Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a Dutch conductor. He played the French horn as a youth. He has won prizes in several conducting

Is a Dutch conductor. He played the French horn as a youth. He has won prizes in several conducting competitions, including the Besançon Young Conductor Competition and the Karajan International Conducting Competition.[1]Soudant has held music directorships with the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra (1974–1980), the Radio France Nouvelle Orchestra Philharmonique (1981–1983), l'Orchestra Toscanini (starting in 1988), l'Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (1994–2004) and Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg (1995–2004). He has also served as the principal guest conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He became principal guest conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in October 1999, and music director in September 2004.

Was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known f

Was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for being the politician responsible for the sinking of HMS Captain and for his damaging 'reforms' at the Admiralty. However he had other failures. At the War Office he made budget cuts in the period before the First Boer War. As Chancellor of the Exchequer he made a failed attempt to convert Consols, and his attempt to correct a budget shortfall led to the fall of the government.

Was a Guyanese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of

Was a Guyanese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992. He was born in Guyana's capital, Georgetown. He entered Parliament as a member of the People's National Congress in 1968 and soon began serving in the cabinet.

Was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of New Zealand's first, second, third, and fourth Parl

Was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of New Zealand's first, second, third, and fourth Parliaments, representing the Bay of Islands electorate. Due to the system of staggering used in the first general election, Carleton was actually the first MP

Was the third Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972.In 1941 he took a job on the staff of a w

Was the third Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972.In 1941 he took a job on the staff of a weekly trade union newspaper, the Jamaican Worker. His first political promotion came in 1943, when Sir Alexander Bustamante (founder of the Jamaican Labour Party) took over editorship of the paper and took Shearer under his wing. Shearer continued to get promotion after promotion within the union and acquired a Government Trade Union scholarship in 1947.

Was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wilton at a b

Was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wilton at a by-election in November 1918, holding the seat for a few weeks until it was abolished for the 1918 general election. He was then elected as MP for Salisbury

Was an Abbot of Cluny. He is sometimes referred to as "Hugh the Great" or "Hugh of Semur" and was ca

Was an Abbot of Cluny. He is sometimes referred to as "Hugh the Great" or "Hugh of Semur" and was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Hugh (the Great). He was one of the most influential leaders of one of the most influential monastic orders of the Middle Ages.

Was a Scottish-born Irish politician. He was Irish Unionist Member of Parliament for North Londonder

Was a Scottish-born Irish politician. He was Irish Unionist Member of Parliament for North Londonderry from 1906 to 1918 and Ulster Unionist MP from 1919 until his death in 1922.

Was a Labour member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 - 1974. He was

Was a Labour member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 - 1974. He was briefly the Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1 September 1974 - 6 September 1974 following the death of Norman Kirk.

Was a regional director of education and subsequently rose to prominence as a member of the Social C

Was a regional director of education and subsequently rose to prominence as a member of the Social Christian Party COPEI. He was (from 1998 to 2008) governor of Barinas in Venezuela. He is best known as the father of current Venzuelan president Hugo Cháve

Was an orchestra conductor and music director.He was born in Timisoara, Romania and died in La Cross

Was an orchestra conductor and music director.He was born in Timisoara, Romania and died in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He studied at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music where he was the favorite student of Constantin Silvestri. After graduation he became conductor and music director of the Symphony Orchestra in Arad, a city in western Romania, close to his native town. In 1968, he went to Paris, France and did not return to Romania. Later he was conductor and music director in Mexico and, from 1977, in Wisconsin.

Chávez was born on July 28, 1954 in the town of Sabaneta, Barinas. The second son of two schoolte

Chávez was born on July 28, 1954 in the town of Sabaneta, Barinas. The second son of two schoolteachers, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez, he is of mixed Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and Spanish descent.[8] Chávez was born in a mud hut near Sabaneta. Due to his impoverished conditions at an early age, Chávez was sent to Sabaneta with his older brother Adán to live with his paternal grandmother, Rosa Inés Chávez. There, he pursued hobbies such as painting, singing, and baseball, while also attending elementary school at the Julián Pino School

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Belgian lawyer and politician. He was Belgian MP from 1965 to 1988 and senator from 1992 to 19

Was a Belgian lawyer and politician. He was Belgian MP from 1965 to 1988 and senator from 1992 to 1995. He was also twice minister, from 1981 to 1985 in the first Flemish Government and between 1988 and 1991 in the Belgian federal government Martens VIII.

A Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Law Faculty).From 1973 to 19

A Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Law Faculty).From 1973 to 1977, Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister Leo Tindemans. From 1984 to 1990, he was member of the European Committee on Human

Was a career diplomat and speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament (1996-2001). Humayun Rashid

Was a career diplomat and speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament (1996-2001). Humayun Rashid Choudhury was born in Sylhet on 11 November 1928. He was elected president of the 41st session of the UN General Assembly in 1986. Mr. Choudhury was fluent in Bengali, English, Urdu, French and Italian, and had a working knowledge of Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Indonesian. He died in Dhaka on 10 July 2001.[1]

Was a General of the Portuguese Air Force and politician. He was the son of Joaquim Delgado and wife

Was a General of the Portuguese Air Force and politician. He was the son of Joaquim Delgado and wife Maria do Ó Pereira and had three younger sisters, Deolinda, Aida and Lídia.He began his military career by joining Colégio Militar in 1916. He became the Director of the Secretariado Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (National Secretariat of Civil Aeronautics), General-Commander of the Legião Portuguesa, Deputy National Commissar of the Mocidade Portuguesa and Procurator to the Corporative Chamber.

The Prime Minister of Cambodia.He is one of the key leaders of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), w

The Prime Minister of Cambodia.He is one of the key leaders of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. He was a former Khmer Rouge who escaped to Vietnam before 1979 in order to call the Vietnamese to overthrow the other Khmer Rouge. From then on he was in power. Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993, the CPP has been in coalition with the royalist Funcinpec party and as senior partner since 1997.

Was an Iraqi communist politician as well as a poet and painter. He was the leader of the Iraqi Comm

Was an Iraqi communist politician as well as a poet and painter. He was the leader of the Iraqi Communist Party from 1955 until his death by execution or under torture after the Baathist coup in 1963.Husain al-Radi was born into a Shia Muslim family of sayyids in southern Iraq in 1924. His father was a junior clerk in a flour mill. Al-Radi trained as a teacher at the Elementary Teachers' College in Baghdad, where he first came into contact with the Communist Party in 1943. After graduating, he was appointed to a school in Diwaniya but was dismissed in 1946 on account of his political activities. He then moved to Baghdad, where he made a living selling grilled meat on the streets.

Is one of the current three PAS Vice Presidents. He was born at Kampung Kota, Kota Bharu, in the sta

Is one of the current three PAS Vice Presidents. He was born at Kampung Kota, Kota Bharu, in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. Husam is a state assemblyman for electorate of N.17 Salor.

Was a politician from Bengal in undivided India, and later in East Pakistan, who served as Prime Min

Was a politician from Bengal in undivided India, and later in East Pakistan, who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957. He is also known for his controversial role in the Direct Action Day of August 16, 1946. Following riots in Bengal

Was a Sunni Muslim leader of the Palestinian people during the British Mandate of Palestine and was

Was a Sunni Muslim leader of the Palestinian people during the British Mandate of Palestine and was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem from 1948 until his death.Jarallah was born in Jerusalem and was educated at the al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. He was a

Who is of 3/4 Malay and 1/4 Circassian ancestry was the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, ruling fro

Who is of 3/4 Malay and 1/4 Circassian ancestry was the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, ruling from 1976 to 1981. He was granted the soubriquet Bapa Perpaduan (Father of Unity). He was born in Johor Bahru, Johor on February 12, 1922 to Dato Onn Jaafar and Datin Halimah Hussein.

Was an Egyptian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt for three short periods, during whi

Was an Egyptian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt for three short periods, during which he also served as foreign minister. He first served as prime minister from 1940 until 1942 during the height of Egypt's involvement in World War II as t