Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious

Is an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party and the Ahi faction of the National Union between 1988 and 2009.

Was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal P

Was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal Party over the course of a 20-year career.

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from pol

Was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later persiods. His eventual conviction in some of these charges ended his public career.

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon b

Is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.In 1951, Navon became the political secretary of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. The following year he was appointed Ben-Gurion's bureau chief. He remained in this position under Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. In 1963, he became a department head at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Was a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Isr

Was a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel in 1925.In 1964, Pope Paul VI visited Israel but refused to visit Jerusalem. In protest, Rabbi Nissim boycotted this visit.

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office

Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to

Was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992.In 1935 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine, changing his surname to Shamir in the same year. He joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi, an underground Jewish militia organization directed against the British control of Palestine and inspired by the views of Vladimir Jabotinsky. When the Irgun split in 1940, Shamir sided with the most militant faction, Lehi, headed by Avraham Stern. This group has been described as a terrorist organization. In secret contacts with German representatives at Beirut the group offered to open up a military front against the British in the Middle East in return for the expulsion (rather than extermination) of the Jewish population of Europe to Palestine.

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement an

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of the founders of the Kibbutz Movement and the Movement for Greater Israel.He joined the defense organization HaShomer. He was a member of the "Non-Party" workers group and was active in agricultural laborers organizations in the West Bank. In 1921 he joined Joseph Trumpeldor's Gdud HaAvoda and became one of the founders of kibbutz Ein Harod, which later became the center of the Kibbutz Movement, where he was considered a spiritual leader.

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national l

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Akita, Akita and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after working at a TV station in Akita.

A Japanese politician. He has been the speaker of House of Representatives since November 2003, and

A Japanese politician. He has been the speaker of House of Representatives since November 2003, and as of November 2008, he served the speaker for the longest length since the set up of House of Representatives in 1890[1].He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1994-95. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was once President of the LDP from 1993 to 1995. As he is one of the pro-Chinese members of the LDP, he came under pressure domestically in the spring of 2005 when anti-Japanese movements in China became intense.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in t

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Setagaya, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he worked at The Sanwa Bank, Limited (now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) from 1996 to 2003. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."

A Japanese politician and a member of the House of Councillors who has been Minister of Health, Labo

A Japanese politician and a member of the House of Councillors who has been Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare since 2007. He is also a well-known face on Japanese TV shows.Masuzoe was born in Kitakyushu on 29 November 1948. After graduating from Yahata municipal high school, he entered Tokyo University. Masuzoe majored in the research of French political procedures. On graduating, Masuzoe became an academic assistant at Tokyo University. Later, Masuzoe became well-known as a political analyst and TV commentator. [1]

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representative

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukuyama, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1974, receiving a MPA from Harvard University in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 1993, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shibuya, Tokyo and graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1972 to 1998. She was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1998 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in April 2003.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (na

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukuoka, Fukuoka and graduate of Soka Women's College, she was elected for the first time in 2004.

Was a Bakumatsu and early Meiji period scholar and political reformer in Japan, influential around t

Was a Bakumatsu and early Meiji period scholar and political reformer in Japan, influential around the fall of the Tokugawa bakufu. His real name was Yokoi Tokiari.Yokoi was a samurai born in Kumamoto, Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), and a distant descendant of Hojo Takatoki. He was sent by the domain to Edo in 1839 for studies, and developed contacts with pro-reform members of the Mito domain. After his return to Kumamoto, he started a group to promote the reform of domain administration along Neo-Confucianism lines, opening a domain school called Shonan-do.

Was a Korean who worked against Japan during Japan's occupation of Korea (1910 - 1945). Yoon partici

Was a Korean who worked against Japan during Japan's occupation of Korea (1910 - 1945). Yoon participated in an assassination attempt of several Japanese leaders.On 29th April, 1932, he carried out a bombing attack using a bomb disguised as a water bottle at a Japanese army celebration of Emperor Hirohito's birthday in Shanghai. The bombing killed Yoshinori Shirakawa, a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, and Kawabata Sadaji, a Government Chancellor of Japanese residents in Shanghai. It also seriously injured Kenkichi Ueda, Division 9 commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, Kuramatsu Murai, Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai, and Shigemitsu Mamoru, Japanese Envoy in Shanghai.

Is a former right-wing Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister.Aridor's first ministerial ap

Is a former right-wing Israeli politician, Knesset member and minister.Aridor's first ministerial appointment was the Minister of Communications, in 1981. In this position, Aridor immediately restored television color broadcasting. In the 1970s, color bursts (the signals encoding colors) were actively removed from IBA transmissions, in an attempt to discourage the population from buying new television sets.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamoto District, Kumamoto and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1998.

A Japanese politician. She was born in Tokyo. She holds a B.A. in international relations from the U

A Japanese politician. She was born in Tokyo. She holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and a master's in economics from Yale University. She was the minister of the environment of Japan from 2000 until 2002 and the foreign minister of Japan from February 2002 until September 2004. She was reappointed to the post of foreign minister after a cabinet reshuffle in September 2003, but lost the post in the September 2004 cabinet reshuffle.

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 Yokosuka, Kanagawa and graduate of Tsudajuku University, she was elected for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1992.

Was a Malian politician and military figure. Diakite was the Prime Minister of Mali from 19 November

Was a Malian politician and military figure. Diakite was the Prime Minister of Mali from 19 November 1968 to 18 September 1969.

Was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sh

Was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit.[1] Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party in 1999-2006. He was fiercely opposed to religious Jewish practice and actively sought to exclude any monotheistic principals from the legal structure of the Israeli State[1]. He opposed religious observance and its growing ultra-Orthodox influence on Israeli politics.

Was an Israeli politician.Upon returning to Israel after the war, Almogi became active in politics a

Was an Israeli politician.Upon returning to Israel after the war, Almogi became active in politics and joined David Ben-Gurion's Mapai. He was active in the Haifa Workers Council, serving as Alternate Secretary from 1947 to 1951 and then Secretary from 1951 to 1959. He was the General Secretary of Mapai from 1959 to 1961.