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Ba, Ibrahima, finance minister of Mauritania (1977-78). He was also minister of planning (1975-77), crafts and tourism (1977), and commerce (1978).
Ba, Mamadou Moustapha (b. Aug. 6, 1965, Nioro du Rip, Senegal - d. Nov. 4, 2024), finance minister of Senegal (2022-24).
Ba, Ousmane (b. 1919, Ségou, French Sudan [now Mali] - d. Oct. 24, 1999), foreign minister of Mali (1964-68). He was also minister of civil service of Upper Volta (1957-58), minister of labour, civil service, and social security of the Mali Federation (1959-60), and minister of civil service and social laws (1961-62) and interior, information, and tourism (1962-64) of Mali. Arrested after the 1968 coup, he was released in 1975.
Ba, Ousmane, Mauritanian politician. He was minister of primary education (2013-14) and national education (2014-16), ambassador to The Gambia (2016-17), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2017-19).
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Baah Wiredu, Kwadwo (b. June 3, 1952 - d. Sept. 24, 2008, Pretoria, South Africa), finance minister of Ghana (2005-08). He was also minister of local government and rural development (2001-03) and education, youth, and sports (2003-05).
Baako, Kofi (b. April 1926, Saltpond, Gold Coast [now in Ghana] - d. Oct. 4, 1984, Accra, Ghana), defense minister of Ghana (1961-66). He was also minister of education (1959), information (1959-60), and parliamentary affairs (1960-61).
Baal, Jan van (b. Nov. 25, 1909, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands - d. Aug. 9, 1992, Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands), governor of Netherlands New Guinea (1953-58). He was also known as an anthropologist.
Baali, Abdallah (b. Oct. 19, 1954, Guelma, Algeria), Algerian diplomat. He was ambassador to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and Brunei (1992-96) and the United States (2008-15) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1996-2005). In 2019 he was appointed ambassador to France but did not take up the post.
Baar-Baarenfels, Eduard (b. Nov. 3, 1885, Laibach, Austria [now Ljubljana, Slovenia] - d. March 14, 1967, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria), interior minister (1935-36) and vice chancellor (1936) of Austria.
Baaro, Makurita (b. Feb. 17, 1957), Kiribati diplomat. She was permanent representative to the United Nations (2013-17) and ambassador to the United States (2014-17).
Baars, Karl August, also called Kaarel Baars (b. March 13, 1875, Iigaste, Tartu county, Russia [now in Estonia] - d. Feb. 27, 1942, Kirov oblast, Russian S.F.S.R.), finance minister of Estonia (1920-21, 1924). He was also acting minister of justice (1921) and trade and industry (1924).
Baarspul, Jan Christoffel (b. Feb. 25, 1910, Utrecht, Netherlands - d. Oct. 15, 1988, Utrecht), acting governor of Netherlands New Guinea (1958).
Baati, Moncef (b. June 11, 1953), Tunisian diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Sweden (2002-05), ambassador to South Korea (2005-07), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2019-20).
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Baba, Eiichi (b. Oct. 5, 1879, Tokyo, Japan - d. Dec. 21, 1937, Tokyo), finance minister (1936-37) and home affairs minister (1937) of Japan.
Baba, Tupeni (Labaivalu) (b. June 14, 1942, Fiji - d. July 14, 2024), deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Fiji (1999-2000). He was also minister of education, youth, and sport (1987).
Baba Ammi, Hadji (b. Feb. 3, 1944, Beni Isguen, Algeria), finance minister of Algeria (2016-17).
Baba Hassane, Mahamat Saleh, byname Aboudiguine Baba Hassane (b. Jan. 25, 1933, Bongor, Chad), foreign minister of Chad (1971-73). He was also minister of social affairs (1957-58), animal husbandry (1958-59), economy (1959), justice (1960), economy and transport (1960-62), and tourism, information, and traditional affairs (1973-75) and ambassador to Nigeria (1967-71).
Babac, Branko (b. May 28, 1939, Zara, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia] - d. Aug. 11, 2012, Zagreb, Croatia), justice minister of Croatia (1990-91). He was also ombudsman (1993-96).
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Babakuliyev, Dzhorakuly, Turkmen Joraguly Babagulyýew (b. 1946, Amu-Darya, Chardzhou oblast, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Lebap velayat, Turkmenistan]), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (1992-94).
Babalola, Remi (b. Sept. 8, 1964, in present Oyo state, Nigeria), Nigerian politician; acting minister for the Federal Capital Territory (2008).
Babamine, Cheikh Sid'Ahmed Ould (b. 1946, Tichitt, Mauritania), interior minister (1980) and foreign minister (1984) of Mauritania. Between 1985 and 2005 he was ambassador to Nigeria, Benin, Algeria, China, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates.
Baban, Ahmad Mukhtar (b. 1900, Baghdad, Ottoman Empire [now in Iraq] - d. 1976, Germany), prime minister of Iraq (1958). He was also minister of social affairs (1942-43, 1946), justice (1943-46), education (acting, 1957), and defense (1957), deputy prime minister (1954, 1955-57), and minister without portfolio (1954-55). After the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958, he was arrested, tried, and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted; he was released in 1961.
Baban, Jalal (Rustam) (b. 1892 - d. 1970, Lebanon), defense minister (1933) and finance minister (1943, 1949) of Iraq. He was also minister of works (1932-33, 1937-38, 1939-40, 1941, 1948, 1949), education (1934), and social affairs (1948-49).
Baban, Jamal (Rashid) (b. 1893, Baghdad, Ottoman Empire [now in Iraq] - d. 1965, Lebanon), justice minister of Iraq (1930-32, 1933-34, 1952).
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Babar, Naseerullah Khan (b. 1928, Ismail Khel, North-West Frontier Province, India [now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan] - d. Jan. 10, 2011, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), governor of the North-West Frontier Province (1976-77) and interior minister of Pakistan (1993-96).
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Babayan, David (Klimovich) (b. April 5, 1973, Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast, Azerbaijan S.S.R.), foreign minister of Artsakh (2021-23).
Babayan, Samvel (Andranikovich) (b. March 5, 1965, Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast, Azerbaijan S.S.R.), defense minister of Nagorno-Karabakh (1994-99). He rose to prominence during the military phase of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in 1991-94. He became commander of the Self-Defense Forces in 1993 and in this capacity co-signed the Moscow ceasefire agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh in May 1994. He additionally became defense minister in December 1994. With the region on a war footing, he had considerable power and autonomy, with little oversight from the civilian authorities. As long as Robert Kocharyan was in power in Karabakh, Babayan was under control, although he appeared to use his position to acquire land, enterprises, and tax and customs privileges for himself and his cronies. Once Kocharyan left to become prime minister of Armenia in March 1997, Babayan began to assert his influence over the civilian government in Stepanakert in a more overt fashion, again evidently abusing his office for personal aggrandizement. In 1998 he opposed Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who eventually resigned; and he also forced Karabakh prime minister Leonard Petrosyan to resign. Armenian leaders then joined forces to restrain his influence and he lost the defense portfolio and the commander position in 1999. After an assassination attempt on the Nagorno-Karabakh president Arkady Gukasyan in 2000, he was arrested and in 2001 found guilty of masterminding the attack and sentenced to 14 years in prison. After his early release in 2004, Babayan relocated to Yerevan, where he set up a political party that fared poorly in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, and then emigrated to Russia in 2011. He returned to Armenia in May 2016, citing what he said was the increased risk of renewed war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh and the neighboring regions that the separatists control.
Babayan, Semyon (Amayakovich) (b. 1932, Baku, Azerbaijan S.S.R.), chairman of the Executive Committee of Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast (1988-91).
Babayev, Aloviddin (Ishanovich) (b. Nov. 5, 1931 - d. Dec. 15, 1994, Khujand, Tajikistan), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (1978-82). He was also minister of agriculture of the Tadzhik S.S.R. (1982-85).
Babayev, Chary, Turkmen diplomat; grandson of Khivali Babayev. He was ambassador to the United Kingdom (1999-2003).
Babayev, Khivali (Babayevich) (b. 1902, Kazandzhik, Zakaspiyskaya oblast, Russia [now Bereket, Turkmenistan] - d. Aug. 30, 1941, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1937-38) and of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-41) of the Turkmen S.S.R.
Babayev, Maksat (Mamedsaparovich), Turkmen Maksat (Mämmetsaparowiç) Babaýew (b. 1974, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (2017-18). He was also minister of state and chairman of Turkmengaz State Concern (2017).
Babayev, Serdar (Myatiyevich) (b. 1956, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), Turkmen politician; grandson of Khivali Babayev. He was head of Balkan velayat (1997-99), minister of agriculture and water management (1999-2000), and a deputy prime minister (1999-2000).
Babayev, Sukhan (Babayevich) (b. Dec. 25 [Dec. 12, O.S.], 1910, Yuzbash, Zakaspiyskaya oblast, Russia [now in Turkmenistan or Kazakhstan] - d. Nov. 28, 1995), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars/Ministers (1945-51) and first secretary of the Communist Party (1951-58) of the Turkmen S.S.R. He was also people's commissar of state control and a deputy premier (1941) and first secretary of the party committee of Chardzhou oblast (1943-45).
Babbah, Mohameden Ould (b. 1935, Akjout, western Mauritania), defense minister of Mauritania (1978). He was also minister of higher education (1971-73), national education (1973-75), basic education (1975-77), and industry, commerce, and transport (1977-78).
Babbitt, Bruce (Edward) (b. June 27, 1938, Los Angeles, Calif.), governor of Arizona (1978-87) and U.S. secretary of the interior (1993-2001). He was a candidate for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
Babcock, Tim M(ilford) (b. Oct. 27, 1919, Littlefork, Minn. - d. April 7, 2015, Helena, Mont.), governor of Montana (1962-69).
Babe, Alexandru, finance minister of Romania (1986-87).
Babel, Jean (Baptiste) (b. Nov. 6, 1921, Petit-Lancy, Genève, Switzerland - d. Nov. 20, 2005, Onex, Genève), president of the Council of State of Genève (1969-70, 1975-76).
Babenko, Aleksandr (Aleksandrovich) (b. Sept. 4, 1935, Novorossiysk, Krasnodar kray, Russian S.F.S.R.), Soviet politician. He was minister of construction in the Far East and Transbaikal regions (1983-86) and construction in the eastern regions (1986-89) of the U.S.S.R. and a deputy premier of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1989-90).
Babenko, Vladimir (Dmitriyevich) (b. Jan. 20, 1931 - d. April 24, 1996), head of the administration of Tambov oblast (1991-95).
Babic, Bozidar (b. 1938), defense minister of Montenegro (1991-92).
Babic, Mate (b. Aug. 14, 1939, Runovici, Yugoslavia [now in Croatia] - d. Aug. 5, 2017, Valbandon, Croatia), a deputy prime minister of Croatia (1990).
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Babic, Slobodan (b. Oct. 24, 1946, Kragujevac, Serbia), a deputy prime minister of Serbia (1994-97).
Babich, Mikhail (Viktorovich) (b. May 12, 1969, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), prime minister of Chechnya (2002-03) and plenipotentiary of the Russian president in Privolzhsky federal district (2011-18). In 2018-19 he was Russian ambassador to Belarus.
Babich, Vasily (Ivanovich) (b. 1912 - d. 1988), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Kabardian A.S.S.R. (1949-56).
Babichev, Vladimir (Stepanovich) (b. Jan. 11, 1939, Sadovoye, Kalmyk A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Dec. 15, 2010), head of the Government Apparatus (1994-98) and a deputy prime minister (1996-97) of Russia. He was also ambassador to Kazakhstan (2003-06).
Babiiha, John Kabwimukya (b. April 17, 1913, Toro, Uganda - d. Feb. 2, 1982), vice president of Uganda (1966-71). He was also minister of animal industry, game, and fisheries (1962-71).
Babikian, Khatchik (Diran) (b. Oct. 5, 1924, Larnaca, Cyprus - d. Nov. 4, 1999, Beirut, Lebanon), Lebanese politician. He was minister of state in charge of administrative reform (1960-61) and minister of health (1969), tourism (1969-70), information (1972-73), planning (1973), and justice (1980-82, 1990-92).
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Babiuc, Victor (b. April 3, 1938, Rachiti, Botosani county, Romania - d. Feb. 25, 2023), justice minister (1990-91), interior minister (1991-92), and defense minister (1996-98, 1998-2000) of Romania.
Babiuch, Edward (Mikolaj) (b. Dec. 28, 1927, Grabocin village, Bedzin county, Slaskie województwo, Poland - d. Feb. 2, 2021), prime minister of Poland (1980).
Babkin, Ivan (Petrovich) (b. Jan. 4, 1885, Moscow, Russia - d. 1940), acting chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Karelo-Finnish S.S.R. (1940).
Babler, Andreas (b. Feb. 25, 1973, Mödling, Niederösterreich, Austria), vice chancellor (and minister of housing, art, culture, media, and sport) of Austria (2025- ). He has also been chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2023- ).
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Babu, Sheikh Abdulrahman Muhammad, Arabic Shaykh `Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Babu (b. Sept. 22, 1924, Zanzibar - d. Aug. 5, 1996, London, England), foreign and defense minister of Zanzibar (1964). He was also minister of commerce and cooperatives (1965-67), health (1967), land settlement and water development (1967-68), commerce and industry (1968-70), and economic affairs and development planning (1970-72) of Tanzania.
Baburin, Sergey (Nikolayevich) (b. Jan. 31, 1959, Semipalatinsk, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Semey, Kazakhstan]), Russian politician. He has been chairman of the Russian People's Union (1991- ) and a minor presidential candidate (2018).
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Baca (Aguilar), Francisco (Antonio Abad) (b. Jan. 18, 1822, León, Nicaragua - d. May 17, 1901), provisional president in dissidence of Nicaragua (1869).
Baca, Francisco, hijo, in full Juan Francisco Baca Ycaza (b. Feb. 4, 1855, León, Nicaragua - d. July 5, 1917), minister of interior, police, justice, and ecclesiastical affairs (1893-94) and acting president in dissidence (1896) of Nicaragua; son of Francisco Baca.
Baca, Jim, byname of James R. Baca (b. September 1945, Albuquerque, N.M.), mayor of Albuquerque (1997-2001). He was also director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (1993-94).
Baca Calderón, Esteban, original name Esteban Baca Ojeda (b. May 6, 1876, Real de Acuitapilco, Santa María del Oro municipality, Jalisco [now in Nayarit], Mexico - d. March 29, 1957, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico), interim governor of Colima (1914-15) and Nayarit (1928-29).
Baca Campodónico, Jorge (Francisco) (b. June 22, 1950, Chiclayo, Peru), finance minister of Peru (1998-99).
Baca Carbo, Raúl (Oswaldo) (b. June 29, 1931, Quito, Ecuador - d. May 7, 2014, Quito), interior minister of Ecuador (2003-04). He was also governor of Guayas (1975-77), mayor of Guayaquil (1977-78), president of the Chamber of Representatives (1980-82), the Andean Parliament (1982-83), and the National Congress (1984-85), minister of social welfare (1988-91) and energy and mines (1997-98), and a presidential candidate (1992).
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Baccar, Taoufik (b. July 4, 1950, Chenini village, southern Tunisia), finance minister of Tunisia (1999-2004). He was a senior civil servant at the planning and finance ministry from 1982 until his appointment as minister for economic development in 1995. In 2004-11 he was head of the central bank.
Baccelli, Guido (b. Nov. 25, 1830, Rome, Papal State [now in Italy] - d. Jan. 10, 1916, Rome), Italian politician. A renowned physician, he was minister of education (1881-84, 1893-96, 1898-1900) and agriculture, industry, and commerce (1901-03).
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Baccouche, Hédi, Arabic al-Hadi al-Bakkush (b. Jan. 15, 1930, Hammam-Sousse, Tunisia - d. Jan. 21, 2020), prime minister of Tunisia (1987-89). He was also governor of Bizerte (1964-67), Sfax (1967-69), and Gabès (1969-70), ambassador to Switzerland and the Vatican (1981-82) and Algeria (1982-84), and social affairs minister (1987).
Baccouche, Slaheddine, Arabic in full Salah al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Bakkush (b. Aug. 14, 1883 - d. Dec. 24, 1959), prime minister of Tunisia (1943-47, 1952-54).
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Bacelar, José de Abreu Barbosa (b. May 19, 1866, Beja, Portugal - d. Nov. 30, 1946, Lisbon, Portugal), acting governor-general of Angola (1921).
Bacellar, Pedro de Alcântara (b. June 29, 1875, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil - d. April 21, 1927, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil), governor of Amazonas (1917-21).
Bach, Alexander Freiherr von (b. Jan. 4, 1813, Loosdorf, Niederösterreich, Austria - d. Nov. 12, 1893, Unterwaltersdorf [now part of Ebreichsdorf], Niederösterreich), justice minister (1848) and interior minister (1849-59) of Austria. He was one of the moving spirits behind the Austrian revolution of March 1848, became justice minister in a liberal government in July, but did not refuse to stay minister in the counterrevolutionary government of the following November. After the death of Felix Fürst zu Schwarzenberg in 1852, he became the most powerful man in Austria, in what was popularly known as the "Bach era," as the officials whom he introduced into Hungary were dubbed the "Bach Hussars." Though he was contemptuous of the old conservative aristocracy, the "Bach system" was one of absolutism, exercised through a centralist bureaucracy. Its efficiency and the real benefits which it brought to some classes and nationalities of the monarchy were obscured by the hatred aroused by its disregard for freedom and historic rights, the Hungarians being particularly restive; and Bach himself was bitterly attacked as an unscrupulous renegade from liberalism. Seeking support of the Catholic church, in 1855 he negotiated a concordat with the Vatican. He fell from power after the Austrian failure in the Italian war of 1859 and became ambassador to the Papal State (1859-67). He was made Freiherr (baron) in 1854.
Bach, Eduard Freiherr von (b. Dec. 21, 1814, Loosdorf, Niederösterreich, Austria - d. Feb. 8, 1884, Vienna, Austria), Statthalter of Oberösterreich (1851-62) and the Küstenland (1868-71); brother of Alexander Freiherr von Bach. He was made Freiherr (baron) in 1854.
Bach, Jacques (Frédéric Gabriel) (b. Jan. 14, 1927, Nantes, France - d. March 18, 2016, Paris, France), administrator-superior of Wallis and Futuna (1968-71).
Bache, Richard (b. Sept. 12, 1737, Settle, Yorkshire, England - d. July 29, 1811, Bucks county, Pa.), U.S. postmaster general (1776-82); son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin.
Bachelder, Nahum J(osiah) (b. Sept. 3, 1854, East Andover, N.H. - d. April 22, 1934, Manchester, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1903-05).
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Bachinger, Franz (b. Oct. 31, 1892, Gaspoltshofen, Oberösterreich, Austria - d. July 7, 1938, Gaspoltshofen), interior minister of Austria (1932-33).
Bachir, Ahmat Mahamat, interior minister (2007-13) and public security minister (2007-13, 2015-17, 2018) of Chad. He was also minister of national education (2004-05), territorial administration (2006-07), mines, industrial and commercial development, and private sector promotion (2018-19), and livestock and animal production (2020-21).
Bachmann, Michele (Marie), née Amble (b. April 6, 1956, Waterloo, Iowa), U.S. politician. She was a representative from Minnesota (2007-15) and a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
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Bachvarova, Rumyana (Gencheva) (b. March 13, 1959, Shipka, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria), a deputy prime minister (2014-17) and interior minister (2015-17) of Bulgaria. She has also been ambassador to Israel (2019- ).
Bacic, Branko (b. June 7, 1959, Dubrovnik, Croatia), a deputy prime minister of Croatia (2023- ). He has also been minister of environmental protection, physical planning, and construction (2010-11) and physical planning, construction, and state assets (2023- ).
Bacílek, Karol (Jozef) (b. Oct. 2, 1896, Chotánky, Austria [now in Czech Republic] - d. March 19, 1974, Bratislava, Slovakia), Czechoslovak politician. He was minister of state control (1951-52) and state security (1952-53) and a deputy premier (1953) of Czechoslovakia and first secretary of the Communist Party of Slovakia (1953-63).
Baciocchi Bonaparte, Elisa, née Maria Anna Bonaparte (b. Jan. 3, 1777, Ajaccio, Corsica [now in France] - d. Aug. 6, 1820, near Trieste, Austria [now in Italy]), governor-general of Tuscany (1809-14); sister of Napoléon I; wife of Felice.
Backe, Otto (b. March 14, 1874, Botne [now part of Holmestrand municipality], Jarlsberg og Larvik amt [now Vestfold fylke], Norway - d. July 7, 1928), governor of Troms (1921-28).
Backer, Albert Johan (b. May 31, 1899, Groningen, Netherlands - d. ...), provincial commissioner of Noord-Holland (1941-45).
Backer, Alfredo Augusto Guimarães (b. 1851, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Dec. 25, 1937, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Rio de Janeiro (1906-10).
Backer, Cornelis (b. Nov. 20, 1798, Groningen, Batavian Republic [now Netherlands] - d. June 30, 1864, Zwolle, Netherlands), king's commissioner of Overijssel (1850-64).
Backer, Jonkheer Hendrik (b. Aug. 15, 1792, Amsterdam, Netherlands - d. Nov. 30, 1846, 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the Second Chamber (1840-41).
Backes, Yuriko (b. Dec. 22, 1970, Kobe, Japan), finance minister (2022-23) and defense minister (2023- ) of Luxembourg. She was also marshal of the Grand-Ducal Court (2020-22).
Backis, Ricardas (b. Oct. 23, 1934, Kaunas, Lithuania - d. Nov. 19, 2019), Lithuanian diplomat; son of Stasys Backis. He was ambassador to France (1994-98).
Backis, Stasys (Antanas) (b. Feb. 10, 1906, Joniskelis, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. Nov. 10, 1999, Vilnius, Lithuania), head of the Lithuanian diplomatic service in exile (1983-87).
Bäckström, (Nils) Birger (b. Feb. 10, 1937, Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden - d. Oct. 23, 2016), governor of Skaraborg (1991-97). He was also director-general of the Swedish Agency for Government Employers (1983-91).
Bäckström, Lars (Christer) (b. March 16, 1953, Uddevalla, Göteborg och Bohus [now in Västra Götaland], Sweden), governor of Västra Götaland (2008-17).
Baco de la Chapelle, René Gaston (b. April 28, 1751, Nantes [now in Loire-Atlantique département], France - d. Dec. 30, 1800), mayor of Nantes (1792-93) and co-agent of Guadeloupe (1799-1800).
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Bacon, Robert (b. July 5, 1860, Jamaica Plain, near Boston, Mass. - d. May 29, 1919, New York City), U.S. secretary of state (1909). He was also ambassador to France (1909-12).
Bacon, Walter W(olfkiel) (b. Jan. 20, 1880, New Castle, Del. - d. March 18, 1962, Wilmington, Del.), governor of Delaware (1941-49). He was also mayor of Wilmington (1935-41).
Baconschi, Teodor (Anatol) (b. Feb. 14, 1963, Bucharest, Romania), foreign minister of Romania (2009-12). He was ambassador to the Holy See (1997-2001), Portugal (2002-04), and France (2007-09). He was dismissed as foreign minister after he called anti-government protesters "inept and violent slum dwellers."
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Badamdorj, Chin Van (d. 1920), interior minister (1915-19) and prime minister (1919) of Mongolia.
Badamyan, Suren (Mirzoyevich) (b. 1895 - d. af. 1975), chairman of the Executive Committee of Nagorny Karabakh (1935?-37).
Badarou, Daouda (b. Jan. 7, 1929, Porto-Novo, Dahomey [now Benin] - d. Jan. 31, 2022, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France), foreign minister of Dahomey (1968-69, 1970-71). He was also minister of health (1965-67) and ambassador to France (1971-73).
Badawi, Abdel Halim (b. July 26, 1930), Egyptian diplomat. He was ambassador to Portugal (1978-80) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1986-90).
Badawi Pasha, Abdelhamid (b. March 13, 1887, Mansoura, Egypt - d. Aug. 4, 1965), finance minister (1940-41) and foreign minister (1945-46) of Egypt. He was also a judge at the International Court of Justice in 1946-65.
Badayev, Aleksey (Yegorovich) (b. Nov. 16 [Nov. 4, O.S.], 1883, Yuryevo, Oryol province, Russia - d. Nov. 3, 1951, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1938-44). He was also a member of the Russian State Duma (1912-14) and people's commissar of food industry (1937-38).
Baddon, Ken(neth Ian), acting governor of Saint Helena (2011).
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Badeni, Kasimir Felix Graf (Count), Polish Kazimierz Feliks hrabia Badeni (b. Oct. 14, 1846, Surochów, Galicia, Austria [now in Poland] - d. July 9, 1909, near Krasne, Galicia), Statthalter of Galicia (1888-95) and prime minister and interior minister of Austria (1895-97).
Badenoch, Kemi, original name Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke (b. Jan. 2, 1980, London, England), British politician. She has been president of the Board of Trade (2022-24), minister for women and equalities (2022-24), and leader of the Conservative Party (2024- ).
Badens, Pierre de (b. Jan. 3, 1847, Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France - d. [drowned] July 10, 1897, Lo river, near Ha Giang, northern Tonkin [now in Vietnam]), provisional resident-general of Cambodia (1885-86).
Bader, Hubert Eugène (b. Oct. 25, 1902 - d. July 10, 1936), administrator of Antigua (1936).
Badeyev, Iosif (Isaakovich), original surname Suslik (b. January 1880, Orgeyev, Bessarabia province, Russia [now Orhei, Moldova] - d. [executed] Oct. 11, 1937), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Moldavian A.S.S.R. (1924-28).
Badger, William (b. Jan. 13, 1779, Gilmanton, N.H. - d. Sept. 21, 1852, Gilmanton), governor of New Hampshire (1834-36).
