Statesmen

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

Arthur III de Rishmon
Arthur III de Rishmon
France
Constable of France from 1425, Duke of Brittany from 1457, peer of France, prominent French statesman and commander of the Hundred Years' War.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran
Iranian politician and statesman
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Pakistan
Pakistani statesman
Rafael Correa
Rafael Correa
Ecuador
Statesman and politician of Ecuador
 Gautier V de Brienne
Gautier V de Brienne
Count of Brienne (Gaultier V) and of Lecce (under the name of Gautier II) from 1296, Duke of Athens (under the name of Gautier I) from 1308, son of Hugo, Count of Brienne, and Isabella de La Roche, daughter of Guy I de La Roche, Duke of Athens.
Iskender Gamidov
Iskender Gamidov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani statesman and political figure
Alex Praud
Alex Praud
Great Britain
Owner of Proud Camden Gallery
Arsaces I
Arsaces I
Iran
Leader of the Parn tribe
Drest IX
Drest IX
King of the Picts from 834 to 836/837.
 Red Jacket
Red Jacket
Seneca Indian orator and clan chief.
Murat Sutalinov
Murat Sutalinov
Kyrgyzstan
Former head of Kyrgyzstan's security agencies
Norman Lamont
Norman Lamont
Great Britain
British statesman
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
First Prime Minister of the independent Republic of the Congo
Todor Ivanchov
Todor Ivanchov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian statesman and political figure
Barthelemy Boganda
Barthelemy Boganda
The leading figure in the independence movement in the Central African Republic
 Isokrat
Isokrat
Greece
A famous Athenian teacher of eloquence and rhetorician
Otto Shtrandman
Otto Shtrandman
Estonia
Estonian statesman.
Grigoriy Orlyk
Grigoriy Orlyk
Ukraine
French military leader, lieutenant general.
Liri Gega
Liri Gega
Albania
Albanian communist
Ivan Stepankovsky
Ivan Stepankovsky
Manager of the mines of the Russian Society of Shipping and Trade (RSST).
W. Charles Redding
W. Charles Redding
USA
American scientist
Jan van Oldenbarnevelt
Jan van Oldenbarnevelt
Netherlands
Dutch statesman
Artashes Gegamyan
Artashes Gegamyan
Armenia
Armenian politician
Alex Goldfarb
Alex Goldfarb
Russia
Head of the Civil Liberties Foundation.
Armen Erytsuan
Armen Erytsuan
Armenia
Armenian politician and police major general.
Luis Jonson
Luis Jonson
USA
American statesman.
Nathaniel Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Great Britain
Leader of the Virginia Rebellion
Alexander Nikiforov
Alexander Nikiforov
Russia
Collegiate Secretary, Forest Scientist
Gunnar Thoroddsen
Gunnar Thoroddsen
Ireland
Prime Minister of Iceland from 8 February 1980 to 26 May 1983.
Rashid Ibraev
Rashid Ibraev
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani statesman, diplomat.
Ruben Mirzaharyan
Ruben Mirzaharyan
Armenia
Armenian public figure, chairman of the Tekeyan cultural union.
Tomasz Wawrzecki
Tomasz Wawrzecki
Poland
Polish military and political figure
Mary Lyon
Mary Lyon
USA
American educator
Walther Funk
Walther Funk
Germany
German journalist, Nazi Minister of Economics, President of the Reichsbank.
Sylvia Alice Earle
Sylvia Alice Earle
USA
American oceanographer
Alfredo Burkard
Alfredo Burkard
Salvador
Salvadoran politician, president of the country from 1989 to 1994.
Jan Laski
Jan Laski
Poland
A 16th-century Reformation figure, nephew of Primate Laski
Thomas Barnardo
Thomas Barnardo
Ireland
Irish and British philanthropist, founder and director of a home for disadvantaged children.
Bassel Khartabil
Bassel Khartabil
Syrian internet activist, open source software developer
Anatoliy Gorbunovs
Anatoliy Gorbunovs
Latvia
Latvian statesman
Derog Gioura
Derog Gioura
Nauru
Nauruan politician
John Clarke
John Clarke
USA
Founder of the Rhode Island Colony in North America
Honorio Hermeto Carneiro Leao
Honorio Hermeto Carneiro Leao
Brazil
Brazilian statesman
Luis Orbegoso
Luis Orbegoso
Peru
Count de Olmos, Peruvian aristocrat
Nikolay Kishka
Nikolay Kishka
Lithuania
Statesman and military figure of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Balingiin Tserendorj
Balingiin Tserendorj
Mongolia
Political figure of the Bogd Khan Mongolia period
Jean Joseph Dessolles
Jean Joseph Dessolles
France
French statesman
Wiktor Alter
Wiktor Alter
Poland
Prominent figure of the Bund
Adolf Kamphausen
Adolf Kamphausen
Germany
German Protestant theologian.
Ivan Zarubin
Ivan Zarubin
Yaitsky Cossack, participant in the uprisings of 1772 and the Peasant War of 1773-1775