swap_horiz F.W. de Klerk Alternatives

1

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle was the founder of the French Fifth Republic and served as its President from 1959 to 1969, notable fo...

France 20TH Century President Resistance

8.5 Great

2

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the 34th U.S. President from 1953 to 1961. A five-star general during World War II, he no...

Military 20TH Century President Us

7.8 Good

3

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman served as the 33rd U.S. President from 1945 to 1953. Notable for ending World War II, he authorized the...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

7.8 Good

4

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy served as the 35th U.S. President from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He notably guided the natio...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

7.5 Good

5

Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992 and restoring democracy after the Ma...

20TH Century President Democrat Philippines

7.5 Good

6

George H.W. Bush

George H.W. Bush served as the 41st U.S. President from 1989 to 1993. Notable for his extensive foreign policy experienc...

20TH Century President Us Republican

6.8 Fair

7

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende was a Chilean physician and politician who became the first Marxist to be elected president in a libera...

20TH Century President Democratic Chile

6.5 Fair

8

Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007, notable for his opposition to the 2003 Iraq War and his long t...

France 20TH Century President Gaullist

6.5 Fair

9

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson served as the 36th U.S. President from 1963 to 1969. Taking office after JFK's assassination, he notab...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

6.1 Fair

10

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter is an American politician who served as the 39th U.S. President from 1977 to 1981. A former Georgia governo...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

5.8 Mediocre

11

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson served as the 28th U.S. President from 1913 to 1921. He led the nation through World War I and won the No...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

5.5 Mediocre

12

Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician and businessman serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018,...

South Africa Modern ANC Businessman

5.5 Mediocre

13

Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo is a Nigerian military leader and politician who served as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, hav...

Military 20TH Century President Nigeria

5.5 Mediocre

14

Thabo Mbeki

President of South Africa (1999–2008) and Nelson Mandela's successor, whose denial of the link between HIV and AIDS is e...

South Africa Modern ANC President

5.0 Mediocre

15

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999, playing...

Russia 20TH Century President Democrat

4.5 Poor

16

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who led Cuba from 1959 to 2008, converting the nation into a one-p...

20TH Century President Revolutionary Cuba

4.5 Poor

17

Juan Perón

Juan Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician who served three terms as president of Argentina between 194...

20TH Century President Argentina Populist

4.5 Poor

18

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon served as the 37th U.S. President from 1969 to 1974. He is notable for opening diplomatic relations with C...

20TH Century President Us Republican

4.2 Poor

19

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev served as President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019, notable for being the first leader of the nati...

20TH Century President Kazakhstan Post Soviet

3.5 Poor

20

Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2...

Military 20TH Century President Egypt

3.0 Poor