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 Léon Blum.

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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Ladislav Adamec (Czech politician)
Laszlo Rajk (Hungarian politician)
Laurent Fabius (French politician)
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria (Georgian politician)
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (US politician)
Lazar Moisevich Kaganovich (Russian politician)
Lech Wałęsa (Polish politician)
Lee Kuan Yew (Singaporean politician)
Lee Teng-hui (Chinese (Taiwanese) politician)
Leon Brittan (British politician)
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian politician)
Leopold Sedar Senghor (Senegalese politician)
Lester Bowles Pearson (Canadian politician)
Leszek Balcerowicz (Polish politician)
Lev Borisovich Kamenev (Russian politician)
Lev Davidovich Trotsky (Russian politician)
Li Peng (Chinese politician)
Liam Cosgrave (Irish politician)
Lionel Jospin (French politician)
Lothar De Maiziere (German politician)
Louis St Laurent (Canadian politician)
Lt. Col. Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (Guatemalan politician)
Lucre$$iu Pătrăşcanu (Romanian politician)
Ludvík Svoboda (Slovak politician)
Ludwig Erhard (German politician)
Luís Carlos Prestes (Brazilian politician)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (US politician)
Lázaro Cardenas del Rio (Mexican politician)
Léon Blum (French politician)