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George Osborne
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George Osborne

George Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British politician and member of the Conservative Party who has been First Secretary of State since 2015, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury since 2010 and Member of...
4.8
4.8
from 4 votes
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Vladimir Putin
52

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, born 7 October 1952) has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012. Putin previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and as Prime Minister of Russia...
4.7
4.7
from 48 votes
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Brian Sandoval
53

Brian Sandoval

Brian Edward Sandoval (born August 5, 1963) is the 29th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada and a member of the Republican Party. Sandoval is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Neva...
4.7
4.7
from 3 votes
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Rick Perry
54

Rick Perry

James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American Republican politician who served as the 47th Governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the gov...
4.5
4.5
from 4 votes
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Andrew Cuomo
55

Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician who is the 56th and current Governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo was elected in 2010, holding the same position his father, Mario Cuomo,...
4.5
4.5
from 2 votes
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Kelly Ayotte
55

Kelly Ayotte

Kelly Ann Ayotte (born June 27, 1968) is an American politician and the junior United States senator from New Hampshire, serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, she is the second youngest of the 20 female Senators, a...
4.5
4.5
from 2 votes
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Henry Kissinger
55

Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27, 1923) is an American diplomat and political scientist. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Pres...
4.5
4.5
from 2 votes
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Peter T. King
55

Peter T. King

Peter Thomas King (born April 5, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party and represents the central Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau and...
4.5
4.5
from 2 votes
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Donald Trump
59

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, a businessman, author, and previously a television personality. Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Trump received an econom...
4.5
4.5
from 92 votes
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Hillary Clinton
60

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is a former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States. From 2009 to 2013, she was the 67th Secretary of State, serving under President...
4
4
from 44 votes
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Donald Tusk
61

Donald Tusk

Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who has been President of the European Council since 1 December 2014. Previously he was Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014, having also been co-founder and...
4
4
from 10 votes
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Tony Abbott
62

Tony Abbott

Anthony John "Tony" Abbott MP is the 28th and current Prime Minister of Australia. He has held this position since 2013, and been Leader of the Liberal Party since 2009. Abbott is the Member of Parliament representing the Sydney-b...
4
4
from 6 votes
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Jesse Ventura
63

Jesse Ventura

James George Janos (born July 15, 1951) better known by his stage name Jesse Ventura is an American former professional wrestler, actor, political commentator, author, naval veteran, and politician who served as the 38th Governor...
4
4
from 2 votes
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Scott Walker
63

Scott Walker

Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is an American Republican politician who is the 45th Governor of Wisconsin. He is a two-term Governor, elected in 2010 and 2014, who also defeated an effort to recall him in 2012.
4
4
from 2 votes
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Stephen Harper
63

Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper PC MP (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He was the Leader of the Conservative Party from 2004 to 2015. Harper became prime minister in...
4
4
from 2 votes
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Ted Cruz
66

Ted Cruz

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. Elected in 2012 as a Republican, he is the first Hispanic or Cuban American to serve as a U.S. Senator from Texas. He is the chairma...
3.8
3.8
from 6 votes
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George H. W. Bush
67

George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is a retired American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993, and the 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989). A Republican,...
3.8
3.8
from 21 votes
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Angela Merkel
68

Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician and a former research scientist who has been the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000 and the Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She...
3.8
3.8
from 19 votes
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David Cameron
69

David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. He represents Witney as its Member of Parliament (MP). Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and E...
3.6
3.6
from 10 votes
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Michael Gove
70

Michael Gove

Michael Andrew Gove (born 26 August 1967) is a British Conservative politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath. He is also an author and was formerly a columnist for The Times...
3.5
3.5
from 4 votes
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Susana Martinez
71

Susana Martinez

Susana Martinez (born July 14, 1959) is an American attorney and politician. She is the 31st and current Governor of New Mexico. A Republican, Martinez was elected Governor on November 2, 2010, and was sworn into office on January...
3.5
3.5
from 2 votes
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Mark Warner
71

Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Virginia, in office since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th Governor of Virginia, hold...
3.5
3.5
from 2 votes
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Rick Santorum
73

Rick Santorum

Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1995–2007) and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican (20...
3.3
3.3
from 4 votes
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George W. Bush
74

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara...
3.2
3.2
from 36 votes
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Bashar al-Assad
75

Bashar al-Assad

Bashar Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: بشار حافظ الأسد‎ Baššār Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad, born 11 September 1965) is the President of Syria, commander-in-chief of Syrian Armed Forces, General Secretary of the ruling Ba'ath Party and Regional Secreta...
3
3
from 13 votes
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Bobby Jindal
76

Bobby Jindal

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and the Vice Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
3
3
from 3 votes
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Mitch Daniels
77

Mitch Daniels

Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is an American academic administrator and former politician who was Governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 2013, Daniels has be...
3
3
from 2 votes
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Jeb Bush
78

Jeb Bush

John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush,...
2.9
2.9
from 10 votes
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Chris Christie
79

Chris Christie

Christopher James "Chris" Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the 55th Governor of New Jersey since January 2010.
2.8
2.8
from 4 votes
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Kim Jong-un
80

Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un (born 8 January 1983; also romanized as Kim Jong-eun, Kim Jong Un or Kim Jung-eun) is the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea. He is the son of Kim Jo...
2.6
2.6
from 7 votes
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Jim Webb
81

Jim Webb

James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States Senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, congressional staffer, and Ma...
2.3
2.3
from 3 votes
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John Lewis
82

John Lewis

John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional...
2
2
from 2 votes
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Jean-Marie Cavada
83

Jean-Marie Cavada

Jean-Marie Cavada (born 24 February 1940 in Épinal, Vosges) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Ile de France. Since 3 December 2011 he is president of the European Movement France...
1.5
1.5
from 2 votes
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Jean Chrétien
candidate

Jean Chrétien

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (born January 11, 1934), known commonly as Jean Chrétien, is a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from Nove...
0
0
from 0 votes
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
candidate

William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King, (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Thomas Mulcair
candidate

Thomas Mulcair

Thomas Joseph "Tom" Mulcair (born October 24, 1954) is a Canadian politician and the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada. A Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Outremont in Quebec since 2007, he was selecte...
0
0
from 0 votes
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