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Napoleon Bonaparte Napoléon Bonaparte A conqueror who rose from revolutionary general to emperor Government and administration · Consulate and First Empire state institutions 1769–1821
Junaid Khan Jüneýit han Yomut Turkmen chief who held real power in the Khanate of Khiva in 1918–1920 and fought Soviet rule for more than a decade Military command 1857–1938
Pyotr Vasilievich Vologodsky Пётр Васильевич Вологодский A lawyer-statesman who held White Siberia together through compromise Government and administration · Russian White movement 1863–1925
Józef Piłsudski Józef Piłsudski The soldier-politician who began as a socialist, became Head of State of reborn Poland, broke the Red Army's westward drive at Warsaw in 1920, and later ruled through a coup-built authoritarian regime Government and administration · Poland 1867–1935
Miklós Horthy Horthy Miklós Regent who led the counter-revolutionary National Army and ruled Hungary until 1944 Government and administration · Hungary 1868–1957
Ioannis Metaxas Ιωάννης Μεταξάς The monarchist anti-communist who established the 4th of August dictatorship Government and administration · Greece state institutions 1871–1941
Andrievs Niedra Andrievs Niedra Pastor and writer who headed Latvia's pro-German government of 1919 Literature and arts 1871–1942
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi Павло Петрович Скоропадський The last hetman of Ukraine, installed under German occupation in 1918 Government and administration · Ukrainian State (Hetmanate) 1873–1945
István Bethlen Bethlen István Transylvanian aristocrat who, as prime minister in 1921–1931, consolidated the Horthy regime with a restricted franchise and a League loan Government and administration · Hungary 1874–1946
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Winston Churchill Britain's wartime prime minister who divided Europe with Stalin on a half-sheet of paper Government and administration · United Kingdom state institutions 1874–1965
Rhee Syngman 이승만 First president of South Korea who demanded unification by force and refused to sign the armistice Government and administration · South Korea state institutions 1875–1965
Pál Teleki Teleki Pál Geographer of the “Red map” who was twice prime minister and killed himself in 1941 as German troops crossed Hungary Government and administration · Hungary 1879–1941
István Haller Haller István Christian Socialist politician who, as minister of religion and education, prepared and tabled the numerus clausus bill of 1920 Government and administration · Hungary 1880–1964
Władysław Sikorski Władysław Sikorski A general who defended Polish sovereignty between exile and return Military command · Poland 1881–1943
Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu The Conducător who took Romania into the Axis war against the Soviet Union and ordered the killings in Transnistria, executed at Jilava in 1946 Government and administration · Romania 1882–1946
Döme Sztójay Sztójay Döme Soldier-diplomat who pushed for the German alliance in Berlin and, as prime minister under occupation, sped up the Jewish deportations Government and administration · Hungary 1883–1946
Hideki Tojo 東條英機 A soldier-statesman who steered imperial Japan from northern ambitions toward southern expansion and war Military command · Japan state institutions 1884–1948
Károly Bartha Bartha Károly Defence minister who pressed for joining the invasion of Yugoslavia and the war on the Soviet Union, and harshened labour service Government and administration · Hungary 1884–1964
Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman The 33rd president who framed the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan Government and administration · United States state institutions 1884–1972
Gyula Gömbös Gömbös Gyula Right-radical officer who organised the Szeged National Army and as prime minister in 1932–1936 steered Hungary towards Italy and Germany Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1936
Kálmán Darányi Darányi Kálmán Gömbös’s successor as prime minister in 1936–1938, who announced the Győr programme and introduced the First Jewish Law Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1939
László Bárdossy Bárdossy László Wartime prime minister who declared war on the Soviet Union over the Kassa bombing and approved the deportation of Jews Government and administration · Hungary 1890–1946
Béla Imrédy Imrédy Béla Prime minister who swung Hungary towards Germany and drafted the Second Jewish Law, then fell over his own Jewish ancestry Government and administration · Hungary 1891–1946
László Endre Endre László Interior Ministry state secretary who in 1944 ran the ghettoisation and deportation of Hungary’s Jews with László Baky Government and administration · Hungary 1895–1946
László Baky Baky László Gendarmerie officer turned National Socialist who as state secretary for the interior in 1944 ran the deportation of Jews with László Endre Government and administration · Hungary 1898–1946
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm Politician who became State of Vietnam premier in 1954, ousted Bảo Đại and was South Vietnam’s first president until killed in 1963 Government and administration · Vietnam 1901–1963
Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista A Cuban ruler who shifted between electoral legitimacy and military power Government and administration · Cuba 1901–1973
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson A Cold War president caught between reform and war Government and administration · United States state institutions 1908–1973
Richard Milhous Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon The Cold Warrior who opened détente with Moscow and Beijing, then became the only U.S. president to resign Government and administration · United States state institutions 1913–1994
Robert McNamara Robert McNamara The quantitative defense secretary who led the Vietnam War and helped prevent nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis Government and administration · United States state institutions 1916–2009
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy The youngest U.S. president, who took the world to the brink of nuclear war and back Government and administration · United States state institutions 1917–1963
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński Carter's National Security Advisor who drew the Soviet Union into the Afghan trap Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1928–2017