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World Leaders & Heads of State Flashcards

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World Leaders & Heads of State Flashcards

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Who was the first President of the United States?: George Washington
Who was the first Prime Minister of India?: Nehru
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?: Margaret Thatcher
Who was the first President of South Africa after apartheid?: Nelson Mandela
Who was the first President of the Republic of China?: Sun Yat-sen
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?: Margaret Thatcher
Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?: David Ben-Gurion
Who was the first President of modern Turkey?: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Which 15th-century Korean monarch is celebrated for commissioning the creation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet?: King Sejong the Great
Who was the first Prime Minister of indeepeendent India, serving from 1947 until his death in 1964?: Jawaharlal Nehru
Which leader of the Zulu Kingdom revolutionized African warfare in the early 19th century with the 'bull's horn' formation?: Shaka Zulu
Who served as the first President of Kenya and is often referred to as 'Mzee' (the resepeected elder)?: Jomo Kenyatta
Which Chinese leader is known for initiating the 'Reform and Oepeening-up' policy in 1978, shifting China toward a market economy?: Deng Xiaoping
Who was the first President of Indonesia and a leading figure in the Non-Aligned Movement?: Sukarno
Which indeepeendence leader became the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo before his assassination in 1961?: Patrice Lumumba
Who was the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, being elected in 1988?: Benazir Bhutto
Which Shah of Iran was overthrown during the Islamic Revolution of 1979?: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Who was the long-serving President of Yugoslavia who maintained a policy of 'Brotherhood and Unity' among its diverse ethnic groups?: Josip Broz Tito
Which US President authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?: Harry S. Truman
Who was the primary leader of the Cuban Revolution and served as the country's head of state for nearly 50 years?: Fidel Castro
Which West German Chancellor is known as the 'Father of the Economic Miracle' (Wirtschaftswunder) for his role as Economics Minister?: Ludwig Erhard
Who was the first woman to serve as the President of the Philippines, following the 1986 'People Power' Revolution?: Corazon Aquino
Which 20th-century leader was the first President of a unified Tanzania and promoted the philosophy of 'Ujamaa' (familyhood)?: Julius Nyerere
Which Chilean President was overthrown in a US-backed military coup on September 11, 1973?: Salvador Allende
Who was the leader of the Spanish State from 1939 until 1975, following his victory in the Spanish Civil War?: Francisco Franco
Which South African leader was the last President of the apartheid era and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela?: F.W. de Klerk
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis, known for his 'Secret Sepeeech' denouncing Stalin?: Nikita Khrushchev
Which leader served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore, overseeing its transformation from a colonial outpost to a global financial hub?: Lee Kuan Yew
Which 20th-century head of state was the longest-serving female leader in the Middle East, serving as Israel's Prime Minister from 1969 to 1974?: Golda Meir
Who was the final leader of the Soviet Union, whose policies of Glasnost and Perestroika led to the end of the Cold War?: Mikhail Gorbachev