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The Contemporary Era
Lives within living memory, from world wars to the digital age.
Contemporary era
Tô Lâm
b. July 10, 1957
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and leader of Vietnam since 2024
Contemporary era
Phạm Minh Chính
b. December 10, 1958
Vietnamese politician
Contemporary era
Rashad al-Alimi
b. January 15, 1954
Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022
Contemporary era
Salem Saleh bin Braik
b. April 3, 1965
Yemeni politician
Contemporary era
Hakainde Hichilema
b. June 4, 1962
President of Zambia since 2021
Contemporary era
Edgar Lungu
November 11, 1956 – June 5, 2025
President of Zambia from 2015 to 2021 (1956–2025)
Contemporary era
Akhtar Mansour
1968 – May 21, 2016
2nd leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Contemporary era
Mohammed Omar
1960 – April 23, 2013
Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban (1960–2013)
Contemporary era
Abdul Kabir
b. 1958
Acting prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023
Contemporary era
Mohammad Rabbani
1955 – April 16, 2001
Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1955-2001)
Contemporary era
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai
1948 – August 21, 1997
Afghan politician and diplomat (1947–1997)
Contemporary era
Ilir Meta
b. March 24, 1969
President of Albania from 2017 to 2022
Contemporary era
Bujar Nishani
September 29, 1966 – May 28, 2022
Albanian politician (1966–2022)
Contemporary era
Bamir Topi
b. April 24, 1957
Albanian diplomat and politician
Contemporary era
Fatos Nano
September 16, 1952 – October 31, 2025
Albanian politician (1952–2025)
Contemporary era
Pandeli Majko
b. November 15, 1967
Albanian politician
Contemporary era
Bashkim Fino
October 12, 1962 – March 29, 2021
Albanian politician (1962–2021)
Contemporary era
Nadir al-Arbawi
b. September 26, 1949
Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Contemporary era
Ayman ibn Abd ar-Rahman
b. August 30, 1966
Algerian politician
Contemporary era
Abd al-Aziz Jarad
b. February 12, 1954
Prime Minister of Algeria from 2019 to 2021
Contemporary era
Sabri Boukadoum
b. September 1, 1958
Algerian politician and diplomat
Contemporary era
Noureddine Bedoui
b. December 22, 1959
Prime Minister of Algeria in 2019
Contemporary era
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
b. July 24, 1949
Spanish bishop
Contemporary era
Antoni Martí
July 30, 1963 – November 6, 2023
6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023)
Contemporary era
Jaume Bartumeu Cassany
b. November 10, 1954
Former Prime Minister of Andorra
Contemporary era
Marc Forné Molné
b. December 30, 1946
Andorran politician
Contemporary era
François Hollande
b. August 12, 1954
President of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)
Contemporary era
Nicolas Sarkozy
b. January 28, 1955
23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
Contemporary era
Baldwin Spencer
b. October 8, 1948
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Contemporary era
Alberto Fernández
b. April 2, 1959
President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023
Contemporary era
Mauricio Macri
b. February 8, 1959
President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
Contemporary era
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
b. February 19, 1953
President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
Contemporary era
Néstor Kirchner
February 25, 1950 – October 27, 2010
President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007
Contemporary era
Alen Simonyan
b. January 5, 1980
Armenian television presenter, actor, producer and politician (born 1980)
Contemporary era
Armen Sarkissian
b. June 23, 1953
4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)
Contemporary era
Serzh Sargsyan
b. June 30, 1954
Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
Contemporary era
Robert Kocharyan
b. August 31, 1954
Former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia
Contemporary era
Levon Ter-Petrosyan
b. January 9, 1945
First President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998
Contemporary era
Karen Karapetyan
b. August 14, 1963
Prime Minister of Armenia
Contemporary era
Hovik Abrahamyan
b. January 24, 1958
Armenian politician
Contemporary era
Tigran Sargsyan
b. January 29, 1960
Armenian economist and politician
Contemporary era
Scott Morrison
b. May 13, 1968
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
Contemporary era
Malcolm Turnbull
b. October 24, 1954
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
Contemporary era
Tony Abbott
b. November 4, 1957
Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
Contemporary era
Kevin Rudd
b. September 21, 1957
26th Prime Minister of Australia
Contemporary era
Julia Gillard
b. September 29, 1961
Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013
Contemporary era
Alexander Schallenberg
b. June 20, 1969
Chancellor of Austria in 2021 and 2025
Contemporary era
Karl Nehammer
b. October 18, 1972
Chancellor of Austria from 2021 to 2025
Contemporary era
Sebastian Kurz
b. August 27, 1986
Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021)
Contemporary era
Brigitte Bierlein
June 25, 1949 – June 3, 2024
Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court (1949–2024)
Contemporary era
Hartwig Löger
b. July 15, 1965
Austrian politician, businessman, former secretary for finance and vice federal chancellor
Contemporary era
Isa Gambar
b. February 24, 1957
Azerbaijani politician (born 1957)
Contemporary era
Novruz Mammadov
b. March 15, 1947
Azerbaijani politician and translator, former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
Contemporary era
Surat Huseynov
February 12, 1959 – July 31, 2023
Azerbaijani colonel and politician (1959–2023)
Contemporary era
Freundel Stuart
b. April 27, 1951
Prime Minister of Barbados
Contemporary era
David Thompson
December 25, 1961 – October 23, 2010
Sixth Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-2010)
Contemporary era
Owen Arthur
October 17, 1949 – July 27, 2020
Barbadian politician (1949-2020)
Contemporary era
Raman Halowchanka
b. August 10, 1973
Belarusian diplomat, politician & banker
Contemporary era
Syarhei Rumas
b. December 1, 1969
9th Prime Minister of Belarus 2018–2020
Contemporary era
Andrei Kobyakow
b. November 21, 1960
8th Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus