Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a New Zealand politician. He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 1st New Zealand

Was a New Zealand politician. He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 1st New Zealand Parliament from 1853 to 1855, when he retired. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments.

Was the illegitimate son of Rotrude, daughter of Charlemagne, and Rorgon I of Maine. He was elevated

Was the illegitimate son of Rotrude, daughter of Charlemagne, and Rorgon I of Maine. He was elevated, with Lupus Servatus, to the Abbey of Saint-Pierre of Ferrières in the Gâtinais. He became an abbot in 838 and Abbot of Saint-Denis in 840 or 841.

Is a French politician and the general secretary of the far-right FN. [1] He was elected regional co

Is a French politician and the general secretary of the far-right FN. [1] He was elected regional councillor of the Midi-Pyrénées (Haute-Garonne) in the French regional elections, 1998. He then became a close collaborator of FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and played an active role in Le Pen's 2002 electoral campaign. He was sent to Perpignan to re-launch a divided and weakened FN federation. In the 2004 regional elections, he led the FN list in the Midi-Pyrénées and obtained 11.78% in the first round and 12.06% in the runoff, winning 8 seats in the regional council.

Was a French conductor.

Was a French conductor.

Was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1946 to 1948 and again from 1958 to 1959

Was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1946 to 1948 and again from 1958 to 1959

Is a Dutch politician and former police officer. He represents the Dutch Party for Freedom in the Eu

Is a Dutch politician and former police officer. He represents the Dutch Party for Freedom in the European Parliament.

Was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa—the forerunner of the moder

Was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa—the forerunner of the modern South African state. He was one of 13 children born to Louis Botha (26.3.1827 - 5.7.1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (31.3.1829 - 9.1.1886).He became

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels i

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels in the French language.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popul

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.

Is a Senegalese politician, and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was t

Is a Senegalese politician, and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was the candidate of the Senegalese People's Liberal Movement (MLPS). Senghor is the grandson of the first Senegalese president, Leopold Sedar Senghor.

Was the first Afro-Mauritian to be involved in the Mauritian politics. He was born in 1912 in Maurit

Was the first Afro-Mauritian to be involved in the Mauritian politics. He was born in 1912 in Mauritius. In 1954, Louis Joseph Coralie founded the political newspaper L'Epee. The Newspaper bought its support to a prolonged anti-Hindu campaign in Mauritius

Was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1946 to 1948 and again from 1958 to 1959.Louis Joseph Mar

Was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1946 to 1948 and again from 1958 to 1959.Louis Joseph Maria Beel was born on April 12, 1902 in Roermond, a town with a Bishop's see in the province of Limburg, in the very south of The Netherlands. He grew up in a predominantly Roman Catholic community and went to school at the famous Bisschoppelijk College (Diocesan College) of Roermond. He graduated in 1920 and found work as clerk-volunteer at the municipality of Roermond. Two years later he became secretary to the Educational Religious Inspector of the Roermond diocese, Monsignor Petrus van Gils. When in 1923 the Roman Catholic University was founded in Nijmegen (presently known als the Radboud University Nijmegen),

Was a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister from 1972 to 1984 and was briefly interim President

Was a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister from 1972 to 1984 and was briefly interim President in 1984.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Alpes-Maritimes department.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Alpes-Maritimes department.

Was a French politician. After serving as head of the Parlement of Brittany, he held office as Contr

Was a French politician. After serving as head of the Parlement of Brittany, he held office as Controller-General of Finances and as Navy Secretary and, from 1690, Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi. Long considered[who?] a failure, his reputation has been reevaluated by recent historiography[who?] which has shown that, in a period of difficulty, he was a capable administrator of an immense department which had responsibility for the French Navy, trade, colonies, matters of religion, Paris, the royal household and for finances. He conducted a census of the population from 1693 onwards, the first since Vauban's of 1678. At court he was an opponent of Fénelon and the Quietists.

Is a South African lawyer and former diplomat. In 1985, the apartheid government put him in charge o

Is a South African lawyer and former diplomat. In 1985, the apartheid government put him in charge of Namibia, in the lead-up to that country's independence in 1990. He subsequently became a minister in F W de Klerk's government until 1993.On 1 July 1985, Pienaar was appointed by the apartheid government to be Administrator-General (AG) of South-West Africa, a territory that the United Nations Security Council called Namibia and which UNSC Resolution 435 of 1978 declared was being administered illegally by South Africa.[1] Two years after AG Pienaar's appointment, when prospects for Namibian independence seemed to be improving, UN Commissioner for Namibia (UNCN) Bernt Carlsson, was appointed. Upon South Africa's relinquishing control of Namibia, Commissioner Carlsson's role would be to take over the administration of the country on behalf of the UN, formulate its framework constitution, and organise free and fair elections based upon a non-racial universal franchise.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Indre department. He is a member of the Union

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Indre department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Was one of the principal founders of the organized worker's movement in Denmark, and the principal f

Was one of the principal founders of the organized worker's movement in Denmark, and the principal founder of the Danish Social Democratic Party.Pio had become interested in socialism through his reading of Danish folk literature, which often depicted the oppressed joining together to oppose their oppressors. But it was not until 1871, when news of the Paris Commune swept Europe, that he established contact with formal socialist movements. In that year,

Was a French colonial administrator. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 19

Was a French colonial administrator. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as its High Commissioner from then until 1958. He was born in Martigues and died in Paris.

The Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues from February 4, 2003 until 4 August 2006, and former minister o

The Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues from February 4, 2003 until 4 August 2006, and former minister of Rodrigues. A charismatic and visionary leader, Serge Clair, in the 1960s, abandoned priesthood to pursue a career in politics. He went to Australia to fu

Was the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957.Louis St-Laurent (

Was the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957.Louis St-Laurent (pronounced [lwi s?~ lo??~]) was born in Compton, Quebec, a village in the Eastern Townships to Jean-Baptiste-Moïse Saint-Laurent, a French-Canadian, and Ma

Was a South African political leader who founded the Greyshirts, a National Socialist organization.h

Was a South African political leader who founded the Greyshirts, a National Socialist organization.he founded the South African Christian National Socialist Movement with a paramilitary section (modeled on Nazi Germany's brown-shirted Sturmabteilung) called the Gryshemde or Grayshirts.Disbanding his party in 1948, Weichardt gave his allegiance to Daniel François Malan's National Party. He became senator from Natal Province from 1956-1970.

Was a French Benedictine, abbot of the monastery of Saint-Pierre at Solesmes and President of the Fr

Was a French Benedictine, abbot of the monastery of Saint-Pierre at Solesmes and President of the French Congregation of Benedictines. Guérangerappointed him master of novices one month after his profession, and towards the end of 1861 made him prior of the monastery. On the death of Guéranger he was unanimously elected Abbot (11 February, 1875). Pope Pius IX appointed him consultor of the Sacred Congregation of the Index, and granted him and his successors the privilege of wearing the cappa magna.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Saint-Martin. He is a member of the

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Saint-Martin. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is head of Algeria's Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT). In 2004, she became the first woma

Is head of Algeria's Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT). In 2004, she became the first woman to run for President of Algeria. Hanoune was imprisoned by the government several times prior to the legalization of political parties in 1988. She was jailed soon after she joined the Trotskyist Social Workers Organisation, an illegal party, in 1981, and again after the 1988 October Riots, which brought about the end of the National Liberation Front's (FLN) one-party rule.