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Kaifu, Toshiki

(Encyclopedia)Kaifu, Toshiki tōˈshēkē kīˈfo͞o [key], 1931–, Japanese politician. A graduate of the law faculty at Waseda Univ., Kaifu ran successfully for parliament in 1954. A member of the Liberal Democr...

Faymann, Werner

(Encyclopedia)Faymann, Werner, 1960–, Austrian politician, federal chancellor of Austria (2008–16), b. Vienna. A member of the Social Democrat party, he began his political career as chairman of Vienna Socialis...

Reinfeldt, Fredrik

(Encyclopedia)Reinfeldt, Fredrik frāˈdrĭk rīnˈfĕld [key] 1965–, Swedish politician. A member of the center-right Moderate party, he joined its Youth League in the 1980s, was first elected to parliament in 1...

Bevan, Aneurin

(Encyclopedia)Bevan, Aneurin ənīˈrĭn bĕˈvən [key], 1897–1960, British political leader. A coal miner and trade unionist, he served (1929–60) in Parliament as a member of the Labour party. As minister of ...

Milanović, Zoran

(Encyclopedia)Milanović, Zoran zōˈrän mēläˈnōvĭch [key], 1966–, Croatian political leader, b. Zagreb. He studied law at the Univ. of Zagreb (grad. 1990) and the Univ. of Brussels (M.A. 1998). A member of...

Katayama, Tetsu

(Encyclopedia)Katayama, Tetsu tĕtˈso͝o kätäyäˈmä [key], 1887–1978, Japanese statesman. He was a founder (1926) of the Social Democratic party. When the party was suppressed by the police, Katayama helped ...

Gusenbauer, Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Gusenbauer, Alfred älˈfrĕd go͞osĕnbouˌər [key], 1960–, Austrian politician, grad. Univ. of Vienna (Ph.D. 1987). Active in the Social Democratic party from a young age, he was executive secret...

Husák, Gustav

(Encyclopedia)Husák, Gustav go͝osˈtäf ho͝oˈsäk [key], 1913–91, Czechoslovakian political leader. A member of the Communist party from 1933, he helped to lead the Slovak national uprising against the German...

Clark, Joe

(Encyclopedia)Clark, Joe (Charles Joseph Clark), 1939–, prime minister of Canada (1979–80), b. High River, Alta. He entered the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta in 1972 and became leader of the Progressiv...

La Rochejaquelein, Henri Du Vergier, comte de

(Encyclopedia)La Rochejaquelein or La Rochejacquelin, Henri Du Vergier, comte de both: äNrēˈ dü vĕrzhyāˈ kôNt də lä rôshzhäkəlăNˈ [key], 1772–94, French commander, leader of the counterrevolutionar...