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The Contemporary Era
Lives within living memory, from world wars to the digital age.
Contemporary era
Brian Cowen
b. January 10, 1960
Irish politician
Contemporary era
Moshe Katsav
b. December 5, 1945
8th President of Israel (2000–2007)
Contemporary era
Yair Lapid
b. November 5, 1963
Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Former Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 and Chairman of the Yesh Atid Party
Contemporary era
Naftali Bennett
b. March 25, 1972
Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022
Contemporary era
Ehud Olmert
b. September 30, 1945
Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009
Contemporary era
Mario Draghi
b. September 3, 1947
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
Contemporary era
Giuseppe Conte
b. August 8, 1964
Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021
Contemporary era
Paolo Gentiloni
b. November 22, 1954
Italian politician (born 1954)
Contemporary era
Matteo Renzi
b. January 11, 1975
Italian politician (born 1975)
Contemporary era
Enrico Letta
b. August 20, 1966
Italian politician
Contemporary era
Laurent Gbagbo
b. May 31, 1945
4th President of Ivory Coast
Contemporary era
Patrick Achi
b. November 17, 1955
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Contemporary era
Hamed Bakayoko
March 8, 1965 – March 10, 2021
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)
Contemporary era
Amadou Gon Coulibaly
February 10, 1959 – July 8, 2020
Ivorian politician (1959–2020)
Contemporary era
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
b. March 6, 1951
Ivorian politician
Contemporary era
Portia Simpson-Miller
b. December 12, 1945
Former prime minister of Jamaica
Contemporary era
Bruce Golding
b. December 5, 1947
Jamaican politician; Prime Minister of Jamaica
Contemporary era
Shinzō Abe
September 21, 1954 – July 8, 2022
Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)
Contemporary era
Yoshihiko Noda
b. May 20, 1957
Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012
Contemporary era
Bisher Al-Khasawneh
b. January 27, 1969
Prime Minister of Jordan
Contemporary era
Omar Razzaz
b. May 17, 1961
Jordanian politician
Contemporary era
Hani al-Mulki
b. October 15, 1951
Jordanian politician
Contemporary era
Fayez al-Tarawneh
May 1, 1949 – December 15, 2021
Jordanian politician (1949-2021)
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
Contemporary era
Serik Akhmetov
b. June 25, 1958
Politician, former Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan
Contemporary era
Uhuru Kenyatta
b. October 26, 1961
4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)
Contemporary era
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
b. May 15, 1964
25th Prime Minister of Denmark
Contemporary era
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
b. December 14, 1966
Danish retired politician, former Prime Minister of Denmark
Contemporary era
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
b. January 26, 1953
Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO
Contemporary era
Dick Schoof
b. March 8, 1957
Civil servant and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 2024-2026
Contemporary era
Mark Rutte
b. February 14, 1967
Secretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2010–2024)
Contemporary era
Jan Peter Balkenende
b. May 7, 1956
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Contemporary era
Anote Tong
b. June 11, 1952
I-Kiribati politician
Contemporary era
Tion Otang
b. c. 2000
President of Kiribati
Contemporary era
Teburoro Tito
b. August 25, 1953
President of Kiribati
Contemporary era
Ata Teaotai
b. c. 2000
Gilbertese politician
Contemporary era
Glauk Konjufca
b. July 25, 1981
Kosovan politician
Contemporary era
Vjosa Osmani
b. May 17, 1982
President of the Republic of Kosovo since 2021
Contemporary era
Hashim Thaçi
b. April 24, 1968
Kosovo politician
Contemporary era
Atifete Jahjaga
b. April 20, 1975
President of Kosovo from 2011 to 2016
Contemporary era
Jakup Krasniqi
b. January 1, 1951
Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo
Contemporary era
Avdullah Hoti
b. February 4, 1976
Kosovan politician
Contemporary era
Ramush Haradinaj
b. July 3, 1968
Kosovar soldier and Prime Minister of Kosovo
Contemporary era
Isa Mustafa
b. May 15, 1951
Kosovo Albanian politician (born 1951)
Contemporary era
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
b. October 10, 1955
Kuwaiti royal and politician (born 1955)
Contemporary era
Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
b. 1956
Kuwaiti royal and politician
Contemporary era
Talant Mamytov
b. March 14, 1976
Kyrgyz politician
Contemporary era
Almazbek Atambaev
b. September 17, 1956
4th President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Contemporary era
Roza Otunbayeva
b. August 23, 1950
President of Kyrgyzstan
Contemporary era
Phankham Viphavanh
b. 1951
Laotian politician
Contemporary era
Bouasone Bouphavanh
b. June 3, 1954
Laotian politician
Contemporary era
Egils Levits
b. June 30, 1955
Latvian judge, jurist and politician (born 1955)
Contemporary era
Raimonds Vējonis
b. June 15, 1966
Ninth president of Latvia
Contemporary era
Valdis Zatlers
b. March 22, 1955
President of Latvia
Contemporary era
Krišjānis Kariņš
b. December 13, 1964
Latvian politician (born 1964)
Contemporary era
Māris Kučinskis
b. November 28, 1961
Latvian politician (born 1961)
Contemporary era
Laimdota Straujuma
b. February 24, 1951
12th Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)
Contemporary era
Valdis Dombrovskis
b. August 5, 1971
11th Prime Minister of Latvia