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Lawyer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as lawyer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Carlos Manuel Piedra
1895 – 1988
Judge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, appointed President of the Republic but not sworn in
Modern era
Gonzalo Güell
February 16, 1895 – September 2, 1985
Cuban politician (1895-1985)
Contemporary era
Nikos Anastasiades
b. September 27, 1946
Cypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)
Modern era
Tassos Papadopoulos
January 7, 1934 – December 12, 2008
5th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003-2008)
Modern era
Glafcos Clerides
April 24, 1919 – November 15, 2013
Cypriot lawyer and politician (1919–2013), President of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003
Contemporary era
Bohuslav Sobotka
b. October 23, 1971
Czech politician
Contemporary era
Leonel Fernández
b. December 26, 1953
Former president of the Dominican Republic
Modern era
Joaquín Balaguer
September 1, 1906 – July 14, 2002
President of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)
Contemporary era
Adly Mansour
b. December 23, 1945
Egyptian judge and statesman; former interim President of Egypt
Contemporary era
Armando Calderón Sol
June 24, 1948 – October 9, 2017
President of El Salvador (1948-2017)
Contemporary era
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
b. 1961
Equatoguinean politician
Modern era
Konstantin Päts
February 23, 1874 – January 18, 1956
Estonian politician (1874–1956)
Contemporary era
Juhan Parts
b. August 27, 1966
Estonian politician (born 1966)
Contemporary era
Sauli Niinistö
b. August 24, 1948
Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)
Modern era
Tarja Halonen
b. December 24, 1943
President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943)
Modern era
Urho Kekkonen
September 3, 1900 – August 31, 1986
Eighth President of Finland (1900–1986)
Contemporary era
Antti Rinne
b. November 3, 1962
45th Prime Minister of Finland
Contemporary era
Ali Bongo Ondimba
b. February 9, 1959
President of Gabon (2009–2023)
Modern era
Rose Francine Rogombe
September 20, 1942 – April 10, 2015
Gabonese politician (1942-2015)
Contemporary era
Mikheil Saakashvili
b. December 21, 1967
Georgian and Ukrainian politician, third President of Georgia (2004–2013) and Governor of Odesa Oblast (2015–2016)
Contemporary era
Nino Burjanadze
b. July 16, 1964
Georgian politician and lawyer, Speaker of Parliament (2001–2008) and twice acting President of Georgia
Contemporary era
Christian Wulff
b. June 19, 1959
10th German Federal President
Modern era
Gerhard Schröder
b. April 7, 1944
Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
Modern era
John Evans Atta Mills
July 21, 1944 – July 24, 2012
Sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944–2012)
Modern era
John Kufuor
b. December 8, 1938
Fifth President of the Republic of Ghana and Lawyer
Contemporary era
Prokopis Pavlopoulos
b. July 10, 1950
Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic
Modern era
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
August 15, 1926 – November 20, 2016
Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic
Modern era
Konstantinos Karamanlis
March 8, 1907 – April 23, 1998
Greek politician and lawyer (1907–1998), Prime Minister of Greece intermittently between 1955–80, President from 1980–85, 1990–95
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
Contemporary era
Raimundo Pereira
b. August 28, 1956
President unterine of Guinea-Bissau
Contemporary era
Moses Nagamootoo
b. November 30, 1947
Guyanese politician and novelist
Contemporary era
Juan Orlando Hernández
b. October 28, 1968
President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022
Contemporary era
Tamás Sulyok
b. March 24, 1956
Hungarian lawyer, president of Hungary (2024–2026), member of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (2014–2024)
Contemporary era
János Áder
b. May 9, 1959
President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022 (born 1959)
Contemporary era
Bjarni Benediktsson
b. January 26, 1970
Icelandic politician
Contemporary era
Ram Nath Kovind
b. October 1, 1945
President of India from 2017 to 2022
Modern era
Pratibha Patil
b. December 19, 1934
President of India from 2007 to 2012
Modern era
Fuad Masum
b. January 1, 1938
7th President of the Republic of Iraq
Modern era
Jalal Talabani
November 12, 1933 – October 3, 2017
Iraqi politician (1933-2017)
Modern era
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
February 12, 1911 – March 21, 1978
Irish judge and 5th President of Ireland (1911-1978)
Contemporary era
Brian Cowen
b. January 10, 1960
Irish politician
Modern era
Reuven Rivlin
b. September 9, 1939
10th President of Israel (2014–2021)
Modern era
Chaim Herzog
September 17, 1918 – April 17, 1997
6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997)
Contemporary era
Ehud Olmert
b. September 30, 1945
Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009
Modern era
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
September 9, 1918 – January 29, 2012
9th President of Italy (1918–2012)
Contemporary era
Giuseppe Conte
b. August 8, 1964
Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021
Modern era
Edward Zacca
July 26, 1931 – November 11, 2019
Jamaican judge (1931–2019)
Modern era
P. J. Patterson
b. April 10, 1935
Former prime minister of Jamaica, Jamaican politician
Modern era
Poul Schlüter
April 3, 1929 – May 27, 2021
Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993
Contemporary era
Jan Peter Balkenende
b. May 7, 1956
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Contemporary era
Egils Levits
b. June 30, 1955
Latvian judge, jurist and politician (born 1955)
Modern era
Gerard Batliner
December 9, 1928 – June 25, 2008
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1928-2008)
Modern era
Alexander Frick
February 18, 1910 – October 31, 1991
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1910-1991)
Contemporary era
Artūras Paulauskas
b. August 23, 1953
Lithuanian politician (born 1953)
Contemporary era
Xavier Bettel
b. March 3, 1973
Luxembourgish politician (born 1973)
Contemporary era
Jean-Claude Juncker
b. December 9, 1954
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)
Modern era
Jacques Santer
b. May 18, 1937
Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995
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)