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Diplomat Biographies
Every archived life recorded as diplomat, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Andrés Pastrana Arango
b. August 17, 1954
President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002
Contemporary era
Luis Guillermo Solís
b. April 25, 1958
Costa Rican 47th president
Contemporary era
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
b. April 29, 1968
Croatian politician and diplomat
Modern era
Gonzalo Güell
February 16, 1895 – September 2, 1985
Cuban politician (1895-1985)
Modern era
Charles Savarin
b. October 2, 1943
President of Dominica (2013–2023)
Modern era
Nicholas Liverpool
September 9, 1934 – June 1, 2015
President of Dominica (1934-2015)
Modern era
Osborne Riviere
February 10, 1932 – November 23, 2017
Dominican politician (1932-2017)
Contemporary era
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
b. December 26, 1953
Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
Modern era
Lennart Meri
March 29, 1929 – March 14, 2006
Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)
Contemporary era
Sahle-Work Zewde
b. February 21, 1950
President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Contemporary era
Mulatu Teshome
b. January 29, 1957
Former President of Ethiopia
Contemporary era
Jioji Konrote
b. December 26, 1947
Fijian politician (born 1947)
Modern era
Epeli Nailatikau
July 5, 1941 – March 26, 2026
President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015 (1941–2026)
Modern era
Jona Senilagakali
November 8, 1929 – October 26, 2011
Prime Minister of Fiji (1929-2011)
Contemporary era
Tevita Momoedonu
January 13, 1946 – November 26, 2020
Prime Minister of Fiji (1946-2020)
Modern era
Martti Ahtisaari
June 23, 1937 – October 16, 2023
President of Finland from 1994 to 2000
Contemporary era
Michel Barnier
b. January 9, 1951
Former Prime Minister of France (2024)
Contemporary era
Ali Bongo Ondimba
b. February 9, 1959
President of Gabon (2009–2023)
Contemporary era
Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
April 2, 1961 – June 11, 2020
Gabonese diplomat and politician (1961–2020)
Contemporary era
Salome Zourabichvili
b. March 18, 1952
Georgian politician and former French diplomat, fifth President of Georgia (2018–2024)
Modern era
Eduard Shevardnadze
January 25, 1928 – July 7, 2014
Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat, Soviet foreign minister and second President of Georgia (1995–2003)
Modern era
Karolos Papoulias
June 4, 1929 – December 26, 2021
6th President of Greece (1929–2021)
Contemporary era
Antonis Samaras
b. May 23, 1951
Prime Minister of Greece (2012–2015)
Modern era
Nicholas Brathwaite
July 8, 1925 – October 28, 2016
Grenadian politician, Prime Minister of Grenada (1925–2016)
Modern era
Ben Jones
August 5, 1924 – February 10, 2005
Grenadian politician (1924-2005)
Modern era
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre
b. January 6, 1936
Guatemalan lawyer, politician and judge. President 2015-2016
Modern era
Louis Lansana Beavogui
December 28, 1923 – August 19, 1984
President Guinea (1923-1984)
Contemporary era
Mohamed Béavogui
b. August 15, 1953
Prime minister of Guinea
Contemporary era
Faustino Imbali
b. May 1, 1956
Foreign and Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
Modern era
Gyula Horn
July 5, 1932 – June 19, 2013
Hungarian politician (1932–2013)
Modern era
K. R. Narayanan
October 27, 1920 – November 9, 2005
President of India from 1997 to 2002
Modern era
Inder Kumar Gujral
December 4, 1919 – November 30, 2012
Prime Minister of India (1997-1998)
Contemporary era
Hassan Rouhani
b. November 12, 1948
President of Iran from 2013 to 2021
Contemporary era
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
b. March 25, 1947
Prime Minister of Iraq from 2005 to 2006
Modern era
Patrick Hillery
May 2, 1923 – April 12, 2008
6th president of Ireland (1923–2008)
Contemporary era
Brian Cowen
b. January 10, 1960
Irish politician
Modern era
Chaim Herzog
September 17, 1918 – April 17, 1997
6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997)
Modern era
Henri Konan Bédié
May 5, 1934 – August 1, 2023
President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 (1934-2023)
Modern era
Hirohito
April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
Contemporary era
Bisher Al-Khasawneh
b. January 27, 1969
Prime Minister of Jordan
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)
Modern era
Ruud Lubbers
May 7, 1939 – February 14, 2018
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994
Contemporary era
Anote Tong
b. June 11, 1952
I-Kiribati politician
Modern era
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
June 16, 1929 – September 29, 2020
Emir of Kuwait (1929–2020)
Modern era
Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
April 12, 1913 – December 31, 1977
Emir of Kuwait from 1965 to 1977
Contemporary era
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
b. October 10, 1955
Kuwaiti royal and politician (born 1955)
Modern era
Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
b. December 22, 1940
Former Prime Minister of Kuwait 2006-2011
Contemporary era
Roza Otunbayeva
b. August 23, 1950
President of Kyrgyzstan
Contemporary era
Moses Blah
April 18, 1947 – April 1, 2013
President of Liberia (1947-2013)
Modern era
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
August 28, 1853 – July 25, 1938
Prince of Liechtenstein (1853-1938)
Contemporary era
Dalia Grybauskaitė
b. March 1, 1956
President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)
Modern era
Pierre Werner
December 29, 1913 – June 24, 2002
Luxembourgish politician (1913-2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
Modern era
Gaston Thorn
September 3, 1928 – August 26, 2007
Luxembourgish politician (1928–2007)
Contemporary era
Joyce Banda
b. April 12, 1950
4th President of Malawi
Modern era
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
November 26, 1939 – April 14, 2025
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009
Modern era
Dioncounda Traoré
b. February 23, 1942
President of Mali
Contemporary era
Moctar Ouane
b. October 11, 1955
Malian politician
Contemporary era
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
June 8, 1954 – March 21, 2022
Malian politician (1954–2022)
Modern era
Guido de Marco
July 22, 1931 – August 12, 2010
Maltese politician (1931-2010)