Xi Jinping: When Xi was 10, his father was purged and sent to work in a factory in Luoyang, Henan.Xi was 15 when his father was jailed in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. Xi studied chemical engineering at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. From 1998 to 2002, he studied Marxist philosophy and ideological education. Xi joined the Communist Youth League in 1971 and the Communist Party of China in 1974. Following the dismissal of Shanghai Party Chief Chen Liangyu in September 2006 due to a social security fund scandal, Xi was transferred to Shanghai in March 2007 to become the new Party Chief of Shanghai.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
Pranab Mukherjee: He was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum district in the Bengal province of British India. His father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the Indian independence movement. He attended the Suri Vidyasagar College in Suri, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.He worked for the congress of India, and started working his way up. Mukherjee ended his affiliation with the Indian National Congress and retired from active political life following his election as President in 2012. He was a tchaiwallah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee
Vladimir Putin: He studied at Leningrad State University for law in 1975. He is an Orthodox Christian. Enjoys working out and has a black belt in judo. Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families. Served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politic. Chief of the Federal Security Service. Acting Prime Minister of Russia. Just two hours after Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in, new Russian president Medvedev names Putin as his prime minister.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/world/europe/vladimir-putin---fast-facts/
Angela Merkel: Married twice. She was a physicist, and has a PHD in quantum chemistry. Research associate at Zentralinstitut fur physikalische Chemie in Berlin. She becomes the first female chairperson of the CDU. In 2005 she is sworn in as the first women Chancellor of Germany. She then is re-elected chancellor of Germany in 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/world/europe/angela-merkel---fast-facts/
David Cameron- Cameron was officially declared winner of the Leader of the Conservative Party election in December 2005. His win was due in large part to his vow to inspire a new generation; he wanted people to "feel good about being Conservatives again,"
http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203#synopsis
François Hollande- He was nick-named the “pizza delivery boy”. Hollande demonstrated an early interest in politics and volunteered for François Mitterrand's second unsuccessful presidential campaign while he was still a student.
http://www.biography.com/people/françois-hollande-20849813#synopsis
Dilma Rousseff- She was abused as a little girl and still managed to become who she is. This is very impressive because it would be hard to overcome.
Bashar al-Assad- With much of the military composed of fellow Alawite associates, he was able to integrate the military into his political regime, and ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades.
Stephen Harper- As Prime Minister, he has pushed for the recognition of Quebec as a nation and sought to secure control over Arctic waters for petroleum resources.
Shinzo Abe- Abe was a member of a prominent political family. His grandfather Kishi Nobusuke served as Japan’s prime minister from 1957 to 1960, and his great-uncle Sato Eisaku held the same post from 1964 to 1972.
Benjamin Netanyahu- He spent most of his teen years living in the Philadelphia area, where his father, noted Jewish historian Benzion Netanyahu, worked as a professor.
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