Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was an Italian politician, the first woman to became president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies fo

Was an Italian politician, the first woman to became president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for three consecutive legislatures from 1979 to 1992.Born in Reggio Emilia, she took part to the resistance movement against the Nazi German invaders during

Was a member of the Dutch Senate, Minister, Grkr. Orde van de Ned. Leeuw, Grkr. Militaire Willemsord

Was a member of the Dutch Senate, Minister, Grkr. Orde van de Ned. Leeuw, Grkr. Militaire Willemsorde, silver medal of the Vereniging tot aanmoediging van de dienst bij de Gewapende Macht.He took part to the Driemanschap, the General Government that took power between 21 November 1813 and 2 December 1813 in the name of the Prince of Oranje-Nassau

Was an Austrian politician of the ÖVP (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after

Was an Austrian politician of the ÖVP (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after the Second World War. He was also the youngest Federal Chancellor of Austria after the Second World War.After graduation (Dipl.-Ing. of Agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna), he became vice chair of the Lower Austrian Bauernbund (Farmer's League) in 1931 and chairman in 1933.After the authoritarian revolution of Engelbert Dollfuss, who had served as his mentor within the Farmer's League, Figl became member of the federal council of economic policy and became leader of the paramilitary organisation of Ostmärkische Sturmscharen for the state of Lower Austria.

Was an Austrian politician.Born in Vienna, Gratz was a law graduate and a member of the Austrian Soc

Was an Austrian politician.Born in Vienna, Gratz was a law graduate and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). From 1963 to 1966 he was a member of the Bundesrat, from 1970 to 1971 Federal Minister of Education and the Arts. From 1966 to 1973 he served as a member of Thr National Council of Austria and from 1986 to 1989 also as the president of The National Council of Austria, from 1971 to 1973 as the leader of the Socialist group in parliament.

Is a Bolivian politician. A member of Social and Democratic Power (PODEMOS) Fernández has been the

Is a Bolivian politician. A member of Social and Democratic Power (PODEMOS) Fernández has been the Governor (prefecto) of the northern department of Pando since 2006.

Is a Venezuelan politician. From 2000 until 2008, López was the mayor of the Chacao Municipality of

Is a Venezuelan politician. From 2000 until 2008, López was the mayor of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas. A Los Angeles Times article describes López as an immensely popular leader of the opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, as well as a soc

Was a Venezuelan politician and engineer. A member of the Sucre family Sucre Figarella served as Gov

Was a Venezuelan politician and engineer. A member of the Sucre family Sucre Figarella served as Governor, Minister and Senator during his long and eventful political career. He was nicknamed "The Builder" and "The Czar of Guayana".He also expanded the pr

Is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. She served for one t

Is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. She served for one term (1993-1995) in the 103rd Congress. She lost a bid for the Lieutenant Governorship in 2005 by a wide margin, and lost again in 2008 in her primary bid against Gerry Connolly for her old congressional seat.

Was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.He served in the Royal Army Med

Was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Boer War, World War I and World War II, winning a Military Cross. He was the founder of the Anglo-French Committee of the Red Cross and t

Was a British politician and barrister.Solley was born in London and attended the University of Lond

Was a British politician and barrister.Solley was born in London and attended the University of London. He worked as a scientist and then a barrister. He joined the Labour Party and won the Thurrock seat at the 1945 UK general election.

Was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967

Was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. He came to prominence as a staunch segregationist and maintained, to his death, that he never had any regrets. However, Tom Murphy (former Georgia House Speaker) stated, "He had a reputation as a segregationist, but he told us he was not a segregationist, but that you should be able to associate with whoever you wanted. He went on to do more for African-Americans than any governor of Georgia up until that time."

Is a Polish historian and politician, a member of various organizations opposing the communist regim

Is a Polish historian and politician, a member of various organizations opposing the communist regime in the People's Republic of Poland and the co-founder of the first non-communist and not-underground political party in the Eastern Bloc.In 1951 he graduated from the Academy of Political Studies, a school of cadres for the communist regime. The following year he graduated also from the faculties of Law and Journalism at the Warsaw University. He completed his education in 1958 by graduating from the faculty of history at the same university. About that time he started to work as a journalist for various Warsaw-based newspapers and weeklies, among them the Zycie Warszawy, Dookola Swiata and Stolica weekly. As a historian, Moczulski focused mostly on modern history of Poland, including the history of the Polish Defensive War.

