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Miguel de la Madrid—Head of Government

The Mexican government of Miguel de la Madrid (1982 1988 eventually recognized El Salvadors democratically elected government and thus eased a major.source of irritation between the U.S. and Mexico.

David Lange—Head of Government

David Russell Lange CH, ONZ (who pronounced his name IPA: /ˈlɒŋi/ long-ee) (4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history, but one which did not always conform to traditional expectations of a social-democrat party. He had a reputation for cutting wit and eloquence. His government implemented far-reaching free market reforms, some of which he later ...

Ernesto Zedillo—Head of Government

Ernesto Zedillo’s term (1994-2000), diverse high-ranking public officials were arrested, including one governor and several generals," Fox’s government "did not legally proceed against any high-level official."Sergio Aguayo Quezada is professor at Mexico’s Colegio de Mexico.

Viktor Zubkov—Head of Government

Viktor Zubkov thirty years at glance in various fields.Born on 15 September 1941 in the village of Arbat,in the southern Urals region of Sverdlovsk, Mr Zubkov studied agriculture in 1960s Leningrad, as St Petersburg was then known. After that, he ran collective farms in the Leningrad region, and, later,began working his way up through the regional Communist Party. In the post-Soviet 1990s he became St Petersburg's deputy chief tax inspector, after his work with Mr Putin on the external relations committee. He was defeated in a bid to be elected governor of Leningrad Region in 1999, but then joined the federal government in Moscow as deputy tax minister.

Diosdado Macapagal—Head of Government

Diosdado Macapagal’s administration (1962-65), he became Executive Assistant of Central Bank, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Customs and to the Secretary of Finance, and a Presidential Staff Assistant. He practiced law from 1966 to 1986. During the Aquino administration, he was appointed chairman of the Government Service Insurance System. He also became director of a number of government-owned corporations including Philippine Airlines, Commercial Bank of Manila, and the Manila Hotel Corporation.

Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine—Head of Government

Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine, the father of Canadian democracy, said, "Education is the first benefit that a government can bestow upon a people."

Kenneth Kaunda—Head of Government

Kaunda, Kenneth David, 1924-, African political leader, president of Zambia (1964-91), b. Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). ... Out of office, he carried on a politial feud with Chiluba, whose government repeatedly arrested him. Kaunda became head of the main opposition party in 1995, but a constitutional amendment banned him from running in the 1996 presidential election, and in 2000 he retired from political life. Kaunda has written several books, including Black Government (with C. M. Morris, 1960) and the autobiographical Zambia Shall Be Free (1962).

Hafizullah Amin—Head of Government

Hafizullah Amin Babrak ... - Noor Mohammad Taraki By Afghanland.com: The divided PDPA succeeded the Daoud regime with a new government under the leadership of Nur Muhammad Taraki of the ...; Memories of ( taraki ) ... 内+山P+亀 : tomohi_toshi.

Robert Muldoon—Head of Government

Robert David Muldoon ... His practice of adjusting the economy with mini-budgets not only allowed for changing conditions but brought him before the public. His capacity to use television to project himself with clear, direct answers soon made it obvious that he was very much part of the government. When he became leader of the Opposition in 1974 his unparalleled capacity for polarizing politics and for devastating criticism contributed to the Labour government's massive defeat in ...

Mikhail Fradkov—head of government

Mikhail Fradkov first joined the Russian government a year after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, becoming Deputy Foreign Trade Minister in Russia's first reformist government under Egor Gaidar.

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