swap_horiz Kim Jong-il Alternatives

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Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee (1883-1967) was a British Labour politician who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1951. His postwar g...

20TH Century Prime Minister Post Wwii Head Of Government

9.3 Excellent

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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

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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

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian independence leader who became the country's first Deputy Prime Minister and Mini...

Executive 20TH Century Unifier India INC

9.1 Excellent

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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

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Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and statesman who led the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 19...

China 20TH Century Leader Communist

6.5 Fair

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Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev was a Soviet Communist Party leader who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...

Cold War 20TH Century Communist General Secretary

5.0 Mediocre

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in 1959...

20TH Century President Revolutionary Cuba

4.5 Poor

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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and political theorist who founded the Bolshevik Party and led the October Re...

20TH Century Revolutionary Leader Communist

4.0 Poor

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Ayatollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who served as the first Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 unt...

20TH Century Revolutionary Iran Supreme Leader

2.5 Poor

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Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader and politician who served as the country's prime minister from 1980 to...

20TH Century President Zimbabwe Dictator

2.5 Poor

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary and the principal founder of the People's Republic of China, proclaimed...

China 20TH Century Revolutionary Communist

2.0 Poor

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Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean army general who led the military government established after the 1973 coup against Pres...

Military 20TH Century Chile Dictator

2.0 Poor

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer and revolutionary who led the 1969 coup that overthrew King Idris I. He go...

20TH Century Pan Arab Libya Authoritarian

2.0 Poor

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Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian military officer and Ba'ath Party politician who served as president from 1971 until his dea...

20TH Century President Syria Dictator

2.0 Poor

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Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos was president of the Philippines from 1965 until 1986. His administration declared martial law in 1972,...

20TH Century President Philippines Dictator

2.0 Poor

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who served as the dictator of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920...

20TH Century Communist General Secretary Ussr

1.5 Poor

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Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung was a North Korean revolutionary, communist politician, and founding leader of the Democratic People's Repub...

20TH Century Korea Revolutionary Leader

1.5 Poor

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi Ba'ath Party politician who served as president of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. His rule was a...

20TH Century President Iraq Dictator

1.5 Poor

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Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un is the leader of North Korea. He assumed power after his father, Kim Jong-il, died in December 2011, and has...

Modern Nuclear North Korea Dictator

1.0 Poor