Leaders/politician Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a Swedish conductor, Music director at the State Theater in Kassel, Germany.From 1993 to 1999 Pat

Is a Swedish conductor, Music director at the State Theater in Kassel, Germany.From 1993 to 1999 Patrik Ringborg worked as staff conductor with the Freiburg Opera, where his position in 1997 was elevated to Deputy Music Director. From 1997 to 2003 he conducted at the Aalto-Theater in Essen, where in 1999 he was appointed Principal Conductor and lead over 20 different music theatre works including premières like Gounod's Faust, Don Pasquale, Hänsel und Gretel, Der Freischütz, Andrea Chénier and Henze's Orpheus.

Is a Gabonese politician who has been Prime Minister of Gabon since July 2009. A member of the Gabon

Is a Gabonese politician who has been Prime Minister of Gabon since July 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), he served for years as a minister in the government prior to his appointment as Prime Minister.

Is a member of the Senate of France since 1992, and re-elected in 2001, representing the Pyrénées-

Is a member of the Senate of France since 1992, and re-elected in 2001, representing the Pyrénées-Orientales department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is also the mayor of Sournia, in Pyrénées-Orientales.

Is a Gabonese politician and former diplomat, currently serving in the government of Gabon as Minist

Is a Gabonese politician and former diplomat, currently serving in the government of Gabon as Minister-Delegate under the Deputy Prime Minister for the Environment.

Is a former New Zealand politician.Prior to becoming an MP, East, was a lawyer and barrister with Ea

Is a former New Zealand politician.Prior to becoming an MP, East, was a lawyer and barrister with East Brewster, a prominent Rotorua-based legal firm. East also enagaged in local politics as a member of the Rotorua City Council which has now been subsumed

As a two-term U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Minnesota and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labo

As a two-term U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Minnesota and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which is affiliated with the national Democratic Party. Before being elected to the Senate in 1990, he was a professor of political science at Carleton College. Wellstone was a progressive and a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party.

Is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was MP for the seat of Eastern H

Is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was MP for the seat of Eastern Hutt from the 1990 election until the 1996 elections, when the electorate boundaries were changed and it became Rimutaka. He won Rimutaka in 1996 and held t

Was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a one-time candidate for the Democratic president

Was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a one-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Previously he also served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and held local political office as well.

Was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5t

Was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death.

Was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reformist

Was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reformist Treasurer in the Hawke government from 1983. As Prime Minister, he is noted for his many legislative achievements, and his victory in the 1993 federal election, which many had considered "unwinnable" for Labor, but also blamed for the early 1990s recession and its effects. Keating was defeated at the 1996 federal election by the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Was the foreign minister of Gabon for a period in 1968. He was born in Fougamou, Gabon.

Was the foreign minister of Gabon for a period in 1968. He was born in Fougamou, Gabon.

Was a Gabonese politician and civil servant, and the father of Laure Gondjout, another prominent Gab

Was a Gabonese politician and civil servant, and the father of Laure Gondjout, another prominent Gabonese politician. Gondjout was a member of the Mpongwe ethnic group, and served in the French colonial administration from 1928, and founded the Cercle ami

Was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives fr

Was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. During the campaign, he briefly captured the national attention and was considered a major candidate. This led to an appearance on the popular television show Saturday Night Live, co-hosting with celebrated singer Paul Simon.[1]

Is Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture in the Cabinet of South Africa.[1] He is the former Premier o

Is Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture in the Cabinet of South Africa.[1] He is the former Premier of Gauteng province in South Africa and a member of the African National Congress.[2] Mashatile replaced Mbhazima Shilowa on 7 October 2008, after Shilowa resigned in protest against the decision of the African National Congress to remove President Thabo Mbeki from office.[3] Mashatile was replaced as Premier by Nomvula Mokonyane on 6 May 2009.[4]

Is a Gabonese politician who heads the National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblemen

Is a Gabonese politician who heads the National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblement national des Bûcherons - Rassemblement pour le Gabon, RNB-RPG) and was a leading opponent of President Omar Bongo during the 1990s. He stood as a president

Was a Gabonese political figure and diplomat. Born in Franceville, Gabon, he was the Foreign Ministe

Was a Gabonese political figure and diplomat. Born in Franceville, Gabon, he was the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1974 to 1976. Later he was elected as Secretary-General of the Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT), a francophone organizat

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Nord department. He is a member of the Sociali

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

Is the Leader of the Opposition of Mauritius and former Prime Minister of the Republic. Bérenger, w

Is the Leader of the Opposition of Mauritius and former Prime Minister of the Republic. Bérenger, who is a Christian of French descent, is the only Prime Minister of Mauritius who was not a Hindu. In 2003 Berenger took office of Prime Minister following t

Was a Swiss conductor, patron and impresario.He studied under Felix Weingartner among others. In 192

Was a Swiss conductor, patron and impresario.He studied under Felix Weingartner among others. In 1926 he founded the Basel Chamber Orchestra (Basler Kammerorchester) to play works written before the classical period and modern works. Immensely wealthy, he commissioned works from many well known composers, including Igor Stravinsky (who provided him with the Concerto in D), Béla Bartók (Divertimento and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta), Arthur Honegger (many works, including the Second Symphony and the Fourth Symphony (Deliciae Basilienses ), Frank Martin (six works, including the Petite Symphonie Concertante), Paul Hindemith, Hans Werner Henze, Richard Strauss, Elliott Carter, and Harrison Birtwistle. Pierre Boulez's Messagesquisse was one of a number of pieces written in order to celebrate Sacher's seventieth birthday. Henze dedicated his Tenth Symphony as an in memoriam to Sacher, who had commissioned it but died before it was completed.

Is a Dutch author, professor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and member of the Partij van de Arbei

Is a Dutch author, professor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and member of the Partij van de Arbeid.In 2000, he wrote an essay Het multiculturele drama (approximate translation: "The multicultural disaster") which was very influential in shaping the debate on multiculturalism and immigration in the Netherlands.

A Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was th

A Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007

Is a Gabonese politician. He has served in the government since 1990 and is currently the Minister o

Is a Gabonese politician. He has served in the government since 1990 and is currently the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, La Francophonie, and Regional Integration.Toungai was born in Okonja, located in Haut-Ogooué Province in southeas

Is a Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands and a European civil servant on unpaid le

Is a Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands and a European civil servant on unpaid leave during his stint as MEP.He was a Dutch assistant-auditor in the European Commission’s Financial Control Directorate becoming the whistleblower who first drew the attention of a Member of the European Parliament to the irregularities, fraud and mismanagement within the Commission in 1998. In May 2005, he also asked the European Commission to create an investigation,

Was a Dutch conductor.In 1932, van Kempen became a German citizen. He was music director in Oberhaus

Was a Dutch conductor.In 1932, van Kempen became a German citizen. He was music director in Oberhausen for 2 years. From 1934 to 1942, he was principal conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic.[1][2] In 1942, he succeeded Herbert von Karajan as Kapellmeister in Aachen, serving through 1944. Several years after World War II, in 1953, van Kempen became general music director of the city of Bremen.