Mikhail Gorbachev was TIME Person of the Year for 1987
The Time Magazine person of the year in 1987 was "Mikhail Gorbachev." He was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time and played a significant role in the political changes happening in the country during the late 1980s.
The Time Magazine Person of the Year in 1995 was Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the Russian president at the time of Perestroika.
In 1987, both Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, were jointly named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for their efforts to bring about change and peace in the Cold War era.
Mikhail Gorbachev
1985 - Deng Xiaoping 1986 - Corazon Aquino 1987 - Mikhail Gorbachev 1988 - The Endangered Earth 1989 - Mikhail Gorbachev 1990 - George H. W. Bush 1991 - Ted Turner 1992 - Bill Clinton 1993 - The Peacemakers 1994 - Pope John Paul II 1995 - Newt Gingrich
Perestroika was an economic policy of Mikhail Gorbachev. It was the first time that private ownership of businesses was legal in the Soviet Union.
The Time Magazine person of the year were the ebola fighters.
Adolf Hitler was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1938.
Time Magazine Person of the Year was not yet established in 1846.
The Time Magazine Person of the Year recognition was not yet established in 1905.
TIME magazine named him person of the year