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The Most Powerful Leaders of the 20th Century

The 20th century saw leaders with unprecedented power. Stalin controlled the largest country and a nuclear arsenal. Roosevelt led the US through depre...

Women Who Broke Political Barriers

Female heads of government were rare before the 1960s. Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the first female Prime Minister in 1960. Indira Gandh...

Leaders Who Redrew the Map

Some leaders literally changed the map of the world. Simón Bolívar freed half of South America from Spanish rule. Bismarck united the German states in...

Assassinated Leaders Who Changed History

Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin, and many others were assassinated while in power. Each assassination chan...

The Longest Serving Leaders in Modern History

Fidel Castro governed Cuba for 47 years. Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore for 31 years. Franklin Roosevelt was elected four times, serving 12 years before h...

Wartime Presidents and Prime Ministers

War tests leaders like nothing else. Lincoln during the Civil War, Wilson during World War I, Roosevelt during World War II, Churchill during the Blit...