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Contemporary era
Juan Manuel Santos
b. August 10, 1951
President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018
Contemporary era
Laura Chinchilla
b. March 28, 1959
46th President of Costa Rica
Modern era
Abel Pacheco
b. December 22, 1933
President of Costa Rica (2002-2006)
Modern era
Giorgos Vasiliou
May 20, 1931 – January 13, 2026
3rd President of the Republic of Cyprus (1988-1993)
Modern era
Miloš Zeman
b. September 28, 1944
Czech politician, president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023
Modern era
Václav Klaus
b. June 19, 1941
President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013
Contemporary era
Petr Fiala
b. September 1, 1964
Czech politician and politologist
Contemporary era
Bohuslav Sobotka
b. October 23, 1971
Czech politician
Contemporary era
Jiří Rusnok
b. October 16, 1960
Czech politician and economist (* 1960)
Contemporary era
Petr Nečas
b. November 19, 1964
Czech politician, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Contemporary era
Danilo Medina
b. November 10, 1951
Former president of the Dominican Republic
Contemporary era
Rafael Correa
b. April 6, 1963
President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
Modern era
Alfredo Palacio
January 22, 1939 – May 22, 2025
Ecuadorian physician
Contemporary era
Mohamed Morsi
August 8, 1951 – June 17, 2019
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Modern era
Sufi Abu Taleb
January 27, 1925 – February 21, 2008
Egyptian politician (1925–2008)
Modern era
Hazem Al Beblawi
b. October 17, 1936
Former Egyptian Prime minister
Modern era
Kamal Ganzouri
January 12, 1933 – March 31, 2021
Former Egyptian Prime minister (1933-2021)
Contemporary era
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
b. December 26, 1953
Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
Modern era
Arnold Rüütel
May 10, 1928 – December 31, 2024
Estonian politician, former President of Estonia (1928–2024)
Contemporary era
Taavi Rõivas
b. September 26, 1979
Estonian politician (born 1979)
Contemporary era
Andrus Ansip
b. October 1, 1956
Estonian chemist and politician (born 1956)
Modern era
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
December 28, 1924 – December 15, 2018
Former Ethiopian President (1924-2018)
Modern era
Mauno Koivisto
November 25, 1923 – May 12, 2017
President of Finland (1923–2017)
Contemporary era
Maya Tskitishvili
b. June 2, 1974
Georgian economist, politician
Contemporary era
Giorgi Gakharia
b. March 19, 1975
14th Prime Minister of Georgia
Contemporary era
Giorgi Kvirikashvili
b. July 20, 1967
Georgian politician
Modern era
Horst Köhler
February 22, 1943 – February 1, 2025
German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010
Modern era
Helmut Schmidt
December 23, 1918 – November 10, 2015
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
Modern era
John Evans Atta Mills
July 21, 1944 – July 24, 2012
Sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944–2012)
Contemporary era
Antonis Samaras
b. May 23, 1951
Prime Minister of Greece (2012–2015)
Contemporary era
Keith Mitchell
b. November 12, 1946
Grenadian politician
Contemporary era
Mamady Youla
b. November 5, 1961
Guinean politician and economist
Contemporary era
Mohamed Said Fofana
b. 1952
Guinean politician
Contemporary era
Donald Ramotar
b. October 22, 1950
President of Guyana, economist
Contemporary era
Bharrat Jagdeo
b. January 23, 1964
President and Prime Minister of Guyana
Contemporary era
Ariel Henry
b. November 6, 1949
Haitian politician and neurosurgeon (born 1949)
Contemporary era
Katalin Novák
b. September 6, 1977
President of Hungary from 2022 to 2024
Contemporary era
Gordon Bajnai
b. March 5, 1968
Hungarian politician
Contemporary era
Ferenc Gyurcsány
b. June 4, 1961
Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009
Modern era
Péter Medgyessy
b. October 19, 1942
Hungarian politician
Modern era
Gyula Horn
July 5, 1932 – June 19, 2013
Hungarian politician (1932–2013)
Modern era
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
b. May 14, 1943
Icelandic politician, 5th President of Iceland
Modern era
Kristján Eldjárn
December 6, 1916 – September 14, 1982
Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)
Contemporary era
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
b. March 12, 1975
Prime minister of Iceland 2013 - 2016
Modern era
Manmohan Singh
September 26, 1932 – December 26, 2024
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
Modern era
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
b. January 1, 1942
Iraqi politician
Modern era
Michael D. Higgins
b. April 18, 1941
President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)
Modern era
Patrick Hillery
May 2, 1923 – April 12, 2008
6th president of Ireland (1923–2008)
Contemporary era
Leo Varadkar
b. January 18, 1979
Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024.
Modern era
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
December 9, 1920 – September 16, 2016
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
Contemporary era
Mario Draghi
b. September 3, 1947
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
Contemporary era
Enrico Letta
b. August 20, 1966
Italian politician
Modern era
Akihito
b. December 23, 1933
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
Modern era
Hirohito
April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
Contemporary era
Asqar Mamin
b. October 23, 1965
Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Contemporary era
Baqytzhan Saghyntaev
b. October 13, 1963
Politician in Kazakhstan, mayor of Almaty
Contemporary era
Karim Massimov
b. June 15, 1965
Kazakhstani politician
Modern era
Mwai Kibaki
November 15, 1931 – April 21, 2022
3rd President of Kenya (1931–2022)
Contemporary era
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
b. January 26, 1953
Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO
Modern era
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
b. June 15, 1943
Prime Minister of Denmark from 1993 to 2001