1. National Heroes

2. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz 3. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah was born in Riyadh in 1924, andreceived his early education at the royal court. His years spent living in the desert with Bedouintribes taughthim theirvalues ofhonor, simplicity, generosity, and bravery, andinstilled in him the desire to assist in thedevelopment of his people. King Abdullah is also Prime Minister of theCouncil of Ministers and Commander of theNational Guard. 4. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdullahs notable achievements in this areainclude the launch of four mega economic cities. King Abdullah has also sought to resolve conflictsin the Arab and Islamic world. Peace in the Middle East and the plight of thePalestinians are of particular concern to him. He has played a key role in brokering agreementsfor a Palestinian national unity government and areconciliation accord between Sudan and Chadon Darfur. 5. Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDifference to Rizal: Self development was influenced by his father Used his power to help and manage thingsconcerning them. While Rizal, has to study and experienced allunfair treatments from the Spaniards.Similarities to Rizal: They ought for peace. Profound values among his fellow countrymen. 6. JapanFukuzawa Yukichi 7. Japan He was a Japanese Author, Enlightenment Writer,Translator, Entrepreneur, and Journalist. His ideas about government and socialinstitutions made a lasting impression on a rapidlychanging Japan during the Meiji Era. Fukuzawa was one of the most influential peopleever that helped Japan modernize into thecountry it is today. He never accepted any high position and stayeda normal Japanese citizen for his whole life. 8. Japan By the time of his death, he is regarded as one ofthe founders of modern Japan. He is called a Japanese Voltaire. Fukuzawa was soon regarded as the foremostexpert on all things western, leading him toconclude that his mission in life was to educatehis countrymen in new ways of thinking in orderto enable Japan to resist European imperialism. His most lasting principle, "national independencethrough personal independence." Throughpersonal independence, an individual does nothave to depend on the strength of another. 9. JapanDifference to Rizal: Fukuzawa shared to every Japanese all what helearned and experienced through his books, hetranslated textbook from Dutch/English toNihonggo so Japanese can easily understand it. He came from a samurai clan, while Rizal, hestudied for his personal causes and came from anormal and simple family. 10. JapanSimilarities to Rizal: They are both authors of their books andinfluenced their people through these. They both want their countries to be independentfrom those who want to imperialize it. They studied foreign cultures, particularlylanguages, and adopt it to their own. They both appears on their countrys money(Fukuzawa on 10,000 yen bill, rizal on 1 pesocoin) 11. SlovakiaJuraj Jnok 12. Slovakia He served as the guard of prisoners at the Byta castle where he met a prisoner called Tom Uhork, the captain of the highwaymen from Kysuce. After he joined his group as Tom escaped, he was elected to became the captain of the group. But his captainship did not last longer a year, he was arrested by the soldiers of Liptov and after a trial that also involved torture, he was executed. 13. Slovakia He was called the Slovak Robin Hood. He took from the rich and gave to the poor is the famous statement associated with him. This probably best-known Highwayman in the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire. 14. SlovakiaDifference to Rizal: During the short period of his captainship hemade a lot of hold-ups and robberies. He surely belonged to extremely dangerouselements because only those were executed byhanging on a hook. Rizal didnt act that way in able to help hispeople.Similarities to Rizal: They were both executed after their trials. They both want to help less fortunate people. 15. GreeceLeonidas Son of the Lion, King of Sparta 16. Greece Leonidas was a 5th century B.C. Spartanmilitary King who bravely led a small force ofGreeks mostly Spartan (the famous 300). He is noted for his heroic stand against thePersians at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480. Seeing the hopelessness of the situation, he sentmost of his troops in retreat and with his 300-manroyal guard with stood the Persian Army for twodays, battling valiantly to the last man. He became the object of a hero cult atSparta, and he stands as The Epitome of braveryagainst overwhelming odds. 17. GreeceDifference to Rizal: Leonidas was a Military King that used to fightand kill enemies that wants to destroySparta, while Rizal didnt kill anyone just toprotect his landSimilarities to Rizal: They were both brave to fight for the country. Though Rizal didnt do what Leonidas way tofight, but still they are willing to give their life justfor their country. 18. RussiaKuzma Minin 19. Russia The merchant from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, whobecame a national hero for his role in defending thecountry against the Polish invasion in the early-17thcentury. He was a prosperous butcher (meat trader) n theircity. He oversees the handling of the public funds donatedby them to raise and equip the Second VolunteerArmy. Minin distinguished himself as a skilled commanderand was made a nobleman and member of the BoyarDuma under the newly elected Tsar MichaelRomanov. 