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Mao Zedong
when was he in office ; the leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
where they were born : Shaoshan, China
who are they: a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. -
Election of Truman
when was he in office:1948
where they were from: Lamar, Missouri
who are they: Was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and helped rebuild postwar Europe, worked to contain communism and led the United States into the Korean war (1950- 1953) -
Nikita Khrushchev
when was he in office: 1934–1950: First Secretary, Moscow City Committee. (April 15 [O.S. April 3]1894 – September 11, 1971)
where they were from: Kalinovka, Russia
who are they: a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. -
Stalin
when was he in office: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953
where they were from : Gori, Georgia
who are they : the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state. -
Eisenhower
when was he in office: He also served two terms as the 34th President of the United States from 1952 to 1961.
where they were from: Denison, Texas
who are they :Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower was a highly decorated general in the US army. He served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in North Africa and Europe during World War II and became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. -
Leonid Brezhnev:
when was he in office: in May 1960
where they were from: Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
who are they: Leonid Brezhnev joined the communist party in Russia and was appointed party political chief under Khrushchev. They worked to spread communism to Moldavia. He was invited to join "politburo" due to the request of Stalin in 1952. He was the first party secretary of the communist party. -
John F. Kennedy
when was he in office: 1961-1963
where they were from: Brookline, MA
who are they: an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
When was he in office: 1963 to 1969
where they were from: Stonewall, TX
who are they: the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. -
Richard M. Nixon
when was he in office: served from 1969 to 1974
where they were from: Yorba Linda, CA
who are they: the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. -
Ronald Reagan
when was he in office: Served as the 40th U.S. president from 1981 to 1989
where they were from: Tampico, IL
who are they: an American politician and actor -
Yuri Andropov
when was he in office: November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later.
where they were from: Stavropol Governorate
who are they:Andropov played an important role in coordinating the Soviet invasion that violently crushed the opposition. After his return to Moscow in 1957 he rapidly advanced in the hierarchy and was made head of the KGB 1967 -
Mikhail Gorbachev:
when was he in office:Gorbachev is elected to be the Executive President of the Soviet Union by the new parliament ( November 16, 1989)
where they were born: Privolnoye, Russia
who are they :The Soviet Union wanted a younger leader who could last longer than the previous leaders, so the Central Committee decided to elect Gorbachev as the General Secretary