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Badinter, Robert (b. March 30, 1928, Paris, France - d. Feb. 9, 2024, Paris), justice minister of France (1981-86). He was also president of the Constitutional Council (1986-95).
Badiyev, Aleksandr (Alekseyevich) (b. March 24, 1925, Nukuty, Irkutsk oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Dec. 17, 1995, Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Buryat A.S.S.R. (1984-87).
Badji, Paul (b. April 28, 1952, Ziguinchor, Senegal), Senegalese diplomat. He was ambassador to Germany and Austria (2002-03), Belgium (2010-13), and France (2013-15) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2004-10).
Badlani, K(ishanchand) G(obindram) (b. July 1921, Rohri, Sind, India [now in Sindh, Pakistan] - d. Dec. 1, 1997), administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1960-62).
Badmakhalgayev, Lag (Tsaganmandzhiyevich) (b. Dec. 8, 1935, Shokha, Kalmyk A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. April 15, 2025), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk A.S.S.R. (1974-89).
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Badnore, V.P. Singh (b. May 12, 1948, Badnore [now in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan], India), governor of Punjab (2016-21).
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Badr (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1933 - d. April 1, 2013), Saudi prince; son of Abdul Aziz. He was minister of communications (1960-61) and governor of Riyadh (1961-62).
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Badr ibn Saud (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1935? - d. July 2004, outside Saudi Arabia), Saudi prince; son of Saud; grandson of Abdul Aziz. He was governor of Riyadh (1963).
Badr ibn Sultan (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1980), Saudi prince; son of Sultan; grandson of Abdul Aziz; son-in-law of Ahmad (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud). He was governor of al-Jawf (2018).
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Badran, (Seyyid) Mudar (Muhammad Ayesh), Arabic (Sayyid) Mudar (Muhammad `Ayish) Badran (b. 1934, Jerash, Transjordan [now Jordan] - d. April 22, 2023), prime minister (1976-79, 1980-84, 1989-91), foreign minister (1976-79), and defense minister (1976-79, 1980-84, 1989) of Jordan. He was also minister of education (1973-74) and chief of the royal court (1974-76, 1989).
Badran, Nuri al- (b. 1943, Basra, Iraq), interior minister of Iraq (2003-04). He was counsellor in Iraq's embassy in Moscow before breaking with Pres. Saddam Hussein in 1990 over the invasion of Kuwait. After fleeing Iraq he joined the exiled opposition group Iraqi National Accord. He returned to Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and became interior minister. A Shi`ite Muslim, he resigned because the U.S.-led administration wanted a Sunni Muslim in the position following the appointment of a defense minister who was also a Shi`ite. Badran quoted U.S. administrator Paul Bremer as telling him, "That will cause an imbalance, and we in the coalition cannot accept that. The solution is for you to step down from your position."
Badri, Abdul Basit (Abdul Qadir) al- (b. 1978?), Libyan diplomat; son of Abdul Qadir al-Badri. He was ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2016-17); in 2021 he was named ambassador to Jordan.
Badri, Abdul Qadir al- (b. 1921, Tripolitania [now in Libya] - d. Feb. 13, 2003), prime minister of Libya (1967). He was also minister of agriculture (1960), economy (1960-61), health (1961-62), industry (1964-65), and housing and state property (1967).
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Badrising, Soerdj(persad) (b. Feb. 2, 1940, Suriname district, Dutch Guiana [Suriname]), justice and police minister of Suriname (1977-80).
Badu, Dilendra Prasad (b. Jan. 9, 1954), justice minister of Nepal (2021-22). He was also minister of industry, commerce, and supplies (2022).
Baduel, Raúl (Isaías) (b. July 6, 1955, Guárico state, Venezuela - d. Oct. 12, 2021, Caracas, Venezuela), defense minister of Venezuela (2006-07). He was also army commander (2004-06).
Baduri, Ahmed Tahir (b. Oct. 23, 1946, Hirgigo, Eritrea - d. Jan. 30, 2024), Eritrean diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2001-05).
Bae, Ole (b. Aug. 18, 1902, Nordmøre, Romsdals amt [now in Møre og Romsdal fylke], Norway - d. Sept. 28, 1972), governor of Nord-Trøndelag (1964-71).
Baels, Henri (Louis) (b. Jan. 18, 1878, Ostend, Belgium - d. June 14, 1951, Knokke, Belgium), interior minister of Belgium (1929-31). He was also governor of West-Vlaanderen province (1933-40).
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Baende (Etafe Eliko), Jean-Claude (b. May 24, 1963, Basankusu, Congo [Léopoldville] [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Équateur (2009-13). He was a minor presidential candidate in Congo (Kinshasa) in 2023.
Baependy, Braz Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama, conde de (b. May 22, 1812, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. May 12, 1887, Rio de Janeiro province [now state], Brazil), president of Rio de Janeiro (acting, 1858-59) and Pernambuco (1868-69); son of Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama, visconde, conde e marquês de Baependy. He was also president of the Senate of Brazil (1885-87). He was made count in 1858.
Baependy, Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama, visconde, conde e marquês de (b. Sept. 8, 1765, São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. Feb. 15, 1847, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), finance minister of Brazil (1823, 1826-27). He was also president of the Senate (1838-39). He was made viscount in 1824, count in 1825, and marquess in 1826.
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Baeriswyl, Pascale (b. April 4, 1968, Bern, Switzerland), Swiss diplomat. She has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2020- ).
Baev, Svetlomir (Velev) (b. March 19, 1947, Burgas, Bulgaria), Bulgarian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1991-92) and ambassador to Israel (1992-99).
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Báez (González), Cecilio (b. Feb. 1, 1862, Asunción, Paraguay - d. June 18, 1941, Asunción), foreign minister (1905, 1906-08, 1911, 1937-38) and provisional president (1905-06) of Paraguay. He was also minister to Mexico (1901-02, 1903-04), the United States (1903-04), and the U.K., France, Italy, and Spain (1918-20).
Baeza (Sotomayor), Francisco (b. 1830, Rancagua, Chile - d. Jan. 9, 1911, Santiago, Chile), war and marine minister of Chile (1902-03). He was also minister of industry and public works (1896).
Baeza (Terrazas), José Reyes (b. Sept. 20, 1961, Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico), governor of Chihuahua (2004-10). He was also mayor of Chihuahua city (1998-2001).
Baeza Meléndez, Fernando (b. June 23, 1942, Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico), governor of Chihuahua (1986-92). He was also Mexican ambassador to Costa Rica (2014-17).
Bafarawa, (Alhaji) Attahiru (Dalhatu) (b. Oct. 4, 1954, Bafarawa village [now in Sokoto state], Nigeria), governor of Sokoto (1999-2007). He was a minor Nigerian presidential candidate in 2007.
Bafia, Jerzy (Mieczyslaw) (b. May 5, 1926, Plociczno, Poland - d. July 4, 1991, Warsaw, Poland), justice minister of Poland (1976-81). He was also chairman of the Supreme Court (1972-76).
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Bagaragaza, Thaddée (b. June 6, 1936, Muvumo, Rwanda), foreign minister of Rwanda (1965-69). He was also minister of social affairs and information (1961-63), plan, cooperation, and technical aid (1963-65), and national education (1973-75) and president of the National Assembly (1969-73).
Bagautdinov, Anvar (Badretdinovich) (b. Nov. 27, 1925, Emikeyevo, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Oct. 25, 2002, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1983-86). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Almetyevsk city (1979-83).
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Bagbeni Adeito Nzengeya, original name Augustin René Bagbeni (b. Jan. 12, 1941, Stanleyville, Belgian Congo [now Kisangani, Congo (Kinshasa)]), foreign minister of Zaire (1991-92). He was also ambassador to the Netherlands (1971-72), Ethiopia (1972-75), and India (also responsible for Indonesia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka) (1983-85) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-91).
Bagby, Arthur P(endleton) (b. 1794, Louisa county, Va. - d. Sept. 21, 1858, Mobile, Ala.), governor of Alabama (1837-41).
Bagchi, B(hupal) P(rasad) (b. July 2, 1917), chief commissioner of Chandigarh (1969-72).
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Bagé, Paulo José da Silva Gama, (2º) barão de (b. Rio Grande do Sul captaincy [now state], Brazil - d. Aug. 20, 1869, Lisbon, Portugal), president of Pará (1828-30). He was made baron in 1825.
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Baghdadi, Abdel-Latif al-, Arabic `Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (b. September 1917, Shawa, Mansoura province, Egypt - d. Jan. 8, 1999), Egyptian politician. A leading member of the Free Officers movement that ousted the Egyptian monarchy in 1952, he was one of the closest supporters of Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser. He held a number of top offices under Nasser. Baghdadi presided over the 1953 court that tried pre-revolutionary politicians, was minister of war in 1953-54, and was junior vice president of the United Arab Republic, the short-lived union of Egypt and Syria. He was minister of planning and finance in 1961-62 and served on the Presidency Council, an executive body within the government, in 1962-64. Soon after that he withdrew from government over policy differences with Nasser. However, a rapprochement between the two men was arranged before Nasser's death in 1970.
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Bagheri Kani, Ali (b. 1966, Kan, near Tehran, Iran), acting foreign minister of Iran (2024).
Bagirov, Kyamran (Mamed ogly) (b. 1933 - d. Oct. 25, 2000), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan S.S.R. (1982-88). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Sumgait city (1974-82).
Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar (Abbas ogly) (b. Sept. 17 [Sept. 5, O.S.], 1896, Kuba, Russia [now in Azerbaijan] - d. [executed] May 7, 1956, Baku, Azerbaijan S.S.R.), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars/Ministers (1932-33, 1953) and first secretary of the Communist Party (1933-53) of the Azerbaijan S.S.R. He was also people's commissar of interior (1921-27) and first secretary of the party committee of Baku city (1933-50).
Bagley, John J(udson) (b. July 24, 1832, Medina, N.Y. - d. Dec. 27, 1881, San Francisco, Calif.), governor of Michigan (1873-77).
Bagnah, Joseph Ogamo (b. 1932, Naki-Est, Togo - d. Dec. 31, 2024, Lomé, Togo), interior minister of Togo (1974-75). He was also minister of rural development (1975-77).
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Bago, Slavo (b. Sept. 29, 1959, Bosanski Samac [now in Republika Srpska], Bosnia and Herzegovina), premier of Posavina (1998-2001).
Bagot, Sir Charles (b. Sept. 23, 1781, Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, England - d. May 19, 1843, Kingston, Canada West [now Ontario]), governor general of Canada (1842-43); knighted 1820. He was also British minister to the United States (1815-20) and ambassador to Russia (1820-24) and the Netherlands (1824-32).
Bagration, Knyaz (Prince) Pyotr (Romanovich) (b. Oct. 6 [Sept. 24, O.S.], 1818, Kizlyar [now in Dagestan], Russia - d. Jan. 29 [Jan. 17, O.S.], 1876, St. Petersburg, Russia), governor of Tver (1862-68) and governor-general of Livonia, Estonia, and Courland (1870-76); great-great-grandson of Iese.
Bagration-Imeretinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksandr (Konstantinovich) (b. Jan. 5, 1838 [Dec. 24, 1837, O.S.], Moscow province, Russia - d. Nov. 30 [Nov. 17, O.S.], 1900, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire), governor-general of Warsaw (1897-1900); grandson of Davit`.
Bagration-Mukhransky, Knyaz (Prince) Ivan (Konstantinovich) (b. Dec. 7, 1812 - d. March 11, 1895, Tiflis, Russia [now Tbilisi, Georgia]), military governor of Kutaisi (1853-56); great-grandson of Irakli II.
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Bagrianov, Ivan (Ivanov) (b. Oct. 17, 1891, Razgrad, Bulgaria - d. [executed] Feb. 1, 1945, Sofia, Bulgaria), prime minister and foreign minister of Bulgaria (1944). He was also minister of agriculture (1938-41).
Bagudu, Abubakar Atiku (b. Dec. 26, 1961, Gwandu [now in Kebbi state], Nigeria), governor of Kebbi (2015-23). He has also been Nigerian minister of budget and economic planning (2023- ).
Bagueri, Hassan (b. 1918, Oum-Hadjer, Chad), Chadian politician. He was minister of civil service (1960), social affairs (1960), and animal husbandry (1960-62).
Baguidy, Joseph D(amien) (b. Sept. 18, 1916, Jérémie, Haiti - d. April 8, 2000, Port-au-Prince, Haiti), foreign minister of Haiti (1960-61). He was also ambassador to Switzerland (1964-68, 1971-80?).
Baguska, Petras (b. July 24, 1941, Pasvalys district, Lithuania), justice minister of Lithuania (2006-08).
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Bahamonde (Rivera), Ruperto A(ntonio) (b. Sept. 20, 1862, Concepción, Chile - d. March 7, 1926, Santiago, Chile), foreign minister of Chile (1918). He was also rector of the University of Chile (1924-26).
Bahamonde Ruiz, (Luis) Enrique (b. May 30, 1892, Concepción, Chile - d. Dec. 25, 1980, Santiago, Chile), acting defense minister of Chile (1961); son of Ruperto A. Bahamonde. He was also minister of lands and colonization (1960-61).
Baharuddin, Bahtiar (b. Jan. 16, 1973, Bone, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia), acting governor of Sulawesi Selatan (2023-24) and Sulawesi Barat (2024-25).
Bahçeli, Devlet (b. Jan. 1, 1948, Osmaniye, Turkey), a deputy prime minister of Turkey (1999-2002). He has also been leader of the Nationalist Action Party (1997- ) and acting speaker of the Grand National Assembly (2023).
Bahdon, Ali Hassan (b. April 17, 1967), defense minister of Djibouti (2016-19). He has also been minister of equipment and transport (2008-11), labour (2011-13), communications (2013-16), and justice (2019- ).
Bahemuka, Judith (Mbula) (b. May 5, 1942, Makueni district, Kenya), Kenyan diplomat. She was permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-06) and high commissioner to Canada and ambassador to Cuba (2006-09).
Bahnini, Ahmed, Arabic Ahmad Bahnini (b. 1909 - d. July 10, 1971, Skirat palace, near Rabat, Morocco), prime minister of Morocco (1963-65). He was also president of the Supreme Court. He was killed during an attempted coup d'état against King Hassan II; it was badly organized by the high military hierarchy and turned into a carnage when soldiers shot into a crowd of guests who celebrated the king's birthday.
Bahnini, Hadj M'hammed (b. 1914, Fès, Morocco - d. Sept. 19, 1989), justice minister (1958-63, 1971-72) and defense minister (1970-71) of Morocco. He was also minister of administrative affairs (1965-70), deputy prime minister (1972), minister of state for culture (1972-81), and minister of state without portfolio (1981-89).
Bahnson, Jesper J(espersen) (b. Nov. 18, 1827, Tårup, near Viborg, Denmark - d. Aug. 26, 1909, Frederiksberg, Denmark), war minister of Denmark (1884-94).
Baholli, Sami (b. Nov. 28, 1919, Elbasan, Albania), Albanian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1970-72).
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Bai Qingcai (b. 1932, Wutai county, Shanxi, China - d. Nov. 6, 2016, Shanxi), governor of Shaanxi (1990-94).
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Baidh, Ali Salim al- (b. 1939/42), foreign minister of Yemen (Aden) (1969-71), vice president of Yemen (1990-94), and president of the secessionist Democratic Republic of Yemen (1994). He was also minister of defense (1967-68), planning (1973-75), and local government (1975-78, 1985-86) and a deputy prime minister (1980-81) of Yemen (Aden). He was secretary-general of the Yemen Socialist Party from 1986 to 1994; after its defeat in the 1994 civil war, he went into exile and in 1998 was sentenced to death in absentia.
Baig, M(irza) O(sman) A(li) (b. Jan. 9, 1904, Bombay [now Mumbai], India - d. ...), secretary-general of the Central Treaty Organization (1959-61). He was also Pakistani chargé d'affaires in the United States (1947), foreign secretary (1951-52), and high commissioner to Canada (1953-59).
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Bailey, Carl E(dward) (b. Oct. 8, 1894, Bernie, Mo. - d. Nov. 23, 1948, Little Rock, Ark.), governor of Arkansas (1937-41).
Bailey, Frederick Marshman (b. Feb. 3, 1882 - d. April 17, 1967), British political officer in Sikkim (1921-28) and resident in Jammu and Kashmir (1932-35). He was also minister to Nepal (1935-38).
Bailey, Thomas L(owry) (b. Jan. 6, 1888, near Maben, Miss. - d. Nov. 2, 1946, Jackson, Miss.), governor of Mississippi (1944-46).
Bailey, Willis J(oshua) (b. Oct. 12, 1854, near Mount Carroll, Ill. - d. May 19, 1932, Mission Hills, Kan.), governor of Kansas (1903-05).
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Bailhache, Sir William (James) (b. 1953, Jersey), bailiff of Jersey (2015-19); knighted 2017; brother of Sir Philip Bailhache. He was attorney general in 2000-09 and deputy bailiff in 2009-15.
Baillet-Latour, Henri, comte de (b. March 1, 1876 - d. Jan. 6, 1942), president of the International Olympic Committee (1925-42).
Baillet von Latour, Theodor Graf (b. June 15, 1780, Linz, Austria - d. [lynched] Oct. 6, 1848, Vienna, Austria), war minister of Austria (1848).
Baillie, Alastair Turner (b. Dec. 24, 1932, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - d. Nov. 18, 2009, Melrose, Borders region, Scotland), governor of Anguilla (1983-87).
Baillie, Sir Duncan (Colvin) (b. Nov. 27, 1856, Inverness, Scotland - d. Aug. 30, 1919), acting lieutenant governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1913); knighted 1914.
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Bailly, Camille (Victor) (b. Feb. 4, 1907, Amiens, Somme, France - d. Aug. 21, 1984), governor of Senegal (1950-52), French Sudan (1952), Ivory Coast (1952-54), and French Polynesia (1958).
Baing, Andrew (b. Dec. 23, 1950), deputy prime minister of Papua New Guinea (1997 [acting], 2003). He was also minister of education (1992-94), transport (1994-95), forests (1995-97), agriculture and livestock (1997), culture and tourism (1999-2000), justice (2000), and fisheries (2002-03).
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Baira, Abu Bakr (Mustafa) (b. 1942, Benghazi, Libya), acting president of the House of Representatives of Libya (2014).
Bairamov, Nurberdy (b. July 15 [July 2, O.S.], 1912, Baba-Daykhan, Zakaspiyskaya oblast, Russia [now in Turkmenistan] - d. April 1, 1986), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen S.S.R. (1959-63). He was also chairman of the Executive Committee of Ashkhabad oblast (1953-58).
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Baird, Mike, byname of Michael Bruce Baird (b. April 1, 1969), premier of New South Wales (2014-17).
Baird, Spencer F(ullerton) (b. Feb. 3, 1823, Reading, Pa. - d. Aug. 19, 1887, Woods Hole, Mass.), U.S. commissioner of fish and fisheries (1871-87) and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1878-87).
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Bais, Tony, justice minister of Papua New Guinea (1982-85).
Baisultanov, Odes (Khasayevich) (b. Jan. 17, 1965), prime minister of Chechnya (2007-12).
Baja, Lauro L(iboon), Jr. (b. May 2, 1937, Alangilan, Batangas, Philippines - d. Feb. 8, 2024), Philippine diplomat. He was ambassador to Brazil (1986-93) and Italy (1997-98) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-07).
Bajaji: see under Pachachi.
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Bajo, Lamin Kaba (b. Nov. 10, 1964, Brikama, western Gambia), interior minister (1995-97, 2012) and foreign minister (2005-06) of The Gambia. He was also minister of local government and lands (1998-2000) and fisheries, water resources, and National Assembly matters (2010-12) and ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2002-05), Iran (2007-09), Qatar (2009-10), and Morocco (2012-14).
Bajpai, Sir Girja Shankar (b. April 3, 1891, Lucknow, India - d. Dec. 5, 1954, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), governor of Bombay (1952-54); knighted 1935. He was also agent-general of India in the United States (1941-47) and secretary-general of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (1947-52).
Bajpai, Kayatyani Shankar (b. March 30, 1928, Jaipur, India - d. Aug. 30, 2020, New Delhi, India), Indian political officer in Sikkim (1970-74); son of Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai. He was also ambassador to the Netherlands (1975), Pakistan (1976-80), China (1980-82), and the United States (1984-86).
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Bakala, Adrien (b. 1935, Mouyondzi, French Congo [now Congo (Brazzaville)] - d. March 27, 2015, Nice, France), Congo (Brazzaville) diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1969-70) and ambassador to Egypt (1971-73) and Italy (1973-75).
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Bakatin, Vadim (Viktorovich) (b. Nov. 6, 1937, Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. July 31, 2022, Moscow, Russia), Soviet interior minister (1988-90) and director of the KGB (1991). He was also first secretary of the party committees of Kirov (1985-87) and Kemerovo (1987-88) oblasti and a Russian presidential candidate (1991).
Bakauov, Bulat (Zhumabekovich) (b. June 27, 1971, Novokuzminka, Pavlodar oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Pavlodar oblast (2016-20). He was also mayor of Aksu (2011-14) and Pavlodar (2014-16).
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Bakayoko, Youssouf (b. April 19, 1943, Bouaké, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. Sept. 30, 2023, France), foreign minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2006-10).
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Baker, Charlie, byname of Charles Duane Baker (b. Nov. 13, 1956, Elmira, N.Y.), governor of Massachusetts (2015-23).
Baker, Conrad (b. Feb. 12, 1817, Franklin county, Pa. - d. April 28, 1885, Indianapolis, Ind.), governor of Indiana (1867-73).
Baker, Sir Edward Norman (b. March 23, 1857 - d. March 28, 1913), lieutenant governor of Bengal (1908-11); knighted 1908.
Baker, Francis (Eustace), byname Dick Baker (b. April 19, 1933 - d. Dec. 16, 2023), governor of Saint Helena (1984-88).
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Baker, Joshua (b. March 23, 1799, Mason county, Ky. - d. April 16, 1885, Lynne, Conn.), military governor of Louisiana (1868).
Baker, Nathaniel B(radley) (b. Sept. 29, 1818, Henniker, N.H. - d. Sept. 11, 1876, Des Moines, Iowa), governor of New Hampshire (1854-55).
Baker, Newton D(iehl) (b. Dec. 3, 1871, Martinsburg, W.Va. - d. Dec. 25, 1937, Cleveland, Ohio), mayor of Cleveland (1912-15) and U.S. secretary of war (1916-21).
Baker, Sam(uel) A(aron) (b. Nov. 7, 1874, Patterson, Mo. - d. Sept. 16, 1933, Jefferson City, Mo.), governor of Missouri (1925-29).
Baker, Shirley Waldemar (b. 1836, London, England - d. Nov. 30, 1903, Ha'apai, Tonga), prime minister of Tonga (1881-90).
Baker, Terry, New Zealand representative in Niue (1979-82). He was also ambassador to the Philippines (2001-04).
Baker, William R(obinson) (b. May 21, 1820, Baldwinsville, N.Y. - d. April 30, 1890), mayor of Houston (1880-86); nephew-in-law of Hiram G. Runnels.
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Bakhmetev, Yury (Petrovich), also called George Bakhmetev (b. 1848 - d. Aug. 29, 1928, Paris, France), Russian diplomat; son-in-law of Edward Fitzgerald Beale. He was diplomatic agent in Bulgaria (1897-1905) and ambassador to Japan (1905-08) and the United States (1911-17).
Bakhsh, Pir Illahi (d. Oct. 8, 1975), chief minister of Sindh (1948-49).
Bakht, Sikander (b. Aug. 24, 1918, Delhi, India - d. Feb. 23, 2004, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India), foreign minister of India (1996) and governor of Kerala (2002-04). He was also Indian minister of works, housing, supply, and rehabilitation (1977-79) and of industry (1998-99).
Bakhtadze, Mamuka (b. June 9, 1982, Tbilisi, Georgian S.S.R.), finance minister (2017-18) and prime minister (2018-19) of Georgia.
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Bakhtiari, Sayyed Morteza (b. 1952, Mashhad, Iran), justice minister of Iran (2009-13). He was also governor of Isfahan (2005-09).
Bakhtin, Ivan (Ivanovich) (b. 1754 - d. April 26 [April 14, O.S.], 1818, St. Petersburg, Russia), governor of Sloboda Ukraine (1803-14).
Bakhtin, Nikolay (Ivanovich) (b. Jan. 14 [Jan. 3, O.S.], 1796, Tula, Russia - d. April 7 [March 26, O.S.], 1869, St. Petersburg, Russia), Russian secretary of state (1843-53); son of Ivan Bakhtin.
Bakhtin, Yury (Georgiyevich) (b. December 1929 - d. 2010), chairman of the Executive Committee of Crimea oblast (1979-85).
Baki, Boualem (b. 1922, El Bayadh, Algeria - d. Jan. 16, 2017), justice minister of Algeria (1980-86). He was also minister of religious affairs (1979-80, 1986-89).
Baki, Ivonne (Leila Juez Abuchacra de Abdel-) (b. Feb. 23, 1951, Guayaquil, Ecuador), Ecuadorian politician. She was ambassador to the United States (1999-2002, 2020-24), Qatar (2017-20), and France (2024), a minor presidential candidate (2002), minister of foreign trade (2003-05), and president of the Andean Parliament (2007-09).
Bakiboyev, Erkin (Zhurayevich) (b. Oct. 27, 1934, Tashkent, Uzbek S.S.R.), finance minister of Uzbekistan (1991-94).
Bakiyev, Khuram (b. 1898, Langari, Bukhara [now in Uzbekistan?] - d. 1938), president of the Pamir Bureau of the Communist Party (1929?-30) and chairman of the Executive Committee (1928-30) and executive/first secretary of the Communist Party committee (1930-37) of Gorny Badakhshan.
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Bakke-Jensen, Frank (b. March 8, 1965, Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway), defense minister of Norway (2017-21). He was also minister of EEA and EU affairs (2016-17).
Bakker, Joop, byname of Johannes Age Bakker (b. May 27, 1921, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands - d. Oct. 3, 2003, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands), a deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (1967-71). He was also minister of economic affairs (1966-67) and transport and water management and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles affairs (1967-71).
Bakkoush, Abdul Hamid al-, Arabic `Abd al-Hamid al-Bakkush (b. 1933 - d. May 2, 2007, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), prime minister of Libya (1967-68). He was also justice minister (1964, 1964-65, 1967-68) and ambassador to France (1968-69).
Bako, Audu (b. Nov. 24, 1924, Kaduna, Nigeria - d. late January 1980, Dan Marke, Sokoto [now in Zamfara], Nigeria), governor of Kano (1968-75).
Bako, Mahamane Sani (b. April 25, 1951, Tessaoua, Niger - d. Dec. 13, 1997), foreign minister of Niger (1985-88, 1989-91). He was also ambassador to Belgium (1988-89).
Bako, Yakubu (b. Dec. 24, 1952, Goda [now in Kano state], Nigeria), administrator of Akwa Ibom (1993-96).
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Bakocevic, Aleksandar (b. Nov. 8, 1928, Uzice, Yugoslavia [now in Serbia] - d. Jan. 13, 2007, Belgrade, Serbia), mayor of Belgrade (1986-89) and president of the National Assembly of Serbia (1991-93).
Bakomito Gambu, Jean (b. Feb. 14, 1977, Nebobongo, Haut-Zaïre, Zaire [now in Haut-Uélé, Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Haut-Uélé (2024- ).
Bakoniarivo, Jean Delacroix (b. April 18, 1944, Andambalo, Befandriana-Nord district, Madagascar - d. Oct. 6, 2011, Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, France), Malagasy diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1998-2002).
Bakovic, Mirko (b. 1931 - d. Sept. 13, 2014), governor of Herzeg-Bosnia (1996-98).
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Bakradze, Valerian (Minayevich) (b. 1901, Seva, Russia [now in Georgia] - d. 1971), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars/Ministers of the Georgian S.S.R. (1937-46, 1953). He was also a deputy premier (1946-52), minister of food industry (1947-52), and first deputy premier (1952-53).
Bakry, Pierre Fidèle (b. Sept. 13, 1936, Paoua, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic]), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of planning, international cooperation, and statistics (1971-73) and ambassador to Nigeria (1974-79).
Bakunin, Aleksandr (Pavlovich) (b. Aug. 12 [Aug. 1, O.S.], 1797, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Sept. 6 [Aug. 25, O.S.], 1862), governor of Tver (1842-57).
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Bakunin, Mikhail (Mikhailovich) (b. July 19 [July 8, O.S.], 1764 - d. 1837), governor of Belorussia (1801-02), Mogilyov (1802-08), and St. Petersburg (1808-16).
Bakuramutsa, Manzi (b. Oct. 15, 1945, Mutanda, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]), Rwandan diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1994-96) and ambassador to Belgium (1997-99).
Bakuramutsa, Nkubito (Manzi), Rwandan diplomat; son of Manzi Bakuramutsa. He has been ambassador to South Korea (2023- ).
Bakurdzhiev, Evgeni (Stefanov) (b. Feb. 10, 1955, Sofia, Bulgaria - d. June 29, 2021), Bulgarian politician. He was a deputy prime minister and minister of regional development and public works (1997-99).
Bakurdzhiev, Nikola (Petkov) (b. Sept. 26, 1881, Turnovo [now Veliko Turnovo], Bulgaria - d. March 21, 1954, Sofia, Bulgaria), war minister of Bulgaria (1929-31). He was also army chief of staff (1926-29, 1931-34).
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Balabala Kasongo, Michel (b. Nov. 2, 1966, Kikwit, Congo [Kinshasa]), special commissioner (2015-16) and governor (2017-19) of Kwilu.
Balabanov, Marko (Dimitriev) (b. 1837, Klisura, Ottoman Empire [now in Bulgaria] - d. July 16, 1921, Sofia, Bulgaria), foreign minister of Bulgaria (1879, 1883-84). He was also diplomatic agent to the Ottoman Empire (1880-82), Romania (1902-03), and Greece (1905).
Balaceanu, Ion (b. Jan. 25, 1828, Bucharest, Walachia [now in Romania] - d. 1914, Nice, France), foreign minister of Romania (1876); son of Alexandru II Dimitrie Ghica. He was also diplomatic agent to Austria-Hungary (1876-78) and minister to Austria-Hungary (1878-82), Italy (1882-84), France (1884-85), the Ottoman Empire (1886-88), and the United Kingdom (1893-1900).
Balafrej, Ahmed, Arabic Ahmad Balafrij (b. 1908, Rabat, Morocco - d. April 14, 1990, Rabat), foreign minister (1956-58, 1961-63) and prime minister (1958) of Morocco.
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Balaguer Cabrera, José Ramón (b. June 6, 1932, Guantánamo, Cuba - d. July 15, 2022), Cuban politician. He was first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Santiago de Cuba province (1976-85), ambassador to the Soviet Union/Russia (1990-92), and minister of health (2004-10).
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Balakshin, Pavel (Nikolayevich) (b. July 10, 1936, Dementyevo, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. April 15, 2024, Arkhangelsk, Russia), chairman of the Executive Committee (1990-91) and head of the administration (1991-96) of Arkhangelsk oblast. He was also mayor of Arkhangelsk (1996-2000).
Balalla, Tissa Reginald (b. July 15, 1937), governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka (2007-15).
Balametov, Balamet (Yuz Akhmet ogly) (b. 1907 - d. ...), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars/Ministers of the Nakhichevan A.S.S.R. (1938-42, 1947-50?).
Balan, Gheorghe (b. Aug. 25, 1975, Kishinev, Moldavian S.S.R. [now Chisinau, Moldova]), a deputy prime minister of Moldova (2016-17).
Balan, Hermann Ludwig (from 1859:) von (b. March 7, 1812, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany] - d. March 26, 1874, Brussels, Belgium), acting foreign minister of Germany (1872-73). He was also Prussian (from 1871 German) minister resident to Frankfurt (1846-48), chargé d'affaires in Hesse-Darmstadt (1848-50), and minister to Württemberg (1858-59), Denmark (1859-64), and Belgium (1864-72, 1873-74).
Balan, Oleg (b. Nov. 27, 1969, Cîrpesti, Moldavian S.S.R.), interior minister of Moldova (2015-16).
Balancy, (Marc France) Eddy (b. May 6, 1953, Mauritius), acting president of Mauritius (2019). He was chief justice (2019-20).
Balancy, (Pierre) Guy (Girald) (b. April 8, 1924, Port Louis, Mauritius - d. Sept. 22, 1979, Washington, D.C.), Mauritian politician. He was minister of information, posts, and telegraphs (1965-67) and works (1967-68), permanent representative to the United Nations (1968-69), ambassador to the United States (1968-79), Argentina and Brazil (1974-79), and Mexico (1977-79), and high commissioner to Canada (1970-79) and Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago (1974-79).
Balao, Eulogio (Baluitan) (b. March 11, 1907, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines - d. Aug. 4, 1977), defense secretary of the Philippines (1956-57).
Balashev, Aleksandr (Dmitriyevich) (b. July 24 [July 13, O.S.], 1770, Moscow, Russia - d. May 20 [May 8, O.S.], 1837, Kronshtadt [now part of St. Petersburg], Russia), military governor of Reval (1800-04) and St. Petersburg (1809-12) and governor-general of Ryazan, Tula, Oryol, Voronezh, and Tambov (1819-28). He was also police minister of Russia (1810-12, 1819).
Balasuriya, Jagath (b. Nov. 21, 1940), governor of North Central province, Sri Lanka (2003-06). He was also minister of national heritage (2010-15).
Balasuriya, (Neranjala Pushpa) Kumari (b. 1949), governor of Southern province, Sri Lanka (2006-15); wife of Jagath Balasuriya.
Balavadze, Maksim (Konstantinovich) (b. 1910, Ganir-Kvitiri, Russia [now in Georgia] - d. ...), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Kutaisi oblast (1952-53).
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Balbo, Italo (b. June 6, 1896, Quartesana, Ferrara province, Italy - d. [plane shot down] June 28, 1940, Tobruk, Libya), governor-general of Libya (1934-40). He was also Italian minister of aviation (1929-33).
Balbuena (Carrillo), Gerardo (b. Dec. 15, 1879, Chorrillos, Peru - d. Aug. 15, 1955, Rochester, N.Y.), finance minister of Peru (1931). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (1941-43).
Balcázar Monzón, Gustavo (b. Aug. 10, 1927, Cali, Colombia), acting finance minister of Colombia (1965); husband of ex-wife of Julio César Turbay Ayala. He was also president of the Chamber of Representatives (1960) and the Senate (1975-76), governor of Valle del Cauca (1962-64), minister of agriculture (1964-65), and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1979-81).
Balcer, Lukasz (Wojciech) (b. July 21, 1935, Sieraków, Poland), justice minister of Poland (1988-89).
Balcerowicz, Leszek (Henryk) (b. Jan. 19, 1947, Lipno [now in Kujawsko-Pomorskie województwo], Poland), finance minister and a deputy prime minister of Poland (1989-91, 1997-2000). He was also chairman of the Freedom Union (1995-2000) and president of the National Bank of Poland (2001-07).
Balciunas, Gintaras (b. April 2, 1964), justice minister of Lithuania (1999-2000).
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Baldacci, John (Elias) (b. Jan. 30, 1955, Bangor, Maine), governor of Maine (2003-11).
Baldivieso Aparicio, Enrique (b. April 15, 1902, Tupiza, Bolivia - d. Oct. 16, 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina), foreign minister (1936, 1937, 1944) and vice president (1938-39) of Bolivia.
Baldizón (Méndez), Manuel (Antonio) (b. May 6, 1970, Flores, Petén, Guatemala), Guatemalan presidential candidate (2011, 2015). He was secretary-general of the party Renewed Democratic Liberty (2010-14).
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Baldwin, Roger S(herman) (b. Jan. 4, 1793, New Haven, Conn. - d. Feb. 19, 1863, New Haven), governor of Connecticut (1844-46). He was also a U.S. senator from Connecticut (1847-51).
Baldwin, Simeon E(ben) (b. Feb. 5, 1840, New Haven, Conn. - d. Jan. 30, 1927, New Haven), governor of Connecticut (1911-15); son of Roger S. Baldwin.
Baldwin of Bewdley, Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, (2nd) Earl, Viscount Corvedale of Corvedale (b. March 1, 1899 - d. Aug. 10, 1958, London, England), governor of the Leeward Islands (1948-50); son of Stanley Baldwin, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. He succeeded to the earldom in 1947.
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Balé, Raymond Serge (b. 1949, Brazzaville, French Congo [now Congo (Brazzaville)]), Congo (Brazzaville) diplomat. He was ambassador to Ethiopia (2005-08) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2008-22).
Baleta, Abdi (b. 1941, Guri i Bardhë, Albania), Albanian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1977-83).
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Balfour-Paul, (Hugh) Glencairn (b. Sept. 23, 1917, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - d. July 2, 2008, Shobrooke, Devon, England), British political agent in the Trucial States (1964-66). He was also ambassador to Iraq (1969-71), Jordan (1972-75), and Tunisia (1975-77).
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Bali, Slaheddine, also spelled Baly (b. July 29, 1926, Tunis, Tunisia - d. 2002), justice minister (1973-80, 1988) and defense minister (1980-88) of Tunisia. He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (1988-90) and of the Constitutional Council (1990-92).
Baliles, Gerald L(ee) (b. July 8, 1940, Patrick county, Va. - d. Oct. 29, 2019, Charlottesville, Va.), governor of Virginia (1986-90).
Balindlela, (Zisiwe) Nosimo (Beauty) (b. Nov. 28, 1949, Hermanus, Cape province [now in Western Cape], South Africa), premier of Eastern Cape (2004-08).
Balitsky, Yevgeny (Vitalyevich) (b. Dec. 10, 1969, Melitopol, Zaporozhye oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R.), Russian governor of Zaporozhye oblast (2022- ).
Balkenende, Jan Peter, byname of Jan Pieter Balkenende (b. May 7, 1956, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands), prime minister of the Netherlands (2002-10).
Ball, Sir Alexander John, (1st) Baronet (baptized July 22, 1756, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England - d. Oct. 25, 1809, Attard, near Valletta, Malta), president of the Provisional Government in rebellion (1799-1800), British representative (1800-01), and civil commissioner (1803-09) of Malta. He was made a baronet on June 24, 1801.
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Ball, George W(ildman) (b. Dec. 21, 1909, Des Moines, Iowa - d. May 26, 1994, New York City), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1968).
Balla, Taulant (b. Aug. 12, 1977, Librazhd, Albania), interior minister of Albania (2023-24).
Balladares (Montealegre) de Argüello, Angélica (b. Dec. 19, 1872, Chinandega, Nicaragua - d. Sept. 8, 1973, San Marcos, Nicaragua), Nicaraguan political figure; granddaughter of Mariano Montealegre. She was president of the Nicaraguan Feminist League and "first lady of liberalism."
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Ballal, Musa Awad, also spelled Bilal (b. Jan. 20, 1931, al-Fashir, Sudan), Sudanese politician. He was minister of supply (1971-72) and industry and mining (1972-75) and ambassador to West Germany (1975-78), Kuwait (1978-80), and Tunisia (1980-84).
Ballance, John (b. March 27, 1839, Ballypitmave, near Glenavy, County Antrim, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland] - d. April 27, 1893, Wellington, N.Z.), prime minister of New Zealand (1891-93). He was also minister of education (1878-79), defence (1884, 1884-87), native affairs (1884, 1884-87, 1891), and lands and immigration (1884-87) and treasurer (1891-93).
Ballantrae (of Auchairne in the County of Ayr and of the Bay of Islands in New Zealand), Bernard (Edward) Fergusson, Baron (b. May 6, 1911 - d. Nov. 28, 1980, London, England), governor-general of New Zealand (1962-67); son of Sir Charles Fergusson. He was knighted in 1962 and made a life peer in 1972.
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Ballard, David W. (b. Feb. 21, 1824, Bridgeport, Ind. - d. Sept. 18, 1883, Lebanon, Ore.), governor of Idaho (1866-70).
Ballard, Greg (b. Nov. 20, 1954, Indianapolis, Ind.), mayor of Indianapolis (2008-16).
Ballay, Noël (Eugène Victor) (b. July 14, 1847, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Eure-et-Loir, France - d. Jan. 26, 1902, Saint-Louis, Senegal), lieutenant governor of Gabon (1886-89), acting commissioner-general of Gabon and Congo (1888-90), governor of French Guinea (1891-1900), and governor-general of French West Africa and governor of Senegal (1900-02).
Ballesteros Reyes, Hugo (Eugenio) (b. Jan. 3, 1931, Santiago, Chile - d. April 6, 2019, Valparaíso, Chile), Chilean politician. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies (1965-67).
Ballesteros (Ríos), Manuel Egidio (b. Sept. 1, 1844, Santiago, Chile - d. Nov. 30, 1914, Santiago), interior minister of Chile (1904). He was also justice and education minister (1901).
Ballinger, Richard A(chilles) (b. July 9, 1858, Boonesboro, Iowa - d. June 6, 1922, Seattle, Wash.), mayor of Seattle (1904-06) and U.S. secretary of the interior (1909-11).
Ballivián (Coll), Adolfo (b. Nov. 15, 1831, La Paz, Bolivia - d. Feb. 14, 1874, Ñucchu, Chuquisaca, Bolivia), president of Bolivia (1873-74); son of José Ballivián.
Ballivián (Segurola), José (b. May 5, 1805, La Paz, Viceroyalty of La Plata [now in Bolivia] - d. Oct. 6, 1852, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), defense minister (1839) and president (1841-47) of Bolivia.
Ballivián Rojas, Hugo (b. June 7, 1901, La Paz, Bolivia - d. July 15, 1993, La Paz), chairman of the military junta of Bolivia (1951-52).
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Ballón Landa, (Ignacio Jesús Víctor) Alberto (b. Jan. 23, 1885, Arequipa, Peru - d. 1964), justice and education minister of Peru (1932).
Ballot, (Marie Paul) Victor (b. Oct. 11, 1853, Fort-de-France, Martinique - d. March 17, 1939, Paris, France), governor of Dahomey (1894-99) and Guadeloupe (1907-08).
Balluku, Beqir (b. Feb. 14, 1917, Tiranë, Albania - d. [executed] Nov. 5, 1975), defense minister of Albania (1953-74). He was also army chief of staff (1948-53) and a deputy premier (1954-74).
Balluseck, Daniel Johannes von (b. March 8, 1895, Utrecht, Netherlands - d. Feb. 29, 1976, The Hague, Netherlands), Dutch diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1950-55) and ambassador to the Soviet Union (1955-57) and Canada (1958-60).
Balmaceda (Fernández), José Elías (b. 1849, Santiago, Chile - d. April 13, 1916, Santiago), interior minister of Chile (1915-16); brother of José Manuel Balmaceda. He was also president of the Senate (1909).
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Balmaceda (Fernández), (José) Rafael (del Carmen) (b. Aug. 23, 1850, Renca, Santiago province, Chile - d. Aug. 7, 1911, Santiago, Chile), foreign minister of Chile (1908-09); brother of José Manuel Balmaceda and José Elías Balmaceda. He was also minister of justice and education (1901-02) and interior (1905).
Balmaceda Saavedra, Carlos (b. April 8, 1879, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 21, 1958, Santiago), foreign minister of Chile (1931, 1931-32). He was also minister of finance (1910) and lands and colonization (1931) and president of the Chamber of Deputies (1912, 1915-16).
Balmaceda Toro, Enrique (Víctor Aquiles) (b. March 3, 1878 - d. Jan. 4, 1962, Santiago, Chile), war and marine minister (1921), interior minister (1927-28), and acting justice minister (1927-28) of Chile; son of José Manuel Balmaceda. He was also mayor of Santiago (1928-29) and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1953-58).
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Balodis, Antons (b. Jan. 15, 1880, Jerceni, Russia [now in northern Latvia] - d. Jan. 1, 1942), foreign minister of Latvia (1928-30). He was also ambassador to Lithuania (1924-28) and Finland (1930-33).
Balodis, Janis (b. Feb. 20, 1881, Trikata, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. Aug. 8, 1965, Saulkrasti, Latvian S.S.R.), war minister (1931-40), justice minister (1934), and deputy prime minister (1938-40) of Latvia. He was also commander-in-chief of the army (1919-21).
Balogh, Jenö (b. May 14, 1864, Devecser, Hungary - d. Feb. 15, 1953, Budapest, Hungary), justice minister of Hungary (1913-17).
Baloghy, György (b. Oct. 22, 1861, Derencsény, Hungary - d. Oct. 22, 1931, Budapest, Hungary), justice minister of Hungary (1919).
Balói, Oldemiro (Júlio Marques) (b. April 9, 1955, Maputo, Mozambique - d. April 12, 2021, South Africa), foreign minister of Mozambique (2008-17). He was also minister of industry, trade, and tourism (1994-99).
Balopi, Patrick (Kediretswe) (b. Feb. 1, 1941, Francistown, Bechuanaland [now Botswana]), labour and home affairs minister of Botswana (1989-94). He was also minister of health (1985-86) and local government and lands (1986-89, 1994-97) and speaker of the National Assembly (2004-09).
Balos, Henchi (b. July 15, 1946, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - d. [following automobile accident] Sept. 10, 2000), finance minister of the Marshall Islands (1988-89). He was also minister of health and environment (1989-92).
Balsai, István (Ákos) (b. April 5, 1947, Miskolc, Hungary - d. March 1, 2020), justice minister of Hungary (1990-94).
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Balsiger, Hans-Ernst (b. Oct. 2, 1926, Kaiserstuhl, Aargau, Switzerland - d. [hit by a truck] Sept. 4, 2009, Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland), Schultheiss of Luzern (1984).
Balsimelli, Francesco (b. Jan. 29, 1894 - d. Feb. 21, 1974), captain-regent of San Marino (1944).
Balta (Montero), José (b. April 25, 1814, Lima, Peru - d. [assassinated] July 26, 1872, Lima), war and navy minister (1865) and president (1868-72) of Peru; brother of Juan Francisco Balta.
Balta (Paz), José (b. 1866, Chiclayo, Peru - d. March 14, 1939, Lima, Peru), finance minister of Peru (1913, 1914); son of the above. He was also minister of development and public works (1904-06).
Balta (Montero), Juan Francisco (b. 1806 - d. April 1892), war and navy minister (1868-71) and prime minister (1869-71) of Peru.
Baltatzis, Georgios (b. 1866, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey] - d. [executed] Nov. 28 [Nov. 15, O.S.], 1922, Athens, Greece), foreign minister of Greece (1908-09, 1921-22, 1922). He was also minister of communications (1915), agriculture (1921), and marine (provisional, 1922).
Baltayev, Karim (b. 1901, Khiva [now in Uzbekistan] - d. 1938), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Karakalpak A.S.S.R. (1937). He was also executive secretary of the party committee of Fergana okrug (1929-30) and people's commissar of agriculture of the Uzbek S.S.R. (1930-34).
Baltic, Milutin (b. Dec. 2, 1920, Donje Seliste village, near Glina, Croatia - d. Oct. 27, 2013, Zagreb, Croatia), president of the Presidency of Croatia (1983-84).
Baltimore, Benedict Leonard Calvert, (4th) Baron (b. March 21, 1679, probably Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey, England - d. April 16, 1715), governor of Maryland (1684-88); son of Charles Calvert, (3rd) Baron Baltimore. His father as proprietor of the colony named the child titular governor, the actual administration being carried on by the Council. He conformed to the established Church of England in 1713, succeeded as baron in February 1715, and had the colony, which his father had lost owing to his Catholicism, restored to him; however, he died himself two months later.
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Bamba, Nanlo (b. Nov. 15, 1916, Bouaké, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. July 9, 1984), justice minister (1963-66) and interior minister (1966-74) of Ivory Coast. He was also minister of water and forests (1974-76) and a minister of state (1976-81).
Bamba, Youssoufou (b. Dec. 31, 1949, Abidjan, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire]), Ivorian diplomat. He was ambassador to Ethiopia (1993-94), Japan and South Korea (1994-96), the United States (2000-01), the United Kingdom (2001-07), and Austria (2007-10), permanent representative to the United Nations (1996-98, 2010-15), and minister of international cooperation (1998-99).
Bamberger, Simon (b. Feb. 27, 1847, Eberstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt [now part of Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany] - d. Oct. 6, 1926, Salt Lake City, Utah), governor of Utah (1917-21).
Bambiza, Ivan (Mikhailavich), Russian Ivan (Mikhailovich) Bambiza (b. Oct. 8, 1952, Petrikovsky rayon, Gomel oblast, Belorussian S.S.R.), a deputy prime minister of Belarus (2004-10). He was also minister of Commonwealth of Independent States affairs (1995-97) and president of the Belneftekhim petrochemical concern (1997-2004).
Bambridge, Georges (b. June 1, 1887, Papeete, French Settlements in Oceania [now French Polynesia] - d. Jan. 19, 1942, Pirae, French Settlements in Oceania), mayor of Papeete (1933-42) and member of the Provisional Government of the French Settlements in Oceania (1940).
Bamela Engo, Paul (b. Oct. 5, 1931, Ebolowa, French Cameroons [now in Cameroon] - d. April 26, 2010, Yaoundé, Cameroon), Cameroonian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1984-90, 1996-98).
Bamigboye, David (Lasisi) (b. Dec. 7, 1940, Omu-Aran [now in Kwara state], Nigeria - d. Sept. 21, 2018, Lagos, Nigeria), governor of West Central/Kwara (1967-75).
Bamigboye, Theophilus (Oladapo) (b. March 3, 1951), administrator of Bauchi (1996-98) and Osun (1998-99); brother of David Bamigboye.
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Ban Ki Moon, Revised Romanization Ban Gi-mun (b. June 13, 1944, Eumseong, North Chungchong province, Korea [now in South Korea]), foreign minister of South Korea (2004-06) and secretary-general of the United Nations (2007-16). He was also national security advisor to the president (1996-98) and ambassador to Austria (1998-2000).
Bañados Espinosa, Julio (b. April 18, 1858, Valparaíso, Chile - d. Feb. 17, 1899, Santiago, Chile), interior minister of Chile (1891). He was also minister of justice and education (1888-89, 1890) and industry and public works (1897-98).
Bañados Honorato, Guillermo M(entor) (b. July 25, 1870, San Felipe, Chile - d. Dec. 2, 1947, Santiago, Chile), justice minister of Chile (1932). He was also minister of industry, public works, and railways (1924).
Banai, Tareq (M.A.M.) al-, Kuwaiti diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2022- ).
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Banas, Marian (b. July 13, 1955, Piekielnik, Poland), finance minister of Poland (2019). He has also been head of the Customs Service (2005-08, 2015-17) and chairman of the Supreme Audit Office (2019- ).
Banc, Iosif (b. March 3, 1921, Alunis, Mures county, Romania), a deputy premier of Romania (1965-72). He was also minister of agriculture, food industry, and water (1971-72).
Bancroft, George (b. Oct. 3, 1800, Worcester, Mass. - d. Jan. 17, 1891, Washington, D.C.), U.S. secretary of the navy (1845-46). He was also minister to the United Kingdom (1846-49) and Prussia/Germany (1867-74) and president of the American Historical Association (1885-86).
Banda, Aleke (Kadonaphani) (b. Sept. 19, 1939, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. April 9, 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa), finance minister of Malawi (1969-72, 1994-97). He was also minister of development and planning (1966-67, 1994-97), economic affairs (1967-68), trade and industry (1968-69, 1972-73), information (1969-72), tourism (1969-73), agriculture and irrigation (1997-2000, 2001-03), and health and population (2000-01). He was detained without trial from 1980 to 1992 under the regime of Hastings Kamuzu Banda (no relation).
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Banda, Rupiah (Bwezani) (b. Feb. 13, 1937, Gwenda, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe] - d. March 11, 2022, Lusaka, Zambia), foreign minister (1975-76), vice president (2006-08), and president (2008-11) of Zambia. He was also ambassador to the United Arab Republic (1965-67) and the United States (1967-69) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1974-75).
Banda-Bafiot, Gaston (b. May 15, 1934, Bossangoa, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. Oct. 10, 2014, Strasbourg, France), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of power (1970-71) and mines and geology (1981) and ambassador to the United States (1973-75).
Bandaman, Maurice Kouakou (b. April 19, 1962, Kouamékro, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire]), Ivorian politician. He has been minister of culture and Francophonie (2011-20) and ambassador to France (2020- ).
Bandar ibn Sultan (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. March 2, 1949, al-Ta´if, Saudi Arabia), Saudi prince; son of Sultan; grandson of Abdul Aziz. He was ambassador to the United States (1983-2005) and head of the General Intelligence Directorate (2012-14).
Bandara, Janaka Priyantha (b. Feb. 1, 1968), governor of Sabaragamuwa (2009-10). He has also been Sri Lankan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2008-09) and Myanmar (2022- ).
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Bandaranaike, Felix (Reginald) Dias (b. Nov. 5, 1930 - d. June 26, 1985), finance minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka (1960-62, 1975-77). He was also minister without portfolio (1962-63) and minister of agriculture, food, and cooperatives (1963-64), agriculture, food, and fisheries (1964-65), public administration, local government, and home affairs (1970-75), and justice (1972-77).
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Bandawe, Gamaliel Petro (b. March 16, 1932 - d. Aug. 12, 2021), Malawian diplomat. He was high commissioner to Kenya (1971-72) and Zambia (2000-02) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1972).
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Bandeira, Antonio Herculano de Souza (b. April 18, 1854 - d. Nov. 16, 1890, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Paraíba (1885-86) and Mato Grosso (1889); nephew of Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha.
Bandeira, Esmeraldino Olímpio Torres (b. Feb. 27, 1865, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. April 4, 1928, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), justice and interior minister of Brazil (1909-10). He was also mayor of Recife (1898-1902).
Bandelj, Mirko (b. Sept. 11, 1958, Postojna, Slovenia), interior minister of Slovenia (1997-99).
Bandera, Stepan (b. Jan. 1, 1909, Uhryniw Staryj, Galicia, Austria [now Staryi Uhryniv, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine] - d. Oct. 15, 1959, Munich, West Germany), Ukrainian nationalist leader. In 1929 he joined the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and in 1933 became head of the organization in western Ukraine (then part of Poland). With two other nationalists he was sentenced to death in 1936 for the 1934 assassination of Polish interior minister Bronislaw Pieracki, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was freed by the Nazi invasion in 1939. His supporters did not recognize the election of Andriy Melnyk as head of the OUN and Bandera came to head a separate faction. Both collaborated with the Nazis against Poles and Jews, being involved in the killings of hundreds of thousands. Bandera saw the war as an opportunity to assert Ukrainian independence in alliance with Nazi Germany. On June 30, 1941, his group proclaimed Ukrainian statehood. Despite its shared fascist and anti-Semitic outlook, the Germans had their own plans for Ukraine and were not interested in a Ukrainian client state. Bandera was arrested and, after refusing to rescind the proclamation, imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Only in September 1944, when the Germans had already been driven out of Ukraine, he was freed to form a Ukrainian National Committee. After the war he settled in Munich, from where he continued to direct guerrilla activities in Ukraine. He was killed by a Soviet KGB agent through cyanide poisoning. In 2009 Ukraine issued a stamp commemorating his 100th birthday, and in 2010 Pres. Viktor Yushchenko awarded him the Hero of Ukraine title. These and other acts of glorification of Bandera and his followers formed the basis for the Russian demand for a "denazification" of Ukraine when invading it in 2022.
Bandi, Govinda, justice minister of Nepal (2022).
Bandic, Milan (b. Nov. 22, 1955, Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina - d. Feb. 28, 2021, Zagreb, Croatia), Croatian politician. He was mayor of Zagreb (2000-02, 2005-21) and a presidential candidate (2009-10).
Bandio, Jean-Arthur (b. June 6, 1923, Brazzaville, Middle Congo [now Congo (Brazzaville)] - d. Nov. 16, 1992, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France), interior minister (1960-67) and foreign minister (1967-68) of the Central African Republic. He was also ambassador to Italy (1969-70) and Egypt (1970-74), permanent representative to the United Nations (1974-78), and mayor of Bangui (1980-81).
Bandodkar, Dayanand B(alkrishna) (b. March 12, 1911, Pernem, Goa, Portuguese India [now in India] - d. Aug. 12, 1973), chief minister of Goa, Daman and Diu (1962-66, 1967-73).
Banér, Axel (Claesson) greve (b. Dec. 18, 1661, Kalmar, Sweden - d. July 29, 1742, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Kronoberg (1710-18) and Stockholm (1718) counties. He was made greve (count) in 1719.
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Banerji, Asoka Nath (b. Dec. 19, 1917, Banaras, India), governor of Himachal Pradesh (1981-83) and Karnataka (1983-88).
Banerji, S(hishir) K(umar) (b. Oct. 21, 1913, Uttarpara, Bengal [now in West Bengal], India - d. Feb. 6, 2010), lieutenant governor of Goa, Daman and Diu (1972-77). He was also Indian chargé d'affaires in Iran (1947-49), minister (1956-57) and ambassador (1957-58) to Syria, high commissioner to Malaya (1958-59), and ambassador to West Germany (1964-67) and Japan (1967-70).
Bánffy de Losoncz, Dezsö báró (b. Oct. 28, 1843, Kolozsvár, Austria [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania] - d. May 24, 1911, Budapest, Hungary), prime minister of Hungary (1895-99). He was also speaker of the House of Representatives (1892-95) and minister a latere (1898).
Bánffy de Losoncz, Miklós (Domokos Pál) gróf (b. Dec. 30, 1873, Kolozsvár, Hungary [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania] - d. June 6, 1950, Budapest, Hungary), foreign minister of Hungary (1921-22).
Bang, Nina (Henriette Wendeline), née Ellinger (b. Oct. 6, 1866, Copenhagen, Denmark - d. March 25, 1928, Copenhagen), Danish politician. She was minister of education (1924-26), the first female minister in Denmark and one of the first in the world.
Bang, Peter Georg (b. Oct. 7, 1797, Copenhagen, Denmark - d. April 2, 1861, Copenhagen), interior minister (1848-49, 1852-53, 1854-56) and prime minister (1854-56) of Denmark. He was also minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs (1851-52).
Bang, Thomas Cathinco (b. Jan. 25, 1827, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway - d. April 13, 1902, Drammen), governor of Buskerud (1882-84, 1890-1902) and interior minister of Norway (1884).
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Banga-Bothy, Léonie, née Mbazoa, foreign minister of the Central African Republic (2013-14).
Bangabiti, Amos, foreign minister of Vanuatu (1996). He was also minister of transport, public works, and ports and marine (1992-95).
Bangarappa, S(arekoppa) (b. Oct. 26, 1932, Kubatur village, Shimoga district, Mysore [now Karnataka], India - d. Dec. 26, 2011, Bangalore [now Bengaluru], Karnataka), chief minister of Karnataka (1990-92).
Bangemann, Martin (Andreas) (b. Nov. 15, 1934, Wanzleben, Prussia [now part of Wanzleben-Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt], Germany - d. June 28, 2022, Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre, Deux-Sèvres, France), (West) German politician. He was general secretary (1974-75) and chairman (1985-88) of the Free Democratic Party, economy minister (1984-88), European commissioner for internal market and industrial affairs (1989-93) and industrial affairs, information technologies, and telecommunications (1993-99), and a vice president of the European Commission (1989-93, 1993-95).
Bangerskis, Rudolfs (b. July 21, 1878, Taurupe, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. [car accident] Feb. 25, 1958, Oldenburg, West Germany), war minister of Latvia (1924-25, 1926-28). He was a Waffen-SS leader during the German occupation in World War II.
Bangerter, Norman H(oward) (b. Jan. 4, 1933, Granger [now part of West Valley City], Utah - d. April 14, 2015, Murray, Utah), governor of Utah (1985-93).
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Bangui, Sylvestre (b. March 15, 1934, Mbaïki, Lobaye, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. June 4, 1996, Paris, France), foreign minister (1979-80) and finance minister (1983-84) of the Central African Republic. He was also ambassador to Canada (1973-75) and France (1975-79).
Bangura, John (Amadu) (b. March 8, 1930, Kalangba, Bombali district, Northern province, Sierra Leone - d. June 29, 1971, Freetown, Sierra Leone), Sierra Leonean military figure. After the April 1968 coup, he became armed forces commander. He was executed after leading another coup attempt in March 1971.
Bangura, (Alimamy) Pallo (b. 1950?), foreign minister of Sierra Leone (1997-98). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1994-96), minister of energy and power (1999-2000), and a presidential candidate (2002; 1.7% of the vote).
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Banharn Silpa-archa, also spelled Silapa-archa (b. Aug. 19, 1932, Suphan Buri province, Siam [now Thailand] - d. April 23, 2016, Bangkok, Thailand), interior minister (1990, 1995-96), finance minister (1990-91), and prime minister (1995-96) of Thailand. He was also minister of agriculture and cooperatives (1980-81), communications (1986-88, 1992), and industry (1988-90).
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Banjac, Mirko (b. Sept. 17, 1951, Strigova village, near Bosanska Dubica [now Kozarska Dubica, Republika Srpska], Bosnia and Herzegovina), chairman of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999-2000).
Bankhead, William B(rockman) (b. April 12, 1874, Moscow, Ala. - d. Sept. 15, 1940, Bethesda, Md.), speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1936-40). He was the son of Sen. John Hollis Bankhead, brother of Sen. John H. Bankhead, and father of actress Tallulah Bankhead. He was a member of the House from 1917.
Banks, Charles Arthur (b. May 18, 1885, Auckland, N.Z. - d. Sept. 28, 1961, Vancouver, B.C.), lieutenant governor of British Columbia (1946-50).
Banks, John Sherbrooke (b. 1811 - d. [killed] July 21, 1857, Lucknow, India), chief commissioner of Oudh (1857).
Banks, Nathaniel P(rentice) (b. Jan. 30, 1816, Waltham, Mass. - d. Sept. 1, 1894, Waltham), governor of Massachusetts (1858-61).
Banks, Rosemary (b. 1951, Christchurch, N.Z.), New Zealand diplomat. She has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2005-09) and ambassador to France (2010-14) and the United States (2019-22, 2024- ).
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Bannerman, Sir Alexander (b. Oct. 7, 1788, Aberdeen, Scotland - d. Dec. 30, 1864, London, England), lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island (1851-54) and governor of the Bahamas (1854-57) and Newfoundland (1857-63); knighted 1851.
Bannerman, Sir Arthur D'Arcy Gordon, (12th) Baronet (b. Feb. 20, 1866 - d. April 27, 1955), British resident in Jammu and Kashmir (1917-21). He was knighted in 1928 and succeeded as baronet in 1934.
Banneville, Gaston-Robert Morin, marquis de (b. April 26, 1818 - d. June 13, 1881, Paris, France), foreign minister of France (1877). He was also ambassador to Switzerland (1866-68), the Papal State (1868-70), and Austria-Hungary (1871-73).
Bannis-Roberts, Loreen Ruth (b. Sept. 19, 1966, Castle Bruce, Dominica), Dominica politician. She was minister of tourism, industry, and private sector relations (2005, acting) and community development, culture, gender affairs, and information (2007-09) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2016-22).
Bannon, John (Charles) (b. May 7, 1943, Bendigo, Vic. - d. Dec. 13, 2015), premier of South Australia (1982-92).
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Banny, Jean Konan (b. July 14, 1929, Divo, southern Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. May 27, 2018, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), defense minister of Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire (1960-63, 1981-90). He was also mayor of Yamoussoukro (1985-95) and resident minister of the autonomous district of Yamoussoukro (1996-99).
Banovic, Luka (b. Oct. 10, 1926, Prekornica, near Cetinje, Yugoslavia [now in Montenegro] - d. ...), interior minister (1971-74) and justice minister (1978-82) of Yugoslavia.
Banozic, Mario (b. March 10, 1979, Vinkovci, Croatia), defense minister of Croatia (2020-23). He was also minister of state property (2019-20).
Bantysh-Kamensky, Dmitry (Nikolayevich) (b. Nov. 16 [Nov. 5, O.S.], 1788, Moscow, Russia - d. Feb. 6 [Jan. 25, O.S.], 1850, St. Petersburg, Russia), governor of Tobolsk (1825-28) and Vilna (1836-38); son-in-law of Knyaz Ivan (Sergeyevich) Baryatinsky; grandnephew of Amvrosy (1708-1771).
Bañuelos (Bañuelos), (José) Félix (b. Oct. 1, 1878, Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico - d. Sept. 2, 1948, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of Quintana Roo (1931-32) and Zacatecas (1936-40).
Banya, Sama (Siama) (b. June 10, 1930, Sierra Leone), finance minister (1980-81), interior minister (1982-85), and foreign minister (1998-2001) of Sierra Leone. He was also minister of economic planning and development (1978-80, 1981-82).
Banyat Bantadtan (b. May 15, 1942, Surat Thani province, Thailand), interior minister of Thailand (2000-01). He was also minister of science, technology, and energy (1986-88).
Banza, Alexandre (b. Oct. 10, 1923, Carnot, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. [executed] April 12, 1969, Bangui, Central African Republic), finance minister of the Central African Republic (1966-68). He was also minister of veterans (1966-67), national economy (1967-68), and public health and social affairs (1968-69).
Banza Mulume, Marmont (b. Aug. 27, 1970, Kamina, Katanga [now in Haut-Lomami], Congo [Kinshasa]), governor of Haut-Lomami (2024- ).
Banzar, Jambalyn (b. July 10, 1922), Mongolian diplomat. He was ambassador to Hungary (1960-64), France (1969-72), Poland (1972-76), and the United Kingdom (1984-86) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1966-68).
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Banzio, Dagobert (b. June 21, 1957, Tinhou, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. Aug. 26, 2017, Málaga, Spain), Ivorian politician. He was minister of youth, civic education, and sports (2005-07), youth, sports, and leisure (2007-10), economic infrastructure (2010), youth, sports, and urban health (2010-11 [Ouattara government]), and trade (2011-12).
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Bapoyo, Michel Jacques (b. April 19, 1932, Obo, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic]), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of agriculture, livestock, water, woods, and hunting (1959-60) and public works, transport, and mines (1960-62).
Baptista, António Maria (b. Jan. 5, 1866, Beja, Portugal - d. June 6, 1920, Lisbon, Portugal), prime minister of Portugal (1920). He was also minister of war (1919) and interior (1920).
Baptista, Ernesto José, acting president of Piauí (1855, 1859, 1860).
Baptista, Graciliano de Paula (b. Aug. 12, 1840 - d. Sept. 8, 1886, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil), president of Piauí (1877).
Baptista, Homero (b. Jan. 30, 1860, São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. Oct. 14, 1924, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), finance minister of Brazil (1919-22). He was also president of the Bank of Brazil (1914-19).
Baptista, José da Silva (b. Sept. 1, 1855, Meia Ponte [now Pirenópolis], Goiás, Brazil - d. Dec. 7, 1910, Anápolis, Goiás), acting president of Goiás (1909). He was also acting mayor of Anápolis (1892).
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Baptista (Caserta), (José) Mariano (b. July 16, 1832, Calchani, Bolivia - d. March 19, 1907, Cochabamba, Bolivia), foreign minister (1873-76, 1888-91), vice president (1884-88), and president (1892-96) of Bolivia.
Baptista Gumucio, Fernando (b. 1932, Cochabamba, Bolivia - d. 2008, La Paz, Bolivia), finance minister of Bolivia (1983-84).
Baptista Gumucio, Mariano (b. 1933, Cochabamba, Bolivia), Bolivian politician; brother of Fernando Baptista Gumucio. He was minister of education (1979-80, 1989-91) and ambassador to the United States (1983-85).
Baptiste, Alva (Romanus) (b. March 20, 1967, Laborie, Saint Lucia), foreign minister of Saint Lucia (2011-16, 2021- ). He has also been minister of international trade and civil aviation (2011-16, 2021- ) and diaspora affairs (2021- ).
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Baquerizo Moreno, Alfredo (b. Sept. 28, 1859, Guayaquil, Ecuador - d. March 19, 1951, New York City), foreign minister (1901-03), vice president (1903-06), president (1912 [acting], 1916-20, 1931-32 [acting]), and interior minister (1931) of Ecuador. He was also minister to the United States (1903-05) and president of the Senate (1912-15).
Bar-Lev, Haim (b. Nov. 16, 1924, Vienna, Austria - d. May 7, 1994, Tel Aviv, Israel), Israeli politician. He was chief of staff of the Defense Forces (1967-71), minister of commerce and industry (1972-77), development (1974), and police (1984-90), and ambassador to Russia (1992-94).
Bar-Lev, Omer (b. Oct. 2, 1953, Haifa, Israel), Israeli politician; son of Haim Bar-Lev. He was minister of public security (2021-22).
Bar-On, Roni (b. June 2, 1948, Tel Aviv, Israel), interior minister (2006-07) and finance minister (2007-09) of Israel. He was also minister of science and technology and national infrastructure (2006).
Bar-Yehuda, Israel, original surname Idelson (b. Nov. 15, 1895, Konotop, Russia [now in Ukraine] - d. May 4, 1965, Jerusalem), interior minister of Israel (1955-59). He was also minister of transport (1962-65).
Bara, Jules Marcel Lamorald (b. Aug. 23, 1835, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium - d. June 26, 1900, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode [now in Brussels-Capital region], Belgium), justice minister of Belgium (1865-70, 1878-84).
Barabanov, Vladimir (Aleksandrovich) (b. Aug. 1, 1951), head of the administration of Bryansk oblast (1991-93, 1995-96).
Baradei, Mohamed (Mostafa) al- (he uses the unconventional spelling ElBaradei) (b. June 17, 1942, Cairo, Egypt), director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1997-2009) and vice president of Egypt (2013). He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, jointly with the IAEA.
Baraguir, Datu Amir bin Muhammad (b. Jan. 16, 1960, Salimbao barangay, Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao province, Philippines - d. Jan. 11, 2006, Salimbao), sultan of Magindanao (2000-06); son of Muhammad Gutierez bin Baraguir. He was enthroned on Dec. 12, 2005. Barely a month later, he was assassinated by two gunmen riding on a motorcycle.
Barahona (San Martín), Rafael Luis (b. 1878, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 22, 1940, Valparaíso, Chile), interior minister of Chile (1924-25).
Barail, François Claude du (b. May 28, 1820, Versailles, France - d. Jan. 30, 1902, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), war minister of France (1873-74).
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Barák, Rudolf (b. May 11, 1915, Blansko, Austria [now in Czech Republic] - d. Aug. 12, 1995, Prague, Czech Republic), a deputy premier (1953, 1959-62) and interior minister (1953-61) of Czechoslovakia.
Baraka, Nizar (b. Feb. 6, 1964, Rabat, Morocco), economy and finance minister of Morocco (2012-13); grandson of Allal El Fassi. He has also been president of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (2013-18), secretary-general of the Istiqlal party (2017- ), and minister of equipment and water (2021- ).
Barakat, Abdullah Hussein (b. Jan. 26, 1936, Sana, Yemen), interior minister of Yemen (Sana) (1967-68, 1971, 1985-90). He was also minister of agriculture (1965-67) and youth and social affairs (1973-75), ambassador to Sudan (1968-71), Algeria and Tunisia (1971-73), Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia (1980-82), Syria and Cyprus (1982-85), and the United Arab Emirates (1995-97) and deputy prime minister for internal affairs (1975-76).
Barakat, Ahmad Qaid (b. 1934, Sana, Yemen), foreign minister of Yemen (Sana) (1969-70). He was also minister of information and culture (1971-72), oil and mineral resources (1978-80), and economy and industry (1983-86) and ambassador to West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Austria (1972-77) and Japan (1981-83).
Barakauskas, Dailis (Alfonsas) (b. June 29, 1952, Geruciai, Pakruojis rayon, Lithuanian S.S.R.), interior minister of Lithuania (2012-14). He was also minister of transport (2001).
Barakhov, Isidor (Nikiforovich), original surname Ivanov (b. Jan. 31 [Jan. 19, O.S.], 1898, Kharbalakhsky nasleg [village], Yakutsk oblast [now in Sakha republic], Russia - d. [executed] Sept. 15, 1938), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1923-24) and executive secretary of the Communist Party committee (1926-28) of the Yakut A.S.S.R.
Baram, Uzi (b. April 6, 1937, Jerusalem, Palestine), interior minister of Israel (1995). He was also tourism minister (1992-96).
Baramia, Giorgi (b. Feb. 25, 1966, Sukhumi, Abkhaz A.S.S.R., Georgian S.S.R.), prime minister of the pro-Georgian government of Abkhazia (2009-13).
Baramia, Mikhail (Ivanovich) (b. 1905, Lesichine, Kutaisi province, Russia [now in Georgia] - d. ...), first secretary of the Communist Party committees of the Adzhar A.S.S.R. (1938-40) and the Abkhaz A.S.S.R. (1940-43). He was also minister of agriculture and food reserves of the Georgian S.S.R. (1953).
Baramidze, Giorgi (Aivengos dze) (b. Jan. 5, 1968, Tbilisi, Georgian S.S.R.), interior minister (2003-04) and defense minister (2004) of Georgia. He was also state minister for Euro-Atlantic integration (2004-12).
Baramuli, (Ahmad) Arnold (b. July 20, 1930, Pinrang, Netherlands East Indies [now in Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia] - d. Oct. 11, 2006, Jakarta, Indonesia), governor of Sulawesi Utara (1961-62).
Baran, Irfan (b. March 14, 1927, Karaman, Turkey - d. Sept. 13, 2023), justice minister of Turkey (1965).
Baranda (Quijano), Joaquín (b. May 7, 1840, Mérida, Mexico - d. May 21, 1909, Mexico City, Mexico), acting foreign minister of Mexico (1885). He was also governor of Campeche (1871-77, 1883) and minister of justice and education (1882-1901).
Baranda García, Alfredo (b. Nov. 11, 1944, Mexico City, Mexico - d. March 6, 2024, Mexico City), interim governor of México (1986-87). He was also Mexican ambassador to Spain (1987-89) and federal prosecutor for the consumer (1991-94).
Bárándy, Péter (b. June 12, 1949, Budapest, Hungary), justice minister of Hungary (2002-04).
Barannikov, Viktor (Pavlovich) (b. Oct. 20, 1940, Fedosyevka, Primorsky kray, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. July 21, 1995, Moscow, Russia), interior minister of Russia (1990-91, 1991-92) and the Soviet Union (1991). He was also security minister of Russia (1992-93).
Baranov, Aleksandr (Andreyevich) (b. Dec. 4 [Nov. 23, O.S.], 1747, Kargopol, Novgorod province [now in Arkhangelsk oblast], Russia - d. April 28, 1819, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies [now Indonesia]), governor of Russian America (1799-1818).
Baranov, Aleksandr (Ivanovich) (b. Sept. 3 [Aug. 22, O.S.], 1821 - d. July 30 [July 18, O.S.], 1888), governor of Moscow (1867-68); grandson of Nikolay Baranov; nephew of Aleksandr (Nikolayevich) Baranov.
Baranov, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich) (b. May 4 [April 23, O.S.], 1793 - d. May 7 [April 25, O.S.], 1821), governor of Tavrida (1820-21); son of Nikolay Baranov.
Baranov, Graf Eduard (Trofimovich) (b. Dec. 28 [Dec. 16, O.S.], 1811, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Aug. 3, 1884, Schönau, Baden [now in Baden-Württemberg], Germany), governor-general of Livonia, Estonia, and Courland (1866) and Vilna, Kovno, Grodno, and Minsk (1866-68); nephew of Graf Vladimir Adlerberg. He was made Graf (count) in 1846.
Baranov, Nikolay (Ivanovich) (b. Feb. 7 [Jan. 27, O.S.], 1757 - d. Sept. 9 [Aug. 28, O.S.], 1824), governor of Moscow (1804-06).
Baranov, Nikolay (Mikhailovich) (b. Aug. 6 [July 25, O.S.], 1837 - d. July 30, 1901), governor of Kovno (1880-81), Arkhangelsk (1881-82), and Nizhny Novgorod (1882-97). He was also gradonachalnik (city governor) of St. Petersburg (1881).
Baranov, Graf Pavel (Trofimovich) (b. Jan. 11, 1815 [Dec. 30, 1814, O.S.] - d. April 27 [April 15, O.S.], 1864), governor of Tver (1857-62); brother of Graf Eduard Baranov.
Baraona Urzúa, Pablo (Antonio) (b. June 22, 1935, Santiago, Chile - d. Sept. 28, 2017), Chilean politician. He was president of the Central Bank (1975-76) and minister of economy, development, and reconstruction (1976-78), mining (1988-89), and economy (1989).
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Barata, Joaquim de Magalhães Cardoso (b. June 2, 1888, Belém, Pará, Brazil - d. May 29, 1959, Belém), federal interventor (1930-35, 1943-45) and governor (1956-59) of Pará.
Barate, Maurice (b. May 23, 1961, Marseille, France), acting prefect of Réunion (2017). He was appointed prefect of Cher département in 2022.
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Barau, Yves (Marie Armand) (b. April 30, 1928, Sainte-Marie, Réunion - d. Oct. 28, 2017, Sainte-Marie), president of the Regional Council of Réunion (1978-83).
Baraya (Prieto), José María (b. Sept. 24, 1828, Tunja, Colombia - d. March 26, 1878, Bogotá, Colombia), acting war and navy minister of Colombia (1868, 1871).
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Barba González, Silvano (b. Nov. 29, 1895, Valle de Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico - d. Dec. 14, 1967, Mexico City), interim governor (1926-27) and governor (1939-43) of Jalisco. He was also president of the National Revolutionary Party (1936-38).
Barbacena, Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes, visconde de (b. July 20, 1802, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - d. May 28, 1906, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Rio de Janeiro (1848); son of Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes de Oliveira e Horta, visconde e marquês de Barbacena. He was made viscount in 1830.
Barbacena, Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes de Oliveira e Horta, visconde e marquês de (b. Sept. 19, 1772, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. June 13, 1842, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), principal minister (1825) and finance minister (1825-26, 1829-30) of Brazil. He was made viscount in October 1825 and marquess in October 1826.
Barbachano y Tarrazo, Miguel (b. Sept. 29, 1807, Campeche, Yucatán [now in Campeche], Mexico - d. Dec. 17, 1859, Mérida, Yucatán), governor of Yucatán (1841, 1842-43, 1844, 1846-47, 1848-53).
Barbalho, Helder Zahluth (b. May 18, 1979, Belém, Pará, Brazil), governor of Pará (2019- ); son of Jáder Fontenelle Barbalho; brother of Jáder Fontenelle Barbalho Filho. He was also mayor of Ananindeua (2005-13) and Brazilian minister of agriculture and fisheries (2015) and national integration (2016-18) and minister-chief of the National Secretariat of Ports (2015-16).
Barbalho, Jáder Fontenelle (b. Oct. 27, 1944, Belém, Pará, Brazil), governor of Pará (1983-87, 1991-94). He was also Brazilian minister of agrarian reform (1987-88) and social security (1988-90) and president of the Federal Senate (2001).
Barbalho, Jáder Fontenelle, Filho (b. June 24, 1976, Belém, Pará, Brazil), Brazilian politician; son of Jáder Fontenelle Barbalho. He has been minister of cities (2023- ).
Barbalic, Ivan (b. Oct. 10, 1975), Bosnian diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2008-12), ambassador to Russia (2013-15), and director-general of the Public Employment Service (2024- ).
Barbaneagra, Alexei (Afanasie) (b. Dec. 3, 1945, Gandrabura, Odessa oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R.), justice minister of Moldova (1990-94). He was also secretary of the Supreme Security Council (2012-16).
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Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de (b. Jan. 31, 1745, Metz [now in Moselle département], France - d. Jan. 12, 1837, Paris, France), treasury minister of France (1801-06); son-in-law of William Moore. He was also chargé d'affaires in the United States (1784-89), president of the Council of Ancients (1797), first president of the Court of Accounts (1807-15, 1815-34), and justice minister (1815-16). He was made comte (count) in 1813 and marquis (marquess) in 1817.
Barber, Amos W(alker) (b. July 25, 1861, Doylestown, Pa. - d. May 18, 1915, Cheyenne, Wyo.), acting governor of Wyoming (1890-93).
Barber, Anthony (Perrinott Lysberg) Barber, Baron (b. July 4, 1920, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England - d. Dec. 16, 2005, Suffolk, England), British chancellor of the exchequer (1970-74). He was also minister of health (1963-64) and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1970). He was created a life peer in 1975.
Barber, Hilia (Garez Gomes Lima) (b. April 21, 1944, Bissau, Portuguese Guinea [now Guinea-Bissau]), foreign minister of Guinea-Bissau (1999). She was also ambassador to Israel (1996-99) and France and the Vatican (2011-21).
Barberena (Monterrey), Antonio, finance minister of Nicaragua (1929-32).
Barberena, Francisco, foreign minister (1871) and interior minister (1871-75) of Nicaragua.
Barberie de Saint-Contest, François Dominique (b. Jan. 26, 1701, Paris, France - d. July 24, 1754, Paris), foreign minister of France (1751-54). He was also ambassador to the Netherlands (1749-51).
Barberot, Roger (René Albert) (b. Jan. 20, 1915, Cherbourg [now part of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin], France - d. Nov. 14, 2002, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France), administrator-superior of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (1973-79). He was also French ambassador to the Central African Republic (1960-65) and Uruguay (1965-68).
Barbers, Robert (Zabala) (b. Jan. 19, 1944, Surigao City, Philippines - d. Dec. 25, 2005, Pasig City, Philippines), interior secretary of the Philippines (1996-98).
Barbers, Robert Ace (Smith) (b. May 31, 1969, Manila, Philippines), Philippine politician; son of Robert Barbers; brother of Robert Lyndon Barbers. He was governor of Surigao del Norte (2007-10).
Barbers, Robert Lyndon (Smith) (b. July 15, 1968), Philippine politician; son of Robert Barbers. He has been governor of Surigao del Norte (2001-07, 2022- ).
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Barbier, Georges (Charles Paul) (b. Aug. 31, 1890, Paris, France - d. 1956), resident of Wallis and Futuna (1924-28).
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Barbosa, António Manuel Pinto (b. July 31, 1917, Murtosa, Aveiro district, Portugal - d. March 5, 2006), finance minister of Portugal (1955-65). He was also governor of the Bank of Portugal (1966-74).
Barbosa, Demócrito (b. May 25, 1880, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. April 4, 1961, Rio de Janeiro), federal interventor in Rio de Janeiro (1930).
Barbosa, Henrique Domingos Ribeiro (b. Aug. 22, 1912, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - d. Nov. 27?, 1989), acting finance minister of Brazil (1962).
Barbosa, Ignacio Joaquim (b. Oct. 1, 1821, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Oct. 6, 1855, Estância, Sergipe, Brazil), president of Sergipe (1853-55).
Barbosa, João Tamagnini de Sousa (b. Dec. 30, 1883, Macau - d. Dec. 15, 1948, Lisbon, Portugal), prime minister of Portugal (1918-19). He was also minister of colonies (1917-18), interior (1918, 1918-19), and finance (1918).
Barbosa, José Maria (b. Sept. 19, 1924, Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil), governor of Rio Branco (1955-59); son-in-law of Félix Valois de Araújo.
Barbosa, Luis Proto (b. Jan. 11, 1927 - d. Oct. 6, 2011, Margao, Goa, India), chief minister of Goa (1990).
Barbosa, Luiz Eugenio Horta (b. Oct. 15, 1842, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. April 14, 1927, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais), president of Espírito Santo (1873-74), Piauí (1876-77), and Minas Gerais (1887-88).
Barbosa, Manoel Teixeira (b. 17... - d. June 29, 1839, Natal), acting president of Rio Grande do Norte (1824, 1825, 1838).
Barbosa, Mário de Medeiros, acting governor of Amapá (1961).
Barbosa, Nelson (Henrique, Filho) (b. Nov. 17, 1969, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), finance minister of Brazil (2015-16). He was also minister of planning, budget, and management (2015).
Barbosa (Carneiro), Raul (b. Aug. 19, 1911, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil - d. Aug. 16, 1975, Washington, D.C.), governor of Ceará (1951-54).
Barbosa, Raymundo Rodrigues (b. Oct. 18, 1875, Belém, Pará, Brazil - d. April 7, 1968, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Amazonas (1924) and federal interventor in Bahia (1931).
Barbosa, Silval da Cunha (b. April 26, 1961, Borrazópolis, Paraná, Brazil), governor of Mato Grosso (2010-15).
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Barbosa, Theobaldo Vasconcelos (b. March 31, 1929, São José da Laje, Alagoas, Brazil - d. March 22, 1999, Maceió, Alagoas), governor of Alagoas (1982-83).
Barbosa de Magalhães, José Maria de Vilhena (b. Oct. 31, 1879, Aveiro, Aveiro district, Portugal - d. April 5, 1959), foreign minister of Portugal (1922). He was also justice minister (1914-15) and education minister (1917).
Barbosa Huerta, (Luis) Miguel (Gerónimo) (b. Sept. 30, 1959, Zinacatepec, Puebla, Mexico - d. Dec. 13, 2022), governor of Puebla (2019-22). He was also president of the Senate of Mexico (2014-15).
Barbot, Ivan (b. Jan. 5, 1937, Ploeuc-sur-Lié, Côtes-du-Nord [now Côtes-d'Armor], France), president of the International Criminal Police Organization (1988-92).
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Barbour, James (b. June 10, 1775, near Gordonsville, Virginia - d. June 7, 1842, Barboursville, Va.), governor of Virginia (1812-14) and U.S. secretary of war (1825-28). He was also minister to the United Kingdom (1828-29).
Barboza, Luiz Antonio (b. June 15, 1815, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. March 15, 1860, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Minas Gerais (1852-53) and Rio de Janeiro (1853-57) and justice minister of Brazil (1853).
Barboza, Mário Gibson (Alves) (b. March 13, 1918, Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. Nov. 26, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), foreign minister of Brazil (1969-74). He was also ambassador to Austria (1962-66), Paraguay (1966-67), the United States (1969), Greece (1974-77), Italy (1977-82), and the United Kingdom (1982-86).
Barca, Antonio de Araujo e Azevedo, conde da (b. May 14, 1754, Ponte de Lima, Portugal - d. June 21, 1817, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), principal minister of Brazil (1817). He was also minister of navy and finance (1814-17) and foreign affairs and war (1816-17) and Portuguese minister to the Netherlands (1790-1802), France (1796-98), and Russia (1802-04). He was made count in 1815.
Barcák, Andrej (b. Jan. 19, 1920, Mlynky, Czechoslovakia [now in Slovakia] - d. July 23, 1984, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), Czechoslovak politician. He was minister of foreign trade (1970-81) and ambassador to Hungary (1981-83).
Barcák, Andrej, mladsí (Jr.) (b. Oct. 26, 1946, Baia Mare, Romania), Czechoslovak politician; son of Andrej Barcák. He was minister of foreign trade (1989-90).
Barcellos, Alfredo Augusto Vieira (b. Sept. 19, 1853, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. July 3, 1930, Rio de Janeiro), acting prefect of Distrito Federal (1892).
Barcellos, Anníbal (b. July 10, 1918, Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Aug. 14, 2011, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil), governor of Amapá (1979-85, 1991-95). He was also mayor of Macapá (1997-2001).
Barcellos, Antônio Carlos (b. June 17, 1908, Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. May 24, 1987, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting finance minister of Brazil (1960).
Barcellos, Israel Rodrigues (b. Sept. 11, 1817, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. Oct. 6, 1890, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), acting president of Rio Grande do Sul (1868, 1869).
Barcellos, José Bento Vieira (d. Nov. 12, 1884), president of Alagoas (1884).
Barcellos, Petrônio (b. Sept. 2, 1904 - d. Oct. 7, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Guaporé (1951-52).
Barcellos, Walter Peracchi (b. May 14, 1907, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. Aug. 13, 1986, Porto Alegre), governor of Rio Grande do Sul (1966-71). He was also Brazilian minister of labour and social security (1965-66).
Barceló Rodríguez, Víctor Manuel (b. June 14, 1936, Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico), acting governor of Tabasco (1999). He has also been Mexican ambassador to Colombia (1963-64, 1971-73) and Uruguay (2019- ).
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Barchuk, Vasily (Vasilyevich) (b. March 11, 1941, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Khabarovsk kray, Russian S.F.S.R.), finance minister of Russia (1992-93). He was also chairman of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (1993-99).
Barcia Trelles, Augusto (b. March 5, 1881, Vegadeo, Oviedo province, Spain - d. June 19, 1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina), foreign minister (1936, 1936), interim prime minister (1936), and interior minister (1936) of Spain.
Barcikowski, Kazimierz (b. March 22, 1927, Zglechów, Poland - d. July 10, 2007, Warsaw, Poland), a deputy premier of Poland (1980). He was also first secretary of the party committees of Poznan (1968-70) and Kraków (1977-80) województwa and agriculture minister (1974-77).
Barck, Nils greve (b. 1713 - d. Nov. 30, 1782, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish diplomat. He was minister to Russia (1743-47) and Austria (1747-81).
Barck, Nils Anton Augustin greve (b. Aug. 27, 1760, Vienna, Austria - d. Sept. 29, 1822, Bergshamra [now part of Solna municipality], Stockholm county, Sweden), chancellery president of Sweden (1793-99); son of Nils greve Barck.
Barclay, Arthur (b. July 31, 1854, Bridgetown, Barbados - d. July 10, 1938, Monrovia, Liberia), acting secretary of state (1892) and president (1904-12) of Liberia; brother of Ernest J. Barclay. He was also treasury secretary (1896-1903).
Barclay, Sir David (Rowat) (b. Oct. 27, 1934, London, England - d. Jan. 10, 2021), tenant of Brechou (1993-2021). He was a billionaire businessman, along with his identical twin brother Frederick (Hugh); both were knighted in 2000.
Barclay, Edwin J(ames) (b. Jan. 5, 1882, Brewerville, Montserrado county, Liberia - d. Nov. 6, 1955), secretary of state (1920-30) and president (1930-44) of Liberia; son of Ernest J. Barclay; nephew of Arthur Barclay.
Barclay, Ernest J(ames) (d. April 1894), secretary of state of Liberia (1884-88, 1890-92).
Barclay de Tolly, Michael Andreas, Russian Knyaz Mikhail (Bogdanovich) Barklay de Tolli (b. Dec. 24 [Dec. 13, O.S.], 1761 [by other sources, 1757], Pamusis, Lithuania - d. May 25, 1818, Stilitzen manor, near Insterburg, Prussia [now Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia]), governor-general of Finland (1809-10) and Russian minister of land forces (1810-12). He was created Knyaz (prince) in 1815.
Barclay-Harvey, Sir (Charles) Malcolm (b. March 2, 1890, London, England - d. Nov. 17, 1969, London), governor of South Australia (1939-44); knighted 1936.
Barco (López), Alejandro (b. Aug. 27, 1893 - d. ...), war minister of Peru (1930-31).
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Barcroft, John Coleraine Hanbury (b. Aug. 2, 1908 - d. June 6, 1958), British resident in Brunei (1951-53).
Bárczy, István, original surname (to 1898) Sacher (b. Oct. 3, 1866, Pest [now part of Budapest], Hungary - d. June 1, 1943, Budapest), justice minister of Hungary (1919-20). He was also mayor (1906-18) and lord mayor (1918-19) of Budapest.
Bard, François (b. Dec. 1, 1889, Saint-Étienne, Loire, France - d. April 1, 1944, Bern, Switzerland), prefect of police of Paris (1941-42). He was also prefect of Haute-Vienne département (1940-41) and French ambassador to Switzerland (1942-44).
Bardají y Azara, Eusebio (b. Dec. 19, 1776, Graus [now in Huesca province], Spain - d. March 7, 1842, Huete, Cuenca province, Spain), first secretary of state (1810-12 [in Resistance], 1821-22), foreign minister (1837), and prime minister (1837) of Spain.
Barde, (Alhaji) Abubakar (b. 1938, Jalingo [now in Taraba state], Nigeria - d. June 17, 2002, Abuja, Nigeria), governor of Adamawa (1979-83).
Bardenfleth, Carl Emil (b. May 9, 1807, Copenhagen, Denmark - d. Sept. 3, 1857, Interlaken, Switzerland), governor of Iceland (1837-41) and justice minister of Denmark (1848-51). He was also amtmand of Odense (1843-48) and minister for Slesvig (1851-52).
Bardenfleth, Johan Frederik (b. June 10, 1835, Frederikssund, Denmark - d. Jan. 9, 1890, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark), Danish official; son of Carl Emil Bardenfleth. He was amtmand of Ringkøbing (1873-86) and Maribo (1886-90).
Bardenfleth, Vilhelm (b. July 18, 1850, Copenhagen, Denmark - d. Sept. 6, 1933, Frederiksberg, Denmark), interior minister of Denmark (1897-99); son of Carl Emil Bardenfleth. He was also amtmand of Århus (1894) and Vejle (1899-1921) and minister of church and education (1894-97).
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Bardi de Fourtou, Oscar (b. Jan. 3, 1836, Ribérac, Dordogne, France - d. Dec. 6, 1897, Paris, France), interior minister of France (1874, 1877). He was also minister of public works (1872-73), public instruction and fine arts (1873-74), and worship (1873, 1873-74).
Bárdossy, László (b. Dec. 10, 1890, Szombathely, Hungary - d. [executed] Jan. 10, 1946, Budapest, Hungary), foreign minister (1941-42) and prime minister (1941-42) of Hungary. He was also chargé d'affaires in the United Kingdom (1933) and minister to Romania (1934-41).
Bardoux, Agénor (b. Jan. 15, 1829, Bourges, Cher, France - d. Nov. 23, 1897, Paris, France), mayor of Clermont-Ferrand (1870-71) and French minister of public instruction, fine arts, and worship (1877-79).
Bareiro (Caballero), Cándido (Pastor) (b. Oct. 27, 1833, Luque, Paraguay - d. Sept. 4, 1880, Asunción, Paraguay), foreign minister (1874) and president (1878-80) of Paraguay. He was also chargé d'affaires in the United Kingdom and France (1864-67) and minister to the U.K. (1875-76).
Bareja, Mieczyslaw (b. Oct. 18, 1939, Siedlce, Poland - d. Feb. 10, 2003), Polish politician. He was mayor of Warsaw (1994).
Barfoed, Lars (b. July 4, 1957, Frederiksberg, Denmark), justice minister of Denmark (2010-11). He was also minister of family and consumer affairs (2005-06) and transport (2008-10) and leader of the Conservative People's Party (2011-14).
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Barge, Charles Augustinus Henry (b. Nov. 2, 1844, Amsterdam - d. Sept. 25, 1919, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands), governor of Curaçao (1890-1901).
Bargoni, Angelo (b. May 26, 1829, Cremona, Italy - d. June 25, 1901, Rome, Italy), treasury minister of Italy (1877-78). He was also minister of education (1869).
Bargues, Robert (Isaac) (b. Oct. 21, 1900, Bordeaux, Gironde, France - d. Jan. 29, 1989, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France), high commissioner of Madagascar (1950-54).
Barinaga (Rato), Manuel Antonio (b. Jan. 17, 1831, Lima, Peru - d. June 13, 1897, Lima), prime minister of Peru (1883-84 [insurrectionary government of Miguel Iglesias], 1895-96). He was also minister of finance (1878) and justice, education, and worship (1883-84, 1895-96).
Baring, Sir Evelyn: see Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Earl of; and Howick of Glendale, Evelyn Baring, Baron.
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Bark, Sir Peter, originally Pyotr (Lvovich) Bark (b. April 18 [April 6, O.S.], 1869, Yekaterinoslav, Russia [now Dnipro, Ukraine] - d. Jan. 16, 1937, Aubagne, near Marseille, France), finance minister of Russia (1914-17). He later settled in England where he was knighted in 1935.
Barka, James (Shaibu) (b. 1961, Kala'a [now in Adamawa state], Nigeria), acting governor of Adamawa (2008).
Barkat, Reuven, original surname Burstein (b. Oct. 25, 1906, Taurage, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. April 5, 1972), Israeli politician. He was ambassador to Norway (1960-61) and speaker of the Knesset (1969-72).
Barkauskas, Antanas (Stasevich) (b. Jan. 20 [Jan. 7, O.S.], 1917, Kaunas region, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. Oct. 17, 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian S.S.R. (1975-85). He was also chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1963-75).
Barker, Edmund William (b. Dec. 1, 1920, Singapore - d. April 12, 2001, Singapore), home affairs minister of Singapore (1972). He was also speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1963-64) and minister of law (1964-88), national development (1965-75), environment (1975-79), science and technology (1977-81), and labour (1983).
Barker, Sir George Digby (b. Oct. 9, 1833 - d. April 15, 1914), acting governor of Hong Kong (1891) and governor of Bermuda (1896-1902); knighted 1900.
Barker-Manase, Deborah, Marshall Islands diplomat. She was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2014-16).
Barkindo, Mohammed S(anusi) (b. April 20, 1959, Yola [now in Adamawa state], Nigeria - d. July 5, 2022, Abuja, Nigeria), secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (2006 [acting], 2016-22).
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Barkly, Arthur Cecil Stuart (b. 1843 - d. Sept. 27, 1890, Stapleton Park, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, England), chief commissioner of the Seychelles (1882-88) and governor of Heligoland (1888-90); son of Sir Henry Barkly.
Barkly, Sir Henry (b. Feb. 24, 1815, Highbury, Middlesex [now part of London], England - d. Oct. 20, 1898, London), governor of British Guiana (1849-53), Jamaica (1853-56), Victoria (1856-63), Mauritius (1863-70), and Cape Colony (1870-77); knighted 1853.
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Bârladeanu, Alexandru, formerly spelled (1953-93) Bîrladeanu (b. Jan. 25, 1911, Comrat, Bessarabia, Russia [now in Moldova] - d. Nov. 13, 1997, Bucharest, Romania), Romanian politician. He was minister of external trade (1953-54), a deputy premier (1955-65, 1967-69), chairman of the State Planning Committee (1955-56), first deputy premier (1965-67), and president of the Senate (1990-92). He was a member of the Council of the National Salvation Front during the 1989 revolution.
Barlee, Sir Frederick Palgrave (b. Feb. 6, 1827, Worlingworth, Suffolk, England - d. Aug. 8, 1884, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), lieutenant governor of British Honduras (1877-83) and governor of Trinidad (1884); knighted 1883.
Barley, Jack Charles (b. Dec. 4, 1887, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England - d. Oct. 26, 1956, Surfers Paradise, Qld.), resident commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1933-41).
Barley, Katarina (b. Nov. 19, 1968, Cologne, West Germany), justice minister of Germany (2018-19). She was also general secretary of the Social Democratic Party (2015-17) and minister of family, senior citizens, women, and youth (2017-18) and labour and social affairs (acting, 2017-18).
Barman, Bhumidhar (b. Aug. 12, 1931, Belsor, Assam, India - d. April 18, 2021, Guwahati, Assam), chief minister of Assam (1996).
Barman, Ordell Cedric, Trinidad and Tobago diplomat. He has been chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2023- ).
Barnala, Surjit Singh (b. Oct. 21, 1925, Atali village, Mohindergarh district, Punjab [now in Haryana], India - d. Jan. 14, 2017, Chandigarh, India), chief minister of Punjab (1985-87), governor of Tamil Nadu (1990-91, 2004-11), Uttaranchal (2000-03), and Andhra Pradesh (2003-04), and administrator of Puducherry (2009). He was also Indian minister of agriculture and irrigation (1977-79) and chemicals and fertilizers and food and consumer affairs (1998-99).
Barnard, Sir Frank Stillman (b. May 16, 1856, Toronto, Canada West [now Ontario] - d. April 11, 1936, Victoria, B.C.), lieutenant governor of British Columbia (1914-19); knighted 1918.
Barnard, Harry, byname of George Henry Barnard (b. Oct. 9, 1868, Victoria, B.C. - d. Jan. 13, 1954), mayor of Victoria (1904-05); brother of Sir Frank Stillman Barnard.
Barnard, Henry (b. Jan. 24, 1811, Hartford, Conn. - d. July 5, 1900, Hartford), U.S. commissioner of education (1867-70).
Barnard, Lance (Herbert) (b. May 1, 1919, Launceston, Tas. - d. Aug. 6, 1997, Melbourne, Vic.), defence minister of Australia (1972-75). He was also minister of army, navy, air, and supply (1972-73), deputy prime minister (1972-74), and ambassador to Sweden, Norway, and Finland (1975-78).
Barnard, William Edward (b. Jan. 29, 1886, Carterton, N.Z. - d. March 12, 1958, Auckland, N.Z.), New Zealand politician. He was speaker of the House of Representatives (1936-43) and mayor of Tauranga (1950-52).
Barnechea (García), (Isaac) Alfredo (b. May 19, 1952, Ica, Peru), Peruvian presidential candidate (2016).
Barnekow, Christian friherre (b. May 6, 1694 - d. Jan. 10, 1762, Vittskövle socken [now part of Kristianstad municipality], Kristianstad [now in Skåne], Sweden), governor of Kristianstad (1745-61). He was made friherre (baron) in 1751.
Barnes, Cassius M(cDonald) (b. Aug. 25, 1845, near Greigsville, N.Y. - d. Feb. 18, 1925, Albuquerque, N.M.), governor of Oklahoma (1897-1901).
Barnes, Sir Hugh Shakespear (b. 1853 - d. Feb. 15, 1940), chief commissioner of Baluchistan (1891 [acting], 1891 [acting], 1892 [acting], 1896-1900), British resident in Jammu and Kashmir (1894-96), and lieutenant governor of Burma (1903-05); knighted 1903; son-in-law of Sir John Strachey.
Barnes, Nathan (b. April 14, 1914, Liberia - d. July 16, 1975, New Rochelle, N.Y.), Liberian diplomat. He was minister (1956) and ambassador (1956-60) to Italy and permanent representative to the United Nations (1960-75).
Barnes, (Milton) Nathaniel (b. April 6, 1954, Monrovia, Liberia), finance minister of Liberia (1999-2002). He was also a minor presidential candidate (2005), permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-08), and ambassador to the United States (2008-10).
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Barnés Salinas, Domingo (b. March 9, 1879, Sevilla, Spain - d. 1940, Mexico City, Mexico), Spanish politician. He was education minister (1933), justice minister (1933), and ambassador to Mexico (1934).
Barnett, Carla (Natalie) (b. Feb. 16, 1958, Belize, British Honduras [now Belize City, Belize]), secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (2021- ).
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Barnett, Sir Denis Hensley Fulton (b. Feb. 11, 1906 - d. Dec. 31, 1992), administrator of the British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus (1962-64); knighted 1957.
Barnett, Frank (Elliott) (b. July 20, 1933, Atlanta, Ga. - d. July 15, 2016), governor of American Samoa (1976-77).
Barnett, Frederic Joshua (b. Feb. 11, 1859, Geelong, Victoria - d. July 15, 1917, Wellington, N.Z.), resident commissioner of the British Solomon Islands (1915-17).
Barnett, Lloyd (Melville Harcourt) (b. Jan. 6, 1930, Kingston, Jamaica), Jamaican diplomat. He was ambassador to Cuba (1974-75) and Venezuela (1975-78) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1984-89).
Barnett, Ross R(obert) (b. Jan. 22, 1898, Standing Pine, Miss. - d. Nov. 6, 1987, Jackson, Miss.), governor of Mississippi (1960-64).
Barnhart, Gordon (Leslie) (b. Jan. 22, 1945, Saltcoats, near Yorkton, Sask.), lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan (2006-12).
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Barnoyev, Uktam (Isayevich) (b. 1964 - d. Sept. 20?, 2020, Germany), a deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan (2020). He was also hokim (head) of Samarkand (2008-10) and Bukhara (2016-20) regions.
Baroche, Pierre Jules (b. Nov. 18, 1802, Paris, France - d. Oct. 29, 1870, St. Helier, Jersey), interior minister (1850-51), foreign minister (1851, 1860), minister presiding the Council of State (1852-63), and justice minister (1863-69) of France.
Barocio Barrios, Enrique (b. April 25, 1891, Mexico City, Mexico - d. Feb. 28, 1985, Tijuana, Mexico), governor of Quintana Roo (1924-25).
Baroin, François (b. June 21, 1965, Paris, France), economy, finance, and industry minister of France (2011-12). He has also been minister of overseas (2005-07), interior and regional planning (2007), reform of the state (2010-12), and civil service, budget, and public accounts (2010-11) and mayor of Troyes (1995- ).
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Baron, Frank(lin Andrew Merrifield) (b. Jan. 19, 1923, Portsmouth, Dominica - d. April 9, 2016, Roseau, Dominica), chief minister and finance minister of Dominica (1960-61). He was also minister of trade and production (1956-60), permanent representative to the United Nations (1982-95), non-resident ambassador to the United States (1982-86), and non-resident high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1986-92).
Barón Crespo, Enrique (b. March 27, 1944, Madrid, Spain), president of the European Parliament (1989-92). He was also Spanish minister of transport, tourism, and communications (1982-85).
Baroni, Danilo (Luis) (b. 1922, Santa Fe, Argentina - d. June 9, 2014), governor of Chaco (1987-91).
Baroody, Jamil M(urad) (b. Aug. 8, 1905, Souk el-Gharb, Ottoman Empire [now in Lebanon] - d. March 4, 1979, New York), Saudi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1962-79).
Baross de Bellus, Gábor (János Jusztin) (b. June 6, 1848, Pruzsina, Hungary [now Pruzina, Slovakia] - d. May 9, 1892, Budapest, Hungary), acting interior minister of Hungary (1889). He was also minister of public works and transport (1886-89) and trade (1889-92).
Baroud, Ammo Aziza (b. Aug. 4, 1965), Chadian politician. She was minister of public health and national solidarity (2003-05) and economy, development planning, and international cooperation (2008-10), adviser to the president (2005-08), ambassador to the Benelux countries (2017-20), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2020-22).
Baroudi (Pasha), Mahmoud Sami al-, Arabic Mahmud Sami al-Barudi Basha (b. 1838, Etai al-Baroud, al-Beheira governorate, Egypt - d. 1904), prime minister of Egypt (1882). He was also known as a poet.
Baroum, Jacques (Bab Jeggilu) (b. July 13, 1932, Lai, Chad), foreign minister of Chad (1964-71). He was also minister of health and social affairs (1964, 1971-75) and finance (acting, 1973).
Barozai, Sardar Mohammad Khan (b. bf. 1924 - d. May 2, 2004, Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan), chief minister of Balochistan (1976-77).
Barozzi, Constantin (b. Oct. 14, 1833, Bucharest, Walachia [now in Romania] - d. April 15, 1921, Bucharest), war minister of Romania (1888). He was also chief of the General Staff (1877, 1895-98).
Barqué, Barry Moussa, foreign minister (1995-96) and finance minister (1996-99) of Togo. He was also minister of public works, mines, energy, and water resources (1979-85), equipment, mines, posts, and telecommunications (1985-87), and planning and mines (1987-91).
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Barr, Bob, byname of Robert Laurence Barr, Jr. (b. Nov. 5, 1948, Iowa City, Iowa), U.S. politician. He was a Republican representative from Georgia (1995-2003) and Libertarian presidential candidate (2008).
Barr, Sir David William Keith (b. Nov. 29, 1846 - d. Nov. 22, 1916), British resident in Jammu and Kashmir (1892-94); knighted 1902.
Barr, Joseph W(alker) (b. Jan. 17, 1918, Bicknell, Ind. - d. Feb. 23, 1996, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico), U.S. treasury secretary (1968-69). He was also a U.S. representative from Indiana (1959-61).
Barr, Roseanne (Cherrie), formerly also known as Roseanne Arnold (b. Nov. 3, 1952, Salt Lake City, Utah), U.S. politician. Known as a comedian, she was presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party (2012).
Barr, William P(elham) (b. May 23, 1950, New York City), U.S. attorney general (1991-93, 2019-20).
Barra (y Quijano), Francisco León de la (b. June 16, 1863, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico - d. Sept. 23, 1939, Biarritz, France), foreign minister (1911, 1913) and interim president (1911) of Mexico and governor of México (1913). He was also minister to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (1902-04), the Netherlands and Belgium (1905-08), and France (1913-14) and ambassador to the United States (1909-11).
Barra (Ugarte), Felipe de la (b. Aug. 13, 1888, Chala, Arequipa, Peru - d. Nov. 18, 1978, Lima, Peru), justice minister (1936-37) and war minister (1939) of Peru.
Barra, Rodolfo (Carlos) (b. Dec. 19, 1947, Buenos Aires, Argentina), justice minister of Argentina (1994-96). He was also auditor-general (1999-2002).
Barra Grande, Francisco de Lima e Silva, barão de (b. June 8, 1785, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Dec. 2, 1853, Rio de Janeiro), military governor of Pernambuco (1824) and member of the Regency of Brazil (1831-35). He was made baron in 1841.
Barradas, Joaquim da Costa (b. Feb. 18, 1833, Maranhão province [now state], Brazil - d. Jan. 31, 1908, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Ceará (1886) and Pará (1886-87).
Barragán (Romero), Gil (b. July 6, 1924, Salcedo, Cotopaxi province, Ecuador - d. Oct. 6, 2018, Quito, Ecuador), interior minister of Ecuador (1997). He was also minister of social security and labour (1968-69).
Barragán, Miguel (Francisco) (b. March 6, 1789, Valle del Maíz, New Spain [now Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico] - d. Feb. 29, 1836, Mexico City, Mexico), acting president of Mexico (1835-36).
Barragán Rodríguez, Juan (b. Aug. 30, 1890, Río Verde, San Luis Potosí, Mexico - d. Sept. 28, 1974, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of San Luis Potosí (1917-18); great-grandson of Miguel Barragán. He was also president of the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (1964-74).
Barrantes Lingán, Alfonso (Augusto) (b. Nov. 30, 1927, San Miguel, Cajamarca, Peru - d. Dec. 2, 2000, Havana, Cuba), Peruvian politician. He was mayor of Lima (1984-86) and a presidential candidate (1985, 1990).
Barranzuela (Vite), Luis (Roberto) (b. Nov. 18, 1962, Miraflores, Lima province, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2021).
Barraú Peláez, Manuel (b. Feb. 24, 1909, Uyuni, Potosí department, Bolivia - d. June 8, 1972), foreign minister of Bolivia (1956-58). He was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (1954-56, 1959-63) and the United States (1958-59) and president of the central bank (1971-72).
Barre, Abdirahman Jama, Somali Cabdiraxmaan Jaamac Barre, Arabic `Abd ar-Rahman Jama` Barri (b. 1937, Luq, Somalia - d. Aug. 15, 2017, San Diego, Calif.), foreign minister (1977-87, 1989-90) and finance minister (1987-89) of Somalia; brother of Muhammad Siad Barre.
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Barreh, Ahmed Boulaleh (b. 1929, Ali Sabieh, French Somaliland [now Djibouti]), minister of interior, posts, and telecommunications (1991-93) and defense (1993-96) of Djibouti.
Barreiro (Riofrío), Magdalena (b. March 19, 1956), economy and finance minister of Ecuador (2005).
Barreiro Fajardo, Georgina (b. Jan. 7, 1964), finance minister of Cuba (2003-09).
Barreiro Maffiodo, Francisco (María) (b. May 3, 1924, Asunción, Paraguay - d. ..., Asunción), Paraguayan diplomat. He was ambassador to Colombia (1966-72) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1972-78).
Barrenechea (y Morales), José Antonio (Fidel) (b. April 24, 1829, Lima, Peru - d. Feb. 20, 1889, Lima), foreign minister of Peru (1867 [acting], 1867-68 [acting], 1868-69). He was also chargé d'affaires in France (1859-60).
Barrera (y Alimurung), Jesus G(onzalo) (b. Dec. 18, 1896, Concepcion, Tarlac, Philippines - d. Aug. 15, 1968), justice secretary of the Philippines (1958-59).
Barrera de Irimo, Antonio (b. Jan. 4, 1929, Ribadeo, Lugo province, Spain - d. Sept. 24, 2014, Madrid, Spain), finance minister of Spain (1973-74). He was also second deputy prime minister (1974).
Barrera Parra, Manuel (b. April 27, 1908, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia - d. 1958, Bogotá, Colombia), interior minister of Colombia (1946). He was also minister of mines and petroleum (1945) and ambassador to Chile (1947-48) and Venezuela (1948-50).
Barrera Valverde, Alfonso (b. March 29, 1929, Ambato, Ecuador - d. Sept. 6, 2013), foreign minister of Ecuador (1980-81). He was ambassador to Argentina (1970-75) and Spain (1976-80).
Barreras Montealegre, Roy Leonardo (b. Nov. 27, 1963, Cali, Colombia), Colombian politician. He has been president of the Senate (2012-13, 2022-23) and ambassador to the United Kingdom (2023- ).
Barreto (León), Anselmo (V.) (b. Oct. 17, 1865, Lima, Peru - d. Dec. 24, 1950, Lima), acting foreign minister of Peru (1901). He was also minister of justice, education, and worship (1901), president of the Supreme Court (1918-19), and minister to Spain (1920-22).
Barreto, Antônio Adolfo da Fontoura Mena (b. Feb. 21, 1846, Porto Alegre, Brazil - d. June 4, 1914, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), war minister of Brazil (1911-12).
Barreto, Emygdio Dantas (b. March 23, 1850, Bom Conselho, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. March 8, 1931, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), war minister of Brazil (1910-11) and governor of Pernambuco (1911-15).
Barreto, Fausto Carlos (b. Dec. 19, 1852, São João dos Inhamuns [now Tauá], Ceará, Brazil - d. Aug. 27, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Rio Grande do Norte (1889).
Barreto, Francisco de Gouveia Cunha (b. 1848?, Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. July 22, 1928, Belém, Pará, Brazil), president of Rio Grande do Norte (1882) and Sergipe (1883-84).
Barreto, Francisco Xavier Paes (b. Sept. 17, 1821, Cimbres [now part of Pesqueira], Pernambuco, Brazil - d. March 28, 1864, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), foreign minister of Brazil (1864). He was also president of Paraíba (1854-55), Ceará (1855-57), Maranhão (1857-58), and Bahia (1858-59) and navy minister (1859-61).
Barreto, Honório (Pereira) (b. April 24, 1813, Cacheu [now in Guinea-Bissau] - d. April 26, 1859, Bissau [now in Guinea-Bissau]), captain-major of Bissau (1836-39, 1840-41, 1855-58, 1858-59) and Cacheu (1846-47, 1852).
Barreto, João Carlos de Melo (b. July 3, 1873, Lisbon, Portugal - d. Jan. 26, 1935, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Portugal (1919-20, 1920, 1921). He was also minister (1922-26) and ambassador (1926-35) to Spain.
Barreto, João de Deus Menna (b. June 30, 1874, Porto Alegre, Brazil - d. March 25, 1933, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), federal interventor in Rio de Janeiro (1931).
Barreto, João Paulo dos Santos (b. April 28, 1788, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Nov. 1, 1864, Rio de Janeiro), war minister of Brazil (1835, 1846-47, 1848) and president of Minas Gerais (1844). He was also navy minister (1835, 1847).
Barreto, Joaquim Tavares de Mello (b. June 24, 1840, Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. June 10, 1917, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Alagoas (1882-83).
Barreto, Luiz Caetano Muniz (b. 18... - d. May 1924), president of Sergipe (1884-85).
Barreto, Luiz Paulo (Teles Ferreira) (b. Jan. 19, 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), justice minister of Brazil (2010-11).
Barreto, Otávio Hamilton Tavares (b. March 12, 1871, Pernambuco province [now state], Brazil - d. Oct. 10, 1941, Recife, Pernambuco), acting governor of Pernambuco (1920-21).
Barreto, Plínio (b. June 20, 1882, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil - d. June 28, 1958, São Paulo, Brazil), head of the provisional government of São Paulo (1930).
Barreto Sira, Antonio (María) (b. Nov. 14, 1955, Cantaura, Pedro María Freites municipality, Anzoátegui, Venezuela), governor of Anzoátegui (2017-21).
Barrett, Cyril Charles Johnson (b. May 26, 1884 - d. July 12, 1933), British political agent and consul in Muscat and Oman (1926), political agent in Bahrain (1926-29), and acting political resident in the Persian Gulf (1929).
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Barrett, Frank A(loysius) (b. Nov. 19, 1892, near Omaha, Neb. - d. May 30, 1962, Cheyenne, Wyo.), governor of Wyoming (1951-53).
Barrett, Sean, Irish Seán Ó Bairéad (b. Aug. 9, 1944, Dublin, Ireland), defence and marine minister of Ireland (1995-97). He was also chairman of the Dáil (2011-16).
Barrett, Sylvester, Irish Salbhastar Bairéad (b. May 18, 1926, Darragh, near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland - d. May 8, 2002), defence minister of Ireland (1980-81). He was also minister of environment (1977-80).
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Barretto, Alberto (Blanco) (b. Jan. 2 or 21, 1867, Cabangan, Zambales, Philippines - d. Dec. 7, 1951, Manila, Philippines), finance secretary of the Philippines (1917-23).
Barrientos (Girón), David Napoleón, interior minister of Guatemala (2022-23).
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Barrientos Villalobos, Adrián (b. 1909 - d. July 21, 1990), defense minister of Chile (1957).
Barriga (Ramírez), Joaquín María (b. 1804, Santafé, New Granada [now Bogotá, Colombia] - d. March 14, 1854, Bogotá), war and navy minister of New Granada (1846-49). He was also governor of Neiva (1830), Casanare (1840), and Panamá (1846).
Barriga (López de Castro), Valerio Francisco (b. 1800, Santafé, New Granada [now Bogotá, Colombia] - d. June 19, 1869, Bogotá), war and navy minister of New Granada/Colombia (1849, 1850-53, 1854, 1864-66).
Barriga Álvarez, Felipe (d. 1868, Piura, Peru), finance minister of Peru (1864).
Barrillot, Georges (Jules Eugène) (b. April 14, 1892 - d. ...), administrator of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1933-36).
Barrington, Brook (b. 1965), acting administrator of Tokelau (2017). He was also New Zealand ambassador to Thailand (2006-09).
Barrington, James (b. Aug. 15, 1911, Moulmein, Burma [now Mawlamyine, Myanmar] - d. March 30, 1992, Edmonton, Alta.), Burmese diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1950-55, 1962-65) and ambassador to the United States (1950-55) and Canada (1963-65).
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, (2nd) Viscount (b. Jan. 15, 1717, Beckett, near Faringdon, Berkshire, England - d. Feb. 1, 1793, London, England), British secretary at war (1755-61, 1765-78) and chancellor of the exchequer (1761-62). He succeeded as viscount in 1734.
Barrio Terrazas, Francisco (Javier) (b. Nov. 25, 1950, Satevó, Chihuahua, Mexico), governor of Chihuahua (1992-98). He was also mayor of Ciudad Juárez (1983-86) and Mexican minister of the comptroller and administrative development (2000-03) and ambassador to Canada (2009-13).
Barrionuevo, Walter (Basilio) (b. Feb. 29, 1954, Santiago del Estero province, Argentina), governor of Jujuy (2007-11).
Barrionuevo Peña, José (b. March 13, 1942, Berja, Almería province, Spain), interior minister of Spain (1982-88). He was also minister of transport, tourism, and communications (1988-91).
Barrios (Ipenza), (Pío) Fernando (b. 1959?, Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2010). He was also mayor of Huancayo (2003-06).
Barrios (Bustillos), Gonzalo (b. Jan. 10, 1902, Acarigua, Portuguesa state, Venezuela - d. May 30, 1993, Caracas, Venezuela), foreign minister (1947-48) and interior minister (1964-66) of Venezuela. He was also governor of the Federal District (1945-47) and a presidential candidate (1968).
Barrios (Auyón), Justo Rufino (b. July 19, 1835, San Lorenzo, Guatemala - d. April 2, 1885, Chalchuapa, El Salvador), president of Guatemala (1873-85). The son of Gerardo Barrios, who was executed by the Conservatives in El Salvador, he joined the Liberal revolutionists led by Miguel García Granados, who overthrew the Conservative Party government of Guatemala in 1871. Barrios then became army commander and the power behind President García Granados. After replacing the latter in 1873, Barrios carried out broad liberal reforms. He subjugated the local aristocracy; expelled the Jesuits and confiscated church property; established civil marriage and divorce; enlarged and laicized the school system; built highways and telegraph lines and the country's first railroad; encouraged the growing of coffee as the basis of the country's agriculture; broke up large landholdings; and promulgated a new constitution (1876). Barrios intervened repeatedly in the affairs of the other Central American republics in an effort to bring their Liberal forces to power and restore the five-nation federation that had collapsed in 1838-40. In 1876, at Barrios' suggestion, a conference of representatives of all the Central American states was held at Guatemala City to plan a political union. It was disrupted by rebellions in several of the states. Attempting to bring about unification by force, he was killed in battle while invading neighbouring El Salvador.
Barrios, Modesto, interior minister of Nicaragua (1889-91). He was also minister to Costa Rica (1885) and Guatemala (c. 1887).
Barrios Arrechea, Ricardo (Alfredo) (b. July 3, 1934, Posadas, Argentina), governor of Misiones (1983-87) and health minister of Argentina (1987-89).
Barrios de Chamorro, Violeta: see Chamorro, Violeta Barrios de.
Barrios Tassano, Luis (b. Aug. 26, 1935, San Carlos, Uruguay - d. Dec. 15, 1991), foreign minister of Uruguay (1988-90). He was also ambassador to Argentina (1985-88).
Barrios Tirado, (Manuel) Guillermo (b. April 2, 1893, Ovalle, Chile - d. Sept. 8, 1967, Santiago, Chile), defense minister of Chile (1947-52). He was also commander-in-chief of the army (1946-47).
Barrios Ugalde, Luis Aníbal (b. Aug. 10, 1875, Ovalle, Chile - d. April 4, 1962, Santiago, Chile), finance minister of Chile (1918).
Barron, Claud Alexander (b. Dec. 22, 1871 - d. Dec. 29, 1948), chief commissioner of Delhi (1918-24).
Barron, Sir Harry (b. Aug. 11, 1847, Denmark Hill, Surrey, England - d. March 27, 1921), governor of Tasmania (1909-13) and Western Australia (1913-17); knighted 1909.
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Barros, Sebastião do Rego (b. Aug. 18, 1803, Pernambuco province [now state], Brazil - d. March 7, 1863, Recife, Brazil), war minister of Brazil (1837-39, 1859-61) and president of Pará (1853-55).
Barros, Sebastião do Rego (b. June 7, 1879, Escada, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. Oct. 21, 1946, Paris, France), Brazilian politician. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies (1927-30).
Barros (Ortiz), Tobías (b. Oct. 15, 1894, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 25, 1995, Santiago), foreign minister (1954) and defense minister (1954-55) of Chile. He was also ambassador to Germany (1940-43) and Italy (1952-53) and minister of education (1955-56).
Barros, Togo Póvoa de (b. April 24, 1914, Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. March 25, 2007, Campos), acting governor of Rio de Janeiro (1958-59).
Barros Borgoño, Luis (b. March 26, 1858, Santiago, Chile - d. July 26, 1943, Santiago), war and marine minister (1889-90, 1891, 1892, 1895-96), foreign minister (1894-95, 1918-19), finance minister (1901), interior minister (1925), and acting president (1925) of Chile. He was also ambassador to Argentina (1936-38).
Barros Castañón, Manuel (Francisco) (b. March 2, 1879, Illapel, Chile - d. May 1, 1966, Santiago, Chile), foreign minister of Chile (1929-31). He was also minister to Bolivia (1924-28) and ambassador to Mexico (1928-29) and Uruguay (1954-58).
Barros Errázuriz, Alfredo (b. May 11, 1875, Santiago, Chile - d. July 6, 1968, Santiago), finance minister (1914) and war and navy minister (1914) of Chile.
Barros Jara(quemada), Guillermo (b. Dec. 17, 1862, Santiago, Chile - d. 19...), finance minister (1902, 1904) and interior minister (1912-13, 1914, 1915) of Chile.
Barros Jarpa, Ernesto (b. July 7, 1894, Chillán, Chile - d. July 15, 1977, Santiago, Chile), foreign minister (1921-22, 1925-26, 1942), finance minister (1932), and interior minister (1932) of Chile; brother-in-law of Matías Silva Sepúlveda.
Barros Luco, Ramón (b. June 9, 1835, Santiago, Chile - d. Sept. 20, 1919, Santiago), president of Chile (1910-15). He was also minister of finance (1872-76, 1884-85), interior (1885, 1888-89, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901, 1902, 1903), and industry and public works (1889), president of the Chamber of Deputies (1879, 1888, 1889-91, 1891-92, 1892) and the Senate (1896-97), and minister to France (1897-1900) and Switzerland and the Holy See (1898-1900).
Barros Melet, Cristián (b. Oct. 19, 1952, Santiago, Chile), Chilean diplomat. He was ambassador to Denmark (1993-96), the United Kingdom (2000-02), Peru (2006-08), Italy (2008-10), and India (2010-14) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2014-18).
Barros Méndez, Luis (b. 1861, Concepción, Chile - d. Jan. 7, 1906, Santiago, Chile), war and marine minister of Chile (1903-04).
Barros Valdés, Lauro (Rafael) (b. Aug. 18, 1838 - d. Jan. 28, 1894, Santiago, Chile), finance minister of Chile (1890).
Barroso, Benjamin Liberato (b. March 31, 1859, Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brazil - d. Oct. 17, 1933, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting governor (1891) and president (1892 [acting], 1914-16) of Ceará.
Barroso, José Liberato (b. Sept. 21, 1830, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil - d. Oct. 2, 1885, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), interior minister of Brazil (1864-65) and president of Pernambuco (1882).
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Barroso, José Parsifal (b. July 5, 1913, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil - d. April 21, 1986, Fortaleza), governor of Ceará (1959-63). He was also Brazilian minister of labour, industry, and commerce (1956-58) and agriculture (acting, 1956).
Barroso, Liberato da Cruz (b. Oct. 25, 1892 - d. July 5, 1957), acting federal interventor in Rio Grande do Norte (1935).
Barroso, Sabino Alves, Júnior (b. April 27, 1859, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. June 15, 1919, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais), justice and interior minister (1901-02) and finance minister (1902, 1914-15) of Brazil. He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (1909-14, 1917-19).
Barroso y Sánchez-Guerra, Antonio (b. July 31, 1893, Marín, Pontevedra province, Spain - d. Aug. 12, 1982, Madrid, Spain), army minister of Spain (1957-62). He was also military governor of Sevilla (1947-51).
Barrot, (Théodore) Adolphe (b. Oct. 14, 1801, Paris, France - d. June 15, 1870, Paris), French diplomat; brother of Odilon Barrot. He was consul-general in Egypt (1845-49), minister to Brazil (1849), Portugal (1849-51), the Two Sicilies (1851-53), and Belgium (1853-58), and ambassador to Spain (1858-64).
Barrot, Ferdinand (Victorin) (b. Jan. 10, 1806, Paris, France - d. Nov. 12, 1883, Paris), interior minister of France (1849-50); brother of Odilon Barrot and Adolphe Barrot. He was also minister to Sardinia (1850-51).
Barrot, Jacques (Jules) (b. Feb. 3, 1937, Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire, France - d. Dec. 3, 2014, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France), French politician. He was minister of commerce and craft industry (1978-79), health and social security (1979-81), and labour and social affairs (1995-97), EU commissioner for regional policy (2004), transport (2004-08), and justice, freedom, and security (2008-10), and a vice president of the European Commission (2004-10).
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Barrow, Dean (Oliver) (b. March 2, 1951, Belize, British Honduras [now Belize]), foreign minister (1985-89, 1993-98), prime minister and finance minister (2008-20), and home affairs minister (2016-20) of Belize.
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Barrow, Lousada (b. Feb. 22, 1816 - d. Oct. 1, 1877, Isle of Wight, England), chief commissioner of Oudh (1871).
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Barrow, Robert Knapp (b. 1838 - d. April 22, 1888), deputy governor of Lagos (1884-85).
Barrow, Ursula (Helen), (after marriage in 1994) Viscountess Waverley (b. Oct. 31, 1955), Belizean diplomat. She was permanent representative to the United Nations (1989-90), high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1993-98), and ambassador to Belgium, France, Germany, and the Vatican (1994-98).
