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Political Biographies


The backgrounds, careers and achievements of the men and women who have shaped political events across the world in the 20th century, balancing fact with critical appraisal.
On this page: Ladislav Adamec to Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Title Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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Laszlo Rajk (Hungarian politician & military leader)
Laurent Fabius (French politician)
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria (Russian statesman/stateswoman)
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (American politician)
Lazar Moisevich Kaganovich (Russian politician)
Lázaro Cardenas del Rio (Latin America)
Lech Wałęsa (Political Figure / Electrician / Activist)
Lee Kuan Yew (Political Leader)
Lee Teng-hui (Chinese president)
Léon Blum (French writer & statesman/stateswoman)
Leon Brittan (English statesman/stateswoman)
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian statesman/stateswoman)
Leopold Sedar Senghor (Poet / Political Leader)
Lester Bowles Pearson (Canadian statesman/stateswoman)
Lev Borisovich Kamenev (Russian politician)
Lev Davidovich Trotsky (Revolutionary)
Li Peng (Chinese politician)
Liam Cosgrave (Irish politician)
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (American politician)
Lothar De Maiziere (German statesman/stateswoman)
Louis St Laurent (Canadian politician & statesman)
Lucre$$iu Pătrăşcanu (Romanian politician)
Ludvík Svoboda (Czechoslovak military leader & politician)
Ludwig Erhard (German statesman/stateswoman & economist)
Luís Carlos Prestes (Latin America)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (36th President of the United States)