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The Contemporary Era
Lives within living memory, from world wars to the digital age.
Contemporary era
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
b. December 20, 1956
President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019
Contemporary era
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
1946 – January 10, 2013
Mauritanian politician
Contemporary era
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
1953 – May 5, 2017
Mauritanian President (1953-2017)
Contemporary era
Mohamed Ould Bilal
b. December 10, 1963
Mauritanian politician
Contemporary era
Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
b. March 17, 1961
15th Prime Minister of Mauritania
Contemporary era
Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
b. December 17, 1962
Mauritanian politician
Contemporary era
Yahya Ould Hademine
b. December 31, 1953
Mauritanian politician
Contemporary era
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
b. December 12, 1957
Mauritanian Prime Minister
Contemporary era
Prithvirajsing Roopun
b. May 24, 1959
Former president of Mauritius since 2019 to December 2024
Contemporary era
Eddy Balancy
b. May 6, 1953
Mauritian attorney general and politician
Contemporary era
Barlen Vyapoory
b. 1945
Mauritian politician
Contemporary era
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
b. October 17, 1959
Scientist and president of Mauritius
Contemporary era
Navin Ramgoolam
b. July 14, 1947
Prime Minister of Mauritius (1995–2000, 2005–2014, 2024–Present)
Contemporary era
Paul Bérenger
b. March 26, 1945
Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005
Contemporary era
Igor Dodon
b. February 18, 1975
5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020
Contemporary era
Nicolae Timofti
b. December 22, 1948
4th President of Moldova (r. 2012–2016)
Contemporary era
Marian Lupu
b. June 20, 1966
Moldovan politician
Contemporary era
Vlad Filat
b. May 6, 1969
Moldovan politician
Contemporary era
Mihai Ghimpu
b. November 19, 1951
Moldovan politician
Contemporary era
Eugen Osmochescu
b. July 31, 1972
Moldovan economist and politician
Contemporary era
Alexandru Munteanu
b. January 20, 1964
Moldovan economist, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
Contemporary era
Dorin Recean
b. March 17, 1974
Moldovan academic and politician
Contemporary era
Natalia Gavrilița
b. September 21, 1977
Moldovan economist and politician
Contemporary era
Aureliu Ciocoi
b. June 5, 1968
Moldovan diplomat
Contemporary era
Didier Guillaume
May 11, 1959 – January 17, 2025
French politician (1959–2025)
Contemporary era
Pierre Dartout
b. April 9, 1954
French official
Contemporary era
Serge Telle
b. May 5, 1955
French civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2016 to 2020
Contemporary era
Gilles Tonelli
b. November 27, 1957
Monégasque politician
Contemporary era
Michel Roger
b. March 9, 1949
French civil servant
Contemporary era
Khaltmaagiin Battulga
b. March 3, 1963
Mongolian President, member of Democratic party
Contemporary era
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
b. March 30, 1963
Mongolian politician
Contemporary era
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
b. June 1, 1958
Mongolian politician, Leader of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Contemporary era
Natsagiin Bagabandi
b. April 22, 1950
Mongolian politician
Contemporary era
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar
b. March 8, 1970
Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2025 to 2026
Contemporary era
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
b. June 29, 1980
32nd Prime Minister of Mongolia, leader of the governing political party
Contemporary era
Jargaltulga Erdenebat
b. 1973
Politician
Contemporary era
Chimediin Saikhanbileg
b. February 17, 1969
Mongolian politician
Contemporary era
Milo Đukanović
b. February 15, 1962
2nd President of Montenegro
Contemporary era
Filip Vujanović
b. September 1, 1954
Montenegrin politician
Contemporary era
Rifat Rastoder
July 11, 1950 – May 4, 2023
Montenegrin Bosniak politician
Contemporary era
Dragan Kujović
1948 – April 30, 2010
President of Montenegro (1940-2010)
Contemporary era
Momir Bulatović
September 21, 1956 – June 30, 2019
Former President of Montenegro (1956-2019)
Contemporary era
Dritan Abazović
b. December 25, 1985
Prime-minister of Republic of Montenegro 2022–2023
Contemporary era
Zdravko Krivokapić
b. September 2, 1958
Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2020 to 2022
Contemporary era
Duško Marković
b. July 6, 1958
Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2016 to 2020
Contemporary era
Igor Lukšić
b. June 14, 1976
Politician from Montenegro
Contemporary era
Saadeddine Othmani
b. January 16, 1956
Moroccan politician
Contemporary era
Malik Riaz
b. 8 February 1954
Pakistani property developer who built Bahria Town, South Asia’s largest private housing enterprise
Contemporary era
Fawad Chaudhry
b. 7 April 1976
Pakistani politician and lawyer, twice federal minister for information and minister for science
Contemporary era
Mother Teresa
August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997
Missionary of Calcutta, Nobel laureate of mercy
Contemporary era
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997
Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997)
Contemporary era
Imran Khan
b. November 25, 1952
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
Contemporary era
Nefertiti
1370 BCE – 1330 BCE
Nefertiti, b. c.1973, Chicago; Islamic rapper
Contemporary era
Bill Clinton
b. August 19, 1946
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
Contemporary era
George W. Bush
b. July 6, 1946
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
Contemporary era
Barack Obama
b. August 4, 1961
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
Contemporary era
Donald Trump
b. June 14, 1946
45th & 47th President of the United States (2017–2021; 2025–)
Contemporary era
Tony Blair
b. May 6, 1953
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Contemporary era
Princess Diana
July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997
Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
Contemporary era
Angela Merkel
b. July 17, 1954
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)