Ahok
Nehru - as Lawyer, politician and statesman, became the first Prime Minister of independent India
Naive
The word "statesman" has a good connotation, as it suggests a person who places the common good above his own, who is far-seeing, temperate and wise. The word "politician" which has the same denotation, has the opposite connotation. Statesmen are few and far between these days.
a politician is someone who is in politics while a statesman might just be in the judicial branch or other parts of government where they are not considered to be a part of the politician branches.
sometimes
naive because ingenuous means innocent and unsuspecting naive is asynonymfor ingenuous.
Shirley Chisholm
boss, congressperson, lawmaker, leader, handshaker, president, senator, speaker, party member or statesman (being a cynic, there are a lot more I could add but this is not the appropriate venue)
Sasha Cohen - figure skater Sarah Palin - Politician
He wasn't particularly known for being a politician, he was most known for his skilled commanding of the Confederate's important army in Virginia. He was an important icon for many people though.
statesman
· Thomas Nelson, Jr. (American statesman & military leader; one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence)