World Leaders

Enrique Peña Nieto (Mexico)

• Served as Sub-secretary in 1999-2000
• As a child he told teachers that he wanted to be governor of Mexico.

 Joachim Gauck (Germany)

• As a child, his father was taken by Soviets. For three years Joachim didn't know where his dad was and if he was still alive
• His children were discriminated because their dad was a pastor.

Nicolas Maduro (Venezuela)

• He became a member of his high school's student union, where he was introduced to politics 
• Got cancer, which effected his job

 Xi Jinping (China)

• Got divorced with his wife after a couple of days
• Studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University

Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)

• Became queen on February 6, 1952
• Home schooled

 King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Saudi Arabia)

• His mom was part of the Shammar tribe
• his mom died when he was six

Pranab Mukherjee (India)

• Prime Minister Indira Gandhi helped get him elected
• Very well respected

François Hollande (France)

• Before he became president he was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
• Supports gay rights

 Hassan Rouhani (Iran)

• Was a lawyer
• Was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1889-2005

Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan) 

• He was selected by "prominent Afghan political figures" to be the Chairman of the Interim Administration
• Then he served a two year term at Interim President       

  Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)

• Was captured and tortured
• Had bad cancer

    Shimon Peres (Israel)

• Served as Prime Minister of Israel twice
• Kadima nominated him to run for president 

                                    
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