Post-WWII World Leaders
Founding Fathers of the EU
Konrad Adenauer, Walter Hallstein
Robert Schumann, Jean Monnet
Alcide de Gaspieri, Altiero Spinelli
East Germany - 1950s-60s
Walter Ulbricht (1950-1971)
East Germany - 1970s-80s
Erich Honecker (1971-1989)
West Germany - 1950s
Konrad Adenauer (1945-1963)
West Germany - 1960s
Ludwig Erhard (1963-1966)
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966-1969)
West Germany - 1970s
Willy Brandt (1969-1974)
Helmut Schmidt (1974-1982)
West Germany - 1980s
Helmut Kohl (1982-1998)
Germany - 1990s
Helmut Kohl (1982-1998)
Germany - 2000s
Gerhard Schröder (1998-2005)
Angela Merkel (2005-2021)
Germany - 2010s
Angela Merkel (2005-2021)
Germany - 2020s
Olaf Scholz (2022-)
France - 1950s
4th Republic (1946-1958)
Vincent Auriol (1946-1954)
René Coty (1954-1959)
France - 1960s
Charles de Gaulle (1959-1969)
France - 1970s
Georges Pompidou (1969-1974)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981)
France - 1980s
François Mitterrand (1981-1995)
France - 1990s
François Mitterrand (1981-1995)
Jacques Chirac (1995-2007)
France - 2000s
Jacques Chirac (1995-2007)
Nicholas Sarkozy (2007-2012)
France - 2010s
François Hollande (2012-2017)
Emanuel Macron (2017-2027)
France - 2020s
Emmanuel Macron (2017-2027)
Italy -> 1960s
Alcide de Gaspieri (1947 - 1953)
Amintore Fanfani, Aldo Moro . . .
Italy - 1970s - 1980s
"Years of Lead"
Guilio Andreotti x Benedetto Craxi
Italy - 1990s - 2000s
Romano Prodi x Silvio Berlesconi
Italy - 2010s
Centre-left (Matteo Renzi) x Centre-right, challenged by Populists (5 Star League - Beppe Grillo)
Guiseppe Conte (2018-2021)
Italy - 2020s
Giuseppe Conte (2018-2021: Five Star Movement)
Mario Draghi (2021-2022)
Giorgia Meloni (2022-: Fratelli d'Italia)
USSR - 1950s
Stalin's Death (1953)
Nikita Krushchev (1953-1964)
USSR - 1960s
Nikita Krushchev (1953-1964)
Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982)
USSR - 1970s
Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982)
USSR - 1980s
Yuri Andropov (1983)
Konstantin Chernenko (1984)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991)
Russia - 1990s
Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
Russia - 2000s
Vladimir Putin (2000-)
Russia - 2010s
Vladimir Putin (2000-)
Russia - 2020s
Vladimir Putin (2000-)
Kazakhstan
1991-2019 Nursultan Nazarbayev
2019- Tokayev
Turkmenistan
1990s Niyazov
2000s and 2010s Berdimuhamedow (father)
2020s Berdimuhamedow (son)
Uzbekistan
1990s-2010s Islam Karimov
2020s Mirziyoyev
Tajikistan
1990s-2020s Emomali Rahmon
Kyrgyzstan
1990s-2005 Akayev (Tulip Revolution)
2020s Japarov
China - First Paramount Leader
MAO Zedong (1949-1976)
China - 1970s
HUA Guofeng (1976-1978)
China - 1980s
DENG Xiaoping (1978-1989)
China - 1990
JIANG Zemin (1989-2002)
China - 2000s
HU Xintao (2002-2012)
China - 2010s
XI Jinping (2012-)
India - First PM
Jawarhlal Nehru (1947-1964)
India - 1960s-1970s
Shastri (1964-1966)
Indira Gandhi (1966-1977)
Janata (Moraji Desai, Charan Singhi 1977-1980)
India - 1980s
Indira Gandhi (1980-1984)
Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989)
India - 1990s
(Janata) - Rao (1991-1996) - (Janata)
India - 2000s
A B Vajapayee (BJP, 1998-2004)
Manmohan Singh (2004-2014)
India - 2010s
Manmohan Singh (2004-2014)
Narendra Modi (BJP, 2014-)