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: Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov to Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov.

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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (Russian politician)
Yakubu Gowon (Nigerian politician)
Yasser Mohammed Arafat (Palestinian politician)
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev (Russian politician)
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (Russian politician)
Yekaterina Alekseevna Furtseva (Russian politician)
Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli politician)
Yitzhak Shamir (Israeli politician)
Yoshida Shigeru (Japanese politician)
Yosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Georgian politician)
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Ugandan politician)
Yulii Osipovich Martov (Jewish politician)
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Russian politician)