
Fernando Vergez Alzaga
Fernando Vergez Alzaga
Vatican
Cardinal Deacon with Titular Deaconry from August 27, 2022
Jan Krugier
Jan Krugier
Poland
Swiss gallery owner and antique dealer
Joachim II
Joachim II
Turkey
Patriarch of Constantinople
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
USA
American conservative political commentator
Omran Daqneesh
Omran Daqneesh
Syria
A Syrian boy who has found himself in the spotlight of the world's press and social media
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman
USA
American journalist, host and author.
Otto Karlowa
Otto Karlowa
Germany
German lawyer.
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein
Canada
Canadian journalist, writer and sociologist
Larry Edwin Craig
Larry Edwin Craig
USA
Former American Republican politician
Andrey Lukanov
Andrey Lukanov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian statesman and political figure
Francis Day
Francis Day
Great Britain
Inspector General of Fisheries in India and Burma, ichthyologist.
Lisa Pritchett-Johnson
Lisa Pritchett-Johnson
USA
Girlfriend of John Entwistle, bass guitarist of the rock band The Who
Sergey Zarudniuy
Sergey Zarudniuy
France
Outstanding statesman
Mikhail Rashkovetskiy
Mikhail Rashkovetskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian art historian, art critic, curator
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton
USA
American conservative activist and president of Judicial Watch
Jorg Marchais
Jorg Marchais
France
Leader of the French communists from 1972 to 1994.
Grigory Didenko
Grigory Didenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian businessman and politician
Giovanni Cheli
Giovanni Cheli
Italy
Italian Curial Cardinal and Vatican diplomat
John Winston Howard
John Winston Howard
Australia
25th Prime Minister of Australia
 Alfons III
Alfons III
Portugal
King of Portugal
 Raimundo
Raimundo
Brazil
South American with lymphatic filariasis
Levan Gruzinsky
Levan Gruzinsky
Georgia
Prince, Tsarevich of Georgia, Guards Major, grandson of Georgia.
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Peru
Peruvian politician
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key
USA
American lawyer and poet
Valeriy Matskevich
Valeriy Matskevich
Belarus
Belarusian political and public figure
Jose Zapatero
Jose Zapatero
Spain
Prime Minister of Spain (since 2004).
Arseniy Pushkarenko
Arseniy Pushkarenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian political and public figure
Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps
UK Secretary of State for Defence from 31 August 2023
Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas
USA
American author and former news correspondent, columnist for the Hearst Corporation newspapers, member of the White House press corps
Maykl Ware
Maykl Ware
Russia
English farmer of the Russian hinterland
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Algeria
6th President of Algeria since December 19, 2019
Ravile Heniatulin
Ravile Heniatulin
Russia
Head of the Chita Region Administration
James Jeffords
James Jeffords
USA
American politician
Tokyo Iguchi
Tokyo Iguchi
Japan
Japanese literary scholar best known for his studies of Japanese literature of the second half of the 20th century. Lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1990–2011).
Nikolay Azarov
Nikolay Azarov
Ukraine
Ukrainian politician and statesman.