20. RussiaDifference and Similarities to Rizal: Like Jose Rizal, Kuzma Minin was defended hiscountry against the Polish invasion and give hisloyalty for his King, as well as to his country.Being loyal like Jose Rizal did in our country,signified for their similarities as a hero even if theyfought for their country in a different way. 21. VenezuelaSebastin Francisco de Miranda Rodrguez 22. Venezuela He was a Venezuelan Revolutionary. He prepared an expedition to invade Venezuelaand free it from Spanish rule, and he broughtalong the flag that would become todays nationalsymbol. Even though his expedition failed, he wasregarded as a forerunner of Simn Bolvar, whoduring the Spanish American wars ofindependence successfully liberated a vastportion of South America. 23. VenezuelaDifference and Similarities to Rizal: They both seek independence for their country. Mirandas expedition failed but Rizal never. They both came from a wealthy family, went to finest private schools, but experienced discrimination because of their race. Miranda died in prison, while Rizal was executed. 24. ArgentinaRodolfo Jorge Walsh 25. Argentina He is a writer, activist, and journalist, founder ofinvestigative journalism. He is most famous for his Open Letter from aWriter to the Military Junta which he wrote the daybefore his murder, protesting that their economicpolicies were having an even greater effect onordinary Argentines than their human rightsabuses. Four years later he was killed during a shoot-outwith a special military group that set an ambushfor him. His body and some of his writings werenever seen again. 26. ArgentinaDifference and Similarities to Rizal: They both contest wrong doings by writing. They ought for peace for their land and justice for its people. Walsh was ambushed, while Rizal was executed, both because of what they have written. 27. NicaraguaAugusto Cesar Sandino 28. Nicaragua Hewas an early 20th century fomenter andpractitioner of Latin American revolutionary idealismagainst American cultural and economic domination. Sandino strived to advance the rights and freedoms ofhis fellow Nicaraguans that he believed weresubservient to the interests of rich American industrialand agricultural interests. Sandino became a hero to many leftists in Nicaraguaand much of Latin America as a Robin Hood figurewho opposed domination from wealthy elites andforeigners, such as the United States. 29. NicaraguaDifference to Rizal: Sandino focuses on cultural and economicdomination in their land, while Rizal seeksfairness and equality among Filipinos andSpaniards. Americans were interested on Nicaraguasindustry and agriculture, while Spaniards interestwas to colonize the Philippines. He was an illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, while Rizal belongs to a closed-tie family. 30. NicaraguaSimilarities to Rizal: They both want to travel. They strive to fight for their countrys rights. 31. BhutanShabdrung Ngawang Namgyal 32. Bhutan He was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifierof Bhutan as a nation state. In addition to unifying the various warringfiefdoms for the first time in the 1630s, he alsosought to create a distinctly Bhutanese culturalidentity, separate from the Tibetan culture fromwhich it was derived. Ngawang Namgyal was the main Drukpahereditary lineageholder, and legitimate throne-holder at Ralung monastery, the traditional seat ofthe Drukpa Lineage. 33. Bhutan He established the dual system of shared power between secular and Buddhist leadership that continues as a tradition to the present. Ngawang Namgyal also established the distinctive dual system of government under the Tsa Yig Legal Code by which control of the country was shared between a spiritual leader. 34. BhutanSimilarities to Rizal: They both want to have distinction of their races, Namgyal (Bhutanese culture to Tibetans), Rizal (Filipino equality to Spaniards). 35. PortugalAlvaro Cunhal 36. Portugal Charismatic and imposing figure, even in his lateryears, with white hair, jet-black eyebrows andintense black eyes. Led Portugals Communist Party for a half-centuryand became a national hero after the overthrowof the countrys dictatorship. He was a strong candidate for prime minister in1975. With support from the Soviet Union, hisparty won 20 percent in a national ballot. Hewanted Portugal to pull out of NATO and becomean ally of Moscow. 37. PortugalDifference to Rizal: After years of keeping his private life secret, Mr. Cunhal confirmed he had a daughter, Ana Maria, from an extramarital relationship with a fellow party member while living underground before the coup. 38. PortugalSimilarities to Rizal: Mr. Cunhal spent nearly 35 years underground or in jail for his role in building the Communists into the only well-organized opposition to the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar and then Marcelo Caetano, which ended in a bloodless 1974 army coup known as the Revolution of Carnations. 39. Dr. Jose P. RizalEven though they are all the national heroes of their countries, still they are alldifferent. We, as Filipinos, must relive the memories of our own Dr. Jose P.Rizal. His contributions will never be forgotten. 40. CreditsJozelMarjorie San Angel Shenalyn San Pablo Jasmine Bautista Ara Bobadilla Jhersy Dela Cruz 41. Life and Works of Rizal Submitted to: Mr. Noel Geda TTM 305