Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Lebanese politician. He was born in the town of Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Leban

Is a Lebanese politician. He was born in the town of Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon.Sarraf, who is a Greek Orthodox Christian, has degrees in civil engineering and architecture from the American University of Beirut. He is married and h

His name in full was Amir al-Mumenin al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Rab ul-Alamin Imam Yahya bin al-Mansur

His name in full was Amir al-Mumenin al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Rab ul-Alamin Imam Yahya bin al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Hamidaddin, Imam and Commander of the Faithful.Yahya Muhammad Hamidaddin was born on Friday 18 June 1869 in Sanaa into the Hamidaddin branch of the al-Qasimi dynasty. Upon the death of his father in 1904, Yahya became Imam, effectively ruler over the mountainous areas of the future North Yemen. However the Ottomans who made claim on the area didn't recognize the rule of the Imams of Yemen since their entry into Yemen.

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kisiku, Nagasaki and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving in the assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1999 to 2003.

Is an Israeli politician, academic and social activist.For 45 years Tzaban has been politically acti

Is an Israeli politician, academic and social activist.For 45 years Tzaban has been politically active. He was a member of the political bureau of the original Maki from 1965 to 1973 and its chairman in 1972-1973.[2] In 1977 he was a co-founder of the Left Camp of Israel, a peace list which ran for the Knesset and Histadrut elections.

Is a Russian-born Austrian/American conductor.Kreizberg studied with Ilya Musin, and later at Tangle

Is a Russian-born Austrian/American conductor.Kreizberg studied with Ilya Musin, and later at Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. Kreizberg was General Music Director (GMD) of the United Municipal Theaters of Krefeld and Mönchengladbach from 1988 to 1994. He was GMD of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1994 to 2001. In parallel with his Berlin post, he was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 2000.

Was a Japanese politician and Governor of the Bank of Japan from 1898 to 1903. He was also a member

Was a Japanese politician and Governor of the Bank of Japan from 1898 to 1903. He was also a member of the House of Peers and served as a cabinet minister in the pre-war Japanese government.Yamamoto was born as the younger son of a samurai family of Usuki Domain, present-day Usuki Oita Prefecture. After the Meiji restoration, at the age of 19 he moved to Osaka, and at the age of 22 to Tokyo, where he studied at a school run by the Mitsubishi company. He returned to the Osaka University of Commerce as a teacher, and at the young age of 26 was appointed its principal.

A Japanese politician, who is a member of House of Representatives and Liberal Democratic Party.He w

A Japanese politician, who is a member of House of Representatives and Liberal Democratic Party.He was elected for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990.

Was a Soviet politician.Gamarnik was born in Zhytomyr in a Jewish family as Yakov Borisovich Puhdiko

Was a Soviet politician.Gamarnik was born in Zhytomyr in a Jewish family as Yakov Borisovich Puhdikovitch. He attended the Institute of Psychology and Neurology of St.Petersburg, Kiev University. In 1917 he became the member and a secretary of the Kiev committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He went through many Communist Party positions, both civil and military, e.g. a First Secretary of the Belarusian Communist Party of Belorussia from December 1928 to October 1929.[1]

Was a Chinese writer, politician, and diplomat from Shanghai.

Was a Chinese writer, politician, and diplomat from Shanghai.

Is a Chinese dissident with U.S. residency.Yang, a Tiananmen Square activist in 1989, came to the Un

Is a Chinese dissident with U.S. residency.Yang, a Tiananmen Square activist in 1989, came to the United States, earned two Ph.D.s (Ph.D., Political Economy, Harvard University and Ph.D. Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley), and then founded the Foundation for China in the 21st Century. Given his political activism, he was blacklisted by the government of the People's Republic of China, who also refused to renew his passport.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Aube department and i

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Aube department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He was appointed to the Senate following the death of Bernard Laurent, for whom Gaillard was the substitute at the time. Elected for the first time in the elections of 27 September 1998, he was re-elected in the election of 21 September 2008, where he was awarded the second seat in Aubes.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Côtes-d'Armor department. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Côtes-d'Armor department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French environmentalist and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European elec

Is a French environmentalist and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the West France constituency. As an environmentalist and humanitarian, Jadot co-ordinated Greenpeace actions in France between 2002 and 2008 but also headed the 'Alliance pour la planète and was a key player in the 2008 Grenelle Environnemental Accord.

Also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, started the development of Kuala Lumpur as a commercial a

Also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, started the development of Kuala Lumpur as a commercial and mining centre during the mid 1800s. Yap Ah Loy became a Kapitan Cina (Chinese Kapitan) and the headman of a settlement of Chinese inhabitants. After the Formation of Malaysia in 1963 Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia. Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as 'Jalan Yap Ah Loy' (Yap Ah Loy Road).

Was an aristocratic Palestinian landowner from Ramla and founder of the Youth Congress Party. He gra

Was an aristocratic Palestinian landowner from Ramla and founder of the Youth Congress Party. He graduated in law from the University of Cambridge. Ghussein was elected president of the first National Congress of Arab Youth, held in Jaffa in January 1932.

A Belarusian libertarian economist and politician.He currently works as President of the Scientific

A Belarusian libertarian economist and politician.He currently works as President of the Scientific Research Mises Center and is Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party of Belarus.He graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1991 and finished postgradual doctoral studies at the Belarusian State University. He later studied at various educational programmes abroad.

Is the ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States since November, 2006.After graduation from the

Is the ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States since November, 2006.After graduation from the University Aliyev worked for academic institutions in Azerbaijan, and served in the Soviet Union's military and trade missions in Iraq (1977-1979) and Kuwait (1985-1988.) Aliyev joined Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 as Political Officer in the Department of Information and Political Analysis, later serving as First Secretary in 1990 and Deputy Head in 1991.

Is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990-1991 under PM Chandra Shekhar.

Is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990-1991 under PM Chandra Shekhar. and March 1998 - July 2002 under PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee)[2] and foreign minister (July 2002 - May 2004)[3] in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. He is a seni

Was an Iraqi politician who served twice as that country's prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early

Was an Iraqi politician who served twice as that country's prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early leaders, Hashimi, who was born Yasin Hilmi Salman, served as an officer during Ottoman control of the country. He made his political debut under the gover

Was the Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from 1986 until the Yemeni unifi

Was the Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from 1986 until the Yemeni unification in 1990, under Chairman Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, who preceded Numan as Prime Minister before becoming Chairman.

Is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician. She was governor of the Huasco Province (199

Is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician. She was governor of the Huasco Province (1997-2001), intendant of the Atacama Region (2001-04), minister of Planning (2004-06) and minister of Education (2006-08). She is the first minister to be impeached by Congress since democracy returned to Chile in 1990.

Is a Palestinian politician Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee. H

Is a Palestinian politician Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee. He holds an M.A. in Economics and Political Science from the American University in Cairo.During the 1980s, Abd Rabbu moved closer to the position of Yassir

Yasser Arafat, was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, P

Yasser Arafat, was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and leader of the secular Fatah political party, which he founded 1959.

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koshigaya, Saitama and graduate of Hokkaido University, she worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1990 until 2000. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after an unsuccessful run in 2004.