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The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재

385 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993
Jarallah Omar جار الله عمر Yemeni socialist politician and advocate of unity and pluralism Political and party leadership · Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 1942–2002
José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos Angola after Neto Political and party leadership · Angola state institutions 1942–2022
Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso Congolese Labour Party and the oil state Political and party leadership · Republic of the Congo state institutions 1943–
Harald Jäger Harald Jäger From border controller to the officer who ordered the Wall opened Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions 1943–
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–
Angela Davis Angela Davis Marxist feminist philosopher who theorised the prison-industrial complex, co-founder of Critical Resistance Scholarship and theory · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1944–
Jan Rulewski Jan Rulewski A Solidarity leader beaten while linking workers’ and farmers’ demands Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1944–
Maurice Bishop Maurice Bishop The Caribbean revolutionary who cut illiteracy from 35% to 5% and declared 'we are not in anybody's backyard' Government and administration · Grenada state institutions 1944–1983
Nito Alves Nito Alves The radical MPLA interior minister who sought Soviet backing only to die in a failed coup Military command · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1945–1977
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Roman Bartoszcze Roman Bartoszcze A peasant leader who carried Rural Solidarity into pluralist politics Political and party leadership · Polish People's Party (PSL) 1946–2015
Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz Architect of Poland's shock therapy and symbol of the post-communist transition Economy, finance and planning · Poland state institutions 1947–
Mohammad Najibullah محمد نجیب‌الله The last communist president of Afghanistan, who outlasted the Soviet withdrawal by three years before the Taliban tortured and hanged him Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 1947–1996
Jan Palach Jan Palach The Charles University student who set himself on fire against the Soviet occupation Social movements and organizing 1948–1969
Miklós Németh Németh Miklós Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989 Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1948–
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara The 'African Che' who traded the state Mercedes fleet for Renault 5s Government and administration · Burkina Faso state institutions 1949–1987
Sita Maria Dias Valles Sita Maria Dias Valles Angolan doctor and revolutionary killed in the 1977 Nitista purge Political and party leadership · Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1951–1977
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
Hun Sen ហ៊ុន សែន Cambodia's long-serving prime minister Political and party leadership · Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 1952–
László Tőkés Tőkés László The Reformed pastor whose attempted eviction in Timișoara sparked the Romanian Revolution Political and party leadership 1952–
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Владимир Владимирович Путин A ruler who recast the loss of the Soviet Union as a narrative of state restoration Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1952–
Henryka Krzywonos Henryka Krzywonos-Strycharska The tram driver who carried the strike beyond the shipyard Social movements and organizing 1953–
Jerzy Borowczak Jerzy Borowczak The shipyard worker who helped launch independent unionism Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1957–
Viktor Mihály Orbán Orbán Viktor From anti-communist youth leader in 1989 to architect of 'illiberal democracy' Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1963–
Ali Abdullah Saleh علي عبد الله صالح North Yemen's last president and unified Yemen's first head of state Government and administration · Yemen state institutions 1942/1947–2017
Ch'oe Ch'ang-ik 최창익 Yan'an faction leader who drove the 1946 New People's Party merger and was purged in the August Faction Incident Political and party leadership · New People's Party of Korea 1896/1898–1957/1960
Conrado Benítez García Conrado Benítez García Cuban volunteer teacher, symbol and first martyr of the 1961 literacy campaign Education
Micheline Ravololonarisoa Micheline Ravololonarisoa Malagasy feminist socialist leader of the 1972 student movement Social movements and organizing
Mohamed Siad Barre Maxamed Siyaad Barre Somali military rule and socialism Government and administration · Somalia state institutions ?–1995
Pol Pot ប៉ុល ពត Leader of Democratic Kampuchea Political and party leadership · Democratic Kampuchea state institutions ?–1998
Ahmad Shah Massoud Аҳмадшоҳи Масъуд Panjshir Valley guerrilla commander, the "Lion of Panjshir," who fought Soviet forces and the Taliban Military command c. 1953–2001
Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra Prime minister appointed under Congo's 1992 multiparty constitution Government and administration · Republic of the Congo state institutions 1936/1937–2007
Paulo Jorge Paulo Teixeira Jorge MPLA diplomat and Angola's second foreign minister, a leading figure of the party's left wing Diplomacy and international organization · Angola state institutions 1934/1929–2010

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