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Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu , 1949-, Israeli diplomat and politician, prime minister of Israel (1996-99), b. Tel Aviv. A member of the conservative Likud party, the self-assured Netanyahu, known universally in Israel as "BiBi," attended high school in the United States, where his father was a history... Read more
Ehud Barak Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak , 1942-, Israeli military and political leader, prime minister of Israel (1999-). The son of East European immigrants in Palestine, he was born Ehud Brog, later adopting the Hebrew name Barak [lightning]. Barak began his military service in 1959, became a major general in 1982, and by... Read more
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon , 1928-, Israeli general and politician, b. Kfar Malal. He gained attention for his superb military leadership in the 1948 and 1956 Arab-Israeli Wars and was made a major general months before the 1967 war. In the 1973 conflict Israeli forces under his command captured Egypt's 3d... Read more
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prime minister or premier, chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government. The prime minister is head of the government, in contrast with the head of state, who may be a constitutional monarch, as in Great Britain, or an elected official, as in the case of the president... Read more
Nawaz Sharif Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif , 1949-, Pakistani politician; grad. Government College, Lahore; Punjab Univ. Law College. Born into a prominent Lahore business family, he was by 1980 director of one of Pakistan's largest industrial conglomerates. In 1981 Sharif was appointed finance minister of the Punjab by the Zia... Read more
Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir , 1915-, Zionist activist and Israeli politician, b. Poland. Emigrating (1935) to Palestine, he was twice arrested by the British for participating in a militant Jewish organization; in 1946 he fled to France. Returning (1948) to Israel , he served in the secret service until 1965.... Read more
Levi Eshkol Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol , 1895-1969, Israeli statesman, third prime minister of Israel, b. Ukraine; originally named Levi Shkolnik. In World War I he served in the Jewish Legion, which supported the British forces in Palestine. A leader in the Histradrut (General Federation of Jewish Labor) and the Mapai party,... Read more
James Chichester-Clark Lord Moyola James Chichester-Clark Lord Moyola
Chichester-Clark, James, Lord Moyola (1923–2002). Prime minister of Northern Ireland. Chichester-Clark, like his predecessor Terence O'Neill, was from a landed background. He was Unionist chief whip in the Stormont Parliament (1963–6), leader of the House of Commons (1966–7),... Read more
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai , 1896-1995, Indian political leader. He joined the government in 1956, becoming minister of finance (1958-63). He returned to government in 1967 as deputy prime minister and minister of finance, but in 1969 was maneuvered from office by Indira Gandhi and became leader of... Read more
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike , 1916-2000, Sri Lankan political leader, b. Sirimavo Ratwatte. She and her husband, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , converted to Buddhism from Christianity before he became prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956. After his assassination (1959), she became the first woman... Read more

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