swap_horiz Friedrich Merz Alternatives

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Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966 an...

20TH Century Chancellor Ostpolitik Head Of Government

9.1 Excellent

2

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer was a German Christian Democratic politician and the first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of...

20TH Century Founding Father Chancellor Head Of Government

9.1 Excellent

3

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was a prominent British politician and Prime Minister during the 20th century. His leadership from 194...

UK 20TH Century Wartime Conservative

9.0 Excellent

4

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel is a German former politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, making her the first...

Modern Germany Conservative Chancellor

8.0 Great

5

Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl was a German politician who served as chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990 and of reunified Germany...

Germany 20TH Century Chancellor Cdu

7.5 Good

6

Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020...

Modern Japan Conservative Prime Minister

7.0 Good

7

Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who led the Conservative Party of Canada and served as the country's prime minis...

21ST Century Conservative Prime Minister Head Of Government

6.8 Fair

8

John Howard

John Howard is an Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007 as the lead...

Modern Australia Conservative Liberal

6.5 Fair

9

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown is a British Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 and Prime Minist...

21ST Century Prime Minister Chancellor Head Of Government

6.4 Fair

10

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, becomi...

UK 20TH Century Conservative Prime Minister

6.0 Fair

11

Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as President of the E...

Modern Germany Cdu EU Commission

6.0 Fair

12

Fumio Kishida

Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister from 2021 to 2024. He is a member of the Liberal Dem...

Modern Japan Conservative Prime Minister

5.5 Mediocre

13

Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party, or SPD, who served as Germany’s federal ch...

Modern Germany Chancellor Spd

5.0 Mediocre

14

Yoshihide Suga

Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister from September 2020 to October 2021. A member of th...

Modern Japan Conservative Prime Minister

5.0 Mediocre

15

Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. His gov...

Modern Germany Chancellor Spd

5.0 Mediocre

16

José María Aznar

José María Aznar served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004, leading the center-right People's Party (Partido P...

Modern Spain Conservative Pp

5.0 Mediocre

17

Ulf Kristersson

Ulf Kristersson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party who became prime minister in October 2022 after approval b...

Modern Sweden Conservative Prime Minister

5.0 Mediocre

18

Shigeru Ishiba

Shigeru Ishiba is a Japanese politician who became Prime Minister in October 2024 after winning the leadership of the lo...

Modern Japan Conservative Prime Minister

5.0 Mediocre

19

Christopher Luxon

Christopher Luxon is a New Zealand politician who became Prime Minister in November 2023 after leading the centre-right...

Modern New Zealand Conservative National

5.0 Mediocre

20

Theresa May

Theresa May is a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 2016 until...

21ST Century Conservative Prime Minister UK Conservative

4.8 Poor