World Country Heads Quiz

Prepared By

Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorIlahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.

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Past Country Dictators

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Great Country Leaders

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Current Country Heads

Sheikh Hasina

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Raúl Castro

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Angela Merkel

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Schizo Abe

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David Cameron

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Vladimir Putin

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Hamid Karzai

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Past Country Dictators

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Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe

President Robert Mugabe of

Zimbabwe is said to have risen

to power via electoral

deception and fear mongering.

There was even one election

where he did not receive any

votes in a certain province so

he orchestrated the killing of

over 20,000 civilians by

fabricating stories of rebellion

and treason

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Kim Jong-Il of North Korea

Recently deceased, Kim Jong-Il

had nearly a quarter million

people arrested during his rule

and is directly responsible for

the starvation and deaths of

million of North Koreans.

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Idi Amin Dada of Uganda

Even though Idi Amin Dada

ruled Uganda for only eight

years from 1971 to 1979, he

took full advantage of his time

in command to put his wrath

on display. Roughly half a

million people lost their lives

due to extrajudicial killings and

genocide during this time.

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Vladimir Lenin of Russia

Probably no one in history has

received more assassination

attempts than Vladimir Lenin.

Of course, given the fact that

he instituted the “Red Terror”

or the systematic elimination

of millions of people, including

members of his own political

party, this should come as no

surprise.

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Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh became president

of North Vietnam by means of

violence and fear. Another

dictator who seemed to be

trigger happy with his land

reforms, over 100,000 people

were executed as a result.

Others who experienced

famine and seclusion in war

camps numbered to over 1

million.

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Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Saddam Hussein was a well-known leader that instigatednumerous conflicts in hislifetime. He instituted massgenocide against the Kurds,Shabaks, Assyrians, Mandeansand other ethnic groups whorebelled against his leadershipand fought several warsagainst Iran and Kuwait, withthe death toll climbing toabout 2 million in total.

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Omar al-Bashir of Sudan

As President of Sudan, Omaral-Bashir was the ruler thatnegotiated the end of theSudanese Civil War by giving into what the Sudan People’sLiberation Army wasrequesting. Although what hedid was considered fair andnoble, the agreement directlyled to wars in Darfur thatclaimed the lives of about400,000 people due toviolence and starvation.

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Josef Stalin of Soviet Union

Josef Stalin became the leaderof Soviet Union after Lenindied in 1924, and launchedgovernment programs thatwould make the country moreprogressive. His attempt tomove to the new economy,however, led to the starvationof nearly 10 million people.With many intellectuals andactivists not in favor of hisleadership, Stalin alsolaunched the “Great Purge”,killing every person whoopposed him and his ideals.

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Adolf Hitler of Germany

To most people Adolf Hitlerdoes not need much of anintroduction as he was famousfor being the leader of theNazis – a German party thatwas responsible for the deathsof over 17 million peopleincluding 6 million Jews andafter leading the entire worldinto war as well as committingnumerous war crimes hecertainly deserves a spot onthis list.

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Mao Zedong of China

Famous for being one of thecommunist leaders of theRepublic of China beginningaround World War II, MaoZedong was a ruler whothirsted for power. In his firstfive years, he killed about 4 to6 million by indiscriminatelysentencing them to death. Hispolicies also starved about 20million and on top of that hehad numerous enemies of thestate executed.

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Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya

Gaddafi was a controversialand highly divisive worldfigure. Conversely, he wasinternationally condemned asa dictator and autocrat whoseauthoritarian administrationviolated the human rights ofLibyan citizens, and supportedirredentist movements, tribalwarfare and terrorism in manyother nations.

Great Country Leaders

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Abraham Lincoln

urn the pages of America'spolitical history, and you aresure to find one man whoclearly outshines all others andmanages to attract theattention and interest of all, tilldate, - Abraham Lincoln! Hewas a saviour of the Union andan emancipator for the slaves.

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Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

The rising and shinning face ofBurma's (present dayMyanmar) claim fordemocracy and human rights,Aung San Suu Kyi is one of themost prominent politicalleaders of the country and oneof the world's most prominentpolitical prisoners as well. shehas suffered more than 15years of detention, most of itwhich was under house arrest.She has been felicitated withprestigious awards such as theNobel Peace Prize andCongressional Gold.

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Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

The longest living Dalai Lama,Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th andthe present Dalai Lama andholds the profile of a spiritualand political leader of Tibet.Head monk of the Gelugpalineage of Tibetan Buddhism,Dalai Lamas are said to bereincarnated souls in the lineof tulkus, who are consideredto be manifestations of thebodhisattva of compassion.Spiritual leader of Tibetan

Buddhism.

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Fidel Castro of Cuba

Fidel Castro is one of the mostprominent communist leadersof the last century. He was thePrime Minister, President andCommander-in-Chief of Cubaand made the country a one-party socialist state. Castrostarted off as a rebellionagainst right-winggovernments in the DominicanRepublic and Colombia and ina matter of time became theleader of the communistrevolution and ruled Cuba foralmost 6 decades.

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Hugo Chavez of Venezuela

Hugo Chavez was one of themost influential figures of theVenezuela politics, who waselected as the President of thecountry for four consecutiveterms until his death in 2013. Apractitioner of Chavism, whichis a political ideology thatcombined Bolivarianism andSocialism, he sought toimplement various socialisticprinciples and policies toalleviate the inequality in thesociety and uplift thestandards of the poor and thedowntrodden.

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Kofi Annan of Ghana

Kofi Atta Annan, a diplomatfrom the West African countryof Ghana was the first toemerge from the ranks ofUnited Nations (UN) staff toserve as the Secretary-Generalof the UN. He served as theseventh UN Secretary-Generalfrom 1997 to 2006. The UNand Annan were jointlyawarded the The Nobel PeacePrize 2001 "for their work for abetter organized and morepeaceful world".

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Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain

'I fight on, I fight to win' assertedBritain's first female Prime Ministerand leader of the BritishConservative Party; and win she did.She won three consecutive terms ofoffice in two decades and becamethe only British Prime Minister in thetwentieth century to do so. One ofthe most influential Prime Ministersof Britain, she was also the mostdebated stateswomen of thecentury, earning both respect andhatred from the public, particularlyfor her treatment of trade unions

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan

The founder and the firstGovernor General of the stateof Pakistan, Muhammad AliJinnah was one of the mostinfluential political leaders inthe Indian subcontinent duringthe British rule. A lawyer byprofession, this eminentpolitician and statesman heldseveral important positions inhis lifetime and graduallybecame instrumental increation of Pakistan.

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Nelson Mandela of South Africa

Ironically, his baptizedforename, 'Rolihlahla' meaning'troublemaker', blended wellwith his personality over thegrowing years as NelsonMandela caused serioustrouble to the government ofSouth Africa, through this anti-apartheid movement andrevolutionary ways. Inheritingthe 'proud rebelliousness' and'sense of fairness from hisfather, Mandela was raised in aMethodist Christiancommunity.

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Yasser Arafat of Palastine

asser Arafat was a leader ofthe state of Palestine and 1stPresident of the PalestinianNational Authority. The leaderis also known as the Chairmanof the Palestine liberationOrganization who founded thesecular political party Fatah in1959, stepping in as its leader.Mainly known for his anti-Israeli stance, Arafat pushedthe country in to a long warwith Israel in the name of self-

determination.