Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was the leader of the Islamist political party Movement of Society for Peace in Algeria.In 1976, Nah

Was the leader of the Islamist political party Movement of Society for Peace in Algeria.In 1976, Nahnah was sentenced to 15 years in prison for cutting telephone wires in an act of opposition to the National Charter of that year. After being freed four years later, he helped found the El Islah Oual Irchad (Reform and Guidance) charitable association with Mohammed Bouslimani, as well as the Islamic Preaching League with Ahmed Sahnoun, uniting major figures of the Algerian Islamist movement such as Abbassi Madani and Mohammed Said.

A Bangladeshi politician and a member of the Jatiyo Sangshad or Bangladesh Parliament. He is the son

A Bangladeshi politician and a member of the Jatiyo Sangshad or Bangladesh Parliament. He is the son of a former parliamentarian and Bangladeshi President A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.Mahi Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on August 1992. He was first elected to parliament in the 2001 parliamentary elections from Munshiganj District in central Bangladesh as a candidate on the BNP ticket.

Is a former Sri Lankan diplomat and the cabinet minister of disaster management and human rights of

Is a former Sri Lankan diplomat and the cabinet minister of disaster management and human rights of Sri Lanka since 2006. He co-chairs the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights, the other chair being minister of ex foreign affairs Mangala Samarawee

Ahmadinejad is a critic of the George W. Bush Administration and supports strengthened relations wit

Ahmadinejad is a critic of the George W. Bush Administration and supports strengthened relations with Russia, Venezuela, Syria, and the Persian Gulf states.[8][9] He has said Iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and has refused to end enrichment despite United Nations Security Council resolutions.[10]

Is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Since the formation

Is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Since the formation of the Hamas/"Change and Reform" government in the Palestinian National Authority in March 2006, al-Zahar has served as foreign minister in the government

Was an Algerian military leader and politician.He was born in Chéria in the Tébessa governorship (

Was an Algerian military leader and politician.He was born in Chéria in the Tébessa governorship (wilaya) in 1912. After school, he joined the French army and graduated from training courses with the rank of lieutenant. He participated as a French-Algerian soldier on the side of the Allies in the Second World War. After the war, he joined Ferhat Abbas's UDMA movement, which worked peacefully -- but unsuccessfully -- for Algerian rights.

Was an Egyptian diplomat and political figure. He was born and died in Cairo.Fawzi studied law at th

Was an Egyptian diplomat and political figure. He was born and died in Cairo.Fawzi studied law at the University of Cairo. He served in many diplomatic posts as a young man, including Egyptian Consul in the Egyptian Consulate in Kobe, Japan, in the early

Is a Lebanese politician and a retired career diplomat.He served as ambassador to the United Arab Em

Is a Lebanese politician and a retired career diplomat.He served as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1978-1983), West Germany (1983-1985), the Soviet Union and Finland (1986-1990), and the United Kingdom (1990-1999). During this time he became part

Was an Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to United Nations 1962-1964, Egyptian foreign m

Was an Egyptian diplomat. He was Egyptian ambassador to United Nations 1962-1964, Egyptian foreign minister 1964-1972, secretary-general of Arab League 1972-1979.

Was a significant Egyptian political figure and a prominent poet. He served as Prime Minister of Egy

Was a significant Egyptian political figure and a prominent poet. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from February 4, 1882 until May 26, 1882. He was known as rab alseif wel qalam ?? ????? ? ????? ("lord of sword and pen").[1]

Was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals.[1] He is known as the father of Afghan journalism.

Was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals.[1] He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. As a great modern thinker, he became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Kemal Ataturk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism.[2] Tarzi emulated the Young Turks coalition.[3]Mahmud Tarzi was born in 1865 in the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan. An ethnic Pashtun, his father was Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi, a leader of the Mohammadzai royal house and a well known poet. In 1881, Emir Abdur Rahman Khan exiled Mahmud Tarzi's father and family - who would end up living in Turkey. On a second trip to Damascus in 1891, Tarzi married the daughter of Sheikh Saleh Al-Mossadiah, a muezzin of the Amawia mosque. Tarzi would stay in Turkey until the age of 35, where he learned fluent Pashto, Dari, Turkish, French, Arabic, and Urdu.

