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Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, José

(Encyclopedia) Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, José, 1957–, Portuguese political leader, prime minister of Portugal (2005–11). b. Porto. A member of the center-left Socialist party since 1981, he…

Shekhar, Chandra

(Encyclopedia) Shekhar, Chandra (Chandra Shekhar Singh), 1927–2007, Indian political leader, prime minister of India (1990–91), b. Uttar Pradesh. Active in the Socialist party, he served in the upper…

Kirk, Norman Eric

(Encyclopedia) Kirk, Norman Eric, 1923–74, New Zealand political leader. A Labour party member, he rose in New Zealand politics, entering Parliament in 1957, and becoming vice president (1963) and…

Belgium

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Belgium Belgium bĕlˈjəm [key], Du. België, Fr. La Belgique,…

Longo, Luigi

(Encyclopedia) Longo, LuigiLongo, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē lôngˈgō [key], 1900–1980, Italian political leader. He was a founder of the Italian Communist party in 1921. In the Spanish civil war he…

Valls Galfetti, Manuel Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Valls Galfetti, Manuel Carlos, 1962–, b. Barcelona, Spain. After his family moved to Paris, he became a member of the Socialist party (1980) and a French citizen (1982). Valls was a…

Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich

(Encyclopedia) Suslov, Mikhail AndreyevichSuslov, Mikhail Andreyevichmēkhəyēlˈ əndrāˈyəvĭch s&oobreve;slôfˈ [key], 1902–82, Soviet politician and ideologist. A Communist party member since 1921,…

Rudd, Kevin Michael

(Encyclopedia) Rudd, Kevin Michael, 1957–, Australian political leader, b. Nambour, Queensland, grad. Australian National Univ. 1981. After working (1981–88) in the ministry of foreign affairs and…

Superdelegates

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APRA

(Encyclopedia) APRAAPRAäˈprä [key] or the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana, reformist political party in Peru, also called the Partido Aprista. Founded (1924) by Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre…