Di Campello, Pompeo (b. Feb. 15, 1803, Spoleto, Papal State [now in Italy] - d. June 24, 1884, Spoleto), foreign minister of Italy (1867).
Di Laura Frattura, Fernando (b. May 24, 1932, Alfedena, Abruzzo, Italy - d. Sept. 9, 2015, Campobasso, Molise, Italy), president of Molise (1988-90).
Di Laura Frattura, Paolo (b. July 4, 1962, Campobasso, Molise, Italy), president of Molise (2013-18); son of Fernando Di Laura Frattura.
Di Maio | Di Rupo |
Di Paola, Giampaolo (b. Aug. 15, 1944, Torre Annunziata, Napoli province, Italy), defense minister of Italy (2011-13). He was also chief of the defense staff (2004-08).
Di Rupo, Elio (b. July 18, 1951, Morlanwelz, Belgium), minister-president of Wallonia (1999-2000, 2005-07, 2019-24) and prime minister of Belgium (2011-14). He has also been a deputy prime minister (1994-99), minister of communications and public enterprises (1994-95), economy and telecommunications (1995-99), and foreign trade (1998-99), and mayor of Mons (2001- ). When he took office as prime minister to end a record 18-month government crisis, he became the first Francophone since 1979 and first Socialist since 1974 in that office and also the first openly gay head of government in the EU.
Di Tella |
Dia, Amadou Cissé (b. June 2, 1915, Saint-Louis, Senegal - d. Nov. 1, 2002, Dakar, Senegal), armed forces minister (1962-65) and interior minister (1965-68) of Senegal. He was also minister of health and social affairs (1961-62) and technical cooperation (1962) and president of the National Assembly (1968-83).
Mamadou Dia |
Dia, Modou (b. March 27, 1950, Dakar, Senegal), Senegalese politician. He was ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2000-06) and a minor presidential candidate (2007).
Dia, Oumar Khassimou (b. July 8, 1940, Lobaly, Senegal), Senegalese politician. He was minister of planning (2000-01) and a minor presidential candidate (2012).
Diab |
C. Diaconescu |
Diaconescu, Gheorghe (b. March 12, 1915, Falticeni, Romania), justice minister of Romania (1955-61). He was also ambassador to Poland (1961-66) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1966-71).
Diacov, Dumitru (b. Feb. 10, 1952, Kargapolye, Kurgan oblast, Russian S.F.S.R.), Moldovan politician. He was president of the Movement for a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova (1997-2000)/Democratic Party (2000-09) and chairman of parliament (1998-2001).
Diagana, Sidi Mohamed, finance minister (1968-70) and defense minister (1971-75) of Mauritania. He was also minister of health, labour, and social affairs (1965-66), construction, public works, transport, and posts and telegraphs (1966), equipment (1966-68), industrialization and mines (1970-71), and the presidency (1975-77).
Diagne, Mouhamed El Moustapha (b. 1953, Saint-Louis, Senegal), finance minister of Senegal (1998-2000).
Diah, Burhanudin Mohamad (b. April 7, 1917, Koetaradja, Netherlands East Indies [now Banda Aceh, Indonesia] - d. June 10, 1996, Jakarta, Indonesia), Indonesian diplomat. He was ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1959-62), the United Kingdom (1962-64), and Thailand (1964-66) and minister of information (1966-68).
Diakité, Moussa (b. 1927, Diarakourou, near Kankan, French Guinea [now Guinea] - d. [executed] July 8, 1985), finance minister (1960-63) and interior minister (1972-79) of Guinea; brother-in-law of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was also governor of the Central Bank (1960-63) and minister of foreign trade and banking (1963-68) and environment and town planning (1979-84).
Diakité, Noumou (b. 1943, Boulouli, French Sudan [now Mali]), Malian diplomat. He was ambassador to Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo (1979-80), Ivory Coast, Niger, and Upper Volta (1980-82), France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy (1983-84), and Gabon (1998-2002) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1988-92).
Diakité, Yoro (b. Oct. 17, 1932, Bangassi village, Kita cercle, French Sudan [now Mali] - d. July 20, 1973, Taoudenni, northern Mali), prime minister (1968-69) and defense and interior minister (1970) of Mali. He was also minister of transport, telecommunications, and tourism (1969-70). Accused of having organized a plot on March 9, 1971, he was condemned to forced labour for life on July 31, 1972, and died in the salt mines of Taoudenni.
Diallo, Abdou Salam (b. Aug. 19, 1963, Koungheul, Senegal), Senegalese diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2010-14) and ambassador to Spain (2014-16), Russia (2016-21), and South Korea (2022- ).
Diallo, Abdoulaye (b. 1924), Nigerien diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States (1972-74).
Diallo, Abdoulaye Daouda (b. 1965?), interior minister (2013-17) and finance minister (2019-22) of Senegal. He has also been minister of infrastructure, land transport, and opening-up of territory (2017-19), director of the presidential cabinet (2022-23), and president of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (2023- ).
Diallo, Absa Claude (b. March 21, 1942, Hanoi, Vietnam), Senegalese diplomat. She was permanent representative to the United Nations (1988-91) and ambassador to Sweden (1992-93), Norway (1993), Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia (1993-95), and Switzerland (1996-2002).
Diallo, Alpha Ibrahima Mongo (b. June 12, 1932, Ditinn, French Guinea [now Guinea] - d. Sept. 12, 2014, Conakry, Guinea), Guinean diplomat/politician. He was ambassador to Algeria (1967-71) and Egypt (1971-74), permanent representative to the United Nations (1983-85), and minister of communication and culture (1997-99).
Diallo, Boubacar Ali (b. Feb. 6, 1906, Niamey, Niger - d. May 11, 1965), Nigerien politician. He was minister of health (1958-60), justice (1961-62), and labour and social affairs (1962-64).
C.D. Diallo |
Diallo, Daouda (b. June 9, 1939, Dosso, Niger - d. June 28, 2014, Niamey, Niger), foreign minister of Niger (1979-83). He was also minister of information (1983-87) and culture and communications (1985-87).
Diallo, Hama Arba (b. March 23, 1939 - d. Oct. 1, 2014), foreign minister of Upper Volta (1983-84). He was also chargé d'affaires in Nigeria (1976-79), ambassador to China, India, and Japan (1988-89), and a presidential candidate (2010).
M.A.B. Diallo |
Diallo, (El Hadj) Saifoulaye (b. July 1, 1923, Diari, near Labé, French Guinea [now Guinea] - d. Sept. 25, 1981, Conakry, Guinea), finance minister (1964-69) and foreign minister (1969-72) of Guinea. He was also president of the National Assembly (1958-63) and minister of justice (1963-64) and health (1979-81).
Diallo, Salif (b. May 9, 1957, Ouahigouya, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso] - d. Aug. 19, 2017, Paris, France), Burkinabe politician. He was minister of employment, labour, and social security (1991), minister in charge of special duties at the presidency (1992-95), minister of environment and water (1995-99), agriculture (2000-08), and water and fisheries resources (2002-08), ambassador to Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia (2009-14), and president of the National Assembly (2015-17).
Diallo, Sory Mamadou (b. Dec. 27, 1927), interior minister of Niger (1976-79). He was also minister of justice (1974-75), posts and telecommunications (1974-75, 1976, 1979-81), and civil service and labour (1975-76) and ambassador to Egypt (1981-87).
Diamantino, Antonio de Cerqueira Caldas, barão de (b. May 28, 1818, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. July 14, 1892, Cuiabá), acting president of Mato Grosso (1870, 1871, 1874-75). He was made baron in 1871.
Diamantopoulou, Anna (b. Feb. 26, 1959, Kozani, Greece), Greek politician. She was EU commissioner for employment and social affairs (1999-2004) and minister of education, lifelong learning, and religious affairs (2009-12) and development, competitiveness, and shipping (2012).
Diana, José Francisco (b. 1841, Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. 1916, Uruguay), foreign minister of Brazil (1889).
Dianderas (Ottone), (Juan) Fernando (b. Sept. 16, 1945, Lima, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2000). He was also director-general of the National Police (1997-2000).
Dianderas (Chumbiauca), Roberto (b. April 29, 1911, Chincha, Ica, Peru - d. ...), war minister of Peru (1968). He was also minister of public works and development (1955-56).
Diane, Aly, Guinean diplomat. He was ambassador to Canada (2004-07, 2020-21) and Switzerland (2013-19) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2021-22).
Diarra, Amadou Baba (b. 1933, Diena, French Sudan [now Mali] - d. May 15, 2008), finance and commerce minister of Mali (1970-73, 1978-79). He was also minister of planning (1975-78).
C.M. Diarra | S. Diarra |
Diarra, Cheick Sidi (b. May 31, 1957, Kayes, French Sudan [now Mali]), Malian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-07) and UN high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, and small island developing states (2007-12).
Diarra, Oumar Baba (b. Dec. 30, 1929, Bamako, French Sudan [now Mali] - d. Sept. 3, 2009, Bamako), Malian politician. He was minister of labour (1965-67).
Diarra, Seydou (Elimane) (b. Nov. 23, 1933, Katiola, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. July 19, 2020, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2000, 2003-05). He was also ambassador to Brazil (1971-77), Belgium (1977-83), and the United Kingdom (1983-86).
Á.F. Dias | J.W.B. Dias |
Dias, Anthony Lancelot (b. March 13, 1910 - d. Sept. 22, 2002, Mumbai, India), chief commissioner of Tripura (1970-71) and governor of West Bengal (1971-77).
Dias, Cristóvão Avelino, governor of Angola (1823-24).
Dias, José Carlos (b. April 30, 1939, São Paulo, Brazil), justice minister of Brazil (1999-2000).
Dias, José Wellington Barroso de Araújo (b. March 5, 1962, Oeiras, Piauí, Brazil), governor of Piauí (2003-10, 2015-22). He has also been Brazilian minister of social development and assistance, family, and fight against hunger (2023- ).
Dias, Manoel Moreira (b. April 7, 1862, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. Dec. 29, 1908, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), acting governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1906-07).
Dias, Satyro de Oliveira (b. Jan. 12, 1844, Inhambupe, Bahia, Brazil - d. Aug. 19, 1913), president of Amazonas (1880-81), Rio Grande do Norte (1881-82), and Ceará (1883-84).
Diasamidze, David (Dursunovich) (b. 1925 - d. 1989), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Adzhar A.S.S.R. (1969-89).
Diatta, Joseph (b. May 15, 1948, Fadama, Niger - d. April 19, 2020), Nigerien diplomat. He was ambassador to Ethiopia (1979-82), the United States (1982-88, 1997-2005), and China (1988-90) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-88, 1997-99).
Diawara, Mohamed (Tiécoura) (b. May 23, 1928, Dori, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso] - d. June 13, 2004, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), Ivorian politician. He was minister of planning (1968-77).
Diay |
A. Díaz |
Díaz (Figueroa), Alfredo (Javier) (b. Aug. 3, 1969, Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela), governor of Nueva Esparta (2017-21). He was also mayor of Mariño municipality (2008-17).
Diaz, Armando, (from 1921) duca della Vittoria (b. Dec. 5, 1861, Naples, Italy - d. Feb. 29, 1928, Rome, Italy), war minister of Italy (1922-24). He was also army chief of staff (1917-19).
Díaz (Corbelle), Nicomedes-Pastor (b. Sept. 15, 1811, Vivero, Lugo province, Spain - d. March 22, 1863, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Spain (1856). He was also minister of commerce, education, and public works (1847) and justice (1863).
Díaz (de Obaldía), Pedro Antonio (del Carmen) (b. July 5, 1854 - d. 1919), acting president of Panama (1918). He was second vice president (1918).
P. Díaz |
Díaz, Rodolfo (Alejandro) (b. May 30, 1943, Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina), labour minister of Argentina (1991-92).
S. Díaz |
Díaz Arosemena, Domingo (del Rosario) (b. June 25, 1875, Panama City, Colombia [now in Panama] - d. Aug. 23, 1949, Panama City), president of Panama (1948-49). He was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1936.
I. Díaz |
Díaz Aztaraín, Rolando (b. 1924?), finance minister of Cuba (1960-62). He was also minister for recovery of misappropriated property (1959-61) and navy chief (1962-65).
Díaz-Canel |
Díaz-Casanueva, Humberto (b. Dec. 8, 1907 - d. Oct. 22, 1992), Chilean diplomat. He was ambassador to Algeria (1965-68) and the United Arab Republic (1968-70) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1971-73). He was also known as a writer.
Díaz de León, Carlos Enrique (b. 1915 - d. 2014), provisional president of Guatemala (1954). He was chief of the armed forces (1951-54).
Díaz Dulanto, Federico (b. Aug. 9, 1888, Lima, Peru - d. Dec. 7, 1954, Lima), foreign minister of Peru (1948-49). He was also minister of marine and aviation (1931, 1939-45) and ambassador to France (1950-54).
Díaz Granados Alzamora, José Ignacio (b. April 26, 1927, Santa Marta, Colombia - d. Aug. 13, 1996, Barranquilla, Colombia), Colombian politician. He was president of the Senate (1980-81).
Díaz Ordaz |
Díaz Ordóñez, Virgilio (b. May 5, 1895, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic - d. April 30, 1968, Washington, D.C.), foreign minister of the Dominican Republic (1947-53). He was also minister to Cuba (1943-47), ambassador to Peru (1947), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1954-56).
Díaz Pérez, Yolanda (b. May 6, 1971, Fene, La Coruña province, Spain), a deputy prime minister of Spain (2021- ). She has also been minister of labour and social economy (2020- ).
Díaz Rodríguez, Manuel (b. Feb. 28, 1871, Chacao, Miranda state, Venezuela - d. Aug. 23, 1927, New York City), foreign minister of Venezuela (1913-14). A notable writer, he was also minister of development (1916), minister to Italy (1919-23), and president of Nueva Esparta (1925-26) and Sucre (1926).
Díaz Suárez, Adolfo (b. Dec. 20, 1937, Havana, Cuba - d. Feb. 22, 2010), a vice premier of Cuba (1988-96). He was also minister of agriculture (1983-88).
Dibba, Lamin B(aba), Gambian politician. He has been minister of environment, climate change, and natural resources (2017-22) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2022- ).
Dibba, Sheriff Mustapha (b. Jan. 10, 1937, Salikene, Gambia - d. June 2, 2008, Banjul, The Gambia), Gambian politician. He entered politics in 1960 and was elected as member of parliament for Central Baddibu constituency. He was appointed minister of local government and lands in 1962, minister of works and communication in 1966, and minister of finance in 1968, all in the then People's Progressive Party (PPP) regime. He was the country's first vice president, as well as minister of finance, in 1970-72, then resigned and became ambassador to Belgium (1972-74). He rejoined the cabinet in 1974 as minister of economic planning up to July 1975 when he resigned again from Pres. Sir Dawda Jawara's government; on Sept. 7, 1975, he formed the National Convention Party (NCP). In the aftermath of the 1981 abortive coup led by Kukoi Samba Sanyang he was detained for 11 months, charged with treason, only to be acquitted and discharged in 1982. Although his party fiercely contested elections in 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992, he was never successful in defeating Jawara's PPP. Following the 1994 military coup that toppled the PPP government, the NCP went into decline as the military junta banned party politics. Dibba was criticized for not having condemned the coup. The NCP resurfaced in 2001 and contested the general elections, but failed dismally. In 2002 he was appointed by Pres. Yahya Jammeh as speaker of the National Assembly but he was removed unceremoniously for his alleged involvement in the March 2006 foiled coup led by army chief Col. Ndure Cham. On April 20, 2006, Dibba called on President Jammeh at State House to reaffirm his allegiance and loyalty to the government.
Dibela, Sir Kingsford (b. March 16, 1932, Wedau village, Papua [now in Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea] - d. March 22, 2002, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), governor-general of Papua New Guinea (1983-89); knighted 1983. He was speaker of parliament in 1977-80.
Dibrova, Pyotr (Akimovich), also appearing as Pavel T. Dibrova, original surname Khailo (b. 1901 - d. 1971), Soviet city commandant of Berlin (1953-56).
Diby |
DiCarlo, Rosemary A(nne) (b. Sept. 26, 1947, Providence, R.I.), acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2013).
Dickel, Friedrich (b. Dec. 9, 1913, Vohwinkel [now part of Wuppertal], Germany - d. Oct. 23, 1993, Berlin, Germany), interior minister of East Germany (1963-89).
Dickerson, Denver S(ylvester) (b. Jan. 24, 1872, Millville, Calif. - d. Nov. 28, 1925, Carson City, Nev.), acting governor of Nevada (1908-11).
Dickerson, G(lenn) R(obert) (b. July 26, 1927, Kansas - d. Aug. 29, 2019, Leesburg, Va.), director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (1979-82).
Dickerson, Mahlon (b. April 17, 1770, Hanover Neck [now East Hanover], New Jersey - d. Oct. 5, 1853, Succasunna, N.J.), governor of New Jersey (1815-17) and U.S. secretary of the Navy (1834-38).
Dickerson, Philemon (b. June 26, 1788, Succasunna, N.J. - d. Dec. 10, 1862, Paterson, N.J.), governor of New Jersey (1836-37); brother of Mahlon Dickerson.
Dickey, Arthur Rupert (b. Aug. 18, 1854, Amherst, Nova Scotia - d. [drowning] July 3, 1900, Amherst Shore, N.S.), defence minister of Canada (1895-96). He was also secretary of state (1894-95) and justice minister (1896).
Dickinson, Jacob M(cGavock) (b. Jan. 30, 1851, Columbus, Miss. - d. Dec. 13, 1928, Washington, D.C.), U.S. secretary of war (1909-11).
Dickinson, John (b. Nov. 8, 1732, Maryland - d. Feb. 14, 1808, Wilmington, Del.), president of Delaware (1781-83) and president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania (1782-85).
Dickinson, Luren D(udley) (b. April 15, 1859, Niagara county, N.Y. - d. April 22, 1943, Charlotte, Mich.), governor of Michigan (1939-41).
Dickson, Bill, byname of William Andrew Dickson (b. Dec. 17, 1950), administrator of Tristan da Cunha (2001-04). He was also British ambassador to Mongolia (2009-11).
Dickson, Harold Richard Patrick (b. Feb. 4, 1881 - d. June 14, 1959), British political agent in Bahrain (1919-20) and Kuwait (1929-36, 1941).
Dickson, John Quayle (b. Nov. 10, 1860, Castletown, Isle of Man - d. Dec. 17, 1944, Durban, South Africa), resident commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1909-13).
Dickson, Robert (b. Nov. 27, 1843, Göteborg, Sweden - d. April 14, 1924, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Jönköping (1888-92), Malmöhus (1892-1901), and Stockholm city (1902-11).
Dickson, Yohanna (Mamman) (b. Dec. 28, 1950, Kaningkon-Kafanchan [now in Kaduna state], Nigeria - d. July 14, 2015, Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria), administrator of Taraba (1993-96).
Didelot, Octave François Charles, baron (b. Dec. 2, 1812, Paris, France - d. Sept. 27, 1886, Kervaly castle, near Brest, France), commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa (1861-63).
Didelot, Pierre Jean Henri (b. May 12, 1870, Paris, France - d. Oct. 30, 1941), administrator of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1908-11) and governor of French Guiana (1911-14, 1916), Senegal (1921-25), and French India (1926-28).
Didi, Abdul Sattar Moosa, also called Amir Abdul Sattar Faamudheyri Kilegefaanu (b. June 18, 1936 - d. Nov. 27, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand), finance minister of Maldives (1971-75). He was also minister of education (1959-60, late 1970s), fisheries (1980s), and health and welfare (early 1990s), representative (1960-66) and ambassador (1966-67) to Ceylon, permanent representative to the United Nations (1967-70), and ambassador to the United States (1968-70).
A. Afif Didi |
Didi, Ahmad Kamil, Maldivian politician. He was minister of home and religious affairs and education (1932-33) and justice (1956-58) and attorney-general (1951-55).
Didi, Ahmed Hilmy, Maldivian diplomat. He was representative (1951-53) and ambassador (1967-71) to Ceylon and permanent representative to the United Nations (1965-66).
Didi, Amin Abdul Majid (b. 1873, Male, Maldives - d. Feb. 21, 1952, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]), sultan of Maldives (1945-52). He was also grand vizier (1925-32), prime minister, home affairs minister, and mayor of Male (1933-35), and plenipotentiary representative in Ceylon (1944-45). Though proclaimed sultan, he was never formally installed and returned to the Maldives only for the signing of a new protectorate agreement with Britain in 1948.
Didi, Amir Ahmad Muhammad Amin (b. July 20, 1910 - d. Jan. 19, 1954, Male, Maldives), prime minister (1944-53), chairman of the Council of Regency (1952-53), and president (1953) of Maldives. He was also minister of trade, customs, and posts (1932-33) and home affairs (1942-44).
Didi, Hassan Farid (d. [on torpedoed ship] March 27, 1944, off Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]), finance minister (1932-33) and home affairs minister (1935-39) of Maldives; son of Amin Abdul Majid Didi; brother of Muhammad Farid Didi. He was also plenipotentiary representative in Ceylon (1942-44).
Didi, Ibrahim Muhammad (b. 1915? - d. 198...), vice president (1953) and acting president (1953-54) of Maldives. He was also minister of agriculture (1952-53).
Didi, Muhammad Farid (b. 1901, Male, Maldives - d. May 1969, Male), prime minister (1932-33) and sultan (1954-68) of Maldives; son of Amin Abdul Majid Didi. He was also speaker of the Majlis (1933-42).
Didier, Alfred (b. Sept. 23, 1842, Geneva, Switzerland - d. March 31, 1903, Geneva), president of the Council of State of Genève (1899, 1902-03).
R. Didier |
Didigov, Tamerlan (Muratovich) (b. March 16, 1937, Nasyr-Kort, Nazran rayon, Chechen-Ingush A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. [now in Ingushetia, Russia] - d. Oct. 23, 2003, Nazran, Ingushetia), prime minister of Ingushetia (1993-94).
Diebolt, Marcel (Auguste) (b. Feb. 7, 1912, Saargemünd, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Sarreguemines, Moselle, France] - d. Sept. 1, 2002), prefect of Paris département (1969-71). He was also prefect of Haute-Marne (1956-58), Basses-Pyrénées (1962-64), and Puy-de-Dôme (1964-69).
Dieckmann |
Diederichs, Georg (b. Sept. 2, 1900, Northeim, Prussia [now in Niedersachsen], Germany - d. June 19, 1983, Laatzen, Niedersachsen, West Germany), minister-president of Niedersachsen (1961-70).
M. Diefenbacher |
Diefenbaker |
Diéguez (Lara), Manuel M(acario) (b. March 10, 1874, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - d. [executed] April 21, 1924, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico), governor of Jalisco (1914, 1915-17).
Diego (Palacios), (Juan) Ignacio (b. May 18, 1960, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain), president of the Council of Government of Cantabria (2011-15).
Diego (Iglesias), Mario de (b. April 17, 1908, Panama City, Panama - d. ...), foreign minister of Panama (1947-48). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1948-50).
Diego Paredes (Paramoto), Victoriano de (b. 1804, Piedecuesta, New Granada [now in Colombia] - d. 1893), foreign minister of New Granada (1849-51) and president of Santander (1866-68). He was also chargé d'affaires in the United States (1852-55).
Diekmann, Bruno (b. April 19, 1897, Kiel, Germany - d. Jan. 11, 1982, Kiel), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein (1949-50).
Dieleman, Petrus (b. Nov. 9, 1873, Axel, Netherlands - d. Jan. 19, 1961, Amersfoort, Netherlands), provincial commissioner of Zeeland (1940-44).
Diendéré |
Dieng, Madieng Khary (b. Nov. 21, 1932, Coki, Senegal - d. Nov. 27, 2020, Rabat, Morocco), interior minister (1991-93) and defense minister (1993-95) of Senegal. He was also ambassador to The Gambia (1996-98).
Dieng, Ousmane Tanor (b. Jan. 2, 1947, Nguéniène, Senegal - d. July 15, 2019, Bordeaux, France), Senegalese politician. He was first secretary of the Socialist Party (1996-2019) and a presidential candidate (2007, 2012).
Dienstbier |
Diependaele, Matthias (b. Aug. 7, 1979, Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium), minister-president of Flanders (2024- ).
Diepgen, Eberhard (b. Nov. 13, 1941, Berlin, Germany), governing mayor of Berlin (1984-89 [West Berlin], 1991-2001).
Dierckx, Octave (Victor Anna) (b. Oct. 15, 1882, Antwerp, Belgium - d. March 21, 1955, Uccle, Belgium), interior minister of Belgium (1937-38). He was also minister of transport (1934) and education (1938-39).
Diergaardt, Hans, byname of Johannes Gerard Adolf Diergaardt (b. Sept. 16, 1927, Rehoboth, central South West Africa [now Namibia] - d. Feb. 12, 1998, Rehoboth), captain of the Basters (1979-98) and chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity of Namibia (1985).
Diestel, Peter-Michael (b. Feb. 14, 1952, Prora, Mecklenburg [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern], East Germany), interior minister of East Germany (1990).
Diete-Spiff, Alfred (Papapreye) (b. July 30, 1942, Nembe [now in Rivers state], Nigeria), governor of Rivers (1968-75).
Dieth |
Diethelm, (Maurice) André (b. July 3, 1896, Bourg, Ain, France - d. Jan. 11, 1954, Paris, France), Free French commissioner of interior (1941-42), economy and finances (1942-43), and war (1944) and French war minister (1944-45). He was also Free French commissioner of information and labour (1941-42), pensions (1942-43), commerce (1943), and production and supply (1943-44).
Dietrich, Charles Henry (b. Nov. 26, 1853, Aurora, Ill. - d. April 10, 1924, Hastings, Neb.), governor of Nebraska (1901). He was also a U.S. senator from Nebraska (1901-05).
Dietrich, Hermann R(obert) (b. Dec. 14, 1879, Oberprechtal, Baden [now part of Elzach, Baden-Württemberg], Germany - d. March 6, 1954, Stuttgart, West Germany), vice chancellor (1930-32) and finance minister (1930-32) of Germany. He was also minister of food and agriculture (1928-30) and economy (1930).
Dietrich, Tadeusz (Barnaba) (b. June 14, 1905, Lódz, Poland - d. July 28, 1960, Warsaw, Poland), finance minister of Poland (1952-60). He was also chairman of the Central Planning Office (1948-49) and minister of internal trade (1949-52).
Dievoet, Emile (Josse) van (b. June 10, 1886, Lombeek-Sainte-Catherine, Belgium - d. June 24, 1967, Leuven, Belgium), justice minister of Belgium (1939). He was also minister of agriculture (1931-32).
Dièye, Cheikh Abdoulaye (b. Jan. 9, 1938, Saint-Louis, Senegal - d. March 27, 2002), Senegalese politician. He was a minor presidential candidate in 2000.
Dièye, Cheikh Bamba, byname of Cheikh Mamadou Abiboulaye Dièye (b. Nov. 12, 1965, Saint-Louis, Senegal), Senegalese politician; son of Cheikh Abdoulaye Dièye. He was a minor presidential candidate (2007, 2012), mayor of Saint-Louis (2009-14), and minister of regional planning and local government (2012) and communication, telecommunications, and digital economy (2012-14).
Diez Canseco (y Corbacho), Francisco (b. March 21, 1821, Arequipa, Peru - d. May 15, 1884, Lima, Peru), second vice president (1868-72) and acting president (1872) of Peru; brother of Pedro Diez Canseco and Manuel Diez Canseco; brother-in-law of Ramón Castilla.
Diez Canseco (Cisneros), Javier (b. March 24, 1948, Lima, Peru - d. May 4, 2013, Lima), Peruvian politician; cousin of Raúl Diez Canseco. He was a minor presidential candidate in 2006.
Diez Canseco (y Corbacho), Manuel (José) (b. 1819, Arequipa, Peru - d. March 9, 1864, Paris, France), war and navy minister of Peru (1856-57); brother of Pedro Diez Canseco; brother-in-law of Ramón Castilla.
Diez Canseco (y Corbacho), Pedro (Nolasco) (b. Jan. 31, 1815, Arequipa, Peru - d. April 3, 1893, Chorrillos, Peru), second vice president (1862-65) and acting president (1863, 1865, 1868) of Peru; brother-in-law of Ramón Castilla.
Diez Canseco (Terry), Raúl (b. Jan. 23, 1948, Miraflores, Lima province, Peru), Peruvian politician; son of cousin of Fernando Belaúnde Terry. He was a minor presidential candidate (1995), first vice-president (2001-04), and minister of industry, tourism, integration, and international trade negotiations (2001-02) and foreign trade and tourism (2002-03).
Diez de Medina, Federico (b. 1839, La Paz, Bolivia - d. June 13, 1904, La Paz), foreign minister of Bolivia (1900-02).
Diez de Medina, Mario (b. Jan. 16, 1910, La Paz, Bolivia - d. Dec. 3, 1971, La Paz), defense minister (1958-60) and interior minister (1960) of Bolivia. He was also ambassador to Italy (1961-62).
Diez de Medina Lertora, Alberto (b. Sept. 11, 1877, La Paz, Bolivia - d. Dec. 31, 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina), foreign minister of Bolivia (1930); son of Federico Diez de Medina. He was also chargé d'affaires in Brazil (1907-08), prefect of Oruro (1913-14), and minister to Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela (1917-19), Paraguay (1920), Brazil (1923-25), and Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru (1925-28).
Diez de Medina Lertora, Eduardo (b. Feb. 8, 1882, La Paz, Bolivia - d. 1955), foreign minister of Bolivia (1923, 1925-26, 1937-39); son of Federico Diez de Medina; brother of Alberto Diez de Medina Lertora. He was also chargé d'affaires in Chile (1911-13) and minister to the United States, Mexico, and Cuba (1928-31).
Diez Gutiérrez (y López Portillo), Carlos (b. May 23, 1836, Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico - d. Aug. 18, 1898, San Luis Potosí, Mexico), governor of San Luis Potosí (1877-81, 1885-98) and interior minister of Mexico (1880-84).
Díez Gutiérrez (y López Portillo), Pedro (baptized May 28, 1845, Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico - d. March 5, 1894, San Luis Potosí, Mexico), governor of San Luis Potosí (1881-85); brother of Carlos Diez Gutiérrez.
Diez Urzúa, Sergio (Eduardo) (b. April 2, 1925, Curicó, Chile - d. June 29, 2015, Santiago, Chile), Chilean diplomat/politician. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1977-81) and president of the Senate (1996-97).
DiFrancesco |
Digeon, Alexandre (Elisabeth Michel), vicomte (b. June 26, 1771, Paris, France - d. Aug. 2, 1826, Bullion, Seine-et-Oise [now in Yvelines], France), interim war minister of France (1823). He was created viscount in 1816.
Dighe, Madhukar (b. 1923, Dhar [now in Madhya Pradesh], India - d. July 27, 2014, Gurgaon [now Gurugram], Haryana, India), governor of Meghalaya (1990-95) and Arunachal Pradesh (1993).
Digneffe, Émile (Edouard Charles Henri) (b. Dec. 20, 1858, Liége [now Liège], Belgium - d. June 16, 1937, Liége), chairman of the Senate of Belgium (1932-34). He was also mayor of Liége (1921-27).
Digo, Yves (Jean) (b. April 4, 1897, Nantes, Loire-Inférieure [now Loire-Atlantique], France - d. March 6, 1974, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France), commissioner of Togo and Cambodia (1951-52) and governor of Gabon (1952-58).
Digvijaysinhji |
Dihigo (y López Trigo), Ernesto (b. Jan. 23, 1896, Havana, Cuba - d. February 1991, U.S.), foreign minister of Cuba (1950-51). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1951-52) and ambassador to the United States (1959-60).
Dijckmeester, Herman Jacob (b. Feb. 1, 1771, Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands - d. June 16, 1850, Tiel), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the Second Chamber (1835-36).
Dijckmeester, Herman Jacob (b. Feb. 16, 1847, Arnhem, Netherlands - d. Feb. 1, 1942, The Hague, Netherlands), queen's commissioner of Zeeland (1906-21); grandson of the above.
Dijk, Jannes Johannes Cornelis van (b. Dec. 1, 1871, Leeuwarden, Netherlands - d. Feb. 9, 1954, The Hague, Netherlands), war/defense minister of the Netherlands (1921-25, 1937-39). He was also navy minister (1921-22).
Dijk, Kees van, byname of Cornelis Pieter van Dijk (b. July 25, 1931, Rotterdam, Netherlands - d. Dec. 29, 2008, Rotterdam), interior minister of the Netherlands (1986-87, 1987-89). He was also minister without portfolio (1981-82, 1987).
Dijke, Pieter van (b. Sept. 25, 1920, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands - d. May 9, 2003, Zeist, Utrecht), queen's commissioner of Utrecht (1980-85). He was also mayor of Gouda (1969-73).
Dijkhoff, Klaas (Henricus Dominicus Maria) (b. Jan. 13, 1981, Soltau, Niedersachsen, West Germany), defense minister of the Netherlands (2017).
Dijkstal, Hans, byname of Henri Frans Dijkstal (b. Feb. 28, 1943, Port Said, Egypt - d. May 9, 2010, Wassenaar, Netherlands), interior minister and a deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (1994-98). He was also leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1998-2002).
Dijmarescu, Eugen (b. Feb. 11, 1948, Bucharest, Romania), finance minister of Romania (1991). He was also ambassador to Japan (1994-99).
Dijoud |
Dijsselbloem, Jeroen (René Victor Anton) (b. March 29, 1966, Eindhoven, Netherlands), finance minister of the Netherlands (2012-17). He has also been mayor of Eindhoven (2022- ).
Dijxhoorn, Adriaan Quirinus Hendrik (b. Sept. 10, 1889, Rotterdam, Netherlands - d. Jan. 22, 1953, De Steeg, Rheden municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands), defense minister of the Netherlands (1939-41).
Dik, Pavel (Vladimirovich), Belarusian Pavel (Uladzimiravich) Dzik (b. 1955), finance minister of Belarus (1995-97).
Dikambayev, Kazy (Dikambayevich) (b. Dec. 1 [Nov. 18, O.S.], 1913, Taldy-Su, Semirechye oblast, Russia [now in Issyk-Kul oblast, Kyrgyzstan] - d. Feb. 16, 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), foreign minister (1944-49) and chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-61) of the Kirgiz S.S.R. He was also a deputy premier (1940-44, 1948-49), people's commissar of state control (1940-44), first secretary of the party committee of Frunze oblast (1951-58), and chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1953-55).
Dikaucic, Marjan (b. October 1981), justice minister of Slovenia (2021-22).
Dikko, (Alhaji) Umaru (b. Dec. 31, 1936, Wamba, near Zaria [now in Kaduna state], northern Nigeria - d. July 1, 2014, London, England), Nigerian politician. After the fall of Gen. Yakubu Gowon's regime in 1975, he was found guilty of corruption, but this did not prevent his political reappearance when the return to civilian rule took place in 1979. He was made minister of transport by Pres. Alhaji Shehu Shagari, and because of his closeness to the president he became one of the most powerful politicians in the country. He was derided by his enemies for never having personally won an election. Dikko achieved the height of power as the manager of Shagari's 1983 election campaign, but by that time he had made many enemies and, it was said, was reappointed as minister of transport only because of Shagari's gratitude over the election result. Dikko's return to power was seen by many as a denial of Shagari's claim that he would make an independent new start and root out corruption. Dikko was known as Shagari's "third ear," and it was rumoured that most important contracts required his approval. When the military, headed by Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, seized power again at the end of 1983, Dikko left the country and said he had "declared war" on the new regime. In Nigeria he was accused of setting aside $300 million (presumably of ill-gotten gains) to finance a mercenary-led expedition against the new government. The two chief charges against him were that he had received kickbacks while in office and that he had rigged the 1983 elections. A spectacular but unsuccessful attempt was made by Nigerians to kidnap Dikko from Britain in a crate from Stansted Airport in July 1984. As a result, relations between Britain and Nigeria were temporarily brought to a low ebb. He returned to Nigeria in 1994 when the administration of Gen. Sani Abacha nominated him to participate in a constitutional conference.
Dikov, Diko (Dimitrov) (b. Nov. 2, 1910, Berkovitsa, Bulgaria - d. April 14, 1985), interior minister of Bulgaria (1962-68). He was also ambassador to Cuba (1969-72).
Dikov, Ivan (Mikhailovich) (b. July 29 [July 17, O.S.], 1833, Kherson province, Russia [now in Ukraine] - d. Oct. 13 [Sept. 30, O.S.], 1914, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia), Russian navy minister (1907-09).
S. Dikshit | U.S. Dikshit |
Dikshit, Uma Shankar, Dikshit also spelled Dixit (b. Jan. 12, 1901, Ugoo, Unnao district [now in Uttar Pradesh] - d. May 30, 1991, New Delhi), home affairs minister of India (1973-74) and governor of Karnataka (1976-77) and West Bengal (1984-86). He was also minister of works and housing (1971-73), health and family planning (1971-73), without portfolio (1974-75), and transport and shipping (1975).
Dileita |
Dilhorne, Reginald Manningham-Buller, (1st) Viscount (b. Aug. 1, 1905, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England - d. Sept. 7, 1980, Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland), British lord chancellor (1962-64). He was also solicitor general (1951-54) and attorney general (1954-62). He was knighted in 1951, succeeded as (4th) Baronet in 1956, and was made baron in 1962 and viscount in 1964.
Diliberto, Oliviero (b. Oct. 13, 1956, Cagliari, Italy), justice minister of Italy (1998-2000). He was also national secretary of the Communist Party (2000-13).
Dillingham, Paul (b. Aug. 10, 1799, Shutesbury, Mass. - d. July 26, 1891, Waterbury, Vt.), governor of Vermont (1865-67).
Dillingham, William P(aul) (b. Dec. 12, 1843, Waterbury, Vt. - d. July 12, 1923, Montpelier, Vt.), governor of Vermont (1888-90); son of Paul Dillingham.
Dillo Djérou, Yaya (b. Dec. 18, 1974, Kaoura, Chad - d. [killed] Feb. 28, 2024, N'Djamena, Chad), Chadian politician; nephew of Idriss Déby Itno. He was minister of mines and energy (2008-09).
Dillon, Arthur (Richard), comte (b. Sept. 3, 1750, Braywick, Ireland - d. [beheaded] April 13, 1794, Paris, France), governor of Tobago (1786-89).
C.D. Dillon |
J. Dillon |
Dillon (Cabezas), Luis Napoleón (b. Aug. 6, 1875, Quito, Ecuador - d. March 31, 1929, Quito), foreign minister (1913-14) and finance minister (1925-26) of Ecuador. He was also education minister (1912-13).
Dillon, Richard C(harles) (b. June 24, 1877, St. Louis, Mo. - d. Jan. 4, 1966, Albuquerque, N.M.), governor of New Mexico (1927-31).
Diman, Byron (b. Aug. 5, 1795, Bristol, R.I. - d. Aug. 1, 1865, Bristol), governor of Rhode Island (1846-47).
Dimas |
Dimassi, Houcine (b. Nov. 18, 1948, Ksar Hellal, Tunisia), finance minister of Tunisia (2011-12). He was also minister of vocational training and employment (2011).
Dimitrakopoulos, Nikolaos (b. Jan. 28, 1864, Karytaina, Greece - d. Dec. 21, 1921, Vienna, Austria), provisional foreign minister (1910) and justice minister (1910-12) of Greece.
Dimitriev |
Dimitrios I |
Dimitriu, Constantin D. (b. Dec. 9, 1872, Târgoviste, Romania - d. Oct. 27, 1945, Bucharest, Romania), Romanian politician. He was minister of public works (1927), communications (1927-28), and labour, health, and social welfare (1933-34) and president of the Senate (1935-36).
Dimitriu, Sergey (Vasilyevich) (b. 1892 - d. [executed] 1937), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Moldavian A.S.S.R. (1928-32).
Dimitrov, Aleksandar (b. Nov. 29, 1949, Skopje, Macedonia [now North Macedonia]), foreign minister of Macedonia (1998-2000).
Dimitrov, Aleksandur (Tenev), byname Bradata (b. 1878, Slokoshtitsa, Bulgaria - d. [killed] Oct. 22, 1921, Konyavska mountain, Bulgaria), interior minister (1919-21) and war minister (1921) of Bulgaria. He was also minister of railways, posts, and telegraphs (1921).
Dimitrov, Boyko (Georgiev), originally Boyko (Kostov) Zlatarev (b. June 5, 1941, Pleven, Bulgaria), foreign minister of Bulgaria (1989-90); adopted son of Georgi Dimitrov. He was also ambassador to Cuba (1978-83), Panama (1979-81), Jamaica (1979-84), and Guyana (1979-81).
Dimitrov, Dimitar (b. Jan. 13, 1937, Tsakoni, Greece), Macedonian politician. He was minister of education (1991) and culture (1998-99) and ambassador to Russia (2000-03).
Dimitrov, Dimitur (Aleksandrov) (b. Jan. 30, 1932, Vidbol [now part of Dunavtsi], Bulgaria - d. Dec. 22, 2002, London, England), Bulgarian politician. He was rector of the (Sofia) Technical University (1992-99) and minister of education and science (1999-2001).
F. Dimitrov |
G. Dimitrov |
Dimitrov, Ilcho (Ivanov) (b. June 3, 1931, Sofia, Bulgaria - d. March 11, 2002, Sofia), Bulgarian politician. He was rector of Sofia University (1979-81) and minister of education (1986-87, 1995-97) and science and technology (1995-97).
N. Dimitrov |
S. Dimitrov |
Dimond, Francis M(oore) (b. June 6, 1796, Bristol, R.I. - d. April 23, 1859, Bristol), acting governor of Rhode Island (1853-54).
Dimov (Vergilov), Vergil (b. Oct. 25, 1901, Ayazlar [now Svetlen], Bulgaria - d. Dec. 1, 1979), interior minister of Bulgaria (1944). He was also minister of public works (1932-34) and railways, posts, and telegraphs (1944).
Dimovska, Dosta (b. Feb. 17, 1954, Skopje, Macedonia [now North Macedonia] - d. April 4, 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria), interior minister of Macedonia (1999-2001). She was also a deputy prime minister (1998-2000) and director of the Intelligence Agency (2002-03).
Dimovski, Ljupco (b. April 9, 1959, Veles, Macedonia [now North Macedonia]), a deputy prime minister of North Macedonia (2024- ). He was also minister of agriculture, forestry, and water economy (2009-14).
Dinbergs, Anatols (b. March 3, 1911, Riga, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. Nov. 9, 1993, Washington, D.C.), Latvian diplomat. He was head of the Latvian diplomatic service in exile (1970-91), permanent representative to the United Nations (1991), and ambassador to the United States (1991-93).
Dinca, Ion (b. Nov. 3, 1928, Cobia, Dâmbovita county, Romania), Romanian politician. He was first secretary of the party committee and chairman of the executive committee of Arges county (1973-76), first secretary of the party committee and mayor of Bucharest (1976-79), minister of industrial construction and a deputy premier (1979-80), and a first deputy premier (1980-89).
Dinçer, Hasan (Hamdi) (b. 1910, Sandikli, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. April 24, 2001), a deputy prime minister (1962-63), defense minister (1965), and justice minister (1965-69) of Turkey.
Dindy, Emmanuel (b. Dec. 25, 1929, Bangui, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic]), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of health (1959-61), social affairs (1959-64), labour (1961-64), and youth and sports (1961-63) and ambassador to Cameroon (1970-72).
Dine, Fiqri (b. Aug. 3, 1897, Dibër, Ottoman Empire [now in Albania] - d. Nov. 26, 1960, Brussels, Belgium), prime minister and interior minister of Albania (1944).
Dinevska, Tanja, Macedonian diplomat. She was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2017-19).
Ding Mou-shih |
Ding Weifen, Wade-Giles Ting Wei-fen (b. 1874, Rizhao, Shandong, China - d. May 12, 1954, Taipei, Taiwan), Chinese politician. He studied abroad in Japan in 1904 and joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1905. He became a member of the House of Representatives upon the founding of the republic, later participating in several movements against Pres. Yuan Shikai. He started his senior career in the Kuomintang in 1924, holding membership in its Central Political Committee. Years later, he was nominated as head of the Department of Youth, subsequently Propaganda and Training. He became vice president of the Control Yuan in 1932.
Dingley, Nelson, Jr. (b. Feb. 15, 1832, Durham, Maine - d. Feb. 13, 1899, Washington, D.C.), governor of Maine (1874-76).
Dinguizli, Mustapha, Arabic Mustafa al-Dinqizli (b. 1865 - d. Oct. 20, 1926), prime minister of Tunisia (1922-26). He was also mayor of Tunis (1912-15).
Dinh Tien Dung (b. May 10, 1961, Ninh Binh province, North Vietnam [now in Vietnam]), finance minister of Vietnam (2013-21). He has also been chairman of the People's Committee of Dien Bien province (2008-10) and secretary of the party committees of Ninh Binh province (2010-11) and Hanoi city (2021- ).
Dini |
Diniz, Alberto Augusto (Oliveira) (b. 1868? - d. Oct. 17?, 1956, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Acre (1926).
Diniz, Antero Alves Monteiro (b. Feb. 29, 1936, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, northern Portugal), minister of the republic (1997-2006) and representative of the republic (2006-11) in Madeira.
Dinkic, Mladjan (b. Dec. 20, 1964, Belgrade, Serbia), finance minister (2004-06, 2012-13) and a deputy prime minister (2008-11) of Serbia. He was also political director (1999-2000) and president (2006-14) of G-17 Plus (from 2013 United Regions of Serbia), governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia (2000-03) and of Serbia (2003), and minister of economy (2007-11, 2012-13) and regional development (2007-11).
Dinkins |
Dinmukhamedov, Galey (Afzaletdinovich) (b. 1892, Novo-Ibraykino, Kazan province [now in Tatarstan republic], Russia - d. Aug. 20, 1951, Kazan, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), acting chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1937-38) and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-51) of the Tatar A.S.S.R. He was also people's commissar of workers' and peasants' inspection of the Bashkir A.S.S.R. (193...-34).
Dinnyés, Lajos (b. April 16, 1901, Alsódabas, Hungary - d. May 3, 1961, Budapest, Hungary), defense minister (1947) and prime minister (1947-48) of Hungary.
Dino, Xhemil Bej (b. 1894, Preveza, Greece - d. July 2, 1972, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Albania (1939); son-in-law of Shefqet Bej Vërlaci. He was also minister to Italy (1926-31) and the United Kingdom (1932-33).
Dinsmoor, Samuel (b. July 1, 1766, Windham, New Hampshire - d. March 15, 1835, Keene, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1831-34).
Dinsmoor, Samuel (b. May 8, 1799, Keene, N.H. - d. Feb. 24, 1869, Keene), governor of New Hampshire (1849-52); son of the above.
Dinwiddy | Diodoros |
Diodoros I, original name Damianos (Georgiou) Karivalis (b. Aug. 14, 1923, Chios island, Greece - d. Dec. 19, 2000, Jerusalem), patriarch of Jerusalem (1981-2000). He moved to what was then British-mandated Palestine in 1938. He became a monk in 1944 and was renamed Diodoros. Three years later he became a priest, then an archbishop in 1962, and he was named patriarch in 1981. In 2000, Diodoros met with Pope John Paul II during the pontiff's visit to the Holy Land. The pope said then he hoped the Vatican and the Orthodox church could overcome theological differences, such as disagreements over the nature of Christ and the extent of the authority of the papacy.
Diogo, Bornito de Sousa Baltazar (b. July 23, 1953, Quéssua, Malanje, Angola), vice president of Angola (2017- ). He was also minister of territorial administration (2010-17).
L. Diogo |
Diokno, Benjamin (Estoista) (b. March 31, 1948, Taal, Batangas, Philippines), finance secretary of the Philippines (2022-24). He was also governor of the Central Bank (2019-22).
Diokno, Jose (Wright) (b. Feb. 26, 1922, Manila, Philippines - d. Feb. 27, 1987, Quezon City, Philippines), justice secretary of the Philippines (1961-62). He was also chairman of the Presidential Committee on Human Rights (1986-87).
Diomi (Ndongala), Gaston (b. 1922, Léopoldville, Belgian Congo [now Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. 19...), president of secessionist Congo province (1960) and of Léopoldville province (1962).
S. Dion |
Dion Ngute | Dionne |
Dionne, Mohamed (Boun Abdallah), Mohamed also spelled Mahammed (b. Sept. 22, 1959, Gossas, Senegal - d. April 5, 2024, France), prime minister of Senegal (2014-19). He was also secretary-general of the presidency (2019-20).
Diop (1952- ) | Diop (1965- ) |
Diop, Abdoulaye (b. Sept. 17, 1965, Brazzaville, Congo [Brazzaville]), foreign minister of Mali (2014-17, 2021- ). He was also ambassador to the United States (2003-09).
Diop, Abdourahmane (b. Feb. 18, 1917, Dakar, Senegal), justice minister of Senegal (1968-71). He was also minister of civil service and labour (1963-68).
Diop, Bécaye (b. 1945), defense minister (2002-09, 2010-11) and interior minister (2009-10) of Senegal.
Diop, Ousmane Socé (b. Oct. 31, 1911, Rufisque, Senegal - d. Oct. 27, 1973, Dakar, Senegal), Senegalese politician. Also known as a writer, he was mayor of Rufisque (1936-45, 1960-64), minister of planning (1958-59), and permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States (1960-68).
Diop, Serigne (b. Jan. 3, 1953, Thiès, Senegal), justice minister of Senegal (1998-2000, 2002-05). He was also minister of employment, labour, and professional training (1993-95) and communication (1995-98) and médiateur (ombudsman) (2009-15).
Diop, Serigne Lamine (b. April 28, 1935, Dakar, Senegal - d. Dec. 16, 2008, Dakar), economy and finance minister of Senegal (1988-90). He was also minister of commerce (1980-81), rural development (1981-83), industrial development and crafts (1983-88), and justice (1990-93).
Diorditsa, Aleksandr (Filipovich) (b. Sept. 12 [Aug. 30, O.S.], 1911, Gandrabury, Russia [now in Odessa oblast, Ukraine] - d. April 1, 1996, Moscow, Russia), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Moldavian S.S.R. (1958-70). He was also finance minister (1946-55) and a deputy premier (1955-58).
Dioré, (Claude) Élie (b. May 26, 1727, Saint-Denis, Île Bourbon [now Réunion] - d. Aug. 2, 1803, Saint-André, Réunion), governor of Île Bourbon (1785-88); son of Hélie Dioré.
Dioré, Hélie (b. Sept. 22, 1677, La Rochelle, France - d. bf. July 1741), governor of Île Bourbon (1725-27).
Diori |
A. Diouf |
Diouf, Coumba Ndoffène (b. Dec. 29, 1932), foreign minister of Senegal (1972-73). He was also civil service and labour minister (1970-72) and public health and social affairs minister (1973-75).
Diouf, Jacques (b. Aug. 1, 1938, Saint-Louis, Senegal - d. Aug. 17, 2019, Paris, France), director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1994-2011).
Diouf, Madior (b. 1939, Fimela, Senegal), Senegalese politician. He was a minor presidential candidate (1993) and minister of higher education (2000-01) and culture (2001).
Dipendra |
Dipico |
DiPrete, Edward D(aniel) (b. July 8, 1934, Cranston, R.I.), governor of Rhode Island (1985-91). He pleaded guilty in December 1998 to bribery, extortion, and racketeering, admitting he accepted $250,000 from architects, engineers, and others in exchange for state contracts. DiPrete's son Dennis was fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to playing the middleman for his Republican father.
Direk Jayanama (b. Jan. 18, 1905, Phitsanulok, Siam [now Thailand] - d. May 1, 1967), foreign minister (1941, 1943-44, 1946-47) and finance minister (1945-46) of Thailand. He was also justice minister (1945), deputy prime minister (1946-47), and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1947-48) and West Germany (1959-65).
Direko |
Diria, Ahmed Hassan (b. July 13, 1937, Raha Leo, Zanzibar [now in Tanzania] - d. March 13, 2005, Germany), foreign minister of Tanzania (1990-93). He was also ambassador to the United Arab Republic (1965-68), Congo (Kinshasa) (1968-70), Japan (1979-83), and West Germany (1983-89), high commissioner to India (1971-78), and information minister (1989-90).
Dirir, Saleh (Haji) Farah (b. May 6, 1937, French Somaliland [now Djibouti] - d. Oct. 13, 2011), Djiboutian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1979-87) and ambassador to the United States (1981-87) and Saudi Arabia (1987-90).
Dirmantas, Stasys (b. Nov. 14 [Nov. 2, O.S.], 1887, Raseiniai, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. Jan. 26, 1975, Chicago, Ill.), defense minister of Lithuania (1935-38).
Diro, Ted, byname of Edward Ramu Diro (b. Dec. 14, 1942, Boku village, Rigo subdistrict, Central district, Papua [now in Papua New Guinea]), foreign minister (1986-87) and deputy prime minister (1990-91) of Papua New Guinea and governor of Central province (1997-99). He was also minister of forests (1985-86) and public service (1990-91) and special minister of state (1989-90).
Dirvana, Ibrahim Ethem, until Jan. 1, 1935, Ibrahim Edhem Bey (b. 1864, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. late April 1959), Ottoman official. He was governor of Beirut (1908-10, 1912-13) and Aydin (1918) and minister of posts and telegraphs (1919) and commerce (1919).
Dirzinskaite(-Piliusenko), Leokadija (b. Jan. 20, 1921, Anclaukys, Vilkaviskis region, Lithuania - d. January 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania), foreign minister (1960-61, 1961-76) and first deputy chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1976-85) of the Lithuanian S.S.R. She was also first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Siauliai city (1958-60).
Dizdarevic | Djá |
Djá, Baciro (b. Jan. 31, 1973), defense minister (2011-12) and prime minister (2015, 2016) of Guinea-Bissau. He was a minor presidential candidate in 2012 and 2019.
Djabir (Boina Mbafoumou), Ahmed (b. 1943, Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, Comoros - d. Feb. 15, 2023, Marseille, France), Comoran diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States (1997-2002).
Djaló, (Mamadu) Iaia (b. 1962? - d. Dec. 20, 2021, Dakar, Senegal), foreign minister of Guinea-Bissau (2000-01). He was also a minor presidential candidate (2005, 2009, 2014, 2019) and minister of justice and human rights (2018-19, 2021) and commerce and industry (2019-20).
Djamous, Issakha Malloua, armies minister of Chad (2024- ). He was also governor of Ennedi-Est (2021-23).
Djanggola, Longki (L.) (b. Nov. 11, 1952, Palu [now in Sulawesi Tengah], Indonesia), governor of Sulawesi Tengah (2011-21).
Djangone-Bi, Djessan Philippe (b. Jan. 1, 1946, Vrigrita, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. May 21, 2020, Abdijan, Côte d'Ivoire), Ivorian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2001-07) and ambassador to the United Kingdom (2007-11).
Djani, Dian Triansyah (b. July 9, 1962, Jakarta, Indonesia), Indonesian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2016-22).
Djankov, Simeon (Denchev), also spelled Dyankov (b. July 13, 1970, Sofia, Bulgaria), finance minister and a deputy prime minister of Bulgaria (2009-13).
Djapo, Mirsad (b. Nov. 2, 1953, Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina), mayor of Brcko (2004-09).
Djédjé |
Djédjé Mady, Alphonse (b. 1945, Gazéhio, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire]), Ivorian politician. He was minister of public health and population (1983-89).
Djelic, Bozidar (b. April 1, 1965, Belgrade, Serbia), finance minister (2001-04) and a deputy prime minister (2007-11) of Serbia. He was also minister of science and technological development (2008-11).
Djengbot, Guillaume Lucien (b. c. 1947), Central African Republic politician. He was ambassador to Nigeria (1978-81) and minister of armed forces, veterans, water resources, and energy (1985-86).
Djerad |
Djergenia, Anri (Mikhailovich), also spelled Dzhergenia or Jergenia (b. Aug. 8, 1941, Leningrad, Russian S.F.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia] - d. Jan. 5, 2020, Moscow, Russia), prime minister of Abkhazia (2001-02). He was also prosecutor-general (1992-2001) and a minor presidential candidate (2004).
Djeric, Branko (b. Nov. 20, 1948), prime minister of the Republika Srpska (1992-93).
Djermakoye, Issoufou Saïdou (b. July 10, 1920, Dosso, Niger - d. June 30, 2000, Paris, France), Nigerien politician. He was justice minister (1959-61, 1963-65), permanent representative to the United Nations (1961-62, 1965-66), and ambassador to the United States (1961-62).
Djermakoye, Moumouni Adamou (b. May 22, 1939, Dosso, Niger - d. June 14, 2009, Niamey, Niger), foreign minister of Niger (1974-79). He was also minister of youth, sports, and culture (1979-81) and public health and social affairs (1981-83), prefect of Zinder département (1983-88), ambassador to the U.S. and permanent representative to the UN (1988-91), and president of the National Assembly (1993-95). He was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1993, 1996, 1999, and 2004.
Djibo |
Djibril, Ibrahim Idriss (b. May 15, 1948, Obock, French Somaliland [now Djibouti] - d. Oct. 12, 2017, Djibouti, Djibouti), Djiboutian politician. He was minister of public works (1990-93), civil service and administrative reform (1997), agriculture (1997-99), and justice (1999-2001).
Djilas, Dragan (b. Feb. 22, 1967, Belgrade, Serbia), Serbian politician. He was minister without portfolio and coordinator for the National Investment Plan (2007-08), mayor of Belgrade (2008-13), and president of the Democratic Party (2012-14).
Djilas, Milovan (b. June 12, 1911, Podbisce, near Kolasin, Montenegro - d. April 20, 1995, Belgrade, Serbia), Yugoslav politician. He was a vice premier and president of the Federal Assembly (1953-54). He became a critic of the Communist system and was imprisoned in 1956-61 and 1962-66.
Djindjic |
Djindjolia, Sokrat (Rachevich), also spelled Dzhindzholia or Jinjolia (b. Dec. 11, 1937, Tkuarchal [Tkvarcheli], Abkhaz A.S.S.R., Georgian S.S.R.), prime minister and foreign minister of Abkhazia (1993-94). He was also speaker of parliament (1994-2002).
Djodan, Sime (b. Dec. 27, 1927, Rodaljice, Dalmatia, Yugoslavia [now in Croatia] - d. Oct. 2, 2007, Dubrovnik, Croatia), defense minister of Croatia (1991).
Djogo, Djibril Negue (b. Feb. 2, 1932, Fort-Archambault [now Sarh], Chad), finance minister of Chad (1975-76). He was also minister of health, labour, and social affairs (1976-79), justice (1986-88), and transport and civil aviation (1988-90).
Djohan, Djohermansyah (b. Dec. 21, 1954, Padang [now in Sumatera Barat], Indonesia), acting governor of Riau (2013-14).
Djohan, Erzaldi Rosman (b. Oct. 31, 1969, Pangkalpinang, Sumatera Selatan [now in Bangka Belitung], Indonesia), governor of Bangka Belitung (2017-22).
Djohar |
Djojohadikusumo, Sumitro (b. May 29, 1917, Kebumen, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. March 9, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia), finance minister of Indonesia (1952-53, 1955-56). He was also chargé d'affaires in the United States (1950), minister of economic affairs (1950-51) and commerce (1958 [rebel government], 1968-73), and minister of state for research (1973-78).
Djojomartono, (Mohammad) Muljadi (b. May 3, 1898, Surakarta, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. Oct. 23, 1967, Jakarta, Indonesia), a deputy first minister of Indonesia (1962-63). He was also minister of social affairs (1957-59, 1966) and minister (1959-62) and coordinating minister (1962-66) for people's welfare.
Djokic, Dragomir, Yugoslav diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (1992-95).
Djordjevic, Mihailo Kr. (b. 1850, Belgrade, Serbia - d. 1901, Belgrade), foreign minister of Serbia (1891-92). He was also justice minister (1890-91, 1892, 1894-95), interior minister (1896-97), and minister to France (1892-94).
Djordjevic, Vladan (b. Nov. 21, 1844, Belgrade, Serbia - d. Aug. 31, 1930, Baden, near Vienna, Austria), prime minister and foreign minister of Serbia (1897-1900). He was also mayor of Belgrade (1884-88), minister of education (1888-91), and minister to Greece (1891-94) and the Ottoman Empire (1894-97).
Djotodia |
Djoudi, Hocine (b. May 4, 1930, Constantine département, Algeria - d. April 13, 2023, Paris, France), Algerian diplomat. He was ambassador to Spain (1978-79), Portugal (1979-82), Mozambique and Lesotho (1982-84), and France (1993-97) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1984-91).
Djoudi, Karim (b. July 13, 1958, Montpellier, France - d. May 13, 2022), finance minister of Algeria (2007-14); son of Hocine Djoudi.
Djoumbe, Maitine (b. Jan. 1, 1953, Moukoulou, Chad), Chadian diplomat. He has been ambassador to Zaire (1982-87), Sudan (1987-89), Algeria (1989-91), the Central African Republic (2001-03), Ethiopia (2003-07), Belgium (2007-10), the United States and Canada (2012-13), and China (2019- ) and minister of mines and geology (2010-11).
Djoussouf |
Djukanovic |
Dj. Djukic | Djukic Dejanovic |
Djukic, Ilija (b. Jan. 4, 1930, Novi Rujac, Yugoslavia [now in Serbia] - d. Oct. 22, 2002, Belgrade, Serbia), foreign minister of Yugoslavia (1992-93). He was Yugoslav ambassador to Bulgaria (1983-87) and China (1990-92, 2001-02).
Djukic Dejanovic, Slavica (b. July 4, 1951, Raca, Serbia), acting president of Serbia (2012). She has been minister of family care (2000-01), health (2012-14), and education (2023- ), president of the National Assembly (2008-12), and a minister without portfolio (2016-20).
Djunaidi, Arinal (b. June 17, 1956, Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung, Sumatera Selatan [now Bandar Lampung, Lampung], Indonesia), governor of Lampung (2019-24).
Djupedal, Øystein (Kåre) (b. May 5, 1960, Oslo, Norway), governor of Aust-Agder (2009-15). He was also Norwegian minister of education and research (2005-07).
Djuranovic, Veselin (b. May 17, 1925, Martinici village, near Danilovgrad, Montenegro - d. Aug. 30, 1997, Martinici?), chairman of the Executive Council (1963-66), secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1968-77), and president of the Presidency (1982-83) of Montenegro and president of the Federal Executive Council (1977-82) and of the Presidency (1984-85) of Yugoslavia.
Djurdjevac, Savo (b. 1953 - d. Sept. 27, 2017, Niksic, Montenegro), a deputy prime minister of Montenegro (2000-01).
Djurhuus, Hákun (b. Dec. 11, 1908, Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands - d. Sept. 22, 1987), prime minister of the Faeroe Islands (1963-67). He was also chairman of the Lagting (1950-51) and a minister (1951-57).
Djurhuus, Kristian (b. Feb. 12, 1895, Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands - d. Nov. 20, 1984, Tvøroyri, Faeroe Islands), prime minister of the Faeroe Islands (1950-59, 1968-70). He was also chairman of the Lagting (1945) and minister of taxation (1959-63), justice (1959-63), fisheries (1959-63, 1967-68), finance (1967-70), and agriculture (1967-70).
Djuric |
Djurklou, Nils friherre (b. Sept. 20, 1686, Västmanland, Sweden - d. Dec. 24, 1758, Knapegården, Kalmar, Sweden), governor of Kalmar (1755-57). He was created friherre (baron) in 1751.
Djurovic, Danijela (b. March 27, 1973, Kotor, Montenegro), Montenegrin politician. She was president of the Skupstina (2022-23).
Djurovic, Dragan (b. Oct. 31, 1959, Danilovgrad, Montenegro - d. June 27, 2024), acting foreign minister (2002-03) and interior minister (2003-05) of Montenegro. He was also a deputy prime minister (2001-06).
Djurovic, Gordana (b. March 2, 1964, Novi Knezevac, Vojvodina, Serbia), a deputy prime minister of Montenegro (2006-09). She was also minister of foreign economic relations (2004-06) and European integration (2004-06, 2009-10).
Djuvara, Alexandru G. (b. Dec. 20, 1858, Bucharest, Walachia [now in Romania] - d. Feb. 1, 1913, Bucharest), foreign minister of Romania (1909-11). He was also minister of justice (1897-98) and industry and commerce (1909).
Dladla | A.M. Dlamini |
Dlamini, Ambrose Mandvulo (b. March 5, 1968 - d. Dec. 13, 2020, South Africa), prime minister of Eswatini (2018-20).
Dlamini, Bheki (R.) (b. 1952?), acting prime minister of Swaziland (2008). He was chief officer of the King's Office in 2006-13.
Dlamini, Prince Bhekimpi (Alpheus) (b. Nov. 26, 1924, Hhohho district, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. Nov. 1, 1999, Mbabane, Swaziland), prime minister of Swaziland (1983-86).
C. Dlamini |
Dlamini, Prince Jameson Mbilini (b. Aug. 5, 1932, Hhohho district, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. June 5, 2008, Hhohho district), prime minister of Swaziland (1993-96).
Dlamini, Khanyakwezwe Henry (b. Manzini district, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), foreign minister of Swaziland (1971-72). He was also minister of establishments and training (1972-73) and civil service (1973-79?).
L. Dlamini |
Dlamini, Prince Mabandla N(dawombili) F(red) (b. Nov. 11, 1930, Hhohho district, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), prime minister of Swaziland (1979-83).
Dlamini, Mabili (David) (b. April 10, 1957, Mankayane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), foreign minister of Swaziland (2003-06). He was also high commissioner to Malaysia (2000-03) and minister of housing and urban development (2006-08).
Dlamini, Prince Makhosini (Jameson) (b. 1914, near Hlatikulu, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. April 28, 1978), prime minister (1967-76) and foreign minister (1968-70) of Swaziland.
Dlamini, Maphevu (Harry) (b. March 31, 1922 - d. Oct. 25, 1979), prime minister of Swaziland (1976-79).
Dlamini, Mboni Naph (b. Nov. 20, 1928, Nkhungwini, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), Swazi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1970-72).
Dlamini, Moses Mathendele, foreign minister of Swaziland (2006-08). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1994-2000), ambassador to Taiwan (2000-03), and president of the Senate (2003-06).
Dlamini, Obed (Mfanyana) (b. April 4, 1937, Mhlosheni, Shiselweni district, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. Jan. 18, 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa), prime minister of Swaziland (1989-93).
Dlamini, Phesheya Mbongeni (b. Jan. 1, 1966, Lobamba, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), Swazi official. He was attorney general (1999-2005) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2005-08).
Dlamini, Richard Velaphi (b. Oct. 22, 1932, Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. August 1984), foreign minister of Swaziland (1982-84).
R. Dlamini |
S.B. Dlamini | T. Dlamini |
Dlamini, Solomon (Mnukwa), foreign minister of Swaziland (1993-95). He was also education minister (1995-98), high commissioner to Kenya (1999-2006) and South Africa (2010-14), and ambassador to Belgium (2006-10).
Dlamini, Sotsha (Ernest) (b. May 27, 1940, Mankayane, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. Feb. 7, 2017, Mankayane), prime minister of Swaziland (1986-89).
Dlamini, Thamie (b. 1980), Eswatini diplomat. He has been ambassador to Taiwan (2014-22) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2022- ).
Dlamini, (Absalom) Themba (b. Dec. 1, 1950), prime minister of Swaziland (2003-08).
Dlamini, Timothy Lutfo Lucky (b. May 15, 1952, Manzini, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), Swazi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-94) and non-resident high commissioner to Singapore (2000-05).
Dlamini-Zuma |
Dlodlo, Ayanda (b. 1962, Soweto, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa), home affairs minister of South Africa (2017-18). She was also minister of communications (2017), public service and administration (2018-19, 2021-22), and state security (2019-21).
Dmitrin, Aleksandr (Grigoryevich) (b. 1914, Kyshtym, Yekaterinburg province, Russia - d. February 2001, Moscow, Russia), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Komi A.S.S.R. (1957-65).
Dmitriy, secular name Maksim (Andreyevich) Verbitsky (b. Aug. 16 [Aug. 4, O.S.], 1869, Gadyach, Poltava province, Russia [now in Ukraine] - d. Feb. 1, 1932, Kiev, Ukrainian S.S.R.), metropolitan of Kiev (1930-32). He was also bishop (1910-21) and archbishop (1925-30) of Uman and bishop of Belaya Tserkov (1921-25).
Dmitriyenko |
Dmitriyev, Gennady (Nikolayevich) (b. Jan. 1, 1935, Novaya Kazmaska, Udmurt A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Feb. 27, 2012, Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Udmurt A.S.S.R. (1988-90). He was also minister of communal services (1972-88).
Dmitriyev, Ivan (Ivanovich) (b. Sept. 21 [Sept. 10, O.S.], 1760, Bogorodskoye, Kazan province [now in Samara oblast], Russia - d. Oct. 15 [Oct. 3, O.S.], 1837, Moscow, Russia), justice minister of Russia (1810-14); nephew of Nikita Beketov. He was also a poet.
Dmitriyev, Ivan (Nikolayevich) (b. Nov. 17, 1920 - d. Jan. 29, 1992), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1985-87).
Dmitry (Konstantinovich), Veliky Knyaz (Grand Duke) (b. June 13 [June 1, O.S.], 1860, Strelna, St. Petersburg province, Russia - d. [executed] Jan. 28, 1919, Petrograd [St. Petersburg], Russia), Russian official; son of Veliky Knyaz Konstantin (Nikolayevich). He was head of the Chief Administration of State Horse Breeding (1897-1905).
Do Muoi |
Do Quang Trung (b. Jan. 20, 1946, Ha Tay province [now part of Hanoi], North Vietnam [now in Vietnam]), interior minister of Vietnam (2002-07). He was also minister-head of the Government Organization and Personnel Commission (1996-2002).
Doan Duy Thanh (b. Sept. 15, 1929, Cong Hoa village, Kim Mon district, Hai Hung province, Tonkin [now in Vietnam]), a deputy premier of Vietnam (1987-88). He was also mayor (1979-82) and secretary of the party committee (1982-86) of Haiphong, minister of foreign trade (1986-88) and foreign economic relations (1988-90), and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1993-2002).
Doan Khue (b. Oct. 29, 1923, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, Annam [now in Vietnam] - d. Jan. 16, 1998, Hanoi, Vietnam), Vietnamese politician. He began revolutionary activities in 1939 and was captured and imprisoned by colonial French forces a year later. He joined the People's Army in 1945 and rose to become vice defense minister in 1980. He joined the ruling Communist party's politburo in December 1986. He was named chief of staff in 1987 and was promoted to four-star general in 1990. He became defense minister in 1991. But party sources said he suffered political setbacks after a 1997 trip to France when he boasted to French president Jacques Chirac that the next time they met it would be as equals. In September of that year he failed in a bid for the presidency when he lost out to Tran Duc Luong and was then replaced as defense minister. He retained his seat on the politburo, but with his health ailing soon faded from public view. Khue's feisty rhetoric as defense minister portrayed a man who was still deeply suspicious of the world outside his Communist fatherland. As a former military chief of staff, Khue was seen as a conservative who advocated a leading role for the army in guiding socialism, but who supported expanded business interests among the armed forces. In speeches towards the end of his career he issued vociferous warnings that heightened vigilance was needed against possible "riots to overthrow the government undertaken by opposition forces." In a 1994 speech to mark the 50th anniversary of an army which defeated the French and U.S.-backed South Vietnam, he warned party leaders and bemedalled war veterans that Vietnam should not lower its guard now that the country was at peace. He was given the Ho Chi Minh Medal, Vietnam's highest honour, shortly before his death.
Dobbie, Sir William (George Shedden) (b. July 12, 1879, Madras [now Chennai], India - d. Oct. 3, 1964, London, England), governor of Malta (1940-42); knighted 1941.
Dobbs, Sir Henry Robert Conway (b. Aug. 26, 1871, London, England - d. May 30, 1934, Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland), chief commissioner of Baluchistan (1917-19) and high commissioner of Iraq (1923-29); knighted 1921.
Dobi |
Dobkevicius, Jonas, surname until 1885 Daukus (b. Dec. 6, 1866, Mieliunai village, Rokiskis district, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. July 23, 1934, Medemrode, Siauliai district, Lithuania), finance minister of Lithuania (1922).
Dobkin, Mykhailo (Markovych) (b. Jan. 26, 1970, Kharkov [Kharkiv], Ukrainian S.S.R.), Ukrainian politician. He was mayor of Kharkiv (2006-10), governor of Kharkiv oblast (2010-14), and a minor presidential candidate (2014).
Doble, Denis Henry (b. Oct. 2, 1936), administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1982-85).
Dobles Sánchez, Luis (b. June 2, 1925, Milwaukee, Wis. - d. Aug. 5, 2000, San José, Costa Rica), Costa Rican diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires (1949-51), minister (1952-53), and ambassador (1953) to Brazil, ambassador to Peru (1960-62), Bolivia (1961-62), and France (1975-79), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1968-70).
Doblhoff-Dier, Anton Freiherr von (baron of) (b. Nov. 10, 1800, Vienna, Austria - d. April 16, 1872, Vienna), acting prime minister (1848) and interior minister (1848) of Austria. He was also ambassador to the Netherlands (1849-58).
Dobozendi, Hugues (b. Jan. 27, 1938, Mbaïki, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. Dec. 29, 2018, Bangui, Central African Republic), finance minister of the Central African Empire (1977-78) and justice minister of the Central African Republic (1990). He was also minister of posts and communications (1989-90) and president of the National Assembly (1993-98).
Dobrescu, Dimitrie (b. 1852 - d. Feb. 13, 1934, Bucharest, Romania), Romanian politician. He was justice minister (1918) and president of the Senate (1918).
Dobrescu, Emilian (b. May 22, 1933, Bucharest, Romania), a deputy prime minister of Romania (1981-82). He was also chairman of the State Planning Committee (1981-82).
Dobrev |
Dobritoiu, Corneliu (b. Sept. 18, 1955, Bucharest, Romania), defense minister of Romania (2006 [acting], 2012).
Dobrovolska, Evelina (b. Aug. 16, 1988, Vilnius, Lithuanian S.S.R.), justice minister of Lithuania (2020- ).
Dobrovolsky, Nikolay (Aleksandrovich) (b. March 22 [March 10, O.S.], 1854, Valday, Novgorod province, Russia - d. Oct. 21, 1918, Pyatigorsk, Russia), justice minister of Russia (1917). He was also governor of Grodno (1899-1900).
Dobrovský, Lubos, original surname Hamerschlag (b. Feb. 3, 1932, Kolín, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic] - d. Jan. 30?, 2020), defense minister of Czechoslovakia (1990-92). He was also Czech ambassador to Russia (1996-2000).
Dobryakov, Anatoly (Alekseyevich) (b. Feb. 23, 1939), head of the administration of Pskov oblast (1991-92).
Dobrzanski, Stanislaw (b. March 22, 1949, Hrubieszów, Poland), defense minister of Poland (1996-97).
Dobson, Sir William Lambert (b. April 24, 1833, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England - d. March 17, 1898, Hobart, Tasmania), acting governor of Tasmania (1886-87, 1892-93); knighted 1886. He was chief justice (1886-98).
Dockery, Alexander M(onroe) (b. Feb. 11, 1845, near Gallatin, Mo. - d. Dec. 26, 1926, Gallatin), governor of Missouri (1901-05).
Dockery, Nerys (Nakia), née Chiverton, Saint Kitts and Nevis diplomat. She was permament representative to the United Nations (2022-23).
Docking, George (b. Feb. 23, 1904, Clay Center, Kan. - d. Jan. 20, 1964, Kansas City, Kan.), governor of Kansas (1957-61).
Docking, Robert (b. Oct. 9, 1925, Kansas City, Mo. - d. Oct. 8, 1983, Arkansas City, Kan.), governor of Kansas (1967-75); son of George Docking.
Docko, Michel, Central African Republic politician. He was president of the National Assembly (1989-91) and minister for relations with parliament (1996-97, 2001-03).
Doda, Preng Bib (b. 1860 - d. [assassinated] March 22, 1919), foreign minister of Albania (1914). He was also a deputy prime minister (1913-14, 1918-19).
Dodangoda, Amarasiri (Gardiye Hewawasam) (b. Oct. 18, 1942, Dodangoda, near Baddegama, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] - d. May 30, 2009, Colombo, Sri Lanka), chief minister of Southern province (1993-94, 1994) and home affairs minister (1994, 2004-05) and justice minister (2005-09) of Sri Lanka. He was also minister of provincial councils and cooperatives (1994), vocational training (1997-2001), rural industries (1997-2000), and human resources development and technical and vocational education (2001).
Dodd, Chris(topher John) (b. May 27, 1944, Willimantic, Conn.), U.S. politician; son of Thomas J. Dodd. He was a representative (1975-81) and senator (1981-2011) from Connecticut, general chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1995-97), and a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
Dodd, Norris E(dward) (b. July 20, 1879, Chickasaw county, Iowa - d. June 23, 1968, Phoenix, Ariz.), director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1948-53).
Dodd, Thomas J(oseph) (b. May 15, 1907, Norwich, Conn. - d. May 24, 1971, Old Lyme, Conn.), U.S. politician. He was a representative (1953-57) and senator (1959-71) from Connecticut.
Dodds, Sir John Stokell (b. 1848, Durham, England - d. June 23, 1914, Hobart, Tas.), acting governor of Tasmania (1900-01, 1904, 1909, 1913); knighted 1900. He was chief justice (1898-1914) and lieutenant governor (1903-14).
Dode, Petro (b. April 16, 1924, Korçë district, Albania), Albanian politician. He was first secretary of the party committees of Korçë (1965-66), Vlorë (1968-71), Shkodër (1983-86), and Durrës (1986-87) districts, chairman of the executive committee of Korçë district (1966-68), a deputy premier (1975-78), chairman of the State Planning Commission (1975-82), and chairman of the People's Assembly (1987-91).
Dodge, Augustus C(aesar) (b. Jan. 2, 1812, Ste. Genevieve, Mo. - d. Nov. 20, 1883, Burlington, Iowa), U.S. politician; son of Henry Dodge. He was a delegate to the House of Representatives (1840-46), member of the Senate (1848-55), minister to Spain (1855-59), and mayor of Burlington, Iowa (1874-75).
Dodge, Henry (b. Oct. 12, 1782, Post Vincennes [now Vincennes], Ind. - d. June 19, 1867, Burlington, Iowa), governor of Wisconsin (1836-41, 1845-48).
Dodik |
Dodkhudoyev, Nazarsho (b. Dec. 20 [Dec. 7, O.S.], 1915, Derzud village, Badakhshan region, Russia [now in Tajikistan] - d. June 30, 2000), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1950-56) and chairman of the Council of Ministers and foreign minister (1956-61) of the Tadzhik S.S.R. He was also chairman of the Executive Committee of Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (1949-50).
Dodon |
Dodonov, Aleksandr (Dmitriyevich) (b. Nov. 18, 1946, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan] - d. Jan. 10, 2018), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (1996-98). He was also minister of irrigation and water management (1996-98).
Dodsworth, Henrique de Toledo (b. Sept. 17, 1895, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Aug. 14, 1975, Rio de Janeiro), federal interventor/prefect of Distrito Federal (1937-45). He was also Brazilian ambassador to Portugal (1946).
Dodun de Kéroman, Henri (Valentin, comte) (b. 1837 - d. Feb. 12, 1899, Quimperlé, Finistère, France), resident of Wallis and Futuna (1892-93, 1895).
Doe |
Doer |
Does de Willebois, (Pieter) Joseph (August Marie) van der (b. Feb. 17, 1816, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands - d. Sept. 15, 1892, The Hague, Netherlands), king's commissioner of Limburg (1856-74) and foreign minister of the Netherlands (1874-77, 1883-85).
Doga, (María) Nélida (b. June 27, 1947, Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province), minister of social development of Argentina (2002-03).
Dogan, (Hüseyin) Hüsnü (b. 1944, Malatya, Turkey), defense minister of Turkey (1990-91); adopted nephew of Turgut Özal. He was also minister of agriculture, forestry, and rural affairs (1983-89) and energy and natural resources (1996) and a minister of state (1989-90).
Dogolea, Enoch (b. 1951? - d. June 23, 2000, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), vice president of Liberia (1997-2000). Dogolea, who in the 1980s went into exile as an opposition campaigner against the rule of Pres. Samuel K. Doe, later joined Charles Taylor's fledgling rebel group which fought a brutal seven-year civil war against several factions. Relative calm was restored in 1996 and Taylor won elections a year later. For nearly all of the war, Dogolea served as Taylor's deputy and he became vice-president immediately after the election. Officials said Dogolea died after going into a coma at a private hospital in Abidjan, where he was flown after falling sick the previous week. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Dogolea suffered a stroke, although this could not be independently confirmed. The state radio station said President Taylor ordered an autopsy in order to refute "speculation" the vice president had been either "poisoned or beaten to death by presidential guards." Dogolea paid a private visit to Taylor's farm shortly before his death, some officials said. Taylor dismissed the rumours of foul play as "the work of detractors to tarnish his image and cause national instability," the station said. A group representing University of Liberia students from Dogolea's home region of Nimba County, meanwhile, accused the government of denying Dogolea access to proper medical care, but did not give details. "Our call is prompted by widespread speculation about the cause of Mr. Dogolea's illness," the group said in a statement broadcast on the radio station.
Dogou, Alain, dit Maurice Goba (b. July 16, 1964, Aboisso, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire]), defense minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2010-11, Gbagbo government).
Dogsom, Dansranbilegiyn (b. 1884, in present Bayan-Ovoo district, Khentiy province, Mongolia - d. [executed] July 27, 1941, Soviet Union), chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural of Mongolia (1936-39). He was also ambassador to Tannu Tuva (1933-34).
Dogu, Hüseyin Barlas (b. 1936, Safranbolu, Turkey), defense minister of Turkey (1991).
Doguzhiyev, Vitaly (Khusseynovich) (b. Dec. 25, 1935, Yenakiyevo, Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Yenakiyeve, Ukraine] - d. Oct. 3, 2016, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was minister of general machine building (1988-89), a deputy premier (1989-91), and a first deputy premier (1991).
Dohou |
Doi, Akoka (b. 1951, Moro, Papua and New Guinea [now Papua New Guinea]), foreign minister (1987-88) and deputy prime minister (1988-90, 1991-92) of Papua New Guinea. He was also speaker of parliament (1987) and minister of public service (1988-90) and fisheries and marine resources (1990-92).
T. Doi |
Doidge, Sir Frederick Widdowson (b. Feb. 26, 1884, Cootamundra, New South Wales - d. May 26, 1954, London, England), foreign minister of New Zealand (1949-51); knighted 1953. He was also minister of island territories (1949-51) and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1951-54).
Doig Sánchez, Julio (César Nicolás) (b. Dec. 6, 1910, Callao, Peru - d. June 30, 1980), war minister of Peru (1967-68). He was also general commander of the army (1965-67) and ambassador to Brazil (1968-70) and Belgium (1970-75).
Doiron, Joseph Aubin (b. June 10, 1922, North Rustico, P.E.I. - d. Jan. 28, 1995), lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island (1980-85).
Dokle, Namik (b. March 11, 1946, Durrës, Albania), Albanian politician. He was chairman of the Assembly (2001-02) and deputy prime minister (2003-05).
Dokmanovic, Slavko (b. Dec. 14, 1949, Trpinja, Croatia - d. June 28, 1998, The Hague, Netherlands), president of the Srem-Baranja District (1995-96). He committed suicide in his cell in The Hague where he was awaiting the verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and was known to suffer from severe depression (he was supposed to be under close watch).
Doko, Jerko (b. Sept. 14, 1952), defense minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990-92).
Dokouna, Emmanuel (d. Jan. 8, 2018, Rabat, Morocco), finance minister of the Central African Republic (1992-97).
Dokshokov, Musa (Ilyasovich) (b. Sept. 3, 1932, Sarmakovo, Kabardino-Balkar autonomous oblast [now Kabardino-Balkariya republic], Russia - d. Feb. 19, 2015, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkariya), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kabardino-Balkar A.S.S.R. (1984-88). He was also first deputy premier (1969-74).
Dolanský, Jaromír (b. Feb. 25, 1895, Prague, Austria [now in Czech Republic] - d. July 16, 1973, Prague), finance minister (1946-49), a deputy premier (1951-53, 1960-63), and a first deputy premier (1953-60) of Czechoslovakia. He was also chairman of the State Planning Commission (1949-51).
Dolanský, Josef (b. Jan. 7, 1868, Jitschin, Austria [now Jicín, Czech Republic] - d. Nov. 30, 1943, Brno, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), justice minister of Czechoslovakia (1921-25). He was also minister of supply (1925-26).
Dolchanmaa, Bay-Kara (Sholzhubeyevna) (b. March 15, 1916, Bayan-Kol, Uryankhay kray [now Tuva republic], Russia - d. 2002), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tuva A.S.S.R. (1962-77).
Dolcini |
B. Dole |
E. Dole |
S.B. Dole |
Dolez, Hubert (b. Feb. 20, 1834, Mons, Belgium - d. Feb. 17, 1898, Brussels, Belgium), Belgian diplomat; son of Hubert Joseph Dolez. He was minister to the Ottoman Empire (1877-78).
Dolez, Hubert Joseph (b. March 16, 1808, Mons, France [now in Belgium] - d. March 17, 1880, Brussels, Belgium), Belgian politician. He was chairman of the Chamber of Representatives (1867-70).
Dolganov, Aleksandr (Vasilyevich) (b. Aug. 26, 1944 - d. Nov. 29, 2011, Penza, Russia), chairman of the government of Penza oblast (1999).
Dolghieru, Vasile (b. Oct. 15, 1966), justice minister of Moldova (2003-04).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksey (Alekseyevich) (b. May 14, 1767 - d. Aug. 11, 1834, St. Petersburg, Russia), justice minister of Russia (1827-29); grandson of Knyaz Aleksey (Grigoryevich) Dolgoruky. He was also governor of Simbirsk (1808-15) and Moscow (1815-17).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksey (Grigoryevich) (b. 16... - d. Sept. 30, 1734, Berezov, Tobolsk province, Russia), member of the Supreme Privy Council of Russia (during throne vacancy 1730); son of Knyaz Grigory Dolgoruky. He was also governor of Smolensk (1713-23) and president of the Chief Magistracy (1723-27).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Dmitry (Ivanovich) (b. Aug. 21 [Aug. 10, O.S.], 1797, Moscow, Russia - d. Oct. 31 [Oct. 19, O.S.], 1867, Moscow), Russian diplomat; son of Knyaz Ivan Dolgoruky. He was minister to Persia (1845-54).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Grigory (Fyodorovich) (b. Oct. 7, 1657 - d. Aug. 15, 1723, Kronshtadt [now part of St. Petersburg], Russia), Russian diplomat; brother of Knyaz Yakov Dolgoruky. He was ambassador to Poland (1701-06, 1709-12, 1715-21).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Ivan (Mikhailovich) (b. April 18 [April 7, O.S.], 1764, Moscow, Russia - d. Dec. 16 [Dec. 4, O.S.], 1823, Moscow), governor of Vladimir (1802-12); great-grandson of Knyaz Aleksey (Grigoryevich) Dolgoruky.
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Mikhail (Vladimirovich) (b. Nov. 24 [Nov. 14, O.S.], 1667 - d. Dec. 2 [Nov. 11, O.S.], 1750, Moscow, Russia), member of the Supreme Privy Council of Russia (during throne vacancy 1730). He was also governor of Siberia (1724-28), Astrakhan (1730), and Kazan (1730-31).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Nikolay (Andreyevich) (b. 1792 or 1794 - d. [suicide] April 23 [April 11, O.S.], 1847), governor-general of Lithuania (1831-40) and Chernigov, Poltava, and Kharkov (1840-47).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Nikolay (Sergeyevich) (b. May 10 [April 28, O.S.], 1840 - d. March 13 [Feb. 28, O.S.], 1913), Russian diplomat; son of Knyaz Sergey (Alekseyevich) Dolgoruky. He was minister to Persia (1886-89) and ambassador to Italy (1909-12).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Pyotr (Petrovich) (b. May 29 [May 18, O.S.], 1744 - d. March 9 [Feb. 25, O.S.], 1815, Speshnevo, Tula province [now in Oryol oblast], Russia), governor of Kaluga (1792-93) and Moscow (1793-96); grandson of Knyaz Sergey (Petrovich) Dolgoruky; great-grandson of Danylo Apostol and Knyaz Pyotr Golitsyn; brother-in-law of Nikolay Laptev.
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Sergey (Alekseyevich) (b. Sept. 14 [Sept. 2, O.S.], 1809 - d. Sept. 28 [Sept. 16, O.S.], 1891), governor of Kovno (1848) and Vitebsk (1848-49); brother of Knyaz Yury Dolgoruky; son of Knyaz Aleksey (Alekseyevich) Dolgoruky.
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Sergey (Grigoryevich) (d. [executed] Nov. 19 [Nov. 8, O.S.], 1739, Novgorod [now Veliky Novgorod], Russia), Russian diplomat; son of Knyaz Grigory Dolgoruky; brother of Knyaz Aleksey (Grigoryevich) Dolgoruky. He was ambassador to Poland (1721-24, 1728-29) and Great Britain (1738).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Sergey (Petrovich) (b. Nov. 2, 1696 - d. May 5, 1761), Russian diplomat. He was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1755-61).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vasily (Andreyevich) (b. March 7 [Feb. 24, O.S.], 1804, Moscow, Russia - d. Jan. 17 [Jan. 5, O.S.], 1868, St. Petersburg, Russia), war minister of Russia (1852-56); brother of Knyaz Nikolay (Andreyevich) Dolgoruky; son-in-law of Graf Karl Sen-Pri. He was also chief of gendarmes (1856-66).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vasily (Lukich) (b. c. 1670 - d. [executed] Nov. 19 [Nov. 8, O.S.], 1739, Novgorod [now Veliky Novgorod], Russia), member of the Supreme Privy Council of Russia (during throne vacancy 1730). He was also ambassador to Poland (1706-07, 1724-26), Denmark (1707-20), France (1720-22), and Sweden (1726-27) and governor of Siberia (1730).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vasily (Mikhailovich) (b. Jan. 19 [Jan. 7, O.S.], 1840 - d. Feb. 14 [Feb. 1, O.S.], 1910), governor of Radom (1880-83), Yekaterinoslav (1883-84), and Vitebsk (1884-94); great-great-great-grandson of Knyaz Aleksey (Grigoryevich) Dolgoruky; brother-in-law of Aleksandr II.