Barrowclough, Sir Harold Eric (b. June 23, 1894, Masterton, N.Z. - d. March 4, 1972, Auckland, N.Z.), acting governor-general of New Zealand (1957, 1962); knighted 1954. He was chief justice (1953-66).
Barrows, Lewis O(rin) (b. June 7, 1893, Newport, Maine - d. Jan. 30, 1967, Pittsfield, Maine), governor of Maine (1937-41).
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Barry, John S(tewart) (b. Jan. 29, 1802, Amherst, N.H. - d. Jan. 14, 1870, Constantine, Mich.), governor of Michigan (1842-46, 1850-52).
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Bartkevics, Leonards, Russian Leonard (Leopoldovich) Bartkevich (b. April 9, 1932, near Dagda, Latvia - d. Feb. 3, 2023), foreign minister of the Latvian S.S.R. (1985-89). He was also chairman of the State Committee for Television and Broadcasting (1976-85).
Bartkus, Gintautas (b. June 13, 1966), justice minister of Lithuania (2000-01).
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Bartlett, Dewey (Follett) (b. March 28, 1919, Marietta, Ohio - d. March 1, 1979, Tulsa, Okla.), governor of Oklahoma (1967-71).
Bartlett, Dewey (Follett), Jr. (b. March 16, 1947, Tulsa, Okla.), mayor of Tulsa (2009-16); son of Dewey Bartlett.
Bartlett, John H(enry) (b. March 15, 1869, Sunapee, N.H. - d. March 19, 1952, Portsmouth, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1919-21).
Bartlett, Josiah (b. Nov. 21, 1729, Amesbury, Massachusetts Bay [now Mass.] - d. May 19, 1795, Kingston, N.H.), president (1790-93) and governor (1793-94) of New Hampshire.
Bartlett, Washington (b. Feb. 29, 1824, Savannah, Ga. - d. Sept. 12, 1887, Oakland, Calif.), governor of California (1887).
Bartlett Díaz, Manuel (b. Feb. 23, 1936, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico), interior minister of Mexico (1982-88) and governor of Puebla (1993-99). He was also education minister (1988-92).
Bartley, Gerald (b. June 12, 1898, Cloghan, County Mayo, Ireland - d. April 18, 1975), defence minister of Ireland (1961-65). He was also minister of Gaeltacht (1959-61).
Bartley, Sir John (b. March 2, 1886 - d. July 9, 1954), British political officer in Sikkim (1920); knighted 1945.
Bartley, Matilda (Patsy), Samoan diplomat. She was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2020-21).
Bartley, Mordecai (b. Dec. 16, 1783, Fayette county, Pa. - d. Oct. 10, 1870, Mansfield, Ohio), governor of Ohio (1844-46).
Bartley, (Alf) Osborne (b. July 20, 1919, Göteborg, Sweden - d. Oct. 24, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Västmanland (1980-85).
Bartley, Thomas W(elles) (b. Feb. 11, 1812, Jefferson county, Ohio - d. June 20, 1885, Washington, D.C.), acting governor of Ohio (1844); son of Mordecai Bartley.
Bartolini, Gianfranco (b. Jan. 17, 1927, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy - d. Oct. 10, 1992), president of Toscana (1983-90).
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Barton, Francis Rickman (b. Jan. 4, 1865, Fundenhall, Norfolk, England - d. Oct. 4, 1947, Lustleigh, Devon, England), administrator of British New Guinea/Papua (1904-07) and first minister of Zanzibar (1908-13).
Barton, John J. (b. June 23, 1906, Indianapolis, Ind. - d. May 4, 2004), mayor of Indianapolis (1964-68). He served in the Navy during World War II and went on to serve as superintendent of the Indiana State Police. A Democrat, he was elected mayor in 1963 and then lost in 1967 to Republican Richard Lugar. During his term as mayor, he started the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, a group of local leaders that helped start many revitalization projects over the years. Barton's administration also laid the groundwork for the Indiana Convention Center and Eagle Creek Park and reservoir. Construction of the Indiana National Bank tower, one of the city's first skyscrapers, was started during his term. After losing to Lugar, he served 21 years on the Indiana Parole Board, retiring in 1989.
Barton, Leslie Eric (b. Feb. 3, 1889 - d. Feb. 28, 1952), British resident in Jammu and Kashmir (1941-43).
Barton, Philip (Robert) (b. Aug. 18, 1963), acting governor of Gibraltar (2006). He was deputy governor in 2005-08.
Barton, Sir William (Pell) (b. 1871 - d. Nov. 28, 1956), resident in Mysore and chief commissioner of Coorg (1920-25); knighted 1927.
Barton, William Hickson (b. Dec. 10, 1917, Winnipeg, Man. - d. Nov. 8, 2013, Ottawa, Ont.), Canadian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1976-79).
Bartos, Ivan (b. March 20, 1980, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), Czech politician. He has been chairman of the Pirate Party (2009-13, 2013-14, 2016- ) and a deputy prime minister and minister of regional development (2021-24).
Bartoshevich, Gennady (Georgiyevich) (b. Sept. 12, 1934, Minsk, Belorussian S.S.R. - d. Oct. 8, 1993), Soviet politician. He was first secretary of the party committee of Minsk city (1977-83) and Soviet ambassador to North Korea (1987-90).
Bartoszcze, Roman (Boleslaw) (b. Dec. 9, 1946, Jaroszewice, Poland - d. Dec. 31, 2015, Inowroclaw, Poland), Polish presidential candidate (1990). He was president of the Polish Peasant Party (1990-91).
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Bartram, Walter (Andreas Ernst Gustav) (b. April 21, 1893, Neumünster, Prussia [now in Schleswig-Holstein], Germany - d. Sept. 30, 1971, Latendorf, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein (1950-51).
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Bartsits, Oleg (Msasovich) (b. Jan. 7, 1967, Gudauta, Abkhaz A.S.S.R., Georgian S.S.R.), foreign minister of Abkhazia (2025- ). He was a minor presidential candidate in 2025.
Bartumeu Cassany, Jaume (b. Nov. 10, 1954, Andorra la Vella, Andorra), finance minister (1990-92) and head of government (2009-11) of Andorra.
Bartuska, Jan (b. May 17, 1908, Selze, Austria [now Sedlec, Czech Republic] - d. Aug. 27, 1970, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), justice minister of Czechoslovakia (1954-56).
Barúa Castañeda, Luis (José Emiliano) (b. June 18, 1927, Miraflores, Lima province, Peru - d. April 8, 1984, Miraflores), finance minister of Peru (1975-77).
Barulli, Libero (b. Sept. 30, 1947, San Marino), captain-regent of San Marino (1982-83).
Barutçu, Faik Ahmet (b. 1894, Trebizond, Ottoman Empire [now Trabzon, Turkey] - d. March 14, 1959), deputy prime minister of Turkey (1947-49).
Barwani, Sheikh Ali Muhsin al- (b. Jan. 13, 1919, Zanzibar - d. March 20, 2006), foreign minister of Zanzibar (1963-64).
Barwell, Charles Arthur (b. July 15, 1826 - d. Jan. 31, 1895, London, England), chief commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1875-79).
Barwick, David Robert (b. Oct. 20, 1927 - d. April 25, 2001), governor of the British Virgin Islands (1982-86).
Barwick, Sir Garfield (Edward John) (b. June 22, 1903, Sydney, N.S.W. - d. July 13, 1997), Australian politician. He was highly regarded for his service to the Australian government as attorney general (1958-64), foreign minister (1961-64), and chief justice of the High Court (1964-81) but his reputation was clouded by the controversy that ensued when his advice led the governor-general to dismiss the Labor government of Gough Whitlam in 1975. He was knighted in 1953 and again (G.C.M.G.) in 1965.
Baryadayev, Konstantin (Lavrentyevich) (b. 1917, Bilchir ulus, Irkutsk province, Russia - d. 1983), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Buryat A.S.S.R. (1962-67).
Baryatinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksandr (Anatolyevich) (b. Aug. 22, 1846 - d. April 8, 1914), governor of Dagestan (1896-1901); grandson of Knyaz Ivan (Ivanovich) Baryatinsky; great-grandson of Graf Pyotr Zavadovsky; son-in-law of Knyaz Dmitry Svyatopolk-Mirsky.
Baryatinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksandr (Ivanovich) (b. May 14 [May 2, O.S.], 1815, Ivanovskoye, Kursk province [now oblast], Russia - d. March 9, 1879, Geneva, Switzerland), viceroy of the Caucasus (1856-62); son of Knyaz Ivan (Ivanovich) Baryatinsky.
Baryatinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Ivan (Fyodorovich) (b. 1689 - d. 1738), governor-general of Moscow (1735-36, 1736-37).
Baryatinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Ivan (Ivanovich) (b. 1767 - d. June 25 [June 13, O.S.], 1825), Russian diplomat; son of Knyaz Ivan (Sergeyevich) Baryatinsky; grandson of Gertsog Pyotr Avgust Fridrikh Golshteyn-Bek. He was minister to Bavaria (1808-12).
Baryatinsky, Knyaz (Prince) Ivan (Sergeyevich) (b. March 9 [Feb. 27, O.S.], 1740 - d. Jan. 3, 1812 [Dec. 22, 1811, O.S.]), Russian diplomat; grandson of Knyaz Ivan (Fyodorovich) Baryatinsky; son-in-law of Gertsog Pyotr Avgust Fridrikh Golshteyn-Bek. He was minister to France (1773-85).
Baryshev, Nikolay (Ivanovich) (b. Nov. 25 [Nov. 13, O.S.], 1898, Sterlitamak, Ufa province [now in Bashkortostan republic], Russia - d. [executed] Oct. 30, 1937), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1921) and the Yakut A.S.S.R. (1928-30). He was also executive secretary of the party committees of Sumy (1923-24), Chernomorsk (1925-26), and Kuban (1926-28) okruga and chairman of the Executive Committee of Saratov oblast (1937).
Baryshnikov, Aleksandr (Aleksandrovich) (b. Aug. 8, 1877, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 1924), Russian politician. He was a member of the State Duma (1912-17) and acting minister of state protection (1917).
Baryshnikov, Stepan (Pavlovich) (b. Jan. 3, 1894 [Dec. 22, 1893, O.S.], Barmashur, Vyatka province [now in Udmurtia republic], Russia - d. Jan. 23, 1943, Ukhta labour camp, Komi A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of Votyak autonomous oblast (1921, 1926-27) and chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1937) and first secretary of the party committee (1937-38) of the Udmurt A.S.S.R.
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Barzani, Massoud (b. Aug. 16, 1946, Mahabad, Iran), president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1979- ) and president of the Kurdistan autonomous region (2005-17); son of Mustafa Barzani; nephew of Hoshyar Zebari. He was a member of the 2003-04 Iraqi Governing Council established under U.S. occupation and was its president in April 2004.
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Bas, Bärbel (b. May 3, 1968, Walsum [now part of Duisburg], Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany), German politician. She was president of the Bundestag (2021-25).
Basa, Datuk Rangkayo (b. Jan. 17, 1906, Maninjau, Netherlands East Indies [now in Sumatera Barat, Indonesia] - d. April 1, 1981, Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia), governor of Sumatera Barat (1958-65).
Basadre Stevenson, Enrique C(arlos) (b. 1848, Tacna, Peru - d. Feb. 22, 1925, Lima, Peru), interior and police minister (1910-11) and prime minister (1910-11) of Peru.
Basanov, Vladimir (Mantsinovich) (b. Nov. 26, 1948), chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Kalmykia (1990-92).
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Basarya Efendi, Nikola, Romanian Nicolae (Constantin) Batzaria, pseudonym Mos Nae (b. Nov. 20, 1874, Krusevo, Ottoman Empire [now in North Macedonia] - d. Jan. 28, 1952, Bucharest, Romania), Ottoman official. He was minister of public works (1913). After World War I he moved to Romania, where he was known as a writer.
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Bascuñán Santa María, Ascanio (b. March 16, 1860, Concepción, Chile - d. April 24, 1935), war and marine minister of Chile (1904-05). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (1909-11).
Basdeo, Sahadeo (b. Sept. 10, 1945, Rousillac, Trinidad and Tobago), foreign minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1988-91).
Baseane Nangaa, Christophe (b. May 15, 1972, Kinshasa, Zaire [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Haut-Uélé (2019-24).
Baselios Augen I, original family name Chettakulathukara (b. July 26, 1884, Vengola village, Ernakulam district [now in Kerala], India - d. Dec. 8, 1975), Catholicos of the East (head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church) (1964-75).
Baselios Marthoma Mathews I, original family name Vattakunnel, name as bishop Athanasios Mathews (b. March 27, 1907, Kottayam, Travancore [now in Kerala], India - d. Nov. 8, 1996), Catholicos of the East (head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church) (1975-91).
Baselios Marthoma Mathews II (b. Jan. 30, 1915, Perinad, Kollam district, Travancore [now in Kerala], India - d. Jan. 26, 2006, Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, India), Catholicos of the East (head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church) (1991-2005).
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, previous name Mathews Mar Severios (b. Feb. 12, 1949, Vazhoor, Travancore [now in Kerala], India), Catholicos of the East (head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church) (2021- ).
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Basesgioglu, Murat (b. March 1, 1955, Kastamonu, Turkey), interior minister of Turkey (1997-98). He was also minister of labour and social security (2002-07) and a minister of state (2007-09).
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Bashagha, Fathi (Ali Abdul Salam) (b. Aug. 20, 1962, Misurata, Libya), interior minister (2018-21) and prime minister (2022- ; disputed) of Libya.
Basharmal, Khodaidad (b. July 15, 1945, Laghman, Afghanistan), Afghan politician. He was minister of education (1987-90), ambassador to Poland (1990-91), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1991-93).
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Bashford, Coles (b. Jan. 24, 1816, near Cold Spring, N.Y. - d. April 25, 1878, Prescott, Ariz.), governor of Wisconsin (1856-58).
Bashilov, Pyotr (Petrovich) (b. March 16, 1857, Tsarskoye Selo [now Pushkin, part of St. Petersburg], Russia - d. Sept. 21, 1919, Irkutsk, Russia), governor of Estonia (1906-07), Novgorod (1907-11), and Ufa (1911-17).
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Bashir, Muhammad al- (d. Feb. 9, 1977, near Amman, Jordan), Jordanian politician. He was minister of premiership affairs (1970-71), health (1971-72, 1976-77), and communications (1972-73). He was killed in the helicopter crash in which Queen Alia (wife of King Hussein) also died.
Bashir, Muhammad al- (b. 1983, Mashoun, Idlib governorate, Syria), prime minister of Syria (2024-25).
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Bashmakov, Lev (Polievktovich) (b. 1938, Shuya, Ivanovo oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Dec. 30, 2018, Yegoryevsk, Moscow oblast, Russia), chairman of the Executive Committee (1988-90) and head of the administration (1991-94) of Ryazan oblast.
Bashungwa, Innocent (Lugha) (b. May 5, 1979), defense minister of Tanzania (2022-23). He has also been minister of industry and trade (2019-20), information, culture, arts, and sports (2020-22), and works (2023- ).
Basic, Mirnes (b. Sept. 18, 1976, Brnjac, near Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina), premier of Zenica-Doboj (2020-22).
Basil, Sam (b. Nov. 16, 1969 - d. [road accident] May 11, 2022), finance minister of Papua New Guinea (2019). He was also minister of national planning (2011-12 [O'Neill government], 2019), communications, information technology, and energy (2017-19), health, housing, and higher education (2019), treasury (2019-20), commerce and industry (2020-22), and transport and infrastructure (2022), deputy prime minister (2020, 2020-22), and leader of the Pangu Pati (2014-19), the Melanesian Alliance Party (2019), and the United Labour Party (2019-22).
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Basiyev, Oleg (Aleksandrovich) (b. 1919 - d. ...), chairman of the Council of Ministers (1962-75) and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1975-81?) of the North Ossetian A.S.S.R.
Baska, Jaroslav (b. April 5, 1975, Povazská Bystrica, Slovakia), defense minister of Slovakia (2008-10) and governor of Trenciansky kraj (2013- ).
Baskayev, Dzambolat (Timofeyevich) (b. 1903, Ksurt, Terek oblast [now in North Ossetia-Alania republic], Russia - d. ...), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the North Ossetian A.S.S.R. (1952-55). He was also people's commissar/minister of finance (1939-52) and deputy premier (1941-42).
Basnet, Hari Bahadur (b. May 23, 1942, Sapatel, Nepal), foreign minister of Nepal (1990). He was also minister of law, justice, and parliamentary affairs, education and sports, industry, commerce, and supplies (2003-04).
Basnet, Shakti Bahadur (b. April 14, 1971, Khalanga, Jajarkot district, Nepal), home affairs minister of Nepal (2015-16). He was also minister of health and population (2011), forests and environment (2018-20), and energy, water resources, and irrigation (2023-24).
Basombrío (Iglesias), Carlos (Miguel Ramón) (b. Aug. 31, 1957, Miraflores, Lima province, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2016-17); great-great-grandson of Miguel Iglesias and Mariano Castro Zaldívar; great-great-great-grandson of José Rufino Echenique.
Basov, Aleksandr (Vasilyevich) (b. March [February, O.S.] 1912 - d. Aug. 15, 1988, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), Soviet politician. He was chairman of the Executive Committee (1955-60) and first secretary of the party committee (1960-62) of Rostov oblast, agriculture minister of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1965), and Soviet ambassador to Romania (1966-71), Chile (1971-73), and Australia (1975-79).
Basov, Mikhail (Vasilyevich) (b. 1902, Ilyina Gora, Novgorod province, Russia - d. [executed] Oct. 28, 1950), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier and chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1948-49).
Basri, (Muhamad) Chatib (b. Aug. 22, 1965, Jakarta, Indonesia), finance minister of Indonesia (2013-14). He was also head of the Investment Coordinating Board (2012-13).
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Bass, Karen (Ruth) (b. Oct. 3, 1953, Los Angeles, Calif.), mayor of Los Angeles (2022- ).
Bass, Robert P(erkins) (b. Sept. 1, 1873, Chicago, Ill. - d. July 29, 1960, Peterborough, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1911-13).
Bassaleng, Andi Baso (b. Dec. 28, 1946, Palopo, Netherlands East Indies [now in Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia]), acting governor of Papua (2005-06).
Bassam, Sadiq (Hadi) al- (b. 1899, Baghdad, Ottoman Empire [now in Iraq] - d. Aug. 18, 1995), justice minister (1941-42), finance minister (1948), and defense minister (1948) of Iraq. He was also minister of education (1935-36, 1940-41, 1946-47), economy (1939-40), and works (1943-44) and a minister without portfolio (1950-52).
Bassamoungou, Ferdinand (b. June 17, 1915, Rafai, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic]), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of public works (1962-63), transport, posts, and telecommunications (1963-64), and health (1964).
Bassett, Michael (Edward Rainton) (b. Aug. 28, 1938, Auckland, New Zealand), internal affairs minister of New Zealand (1987-90). He was also minister of health (1984-87), local government (1984-90), and civil defense, arts and culture (1987-90).
Bassett, Richard (b. April 2, 1745, Cecil county, Maryland - d. Sept. 15, 1815, Cecil county), governor of Delaware (1799-1801).
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Bassilekin, Simon (b. 1933 - d. July 14, 2015, Yaoundé, Cameroon), finance minister of Cameroon (1990-91).
Bassøe, Johannes Gerckens (b. April 23, 1878, Råde, Smaalenenes amt [now Østfold fylke], Norway - d. July 30, 1962, Oslo, Norway), governor of Svalbard (1925-35), Troms (1928-38), and Vestfold (1938-48).
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Bassolé, (Bazomboué) Léandre (b. Sept. 21, 1946, Koudougou, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]), foreign minister of Burkina Faso (1986-87). He was chargé d'affaires (1982-83) and permanent representative (1983-86) to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States (1986), Canada (1988-91), and Côte d'Ivoire (1991-2001).
Bassolino, Antonio (b. March 20, 1947, Afragola, near Naples, Italy), Italian politician. He joined the Italian Communist Party aged 17 and progressed quickly up the ranks. He was elected to parliament in 1987, but quit to run for mayor of Naples in 1993. As mayor (1993-2000), the popular and charismatic Bassolino was feted for cleaning up his crime-ridden southern port city. In 1998-99 he was labour and Southern affairs minister in the government of Massimo D'Alema. In 2000-10 he was president of Campania.
Bassols García, Narciso (b. Oct. 22, 1897, Tenango del Valle, México, Mexico - d. July 24, 1959, Mexico City, Mexico), interior minister (1934) and finance minister (1934-35) of Mexico; great-nephew of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. He was also minister of education (1931-34) and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1936-37), France (1938-39), and the Soviet Union (1945-46).
Bassols y Marañosa, Joaquín (b. Sept. 13, 1797, Barcelona, Spain - d. Feb. 12, 1877, Madrid, Spain), war minister of Spain (1871). He was also captain-general of the Balearic Islands (1863-66), Catalonia (1868), and Aragón (1868-71).
Basta, Jaroslav (b. May 15, 1948, Plzen, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic] - d. April 7, 2024), Czech politician. He was minister without portfolio (1998-2000) and ambassador to Russia (2000-05) and Ukraine (2007-10).
Bastari, Achmad (b. 1910? - d. Oct. 13, 1992, Jakarta, Indonesia), governor of Sumatera Selatan (1959-64).
Bastedo, Frank Lindsay (b. Sept. 10, 1886, Bracebridge, Ont. - d. Feb. 15, 1973, Victoria, B.C.), lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan (1958-63).
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Bastjanis, (Ernests) Voldemars, original surname Basens (b. Aug. 17, 1884, Pociema, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. May 19, 1975, Boston, Mass.), finance minister of Latvia (1926-28).
Bastola, Chakra (Prasad) (b. Nov. 26, 1946, Ilam, Nepal - d. Oct. 13, 2018, Khumaltar, Lalitpur district, Nepal), foreign minister of Nepal (2000-01). He was also ambassador to India (1991-95).
Bastos, Carlos (Manuel) (b. 1949?), infrastructure and housing minister of Argentina (2001).
Bastos, José Luiz Lopes (b. 1779? - d. April 20, 1850), acting president of Paraíba (1834-35).
Bastos, José Tavares (b. May 5, 1813, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil - d. Aug. 8, 1893, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of São Paulo (1866-67).
Bastos, Márcio Thomaz (b. July 30, 1935, Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Brazil - d. Nov. 20, 2014, São Paulo, Brazil), justice minister of Brazil (2003-07).
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Baswedan, Anies (Rasyid) (b. May 7, 1969, Kuningan, Jawa Barat, Indonesia), governor of Jakarta (2017-22). He was also Indonesian minister of culture and education (2014-16) and a presidential candidate (2024).
Bata, István (b. March 5, 1910, Tura, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun [now in Pest] county, Hungary - d. Aug. 17, 1982, Budapest, Hungary), defense minister of Hungary (1953-56).
Batagayev, Aleksey (Nikolayevich) (b. Jan. 18, 1950 - d. Dec. 3, 2002), chairman of the Executive Committee (1990-91) and head of the administration (1991-96) of Ust-Ordynsky Buryat autonomous okrug.
Batakis, Silvina (Aída) (b. Dec. 27, 1968, Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), economy minister of Argentina (2022). She was also president of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (2022-23).
Batalin, Yury (Petrovich) (b. July 28, 1927, Kalkanovo, Bashkir A.S.S.R. [now Bashkortostan], Russian S.F.S.R. - d. July 22, 2013, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was chairman of the state committees for Labour and Social Affairs (1983-85) and Construction (1986-89) and a deputy premier (1985-89).
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Batdyev, Mustafa (Azret-Aliyevich) (b. Dec. 24, 1950, Kazakh S.S.R.), president of Karachayevo-Cherkessia (2003-08).
Bate, William B(rimage) (b. Oct. 7, 1826, Castalian Springs, Tenn. - d. March 9, 1905, Washington, D.C.), governor of Tennessee (1883-87).
Bates, Edward (b. Sept. 4, 1793, Goochland county, Va. - d. March 25, 1869, St. Louis, Mo.), U.S. attorney general (1861-64); brother of Frederick Bates.
Bates, Frederick (b. June 23, 1777, Goochland county, Va. - d. Aug. 4, 1825, St. Louis county, Mo.), governor of Louisiana Territory/Missouri (1807-08 [acting], 1809-10 [acting], 1813 [acting], 1824-25).
Bates, John L(ewis) (b. Sept. 18, 1859, North Easton, Mass. - d. June 8, 1946, Boston, Mass.), governor of Massachusetts (1903-05).
Bates Hidalgo, Luis (Sergio) (b. 1934, Santiago, Chile - d. Nov. 29, 2023), justice minister of Chile (2003-06).
Bath, Thomas Thynne, (1st) Marquess of (b. Sept. 13, 1734 - d. Nov. 19, 1796, London, England), lord lieutenant of Ireland (1765); great-grandnephew of Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth. He was also British secretary of state for the Northern (1768, 1779) and Southern (1768-70, 1775-79) departments. He succeeded as (3rd) Viscount Weymouth in 1751 and was created Marquess of Bath in 1789.
Bath, William Pulteney, (1st) Earl of (b. March 22, 1684 - d. July 7, 1764, Westminster [now part of London], England), British secretary at war (1714-17) and first lord of the treasury (1746). He was created Earl of Bath, Viscount Pulteney, and Baron Hedon in 1742.
Bathily, Abdoulaye (b. 1947, Tiyabu [now in Bakel département], Senegal), Senegalese politician. He has been a minor presidential candidate (1993, 2007), minister of environment and protection of nature (1993-98) and energy and water resources (2000-01), UN special representative for Central Africa (2014-16), special adviser of the UN secretary-general on Madagascar (2018-19), and UN special representative for Libya (2022- ).
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Bathurst, Sir (David) Benjamin (b. May 27, 1936), British naval officer; knighted 1987. He was first sea lord (1993-95).
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, (2nd) Earl (b. May 20, 1714, Westminster, London, England - d. Aug. 6, 1794, Oakley Grove, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England), British politician. He was lord chancellor (1771-78) and lord president of the council (1779-82). He was created Baron Apsley in 1771 and succeeded as earl in 1775.
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, (3rd) Earl (b. May 22, 1762 - d. July 27, 1834, London, England), British foreign secretary (1809) and war and colonial secretary (1812-27); son of Henry Bathurst, (2nd) Earl Bathurst. He was also president of the Board of Trade (1807-12) and lord president of the council (1828-30). He succeeded as earl in 1794.
Batic, Vladan (b. July 27, 1949, Obrenovac, Serbia - d. Dec. 29, 2010), justice minister of Serbia (2001-04). He was a minor presidential candidate in 2004.
Batikyan, Bagrat (S.), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Nagorny Karabakh (1933-34).
Batinic, Mirko (b. May 30, 1956, Travnik [now in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]), premier of Central Bosnia (1998-99).
Batista, Abdon (b. July 30, 1851, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - d. March 15, 1922, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil), acting president (1889) and acting governor (1906) of Santa Catarina. He was also mayor of Joinville (1893-94, 1915-21).
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Batista, Nilo (b. April 17, 1944, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), acting governor of Rio de Janeiro (1994-95).
Batista, Paulo Nogueira (b. Oct. 4, 1929, Recife, Brazil - d. July 31, 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Brazilian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1987-90).
Batista, Pedro Ernesto (b. Sept. 25, 1884, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. Aug. 10, 1942, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), federal interventor (1931-34) and prefect (1935-36) of Distrito Federal.
Batiuk, Viktor (Havrylovych) (b. March 15, 1939, Mostovka, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. [automobile accident] Dec. 2, 1996, near Latorytsia village, Zakarpattya oblast, Ukraine), Ukrainian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1992-93) and ambassador to Canada (1994-96).
Batliner, Gerard (b. Dec. 9, 1928, Eschen, Liechtenstein - d. June 25, 2008, Eschen), head of government of Liechtenstein (1962-70). He was also president of the Diet (1974-78).
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Batlle (y Grau), Lorenzo (Cristóbal Manuel) (b. Aug. 10, 1810, Montevideo, Uruguay - d. May 8, 1887, Montevideo), president of Uruguay (1868-72). He was also minister of war (1847-51, 1853, 1854-55, 1865-68) and finance (1856-57).
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Batmanov, Aleksey (Vasilyevich) (b. Aug. 15, 1939, Syktyvkar, Komi A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. October 2021), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Komi A.S.S.R. (1990-91).
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Batocki-Friebe, Adolf (Max Johannes Otto Tortilowicz) von (b. July 31, 1868, Bledau, near Königsberg, Prussia [now part of Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia] - d. May 22, 1944, Bledau), Oberpräsident of Ostpreussen (1914-16, 1918-19). He was also German "food dictator" (1916-17).
Batolov, Kosta, byname of Konstantin Dobrev Batolov (b. Jan. 3, 1878 [Dec. 22, 1877, O.S.], Sopot, Ottoman Empire [now in Bulgaria] - d. Aug. 2, 1938, Paris, France), foreign minister of Bulgaria (1934-35). He was also mayor of Sofia (1910-11, 1920-22) and minister to France (1931-34, 1935-38), Spain (1932-34), and Belgium (1933-34).
Batovy, Manoel de Almeida da Gama Lobo Coelho d'Eça, barão de (b. April 15, 1828, Desterro [now Florianópolis], Santa Catarina, Brazil - d. [executed] April 25, 1894, Fortaleza de Anhatomirim, Santa Catarina), president of Mato Grosso (1883-84). He was made baron in 1879.
Batraki, Moussa Natal (Saleh) (b. Nov. 4, 1982, N'Djamena, Chad), secretary-general of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (2025- ).
Batran, Mustapha (b. 1922, Mao, Chad), Chadian politician. He was minister of transport (1963-64) and civil service (1971-73), ambassador to the Central African Republic (1970-71), and prefect of Kanem département (c. 1974).
Batres (Galeano), César A(ugusto) (b. Oct. 29, 1934, Gracias, Honduras - d. Oct. 25, 2016, Tegucigalpa, Honduras), foreign minister of Honduras (1972-74). His daughter Mireya Batres Mejía (b. Jan. 3, 1962), ex-fiancée of Ricardo Maduro, was minister of culture, arts, and sports (2002-04).
Batres, Marco Antonio (b. June 10, 1902, Gracias, Honduras - d. 1984, Tegucigalpa, Honduras), finance minister of Honduras (1949-54). He was also minister to El Salvador (1941-43), ambassador to Nicaragua (1945-48), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1957).
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Batshu, Edwin (Jenamiso) (b. June 21, 1947, Maitengwe, Bechuanaland [now Botswana]), acting defense minister (2011) and home affairs minister (2011-24) of Botswana. He was also police commissioner (2004-07).
Batsiua, Mathew (Jansen Detumarong) (b. May 26, 1971), foreign minister of Nauru (2011). He was also chief secretary (1999-2002), minister of health (2007-11) and justice (2008-11), and minister assisting the president (2011).
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Batu, Inal (b. Sept. 24, 1936, Ankara, Turkey - d. Aug. 5, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey), Turkish diplomat. He was ambassador to Cyprus (1979-84), North Cyprus (1984), Pakistan (1984-87), Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic (1989-93), and Italy (1998-99) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1993-95).
Batumubwira, Antoinette (b. 1956, Ngozi, Burundi), foreign minister of Burundi (2005-09); wife of Jean-Marie Ngendahayo.
Batura, Barys (Vasilyevich), Russian Boris (Vasilyevich) Batura (b. July 28, 1947, Volkovysk, Grodno oblast, Belorussian S.S.R. [now Vawkavysk, Hrodna voblasts, Belarus]), a deputy prime minister of Belarus (1999-2000). He was also minister of housing and public utilities (1990-99), chairman of the executive committees of Mahilyow (2000-08) and Minsk (2010-13) voblastsi, and chairman of the Council of the Republic (2008-10).
Batyev, Salikh (Gilimkhanovich) (b. Nov. 24 [Nov. 11, O.S.], 1911, Novo-Dyumeyevo, Ufa province [now in Bashkortostan republic], Russia - d. Dec. 7, 1985), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1960-83).
Batyrmurzayev, Abdul-Gamid (Nukhayevich) (b. 1903, Aktay, Dagestan oblast [now republic], Russia - d. 1957), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Dagestan A.S.S.R. (1950-52).
Batyrov, Shadzha (Batyrovich) (b. Oct. 3 [Sept. 20, O.S.], 1908, Desht, Zakaspiyskaya oblast, Russia [now in Turkmenistan] - d. Oct. 14, 1965, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen S.S.R. (1947-51). He was also chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1947-48) and president of the Academy of Sciences (1959-65).
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Baudin, Auguste (Laurent François) (b. Nov. 21, 1800, Hoogstraeten, Belgium - d. Aug. 1, 1877, Douai, Nord, France), governor of Senegal (1847-50), commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa (1848, 1851-54), and governor of French Guiana (1856-59).
Baudin, Jacques (b. Aug. 14, 1939, Diourbel, Senegal - d. Nov. 25, 2018, Dakar, Senegal), foreign minister of Senegal (1998-2000). He was also minister of tourism and environment (1990-93) and justice (1993-98).
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Baudouin, Paul (Louis Arthur) (b. Dec. 19, 1894, Paris, France - d. Feb. 11, 1964, Paris), foreign minister of France (1940). He was also minister of information (1940-41).
Baudys, Antonín (b. Sept. 9, 1946, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic] - d. Aug. 24, 2010, Prague), defense minister of the Czech Republic (1992-94). He was also a deputy premier of the Czech Socialist Republic (1990-92) and a deputy prime minister and minister of transport and communications of Czechoslovakia (1992).
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Bauer, Otto (b. Sept. 5, 1881, Vienna, Austria - d. July 4, 1938, Paris, France), foreign minister of Austria (1918-19).
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Baughman, U(rbanus) E(dmund) (b. May 21, 1905, Camden, N.J. - d. Nov. 6, 1978, Toms River, N.J.), chief of the U.S. Secret Service (1948-61).
Baukol, Andy, byname of Andrew P. Baukol (b. Sept. 1, 1964), acting U.S. treasury secretary (2021).
Baum, Gerhart(-Rudolf) (b. Oct. 28, 1932, Dresden, Germany - d. Feb. 15?, 2025), interior minister of West Germany (1978-82).
Baumanis, Aivars (b. Dec. 23, 1937, Riga, Latvia - d. Aug. 15, 2019), Latvian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1991-97) and ambassador to Denmark and Iceland (1998-2003).
Baumann, Johannes (b. Nov. 27, 1874, Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland - d. Sept. 8, 1953, Herisau), president of Switzerland (1938). He was also Landammann of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1910-13, 1916-19, 1921-24, 1927-30), president of the Council of States (1920-21), and minister of justice and police (1934-40) and foreign affairs (acting, 1940).
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Baumgartner, Wilfrid (Siegfried) (b. May 21, 1902, Paris, France - d. June 1, 1978, Paris), governor of the Banque de France (1949-60) and French minister of finances and economic affairs (1960-62).
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Baur, Charles (b. Dec. 20, 1929, Paris, France - d. Jan. 2, 2015, Morocco), president of the Regional Council of Picardie (1976-78, 1985-2004).
Bausin, Aleksey (Fyodorovich) (b. 1900 - d. 1963), Soviet politician. He was people's commissar of local fuel industry (1939-42) and a deputy premier (1942-44) of the Russian S.F.S.R.
Baust, Gundolf (b. July 24, 1941 - d. Dec. 9, 2004), chairman of the District Council of Frankfurt (1989-90).
Bautista Castillo, Gonzalo (b. Jan. 1, 1896, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico - d. Oct. 7, 1952), governor of Puebla (1941-42). He was also mayor of Puebla (1940-41).
Bautista O'Farril, Gonzalo (b. April 16, 1922, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico - d. July 16, 2006), governor of Puebla (1972-73); son of Gonzalo Bautista Castillo. He was also mayor of Puebla (1972).
Bautista Quintero, José Fernando (b. 1963, Cúcuta, Colombia - d. Aug. 8, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal), Colombian politician. He was minister of communications (1997-98), mayor of Cúcuta (1999-2000), and ambassador to Venezuela (2010-11) and Portugal (2023-24).
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Bavcar, Igor (b. Nov. 28, 1955, Postojna, Slovenia), interior minister of Slovenia (1990-93).
Bavier, Johann Baptist (baptized Sept. 3, 1795, Chur, Switzerland - d. Sept. 19, 1856, Zürich, Switzerland), president of the Small Council of Graubünden (1838); son-in-law of Valentin Roffler.
Bavier, Simeon (b. Sept. 16, 1825, Chur, Switzerland - d. Jan. 27, 1896, Basel, Switzerland), president of Switzerland (1882); son of Johann Baptist Bavier. He was also minister of finance and customs (1879) and posts and railways (1880-81) and minister to Italy (1883-95).
Bavuidi Babingi, Séraphin (b. Oct. 30, 1946), governor of Bas-Congo (1999-2001).
Bawa, Mohammed (Inua) (b. April 6, 1954, Yauri [now in Kebbi state], Nigeria - d. May 26, 2017, Jos, Nigeria), administrator of Ekiti (1996-98) and Gombe (1998-99).
Bawazier, Fuad (b. Aug. 22, 1949, Tegal, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia), finance minister of Indonesia (1998).
Bawoyeu, Jean Alingué (b. Aug. 18, 1937, Fort-Lamy [now N'Djamena] or Draï-Ngolo, Chad), acting president (1990) and prime minister (1991-92) of Chad. He was also ambassador to the United States (1974-76) and France (1977-79), permanent representative to the United Nations (1974-75), speaker of parliament (1990), minister of agriculture (1990-91), justice (2008-10), and posts and new information technologies (2010-13), and a presidential candidate in 1996 (8.3% of the vote) and 2001 (2.2%).
Baxter, Elisha (b. Sept. 1, 1827, Rutherford county, N.C. - d. June 2, 1899, Batesville, Ark.), governor of Arkansas (1873-74).
Baxter, George W(hite) (b. Jan. 7, 1855, Hendersonville, N.C. - d. Dec. 18, 1929, New York City), governor of Wyoming (1886).
Baxter, Percival P(roctor) (b. Nov. 22, 1876, Portland, Maine - d. June 12, 1969, Portland), governor of Maine (1921-25).
Bay Valenzuela, Alejo (R.) (b. Jan. 15, 1891, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico - d. Jan. 30, 1952, Rochester, Minn.), governor of Sonora (1923-27).
Bayalinov, Kamil (Marklenovich) (b. Dec. 15, 1959, Frunze, Kirgiz S.S.R. [now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan]), Kyrgyz diplomat. He was ambassador to Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (1996-2000) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2001-04).
Bayandin, Lev (Sergeyevich) (b. Jan. 2, 1942, Cherdyn, Molotov oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. [now in Perm kray, Russia] - d. Feb. 14, 2018), chairman of the executive committee (1988-90) and head of the administration (1991-94) of Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug.
Bayar, (Burhan) Cahit (b. 1935, Sivas, Turkey - d. Dec. 10, 2022, Ankara, Turkey), interior minister of Turkey (1999). He was also governor of Diyarbakir (1977-78), Malatya (1978), Erzurum (1979-81), Ankara (1984-88), and Istanbul (1988-91) and ambassador to North Cyprus (1991-95).
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Bayard, Richard H(enry) (b. Sept. 26, 1796, Wilmington, Del. - d. March 4, 1868, Philadelphia, Pa.), U.S. politician; grandson of Richard Bassett. He was a senator from Delaware (1836-39, 1841-45) and chargé d'affaires in Belgium (1851-53).
Bayard, Thomas F(rancis) (b. Oct. 29, 1828, Wilmington, Del. - d. Sept. 28, 1898, Dedham, Mass.), U.S. secretary of state (1885-89); nephew of Richard H. Bayard. He was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (1893-97).
Bayardelle, (Ange Marie Charles) André (b. Feb. 18, 1896, Basse-Pointe, Martinique - d. May 3, 1947, Paris, France), governor of French Somaliland (1942-43) and governor-general of French Equatorial Africa (1944-46).
Bayardi (Lozano), José (Arturo) (b. June 30, 1955, Montevideo, Uruguay), defense minister of Uruguay (2008-09, 2019-20). He was also minister of labour and social security (2013-15).
Bayati, Hamid al- (b. 1952, Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-12).
Bayazit, Rifat (b. 1912, Kahramanmaras, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. July 30, 1986, Kahramanmaras), justice minister of Turkey (1983).
Baybakov, Nikolay (Konstantinovich) (b. March 7 [Feb. 22, O.S.], 1911, Sabunchi, Baku province, Russia [now Sabunchu, Azerbaijan] - d. March 31, 2008, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was people's commissar/minister of oil industry (1944-46, 1948-55) and oil industry in southern and western regions (1946-48), chairman of the State Commission for Advanced Planning of the National Economy (1955-57), the state committees for Chemical Industry (1963), Chemical and Oil Industry (1963-64), and Oil Industry (1964-65), and the State Planning Committee (1965-85), and a deputy premier (1965-85) of the U.S.S.R. and first deputy premier and chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1957-58).
Baybazarov, Nurlan (Serikovich) (b. Oct. 10, 1975), Kazakh politician. He was a deputy prime minister and minister of national economy (2024).
Baybek, Bauyrzhan (Kadyrgaliyevich) (b. March 19, 1974, Alma-Ata, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Almaty, Kazakhstan]), head of Almaty city (2015-19).
Baychurin, Gumer (Gilyazetdinovich) (b. 1890, Srednyaya Mesha, Kazan province [now in Tatarstan republic], Russia - d. [executed] May 9, 1938, Kazan, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1934-37). He was also people's commissar of workers' and peasants' inspection (1927-34).
Baydur, Mehmet (b. 1918, Gerze, Ottoman Empire [now in Sinop province, Turkey] - d. Jan. 25, 1993, Ankara, Turkey), Turkish politician/diplomat. He was minister of commerce (1960-61) and ambassador to West Germany (1961-64), Canada (1965-68), Australia (1968-72), Sweden (1976-79), and Spain (1979-83).
Bayekenov, Bulat (Abdrakhmanovich) (b. Nov. 21, 1942, Guryev, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan] - d. Aug. 24, 2023), interior minister of Kazakhstan (1994-95). He was also chairman of the Committee for State Security (from 1992, National Security) (1991-93) and secretary of the Security Council (1994).
Bayev, Nikolay (Ivanovich) (b. May 9, 1945, Vasilevka, Saratov oblast, Russian S.F.S.R.), head of Mangistau oblast (1997-99). He was also first secretary of the party committee (1988-91) and mayor (1991-94) of Shevchenko/Aktau and Kazakh minister of ecology and bioresources (1995-97).
Baygeldi, Omirbek (Baygeldiyevich) (b. April 15, 1939, Kzyl-Oktyabr, Dzhambul [now Zhambyl] oblast, Kazakh S.S.R. - d. April 3, 2024, Astana, Kazakhstan), chairman of the Executive Committee (1990), first secretary of the party committee (1990-91), and head (1992-95) of Zhambyl oblast. He was also chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan (1996-99).
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Baykara, Zeyyat (b. 1915, Egin, Ottoman Empire [now Kemaliye, Erzincan province, Turkey] - d. Jan. 22, 1987, Istanbul, Turkey), a deputy prime minister (1974-75, 1980-83) and justice minister (1977) of Turkey. He was also a minister of state (1972-73).
Baykenov, Kadyr (Karkabatovich) (b. Oct. 10, 1944, Kumashkino [now Kurchum], Vostochno-Kazakhstan oblast, Kazakh S.S.R. - d. Aug. 31, 2022), Kazakh politician. He was a deputy premier of the Kazakh S.S.R. (1987-89), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Alma-Ata city (1989-91), and a deputy prime minister (1991-93) and minister of energy and fuel resources (1992-94) of Kazakhstan.
Baykhanov, Asain (Kuandykovich) (b. Dec. 6, 1978, Bayanaul rayon, Pavlodar oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Pavlodar oblast (2022- ). He was also mayor of Pavlodar (2021-22).
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Bayle, Pierre (Marie) (b. Dec. 15, 1952, Epernay, Marne, France), prefect of Mayotte (1998-2001). He was also prefect of the départements of Aveyron (2001-04) and Aisne (2009-13).
Bayley, Sir Charles (Stuart) (b. March 17, 1854 - d. Sept. 19, 1935), lieutenant governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam (1911-12) and Bihar and Orissa (1912-15); knighted 1908.
Bayley, Sir Steuart Colvin (b. Nov. 26, 1836, London, England - d. June 3, 1925, London), chief commissioner of Assam (1878-81) and lieutenant governor of Bengal (1879 [acting], 1887-90); knighted 1878.
Bayley, Steuart Farquharson (b. Aug. 14, 1863 - d. Sept. 3, 1938), British resident in Nepal (1916-18); son of Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley.
Baylón Chacón, Óscar (b. April 24, 1927, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico - d. Aug. 9, 2020, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico), governor of Baja California (1989).
Baylot, Jean (Félix) (b. March 27, 1897, Pau, France - d. Feb. 3, 1976, Paris, France), prefect of police of Paris (1951-54). He was also prefect of the départements of Basses-Pyrénées (1944-46), Haute-Garonne (1946-47), and Bouches-du-Rhône (1948-51).
Bayma, Henrique Smith (b. Dec. 20, 1891, Brotas, São Paulo, Brazil - d. June 28, 1974, São Paulo, Brazil), governor of São Paulo (1936-37).
Baymaganbetov, Serik (Nurtayevich) (b. Sept. 8, 1958, Kyzyl-Tu, Kokchetav oblast [now in Severo-Kazakhstan oblast], Kazakh S.S.R.), interior minister of Kazakhstan (2009-11).
Baynes, Edward, commissioner of Montserrat (1889-1900) and Dominica (acting, 1894-95).
Baynes, Edward William (b. 1880 - d. March 30, 1962), administrator of Saint Lucia (1935-38); son of Edward Baynes.
Baynes, Thomas Edwin Percival (b. 1884 - d. Feb. 8, 1952, Barbados), commissioner of Montserrat (1932-46).
Bayramov, Amangeldy (Ovezovich), economy and finance minister of Turkmenistan (1992-93). He was also ambassador to Ukraine (2000-05).
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Bayülken, (Ümit) Haluk (b. July 6, 1921, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. April 26, 2007, Ankara, Turkey), foreign minister (1971-74) and defense minister (1980-83) of Turkey and secretary-general of the Central Treaty Organization (1975-77). He was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (1966-69) and Malta (1968-69) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1969-71).
Bayur, Abdullah Lami, until Jan. 1, 1935, Abdullah Lami Bey (b. 1875 - d. 1936), finance minister of the Ottoman Empire (1921); son of Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha. He was also minister of commerce (1919), public works (1920-21), and education (1921) and governor of Constantinople (1920).
Bayur, (Yusuf) Hikmet, until Jan. 1, 1935, Yusuf Hikmet Bey (b. Jan. 21, 1891, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. March 6, 1980, Istanbul), Turkish politician. He was ambassador to Yugoslavia (1926-28) and Afghanistan (1928-31) and minister of education (1933-34).
Baz Prada, Gustavo (b. Jan. 31, 1894, Tlalnepantla, México, Mexico - d. Oct. 12, 1987, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of México (1914-15, 1957-63). He was also rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1938-40) and Mexican minister of health and welfare (1940-46).
Bazán (Olmos), José Dominador (b. Aug. 27, 1917, Colón, Panama - d. Oct. 20, 1996, Panama City, Panama), Panamanian politician. A conservative and free-market advocate, he was elected second vice president under Roberto Chiari (1960-64) and served as acting president for some days in April 1962. In 1968, he was elected second vice president under Arnulfo Arias, but that government was overthrown by a military coup 11 days later. The engineers of the coup offered to install Bazán as president, but he declined. Bazán also served as mayor of Colón (1948-56), interior and justice minister (1959, 1965-67), congressman, and ambassador to Brazil and Guatemala.
Bazán Dávila, Raúl (b. July 1, 1913, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 12, 2007, Santiago), Chilean diplomat. He was ambassador to Brazil (1954-62) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1973-74).
Bazarbayev, Muslim (Bazarbayevich) (b. May 15, 1927 - d. Nov. 9, 1995), foreign minister of the Kazakh S.S.R. (1976-81). He was also minister of culture (1970-76).
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Bazarov, Babamurad (Atamuradovich), Turkmen Babamyrat (Atamyradowiç) Bazarow (b. 1939, Chardzhou, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan] - d. [car accident] Feb. 1, 2002, Moscow oblast, Russia), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (1992-93). He was also rector of the Turkmen Institute of National Economy (1993-97).
Bazarov, Batyr (Aganazarovich), Turkmen Batyr (Aganazarowiç) Bazarow (b. 1976, Sayat, Turkmen S.S.R. [now in Lebap velayat, Turkmenistan]), finance and economy minister of Turkmenistan (2017-20). He was also minister of economy and development (2016-17).
Bazarov, Redzhep, Turkmen Rejep Bazarow (b. 1958, Amudarya, Tashauz oblast, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Dashoguz velayat, Turkmenistan]), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (2016-17). He was also minister of agriculture (2012-14).
Bazarova, Roza (Atamuradovna) (b. July 1933, Chardzhuy, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan]), foreign minister (1985-88) and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1988-90) of the Turkmen S.S.R. She was also a deputy premier (1975-85).
Bazeyan, Albert (Mushegovich) (b. May 28, 1956, Landzhakhbyur, Armenian S.S.R. [now Lanjaghbyur, Armenia]), Armenian politician. He was mayor of Yerevan (1999-2001).
Bazhanov, Ivan (Mikhailovich) (b. 1896, Chistopol, Kazan province [now in Tatarstan republic], Russia - d. 1938), acting executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1924). He was also people's commissar of workers' and peasants' inspection (1925-27) and commerce (1927-30).
Bazilevsky, Pyotr (Ivanovich) (b. March 17, 1831, Pustovoytovo, Poltava province, Russia [now in Ukraine] - d. Oct. 6, 1883), governor of Kovno (1874-79).
Bazin, Jean-François (Marie Henri) (b. July 26, 1942, Dijon, France - d. April 17, 2020, Dijon), president of the Regional Council of Bourgogne (1993-98).
Bazin, Marc (Louis) (b. March 6, 1932, Saint-Marc, Haiti - d. June 16, 2010, Laboule, Haiti), finance minister (1982) and prime minister and acting president (1992-93) of Haiti. He was a presidential candidate in 1990 (winning 15% of the vote) and 2006 (0.7%).
Bazo, Lorenzo, finance minister of Peru (1829, 1838-39).
Bazoche, Charles (Louis Joseph) (b. Oct. 21, 1784, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France - d. June 22, 1853, Brest, Finistère, France), governor of Île Bourbon (1841-46).
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Bazovsky, Vladimir (Nikolayevich) (b. July 28 [July 15, O.S.], 1917, Novozybkov, Bryansk province, Russia - d. May 4, 1993, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was first secretary of the party committee of Novgorod oblast (1961-72) and ambassador to Bulgaria (1972-79) and Hungary (1982-85).
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Bazzaz, Abdul Rahman al- (b. Feb. 20, 1913, Baghdad, Ottoman Empire [now in Iraq] - d. June 28, 1973, Baghdad), foreign minister (1965), prime minister (1965-66), acting president (1966), and interior minister (1966) of Iraq. He was also ambassador to the United Arab Republic (1963) and the United Kingdom (1963-64) and secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (1964-65).