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Sarah Louise Palin ( ˈpeɪlɨn (help·info); née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American blogger and politician who served as Governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the Republican candidate for Vice President of...

Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is the senior United States Senator from the State of Louisiana, and is the second woman elected to the U.S. Senate for Louisiana. Landrieu is the daughter of former New Orleans mayor and...

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (pronounced as "Jindle") (born June 10, 1971) is the Governor of Louisiana and a Republican. Before Jindal's election as governor, he was a member of Congress for Louisiana's 1st congressional district, elected in 2004. Jindal was re-elected...

Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; born 13 June 1944) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United...

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American physician and Republican Congressman for the state of Texas. Paul is a member of the Liberty Caucus of Republican congressmen which aims to limit the size and scope of...

Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/  ( listen); born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born...

Benazir Bhutto (Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو, Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: [beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː]) (June 21, 1953 – December 27, 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan. Bhutto was the first woman...

Rahul Gandhi (Hindi: राहुल गांधी) (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress. He belongs to the Nehru-Gandhi family, the most...

Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (IPA: /ˈpəɹ.vɛz muˈʃɑɹ.əf/) NI, HI (born August 11, 1943) is the current and twelveth President of Pakistan. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Pakistan as well as former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan...

Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین) (born 17 September 1953, Karachi) is a Pakistani politician, the founder and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He lives in voluntary exile in North London, United Kingdom, after seeking political asylum in 1992. He...