World Leaders

Mexico- Enrique Pena Nieto came from a middle class family his father was an engineer and his mom , a school teacher. He fathered two children with someone who wasn't his wife. His previous wife died of sketchy circumstances. He's married to a soap opera actress.

Germany- Angela Markel PhD in quantum chemistry
Chancellor since 2005
Earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Woman in the World for 8 of the past 10 years.

Venezuela-  Nicolas Maduro Moros started out as a bus driver became politically acive in the early 1990's. Met Hugo Chavez in 1992 in prision for trying to overthrow the goernment. Chaves went into power and chose Moros to take power when he died.
China- Xi Jinping
Son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.
His wife is a folk singer who holds rank as army general in 1987.
Hi daughter goes to Harvard

United Kingdom- David Cameron 
Went to Britian's top private school
His first child was disabled
He is the youngest prime minister in over 200 years

Queen Elizabeth came into power Feb. 6 1952 and was crowned June 2, 1953. Her reign lasted 60 years and counting 

Saudi Arabia- Abdullah He fathered 22 children the youngest when he was 79.
He is worth about 21 billion dollars.
He was commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard
He met with the Pope to try to converge religions
He granted women the right to vote

India- Pranab Mukherjee  Journalist before entering politics
Rated as one of the best finance ministers in the world
Ruled the best parliamentarian 
Started his own party- Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress
He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi who took over as prime minister from his mom after she was assassinated. 

France- Francois Hollande
Has no previous experience in a national government position. 
He was born in 1954 his father was an extreme right physician and his mother was a progressive social worker.

Iran- Khamenei supreme leader Took part in street protests against the US. He was exiled and imprisoned multiple times 
Hasan Fereidun Ruhani-Doesnt want to be like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-previous ruler
Hates the US
Hates Israel saying that Jews don't deserve their own country. says that the Holocaust didn't exist

Afghanistan- Hamid Karzai's father is a popular political figure. He can also speak many languages (Peshto, Persain, Hindi, French and English) which helps him make more of an influence on a world wide level. 
He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine regime. 
Several times in 2001 he warned the US that the Taliban was connected with al Qaeda and that an attack  (9/11) was planed against the US but his warnings were ignored. 

Brazil- Dilma Rousseff is Brazil's first woman to be president. 
She opposed Brazil's military dictatorship in 1960's/ 70's and served three years in prison where she was repetedly tortured. 
She has been divorced twice. She has a degree in economics and now rules the country with the eighth biggest economy in the world. 
She underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009 and is now in remission. 

Israel - Peres and Netanyahu 
Peres- Fled to Palestine to escape persecution of Jews
Was given the chief responsibility for securing military equipment for Israel from abroad
Organized Israels nuclear program and is regarded as the father of Israel's atomic bomb
Was in charge of negotiations during peace talks with the Palestines. 
Shared the nobel peace prize with his prime minister 
Netanyahu- Lived in the US as a child
After his brother died, he became devoted to fighting terrorism


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