Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Desislav Chukolov was elected member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria on May 20, 2007. He wa

Desislav Chukolov was elected member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria on May 20, 2007. He was a member of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (ITS) political group until the group ceased to exist on November 14, 2007. He is currently a non-attached MEP.

Was a British politician and journalist who was noted for moving from the left to the right wing and

Was a British politician and journalist who was noted for moving from the left to the right wing and for his resistance to following party lines (he was a member of four different political parties during the course of his career, and moved between partie

Is a politician, playwright and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language. Virahsawmy spent his earl

Is a politician, playwright and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language. Virahsawmy spent his early childhood in Goodlands but after the death of his mother he went to live with his grandparents at Beau-Bassin. After having done his secondary education,

Patrick was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where his family resided in a two-bedroom t

Patrick was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where his family resided in a two-bedroom tenement. In 1959, his father Laurdine "Pat" Patrick, a member of jazz musician Sun Ra's band, left his wife Emily (née Mae Wintersmith), son Deval, and daughter Rhonda (a year Deval's senior) in order to play music in New York City and because he had fathered a daughter by another woman. Deval had a strained relationship with his father

Was the third President of Singapore and was elected by Parliament on October 23, 1981. He served as

Was the third President of Singapore and was elected by Parliament on October 23, 1981. He served as President until his resignation on March 28, 1985.Initially, a member of the Communist Anti-British League, he joined Lee Kuan Yew's People's Action Party

Was the second foreign minister of Thailand 1881-1923.Born as son of King Mongkut and Princess Conso

Was the second foreign minister of Thailand 1881-1923.Born as son of King Mongkut and Princess Consort Piam with the given name Prince Devan Uthayavongse (?????????????????????????), he had the same parents as the 3 queens of King Chulalongkorn, Queen Sunandha Kumariratana, Queen Savang Vadhana and Queen Saovabha Bhongsi.

Was a Bengali lawyer by profession who was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-pa

Was a Bengali lawyer by profession who was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India, and later in East Pakistan (1947-1971). He was born on November 2, 1886 in Ramrail, in Brahmanbaria District,[2] Bengal Province (in today's Bangladesh). His father Jagabandhu Datta was a lawyer, and introduced Dhirendranath to the legal profession from an early age. Dhirendranath was educated at Nabinagar High School, Comilla Zilla School and Ripon College in Calcutta. His grand daughter, Aroma Datta, lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and is Executive Director of PRIP Trust, a prominent NGO focused on humanitarian work.

Is a Greek politician. She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of

Is a Greek politician. She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left in the 2004 European elections, an office she held until April, 2010, when she resigned in favor of Costas Droutsas [1] She resigned in order to take a seat in the Greek Parliament, one previously held by Elpida Pantelaki.

Is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a mem

Is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's first and, to date, only female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two female Jewish senators, the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the first woman to chair the Rules and Administration committee of that body.

Is a South African politician and former journalist, currently South Africa's Shadow Minister of Pol

Is a South African politician and former journalist, currently South Africa's Shadow Minister of Police, and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). She was born in Port Elizabeth,[1] but currently resides in KwaZulu-Natal, where she represents the Umkhanyakude and uThungulu districts.[2]Kohler-Barnard moved to politics in response to increasing state interference in the management of the SABC. She was elected to parliament with the Democratic Alliance in 2004, and was initially spokesperson on Arts and Culture.[3]

Was a Dutch politician.

Was a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is a Dutch politician.

Is an English politician, who is one of the small number of members of the British House of Commons

Is an English politician, who is one of the small number of members of the British House of Commons elected since the Second World War who was not the candidate of a major political party. In the 1970s, as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP), he was dissat

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. He is a mem

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. He is a member of the Centrist Union and of the MoDem.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Nièvre department. He is a member of the Soci

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

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department. He is also the current Pres

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department. He is also the current President of the Drôme General Council. In 2008, after his election as senator, he had resigned his post as major of the commune of Bourg-de-Peage, which is the chef-lieu of the canton of the same name, represented by Guillaume in the General Council. He is a member of the Socialist Party and Vice-President of the Socialist Group in the Senate.

A Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur (MR). He is Belgian Deputy Prime Min

A Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur (MR). He is Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Institutional Reforms in the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on December 30, 2008. [1] He was born in Liège as

Is a Gabonese politician who has been Vice-President of Gabon since 1997. He is the President of the

Is a Gabonese politician who has been Vice-President of Gabon since 1997. He is the President of the Democratic and Republican Alliance (ADERE), a political party; ADERE is part of the Presidential Majority coalition that supported President Omar Bongo On

Is an Ecuadorian economist and politician.He was elected member of the National Constitutional Assem

Is an Ecuadorian economist and politician.He was elected member of the National Constitutional Assembly on September 30, 2007. He resigned this position to be appointed Coordination Minister for Economic Policy on December 23, 2008 .

Was a Chilean minister, statesman and entrepreneur.Soon after, he aligned with the conservatives in

Was a Chilean minister, statesman and entrepreneur.Soon after, he aligned with the conservatives in the political fights that were wracking Chile at the time. As aforementioned, in 1824, Portales’ business firm acquired control over the government’s monopoly of tobacco, tea and liquor; however, the country's troubled conditions soon thwarted his profitable business. For these reasons, Portales finally entered into the political sphere, and very soon he would become the intellectual leader of the conservative side.

An Islamic orator and politician, a former Member of Parliament (MP) in the Jatiyo Sangshad, and one

An Islamic orator and politician, a former Member of Parliament (MP) in the Jatiyo Sangshad, and one of the most prominent leaders of the Islamisc Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, a primary member of the former ruling coalition Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government.Sayeedi was born into a prominent business and Zamindar family of Sylhet in 1940. He was born into a Syed family tracing their roots back to Imam Ali , son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. His family was prominent as spiritual and religious leaders in Sylhet District. Sayeedi completed his religious education at the Binori Town Madrassa in Karachi , Pakistan. He is fluent in Urdu , Bengali , Arabic , English and Punjabi. He is also a Hafiz-e-Quran.

Was a leading Bulgarian judge and the first Prime Minister of the country not to be a member of the

Was a leading Bulgarian judge and the first Prime Minister of the country not to be a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1946.Popov, who did not have any party affiliation and was chosen for his perceived impartiality as a member of the judiciary, was chosen to head an interim government after the resignation of Andrey Lukanov in December 1990 in the face of mass demonstrations and a general strike.

Is a Bulgarian and EU politician. He was born in Sofia. He is the grandson of prominent writer and d

Is a Bulgarian and EU politician. He was born in Sofia. He is the grandson of prominent writer and dissident Radoy Ralin.While still a student of Law at Sofia University, Dimitar Stoyanov joined the Ataka nationalist party headed by his mother's long-time friend (and husband since the end of 2006) Volen Siderov. Stoyanov was elected in 2005 as the youngest member of the Bulgarian Parliament on the list of the Ataka coalition with several minor nationalist parties.

Was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister. He was appointed Prime

Was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister. He was appointed Prime Minister on 30 January 1899 and was removed from office on 13 October that same year after a brief and unremarkable tenure.