Politician

In Western democracies, the term is generally restricted to those either holding or seeking elected office for themselves, rather than specialists employed by such people. Such a distinction is less clear in non-democratic forms of government.

Some common offices for politicians can include:

• President
• Prime Minister
• Senator
• Member of Parliament
• Governor
• Minister
• Councillor
• Mayor
• School board member

Some examples of famous politicians:

• Kofi Annan - United Nations Secretary-General
• George W. Bush - President of the United States
• Al Gore - Vice President of the United States
• Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
• Romano Prodi - President of the European Commission
• Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Leader
• Mohandas Gandhi - Nationalist leader of India
• Olof Palme - Prime Minister of Sweden
• Petra Kelly - Founder of the Green Party
• Robert F. Kennedy - US Attorney General, Senator
• Sun Yat-sen - Kuomintang Leader, Revolutionary leader of the Republic of China
• Thomas Jefferson - Founding Father of the United States
• Vladimir Lenin - Revolutionary founder of the Soviet Union
• Winston Churchill - British war-time Prime Minister

See List of Japanese politicans, List of British politicians

External Links

• List of American Politicians by Year Born or Died

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