Regional Leaders (Past and Present)
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King of Saudi Arabia
Prince Abdullah was born in Riyadh in 1924, and received his early education at the royal court. Influenced by his father, founder of the modern Kingdom King Abdulaziz Al Saud,…Read more
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Ahmadi-Nejad) was elected the sixth President of Iran on 24 June 2005 and was confirmed in office on 3 August 2005. He is preceded by Mohammad Khatami, Iran's…Read more
Hafez al-Assad
Former President of Syria
Hafez al-Assad was born in Kurdaha near Lattakia, on the 6th of October 1930. He obtained his High School degree in Lattakia in early forties. He showed interest in…Read more
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syria, head of the Ba'ath party and the Syrian army
Bashar al-Assad was born in 1965 in Damascus to former leader Hafez al-Assad. Bashar studied medicine at the Damascus University and graduated as a physician, specializing in ophthalmology, in…Read more
King Abdullah bin al-Hussein
King of Jordan
King Abdullah al-Hussein assumed his constitutional powers as King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on February 7, 1999, the day his father, the late King Hussein, passed away. Born…Read more
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was born in Rize in northern Turkey on 26 February 1954. He moved with his family to Istanbul in 1967, where he later graduated from Marmara University's…Read more
Saddam Hussein
Former President of Iraq
Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 in Tikrit, Iraq. Hussein grew up in Auja, a village of mud-brick huts northwest of Baghdad. His parents were poor farmers, but…Read more
Mohammad Khatami
Former President of Iran
Mohammad Khatami was born in 1943, the son of the cleric Ayatollah Hajj Ruhollah Khatami. He studied theology in Qom and Esfahan and holds degrees in education and philosophy. …Read more
Emile (Jamil) Lahoud
President of Lebanon
Lahoud was born on 10 January 1936 in Baabdat, a town in north Metn. His father, Gen. Jamil Lahoud, was a prominent officer in the Lebanese army who later served…Read more
Amre Moussa
Secretary General of the League of Arab States
Mr. Moussa was born and educated in Cairo. He holds a law degree from Cairo University. He joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958 and has held…Read more
Hosni Mubarak
President of Egypt
President and military leader of Egypt since 1981. Mubarak was born in Kafr-al Meselha, the son of an inspector of the Ministry of Justice. Mubarak was educated at Egypt's national…Read more
Anwar Sadat
Former President of Egypt
Born into a family of 13 children in 1918, Anwar al-Sadat grew up among average Egyptian villagers in the town of Mit Abul Kom, 40 miles to the north of…Read more
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
President of the Republic of Turkey
Ahmet Necdet Sezer was born on 13 September 1941 in Afyon. He graduated from Afyon High School in 1958. He graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of…Read more
Fouad Siniora
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Mr Siniora was born in 1943 and grew up in the southern coastal city of Sidon in a Sunni Muslim family. He attended the American School for Boys…Read more
King Hussein bin Talal
Former King of Jordan
Prior to his death at age 63 on February 7, 1999, King Hussein bin Talal was the longest serving executive head of state in the world. Hussein was born in…Read more
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