- He is the fifth member of his family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico.
- Peña Nieto's election marks the return to power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRI controlled the Mexican presidency for more than 70 years, until the 2000 election.
- She is the first female German chancellor
- Being the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and teacher, Merkel grew up in a rural area north of Berlin (capital) in the then German Democratic Republic
- After Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president until Chávez's death in March 2013
- Maduro pledged to complete the socialist transformation of Venezuela begun by Chavez, to increase gun control in the country's impoverished areas, and to increase the nation's minimum wage by 30 to 40 percent
Li Kequiang:
- 2nd ranked member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee.
- Received 2940 votes out of 3000
David Cameron:
- Descendant of King William IV,and born into a wealthy English family
- At age 43, Cameron became the youngest prime minister of the United Kingdom since 1812.
Manmohan Singh:
- only prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term
- Some of his achievements include the passing of the important National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to Information Act by Parliament in 2005
Jean-Marc Ayrault:
- sat in parliament since 1986 and was initially on the Socialists' left wing before gradually moving to social democracy
- served as mayor of France's sixth largest city Nantes
Hasan Fereidun Ruhan:
- was a Lawyer,Muslim cleric, Representative of the Supreme Leader to the Supreme National Security Council, Member of the Assembly of Experts, head of the Political and Social Committee of the Assembly of Experts, President of the Center for Strategic Research.
- Studied at Ph.D. Constitutional Law, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK(Thesis entitled: The Flexibility of Shariah; Islamic Law)M. Phil. Law, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK(Thesis entitled: The Islamic legislative power) B. A. Judicial Law, University of Tehran
Hamid Karzai:
- Hamid Karzai received just a little over 50 percent of the vote in his recent election
- emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime.
Dilma Rousseff:
- Prior to running for president, she had never run for an elected office
- First female president of Brazil
Binyamin Netanyahu:
- Affected by his brother's death, Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism, one in 1979 and another in 1984
- First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in 1948
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