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 Hamid Karzai

• Against the Taliban
• Knew what was going on with the Taliban
• Worked against them
• Warned the United States

Dilma Rousseff

• Served three years in prison
• Was repeatedly tortured
• Divorced twice
• Degree in economics
• Underwent chemotherapy while being re-elected

Xi Jinping

• A son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun
• Married a folk singer
• Father was jailed
• Their daughter studies at Harvard  

Francois Holland

• No previous experience in national government position
• Had a 30 year relationship and four children
• Got divorced because he had an affair
• Extreme right physician father
• Public speaker mother

Joachim Gauk

Angela Merkel(chancellor)

• Been chancellor since 2005
• Top spot on FORBES list of most powerful women in the world for 8 of the past 10 years
• Degree in physics and physical chemistry
• Ph.D. in quantum physics

Pranab Mukherjee

• Taught Political Science
• Worked as a journalist
• One of the best financial ministers
• Had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi who took over as Prime Minister
• Started his own Congress/party

Ali Hoseini-Khamenei(Supreme Leader)

• Took part in street protest against the U.S.
•  imprisoned multiple times
• Elected president twice
• Became Supreme Leader 1989

Hasan Fedeidun Ruhani(president)