About the Leaders of the World

Enrique Peña Nieto:

• He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1964 as a start of his political beginning. 
• Before Enrique became president, he was Governor of Mexico during the years of 2005-2011. 
• he said that he will try to get a better economy and lower the drug violence. 
• marches against him have brought many people together because people don't like him

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud:

• Before Abdullah was Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, he was became Commander of Saudi National Guard in 1963. This post allowed him to secure his position in the House of Saud. 
• On June 13, 1982, when King Khalid died, Abdullah became prince and Fahd bin Abdulaziz became king. Then in August 2005, when King Fahd bin Abdulaziz died, Abdullah became King.
• Didn't become president until recently.
• At least 35 kids: one SON would become king if he died. 
• He has 13 wives. 

Angela Merkel:

• Angela Merkel has been described as "the de facto leader of the European Union" and is currently ranked as the world's forth most powerful person by Forbes magazine, the highest ranking ever achieved by a women.
• On May 30, 2005 Merkel won the CDU/CSU nomination as a challenger to Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of the SPD in the 2005 national elections.  

Benjamin Netanyahu:

• Netanyahu joined the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1967 Six-Day War and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He took part in many missions including Operation Gift and Operation Isotope during which he was shot in the shoulder. 
• Netanyahu first became Prime Minister in 1996-1999
• First guy born in Israel to become their President.
• On every single flight going in or out of Israel they have 2 armed guards on EVERY flight. 

Hu Jintao:

• Hu is the first leader of the Communist Party with any significant revolutionary credentials. 
• Hu is the current longest-serving leader of any G20 nations, though he is widely excepted to step down as party general secretary at CPC 18th National Congress in November 2012. 
• He took China from a country that had many problems to a well developed country. 
• He had a plan to make the population less. 
• first crisis has the president was when the disease that killed babies came to China.
• won't be leader much longer 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:

• Before Mahmoud was President of Iran, he was a teacher.
• He took role as President on August 3, 2005 and his second presidency term ends on August 3, 2013. He is not eligible to run for another term under the current Iranian constitution.
• he supports Iran's nuclear energy program

Hamid Karzai: 

•  Hamid went to Pakistan to work as a fundraiser for the anticommunist mujahideen during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan.
•  Hamid was the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan.
• Brother was a druggy: arrested and had a case against him
• Potential victim of an assassination many times- four times.  
• Tale-pan was in charge before Hamid came along. 

François Hollande: 

• He gained French citizenship after being left behind on a school exchange trip to Rouen.
• He is the first French President since Nicolas Sarkozy.
• He was special adviser for the President before he got elected. 

Pranab Mukherjee:

• Pranab is India's 13th president.
• Mukherjee was once famous for smoking his trademark Dunhill pipe. He gave up smoking many years ago.
• finance minister- involved in economy
• he is also an author

Hugo Chavez:

• Chavez was a former lieutenant colonel
• Chavez won the presidential election in 1998 and took office the following year.
• attended the academy of military services and sciences of Venezuela
• IN PRISON FOR 2 YEARS 
• military background

David Cameron: 

• David Cameron entered office in May 2010 as the first Conservative prime minister of Britain since John Major left office in 1997.
• David Cameron is one of the youngest prime ministers Britain has ever had. 
• thought that giving weapons and training to the middle east would help to solve peace.
• involved in drug scandel 

Dilma Rousseff

• Dilma is Brazil's first women President
• She is a former leftist militant.
• First women elected President in Brazil
• Early 20s she tried to over throw the government, but was captured and jailed. She was in jail for two years and was tortured. ---coup d'etat: trying to take over the country through the military