Was a Prime Minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939.The Persian Corridor was inaugurated during his primi

Was a Prime Minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939.The Persian Corridor was inaugurated during his primiership, and the Crown Prince (later Shah) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi married Fawzia of Egypt in 1939.

Was a Sri Lankan politician and Governor of the North-Central province. He first studied at St. Jose

Was a Sri Lankan politician and Governor of the North-Central province. He first studied at St. Joseph's College, Anuradhapura then at St. John's Jaffna, where he attained a mastery in the Tamil Language and later finally at Nalanda College, Colombo.

Is an Iranian progressive/reformist politician, and a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front (II

Is an Iranian progressive/reformist politician, and a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF) that is active for democracy and human rights in Iran. As of the early 2000s, till 2004 Farahani was the manager of the central Youth Branch of the IIPF.

Was a Bengali military officer, who founded the East Bengal Regiment. [1]Abdul Gani joined the Briti

Was a Bengali military officer, who founded the East Bengal Regiment. [1]Abdul Gani joined the British Indian Army in 1941, during the Second World War. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, and fought in the Burma sector. As a mark for his courage, he was nicknamed "Tiger Gani". [1]In 1945, Gani founded an army regiment consisting of Bengali soldiers. Following the Partition of India, he was promoted to the post of a major in 1948. He founded the 1st East Bengal Regiment on 15 February, 1948. He retired from the Army in 1954.[1]

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in Heilongjiang University in China. After having served in the assembly of Kamo for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of Ichiro Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003. She ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.

A Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.Tanaka attended high scho

A Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University. She spent most of her early adulthood working with her father's political machine Etsuzankai organization, and was the first lady to her father since her mother, Hana, was absent due to long-standing illness. She was elected to the Lower House in 1993, shortly after her father's death.

Was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War.In 1871, at the age o

Was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War.In 1871, at the age of 11, he accompanied Okubo on the Iwakura Mission to the United States as a student, and briefly attended school in Philadelphia. After he returned to Japan, he attended Tokyo Imperial University, but left without graduating to enter the Foreign Ministry. Assigned to the London Embassy, he made the acquaintance of Ito Hirobumi.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in t

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (na

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as an independent. A native of Ota, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he was elected for the first time in 1996.

Was an Egyptian Coptic politician. Ebeid was the Wafd Party secretary-general between 1936 and 1942.

Was an Egyptian Coptic politician. Ebeid was the Wafd Party secretary-general between 1936 and 1942. He was also a finance minister of Egypt. Ebeid left the Wafd Party after a dispute with his old friend and the then Prime Minister of Egypt and leader of

A Zionist activist and one of the main political leaders of Polish Jews during the interwar period,

A Zionist activist and one of the main political leaders of Polish Jews during the interwar period, a lawyer, a publicist, and a Sejm deputy from 1919 to 1930.In 1919 he was elected by constituents of Biala Podlaska as a deputy to the first Sejm of the newly independent Polish state which was charged with writing a new constitution. In all he served three terms as a delegate.[1][2] Before the elections of 1922 together with Izaak Grunbaum he was a co-creator of Bloc of National Minorities, a parliamentary organization whose purpose was to represent ethnic minorities in the Polish parliament.[3] One of his first acts as a deputy of the Sejm was to introduce a law which annulled all Russian sponsored laws which discriminated against Jews in the former Congress Poland.[4]

Was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gosp

Was a Polish activist, secretary-general of the Central Economic Society (Centralne Towarzystwo Gospodarcze), patron of the agricultural circles.

The forestry minister of Indonesia since 2001. On May 1, 2005, he was appointed as the chairman of t

The forestry minister of Indonesia since 2001. On May 1, 2005, he was appointed as the chairman of the Crescent Star Party (PBB).