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Souphanouvong ສຸພານຸວົງ Pathet Lao and the first presidency Legislature and state representation · Laos 1909–1995
Mikhail Sergeyevich Smirtyukov Михаил Сергеевич Смиртюков The non-Politburo power who was the institutional memory of the Soviet government for 25 years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1909–2004
Bruno Leuschner Bruno Leuschner East German planner who ran planning in the German Economic Commission and then chaired the State Planning Commission Economy, finance and planning · East Germany 1910–1965
Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz A resistance survivor who became a guardian of the system Government and administration · Poland 1911–1989
Ferenc Donáth Donáth Ferenc A politician who linked revolution and reform while carrying the wounds of dictatorship Agriculture and land policy · Hungary 1913–1986
Xi Zhongxun 习仲勋 A founder of the northern Shaanxi base, purged for sixteen years, who opened Guangdong’s special economic zones Government and administration · People’s Republic of China 1913–2002
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev Михаил Сергеевич Соломенцев Brezhnev-era industrial technocrat who ran the Russian republic for 12 years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1913–2008
Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov Кирилл Трофимович Мазуров Belarusian partisan leader who rose to Brezhnev's Politburo and served as USSR First Deputy Premier for thirteen years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1914–1989
Alexander Pavlovich Lyashko Александр Павлович Ляшко The Donetsk-born Soviet economic manager who led Ukraine's government for 15 years through the Brezhnev era Government and administration · Soviet Union 1915–2002
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later Government and administration · Soviet Union 1917–1983
Hussein Kulmiye Afrah Xuseen Kulmiye Afrax Leadership of Somalia’s revolutionary council Security, intelligence and policing 1920–1993
Tafari Benti ተፈሪ በንቲ Early chairman of the Derg Government and administration · Ethiopia 1921–1977
Agostinho Neto Agostinho Neto Physician-poet who led Angola's liberation struggle and became its first president Political and party leadership · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1922–1979
András Hegedüs Hegedüs András A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold Government and administration · Hungary 1922–1999
Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt Architect of Đổi Mới and prime minister of Vietnam Government and administration · Vietnam 1922–2008
José Ramón Álvarez Fernández José Ramón Fernández Álvarez Cuban revolutionary commander credited with defeating the 1961 Bay of Pigs landing (Brigade 2506) Government and administration · Cuba 1923–2019
Lubomír Štrougal Lubomír Štrougal Husák's right hand who ran the normalization cabinet for eighteen years, then fell backing Gorbachev's perestroika Government and administration · Czechoslovakia 1924–2023
Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov Виталий Иванович Воротников The last RSFSR premier who tried not to break Russia away Government and administration · Soviet Union 1926–2012
Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Leader of the hemisphere's first socialist revolution: forty-seven years against imperialism Government and administration · Cuba 1926–2016
Li Peng 李鹏 The premier who declared martial law in May 1989, called “the butcher of Beijing”; Zhou Enlai’s ward Government and administration · People’s Republic of China 1928–2019
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov Николай Иванович Рыжков Premier during perestroika’s economic crisis Government and administration · Soviet Union 1929–2024
Pascal Lissouba Pascal Lissouba The scientist-president overthrown after the Congo's first free election Government and administration · Republic of the Congo 1931–2020
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin Вітольд Павлович Фокін From Soviet economic planner to independent Ukraine’s first prime minister Government and administration · Ukraine state institutions 1932–2025
Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou Benin’s people’s republic and transition Government and administration · Benin 1933–2015
Imre Pozsgay Pozsgay Imre The reformist Politburo member who called 1956 a 'popular uprising' and dismantled his own party's orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Hungary 1933–2016
Pen Sovann ប៉ែន សុវាន First prime minister of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of Kampuchea 1936–2016
Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich Вячаслаў Францавіч Кебіч Belarus's first prime minister; co-signed the Belovezh Accords and later testified the Russian delegation alone arrived with a plan Government and administration · Soviet Union 1936–2020
Didier Ratsiraka Didier Ratsiraka Madagascar’s socialist charter Government and administration · Madagascar 1936–2021
Mengistu Haile Mariam መንግሥቱ ኃይለ ማርያም Consolidation of Derg rule Political and party leadership · Ethiopia 1937–
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov An authoritarian state-builder who made sovereignty his political principle Government and administration · Uzbekistan state institutions 1938–2016
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutalibov Ајаз Нијази оғлу Мүтәллибов The last Soviet leader caught between a renewed union and independence Government and administration · Soviet Union 1938–2022
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس South Yemen's last head of state and the united republic's first prime minister Government and administration · Yemen state institutions 1939–
Joaquim Chissano Joaquim Chissano Mozambican rehabilitation and peace Government and administration · Mozambique 1939–
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow A Turkmen leader who turned late-Soviet rule into personal rule over an independent state Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–2006
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union 1941–
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs The Communist Party secretary who led Latvia's Supreme Council through the restoration of independence Legislature and state representation · Latvia state institutions 1942–
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
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 1944–1983
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
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
Mohamed Siad Barre Maxamed Siyaad Barre Somali military rule and socialism Government and administration · Somalia ?–1995

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