Is a Philippines Senator and writer.After passing the Philippine Service Office Examination, she hel

Is a Philippines Senator and writer.After passing the Philippine Service Office Examination, she held various high positions such as: she was appointed Ambassador to Australia from 1981 to 1986; Secretary-General of the World Conference on the UN Decade of Women in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. She became the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Social and Humanitarian Affairs.

Is a Georgian jurist and expert on international law. He is a Professor of Tbilisi State University

Is a Georgian jurist and expert on international law. He is a Professor of Tbilisi State University and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.In 1991, Aleksidze, then a member of the Parliament of Georgia, drafted a power-sharing agreement that helped temporarily diffuse growing tensions in the separatist region of Abkhazia. Aleksidze served for years as the former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze's adviser on the international law, but explicitly expressed his support to the opposition protests at the height of the 2003 Rose Revolution.

Is a Georgian politician and diplomat. He formerly served as Chairman of Chamber of Control of Georg

Is a Georgian politician and diplomat. He formerly served as Chairman of Chamber of Control of Georgia (2007-2008), Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia from October to December 2005, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2006-2007)

Is a Georgian politician, Member of Parliament for Vake-Saburtalo District of Tbilisi and businessma

Is a Georgian politician, Member of Parliament for Vake-Saburtalo District of Tbilisi and businessman who also ran as the main oppositional canidate in the 5 January Georgian presidential election, 2008.

Was a Georgian diplomat and politician. He was Georgia's Ambassador to Austria (from 1996 to 2002),

Was a Georgian diplomat and politician. He was Georgia's Ambassador to Austria (from 1996 to 2002), to USA (from 2002 to 2006) and to Switzerland (from 2006 to 2007). Soon after his resignation, Mikeladze announced his withdrawal into opposition to the Mikheil Saakashvili administration and joined the Alliance for Georgia, party led by Irakli Alasania. On April 26, 2009 he died of a heart attack.

Is a key figure in Georgia's democracy movement, which successfully forced authoritarian Eduard Shev

Is a key figure in Georgia's democracy movement, which successfully forced authoritarian Eduard Shevardnadze to resign through strategic nonviolent action. Since 1996 he is one of the founders and director of the Georgian human rights and public interest advocacy organization, the Liberty Institute.

Is a Georgian politician and the current Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Aj

Is a Georgian politician and the current Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria. He became a leader of this autonomous province in the southwestern Georgia following the ouster of a defiant ruler Aslan Abashidze in May 2004 (see Ajaria Crisis).2002 March Scientific-researcher of the International Private Law Department at State and Law Institute of Georgia

Served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969.

Served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.Levi Shkolnik was born in the village of Oratov near Kiev, Russian Empire. His mother came from an Hasidic background and his father came from a family of Mitnagdim. Levi received a traditional education.

Served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969.

Served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office. Levi Shkolnik was born in the village of Oratov near Kiev, Ukraine. His mother came from an Hasidic background and his father came from a family of Mitnagdim. Levi received a traditional education.

Was a politician from the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 19th century, the viceroy of Croatia-Slavon

Was a politician from the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 19th century, the viceroy of Croatia-Slavonia, and of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia for four years (1867-1871).

Is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident. Lukyanenko was born on August 24, 1928 in the Khryp

Is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident. Lukyanenko was born on August 24, 1928 in the Khrypivka village of Chernihiv Oblast. Following graduation from the Law Department of Moscow State University and after serving in the Russian army, he worked in district party committees in Lviv Oblast.

Was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from December 5, 1936 to May 3, 193

Was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from December 5, 1936 to May 3, 1938.

Sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian (with or without the hyphen), was the

Sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian (with or without the hyphen), was the President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. Due to some economic and political problems, he resigned on February 3, 1998 and was succeeded by Robert Kocharyan.