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Reid, Harry Mason, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Reid, Harry Mason, Jr. 1939–2021, American politician, b. Searchlight, Nev., Utah State Univ. (); George Washington Univ. law school (…Curley, James Michael
(Encyclopedia) Curley, James Michael, 1874–1958, American political leader, b. Boston. He held many municipal offices, served (1902–3) in the Massachusetts legislature, and became a power in the…Warner, Mark Robert
(Encyclopedia) Warner, Mark Robert, 1954–, U.S. politician, b. Indianapolis, grad George Washington Univ. (B.A., 1977), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1980). After settling in Virginia and working as a…Steinmeier, Frank-Walter
(Encyclopedia) Steinmeier, Frank-Walter, 1956–, German politician. A member of the center-left Social Democratic party, he worked for the Lower Saxony chancellery when Gerhard Schröder was premier…Bayar, Celâl
(Encyclopedia) Bayar, CelâlBayar, Celâljĕlälˈ bäˈyär [key], 1884–1986, Turkish statesman. The son of a religious leader and teacher, Bayar joined the nationalist movement after the Young Turk…Cavaco Silva, Aníbal António
(Encyclopedia) Cavaco Silva, Aníbal AntónioCavaco Silva, Aníbal Antónioänēˈbäl äntōˈnēō kəväˈk&oomacr; sēlˈvä [key], 1939–, Portuguese economist and political leader, prime minsiter (1985–95) and…Koizumi, Junichiro
(Encyclopedia) Koizumi, JunichiroKoizumi, Junichiroj&oobreve;nēˈchērō kōēˈz&oomacr;mē [key], 1942–, Japanese political leader, b. Yokosuka. From a political family, he studied economics at…Chen Shui-bian
(Encyclopedia) Chen Shui-bianChen Shui-bianchŭn shwā-byän [key], 1951–, Taiwanese political leader, president of Taiwan (2000–2008). Born into poverty, he obtained his law degree from National Taiwan…Poroshenko, Petro Oleksiyovych
(Encyclopedia) Poroshenko, Petro OleksiyovychPoroshenko, Petro Oleksiyovychpĕtrôˈ ôlĕksēˈyôvĭch pôrôshĕnˈkô [key], 1965–, Ukrainian political leader and businessman. He studied economics at Kiev…Perot, H. Ross
(Encyclopedia) Perot, H. Ross (Henry Ross Perot), 1930–2019, American business executive and political leader, b. Texarkana, Tex., as Henry Ray Perot, grad. Annapolis, 1953. In 1957 he resigned his…