Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department. He is a member of the Socia

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Isère department. He is a member of the Union

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Isère department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Essonne department. He is a member of the Comm

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Essonne department. He is a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group.

Was a Colombian politician member of the Colombian Communist Party. Jaramillo started working primar

Was a Colombian politician member of the Colombian Communist Party. Jaramillo started working primarily in the Urabá Antioquia region until 1986 when he assumed the presidency of the Patriotic Union Party after the assassination of Jaime Pardo.

Was a Chilean Christian Democrat who was targeted by Operation Condor.According to CIA documents rel

Was a Chilean Christian Democrat who was targeted by Operation Condor.According to CIA documents released by National Security Archive, in 1975 in Madrid, Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie met with DINA agent Michael Townley and Cuban Virgilio Paz Romero to prepare, with the help of Francisco Franco's secret police, the murder of Bernardo Leighton. On October 5, 1975 he and his wife were severely injured by gunshots while in exile in Rome.

Was a Costa Rican politician and signer of the Act of Independence of Costa Rica.In October 1821 he

Was a Costa Rican politician and signer of the Act of Independence of Costa Rica.In October 1821 he was appointed representative of the City Council of Barva on the Board of Legacy of the councils which met at Cartago from October 25-26, 1821 to discuss the independence of Costa Rica from Spain. Then on October 29, 1821 he signed the Act of Independence of Costa Rica.

German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.

German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.

Was first abbot of Cluny from its foundation in 910 until he resigned in 925. He was subject only to

Was first abbot of Cluny from its foundation in 910 until he resigned in 925. He was subject only to the pope and began the tradition of the Cluniac reforms which his successors brought to fruition across Europe. Berno was first a monk at St. Martin's Abbey, Autun, and was sent to Baume Abbey in about 886 to reform it. In 890, he founded the monastery of Gigny on his own estates, and others at Bourg-Dieu and Massay. In 910, William I of Aquitaine, founder of Cluny, nominated him abbot of the new foundation. Berno placed the monastery under the Benedictine rule (founded by Benedict of Nursia and reformed by Benedict of Aniane).

Is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Christian Democra

Is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Also known as Bertie Hazell, is a retired British Labour Party politician and trade union activist.H

Also known as Bertie Hazell, is a retired British Labour Party politician and trade union activist.He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk in 1964. The constituency had the rare distinction of being an agricultural seat electing Labour MPs since 1945, owing to a history of organised agricultural trade unionism and a working-class rural Labour vote in Norfolk at the time, very untypical of the rest of the country. Hazell himself was the president of the National Union of Agricultural Workers. He lost his seat after six years, however, at the 1970 general election to the Conservative candidate Ralph Howell. Subsequently Labour have never regained Norfolk North, and were relegated to third place while the Liberal Democrats eventually gained the seat in 2001.

A Swedish economist and politician

A Swedish economist and politician

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Garonne department. He is a member of th

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Garonne department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a Georgian politician and a former Prime Minister of the country.Gugushvili was appointed prime m

Is a Georgian politician and a former Prime Minister of the country.Gugushvili was appointed prime minister after Tengiz Sigua resigned in August 1991. The closest associate of Georgia’s former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he followed him into exile after the 1991-1992 coup and took part in the 1993 uprising. After the failure of the uprising and Gamsakhurdia’s death, Gugushvili was granted political asylum in Finland. As of 2008, he lives in Vantaa.

Was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialis

Was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialist President of the Council of Ministers of Italy from 1983 to 1987.

Is a Malaysian Chinese politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP). As of 2005, she is the chi

Is a Malaysian Chinese politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP). As of 2005, she is the chief of the DAP Malacca women's wing, and also represents the constituency of Kota Laksamana in the State Assembly of Malacca. She is also married to the current Chief Minister of the State of Penang who also the Secretary-General of the DAP, YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng, and is the daughter-in-law of the former Opposition Leader in the Parliament of Malaysia, Lim Kit Siang, who is also of the DAP.

Born Betzy Aleksandra Børresen, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, being the first f

Born Betzy Aleksandra Børresen, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, being the first female board member of the party, Norway's first female factory inspector from 1910–1936, and a member of the feminist movement. Kjelsberg was born in Svelvi

Was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie] parliamentary party

Was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie] parliamentary party in the House of Representatives. She was a member of Parliament from 1994 till 2006.She was the vice-chairwoman of the VVD party in the House of Representatives from 2003 till 2006. In that year, the chair of the VVD party in the House of Representatives, Jozias van Aartsen, stepped down because of the poor VVD election results in the 2006 Dutch municipal election. She followed his example because she felt "connected" to him. Fellow VVD Parliament member Edith Schippers succeeded her as vice-chairwoman.

Was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Congr

Was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Congress Party candidate, from January 14, 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter. He was an alumnus of the M

Is currently a Congressman of the 6th District of Manila, the Philippines, serving his second term a

Is currently a Congressman of the 6th District of Manila, the Philippines, serving his second term as representative, as well as the full-time Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Baptist Church and Ministries.

Is a major figure amongst modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals.This period had a major impact in t

Is a major figure amongst modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals.This period had a major impact in the future political life of Jazani. He lived in a household whose members had a professional role in the Tudeh party. During this time his mother expanded her activities in the women's Tudeh party and Jazani alongside his uncle, who was 2 years older than him, joined the Tudeh Youth Organization in the year 1948, at the age of 10.

Was an Indian politician.Patnaik was also the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1961 to 1963, as well as

Was an Indian politician.Patnaik was also the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1961 to 1963, as well as for a second term starting in 1990 until 1995. He was also a prominent member of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Patnaik's political ideals were c

Was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-you

Was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period a

Is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Jo

Is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson Administration from 1965-67. Since 1990, he has been President of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy. He lives in New York City.

Is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 40th Governor of Co

Is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 40th Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2007, being restricted by term limits. Owens was reelected in 2002 by the largest majority in Colorado history, after making transportation, education, and tax cuts the three focuses of his governorship. Bill Owens was born in Fort Worth, Texas on October 22, 1950. He attended Paschal High School in Fort Worth, eventually matriculating to Stephen F. Austin University, where he was student body president, and later earning a master's degree in public affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin