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Famous Political Leaders

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Influential political leaders and statesmen throughout history.

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Who was the first President of the United States?

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  1. 1Who was the first President of the United States?
    George Washington (1789-1797)
  2. 2Which US President abolished slavery?
    Abraham Lincoln (16th President, 1861-1865)
  3. 3Which US President served four terms?
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
  4. 4Who was the US President during most of World War II?
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
  5. 5Who was the youngest elected US President?
    John F. Kennedy (age 43)
  6. 6Who was the first African-American President of the United States?
    Barack Obama (2009-2017)
  7. 7Which US President resigned due to the Watergate scandal?
    Richard Nixon (1974)
  8. 8Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
    Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
  9. 9Who was the British Prime Minister during the Battle of Britain?
    Winston Churchill
  10. 10Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
    Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990)
  11. 11Who was known as the 'Iron Lady'?
    Margaret Thatcher
  12. 12Who was the longest-serving British monarch until 2015?
    Queen Victoria (1837-1901, 63 years)
  13. 13Who was the longest-serving British monarch ever?
    Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022, 70 years)
  14. 14Who led France during World War II and founded the Fifth Republic?
    Charles de Gaulle
  15. 15Who was the first Emperor of France?
    Napoleon Bonaparte (1804-1814, 1815)
  16. 16Who was the 'Sun King' of France?
    Louis XIV (1643-1715)
  17. 17Who was the last Queen of France before the Revolution?
    Marie Antoinette (executed 1793)
  18. 18Who led the French Revolution as a radical Jacobin?
    Maximilien Robespierre (1793-1794)
  19. 19Who was the first Chancellor of unified Germany?
    Otto von Bismarck (1871-1890)
  20. 20Who was the Chancellor of West Germany during reunification?
    Helmut Kohl (1982-1998)
  21. 21Who was the first female Chancellor of Germany?
    Angela Merkel (2005-2021)
  22. 22Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?
    Adolf Hitler (1933-1945)
  23. 23Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?
    Joseph Stalin (1924-1953)
  24. 24Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
    Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
  25. 25Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
    Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991)
  26. 26Who introduced glasnost and perestroika?
    Mikhail Gorbachev
  27. 27Who was the first President of Russia after the Soviet Union?
    Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
  28. 28Who has been President of Russia since 2000 (with one term as PM)?
    Vladimir Putin
  29. 29Who was the last Emperor of Russia?
    Nicholas II (1894-1917, executed 1918)
  30. 30Who was Catherine the Great?
    Empress of Russia (1762-1796)

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