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vasily (Vladimirovich) (b. January 1667, Russia - d. Feb. 22 [Feb. 11, O.S.], 1746, St. Petersburg, Russia), member of the Supreme Privy Council of Russia (during throne vacancy 1730). He was also president of the War Collegium (1730-31, 1741-46).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vladimir (Andreyevich) (b. July 15 [July 3, O.S.], 1810, Moscow, Russia - d. July 1, 1891, Paris, France), governor-general of Moscow (1865-91); brother of Knyaz Nikolay (Andreyevich) Dolgoruky and Knyaz Vasily (Andreyevich) Dolgoruky.
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vladimir (Petrovich) (b. 1708 - d. 1761, Riga, Russia [now in Latvia]), governor of Reval (1753-58) and Riga (1758-61).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Vladimir (Sergeyevich) (b. 1717? - d. March 6 [Feb. 22, O.S.], 1803), Russian diplomat; son of Knyaz Sergey (Petrovich) Dolgoruky. He was ambassador to Prussia (1762-86).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Yakov (Fyodorovich) (b. Aug. 3 [July 24, O.S.], 1639, Moscow, Russia - d. July 1 [June 20, O.S.], 1720, St. Petersburg, Russia), Russian official. He was president of the Collegium of Accounting (1717-20).
Dolgoruky, Knyaz (Prince) Yury (Alekseyevich) (b. Feb. 24 [Feb. 12, O.S.], 1807, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. March 18 [March 6, O.S.], 1882, Moscow, Russia), governor of Vilna (1838-40), Olonets (1851-53), and Voronezh (1853-57); son of Knyaz Aleksey (Alekseyevich) Dolgoruky.
Dolimont |
Dolisie, (Louis Henri) Albert (b. Dec. 22, 1856, Mutzig, Bas-Rhin, France - d. Jan. 22, 1899, Orléans, France), chief administrator of French Congo (1894-99).
Dolland, Franklyn (O'Brien) (b. Nov. 21, 1944, Aruba), Grenadian politician. He was minister of labour and youth development (1974-77), permanent representative to the United Nations (1977-78), and ambassador to the United States (1977-78).
Dollfuss |
Dolman, Dick, byname of Dirk Dolman (b. July 2, 1935, Empe, Brummen municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands - d. Jan. 23, 2019), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the Second Chamber (1979-89).
Dologuélé |
Doma, (Alhaji) Aliyu Akwe (b. Sept. 1, 1942, in present Doma local government area, Nasarawa state, Nigeria - d. March 6, 2018, Israel), governor of Nasarawa (2007-11).
Domanski, Andrzej (Jan) (b. Aug. 27, 1981, Kraków, Poland), finance minister of Poland (2023- ).
Dombo, Simon Diedong (b. March 3, 1923, Duori, Gold Coast [now Ghana] - d. March 18, 1998, London, England), interior minister of Ghana (1969-71). He was also minister of health (1971-72).
Dombrovskis |
Domec, Pierre Marie Jean (b. Jan. 2, 1891 - d. March 17, 1984), administrator of Kwangchowan (1942-43).
Domenech Benítez, Joel, a vice premier of Cuba (1974-94). He was also minister of industry (1965-67) and basic industry (1967-74, 1980-83).
Domenici, Pete V(ichi), originally Pietro Vichi Domenici (b. May 7, 1932, Albuquerque, N.M. - d. Sept. 13, 2017, Albuquerque), chairman of the City Commission of Albuquerque (1967-70). He was also a U.S. senator (1973-2009).
Domeracki, Lech (Korneliusz) (b. Sept. 17, 1929, Poznan, Poland - d. Oct. 4, 2020), justice minister of Poland (1983-88).
Domett, Alfred (b. May 20, 1811, Camberwell, Surrey, England - d. Nov. 2, 1887, London, England), premier of New Zealand (1862-63).
Domic, Anto (b. Feb. 19, 1967, Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina), mayor of Brcko (2012-16 and [acting] 2020).
Domingo |
Domingue, Michel (b. Les Cayes, Haiti - d. June 24, 1877, Kingston, Jamaica), president of the Southern State of Haiti (1868-69) and of Haiti (1874-76).
Domínguez (Velasco), Arsenio (Antonio) (b. Nov. 18, 1970, Panama City, Panama), secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (2024- ).
Dominguez, Carlos, III, in full Carlos Garcia Dominguez, byname Sonny Dominguez (b. Sept. 16, 1945, Zamboanga City, Philippines), finance secretary of the Philippines (2016-22). He was also minister of environment and natural resources (1986-87) and secretary of agriculture (1987-90).
Domínguez, Jorge (Manuel Rogelio) (b. March 20, 1945 - d. Aug. 24, 2022, Buenos Aires, Argentina), mayor of Buenos Aires (1994-96) and defense minister of Argentina (1996-99).
Domínguez, Julián (Andrés) (b. Nov. 24, 1963, Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province, Argentina), Argentinian politician. He was agriculture minister (2009-11, 2021-22) and president of the Chamber of Deputies (2011-15).
Domínguez, Luis L(orenzo) (b. May 15, 1819, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. July 20, 1898, London, England), finance minister of Argentina (1870-74). He was also minister to Peru (1874-76), Brazil (1876-82), the United States (1882-86), and the United Kingdom (1886-98).
Domínguez (Trujillo1), Miguel (Ramón Sebastián)2 (b. Jan. 20, 1756, Mexico City, New Spain [now Mexico] - d. April 22, 1830, Mexico City, Mexico), member of the Supreme Executive Power of Mexico (1823-24).
1 The metronym also appears as de Alemán. While some documents suggest that his mother Josefa was the daughter of José de Alemán, others contradict this and record her as Josefa Trujillo (her mother was Micaela Trujillo).
2 He appears sometimes as José Miguel Domínguez, but the name José does not appear in his baptismal record (though it could have been added at confirmation).
Domínguez, Roberto (Rubén) (b. March 15, 1948, Salta, Argentina - d. April 12, 1998, Tilcara, Jujuy, Argentina), governor of Jujuy (1991-93).
Domínguez Pascual, Lorenzo (b. 1863, Sevilla, Spain - d. Dec. 9, 1926, Madrid, Spain), finance minister of Spain (1920-21). He was also minister of education and fine arts (1903-04) and governor of the Bank of Spain (1913-16, 1917).
Domínguez Servién, Francisco (b. Aug. 11, 1966, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico), governor of Querétaro (2015-21). He was also mayor of Querétaro (2009-11).
Dominici, Porfirio (b. July 30, 1899, Barahona, Dominican Republic - d. ...), Dominican Republic diplomat. He was ambassador to Spain (1966-71) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1972-75).
Dominijanni, Bruno (b. July 15, 1922, Sant'Andrea Ionio, Calabria, Italy - d. Feb. 5, 2004, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy), president of Calabria (1980-84).
Dominik, Jacek (b. July 15, 1969), Polish official. He was EU commissioner for financial programming and budget (2014).
Dominy, Floyd (Elgin) (b. Dec. 24, 1909, Adams county, Neb. - d. April 20, 2010, Boyce, Va.), U.S. commissioner of reclamation (1959-69).
Domitien |
Domki |
Domljan, Zarko (b. Sept. 14, 1932, Imotski, Dalmatia, Yugoslavia [now in Croatia] - d. Sept. 5, 2020), president of the Sabor of Croatia (1990-92).
Domnick, Charles (Takao), finance minister (1982) and foreign minister (1987-88) of the Marshall Islands. He was also minister of public works (1982-87).
Domö, (Johan) Fritiof, surname until 1937 Gustafsson (b. Aug. 30, 1889, Hakarp socken, Jönköping, Sweden - d. Nov. 23, 1961), governor of Skaraborg (1951-56). He was also Swedish minister of commerce (1939-41), fuel (konsultativt statsråd, 1941-44), and communications (1944-45) and leader of the Conservative National Organization (1944-50).
Domoto, Akiko (b. July 31, 1932), governor of Chiba (2001-09).
Dompok |
Dona-Fologo, Laurent (b. Dec. 12, 1939, Sinématiali, Ivory Coast [now Côte d'Ivoire] - d. Feb. 5, 2021, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), Ivorian politician. He was minister of information (1974-78, 1986-89), youth and sports (1978-88), culture (1986-88), national integration (1993-96), and national solidarity (1996-99).
Donaghey, George W(ashington) (b. July 1, 1856, Oakland, La. - d. Dec. 15, 1937, Little Rock, Ark.), governor of Arkansas (1909-13).
Donahey, A(lvin) V(ictor) (b. July 7, 1873, near Cadwallader, Tuscarawas county, Ohio - d. April 8, 1946, Columbus, Ohio), governor of Ohio (1923-29).
Donahoe, Richard Alphonsus, byname Dick Donahoe (b. Sept. 27, 1909 - d. April 25, 2000), mayor of Halifax (1952-55).
Donald, Alan Hilliard (b. April 14, 1917, India - d. December 1996, Hastings, East Sussex, England), commissioner (1956-59) and administrator (1959-60) of the Cayman Islands.
Donald, Sir John Stuart (b. Sept. 8, 1861, Ferozepore [now Firozpur], Punjab, India - d. July 30, 1948, near Kyperounta, Cyprus), acting chief commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province (1913-15); knighted 1915.
Donaldson, John S(tanley) (b. March 30 or 31, 1936, Trinidad and Tobago - d. March 19, 2013, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago), foreign minister (1976-81) and national security minister (1976-85) of Trinidad and Tobago. In 1973-76 he was ambassador to Algeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia and high commissioner to Nigeria, Ghana, and Sierra Leone (resident in Lagos, Nigeria).
Donaurov, Pyotr (Mikhailovich) (b. March 1 [Feb. 17, O.S.], 1801 - d. Aug. 3 [July 22, O.S.], 1863), governor of Vladimir (1842-51) and St. Petersburg (1851-55); son-in-law of Aleksey Khitrovo.
Donchev, Tomislav (Peykov) (b. Aug. 6, 1973, Gabrovo, Bulgaria), a deputy prime minister of Bulgaria (2014-17, 2017-21). He was also mayor of Gabrovo (2007-10), minister without portfolio (2010-13), and minister of EU funds and economic policy (2014-17).
Dondelinger, Jean (b. July 4, 1930, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - d. Oct. 21, 2004, Brussels, Belgium), Luxembourg politician. He was was European commissioner for audiovisual and cultural affairs and information (1989-92) and ambassador to Greece (1993-95).
Dondon-Konamabaye, Luc Apollinaire (b. 1939, Bobani, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. May 20, 2015, Sweden), Central African Republic politician. He was ambassador to Senegal (1974-76) and Liberia (1976-79) and president of the National Assembly (1999-2005).
Dondra |
Dondukov-Korsakov, Knyaz (Prince) Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) (b. Sept. 24 [Sept. 12, O.S.], 1820, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. April 27 [April 15, O.S.], 1893, Polonoye, Pskov province, Russia), commander-in-chief of the civil administration of the Caucasus (1882-90); great-great-great-grandson of Donduk-Ombo (Kalmyk khan 1737-41). He was also governor-general of Kiev, Podolia, and Volyn (1869-78) and interim governor-general of Kharkov (1880-81) and Odessa (1881-82).
Donegan, Patrick S(arsfield) (b. Oct. 29, 1923, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland - d. Nov. 26, 2000, Monasterboice, County Louth), defence minister of Ireland (1973-76). He was also minister of lands (1976-77) and fisheries (1977).
Donelson, Andrew Jackson (b. Aug. 25, 1799, near Nashville, Tenn. - d. June 26, 1871, Memphis, Tenn.), U.S. diplomat; nephew-in-law of Andrew Jackson. He was chargé d'affaires in Texas (1844-45) and minister to Prussia (1846-49) and Germany (1848-49).
Donev |
Dong Jun (b. 1961, Yantai, Shandong, China), defense minister of China (2023- ).
Dong Sy Nguyen (also spelled Dong Si Nguyen), original name Nguyen Huu Vu, also called Nguyen Van Dong (b. March 1, 1923, Quang Trung commune, Quang Trach district [now Ba Don town], Quang Binh province, Annam [now in Vietnam] - d. April 4, 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam), a deputy premier of Vietnam (1982-91). He was also minister of construction (1977-82) and transport (1982-86).
Dönges, Theophilus (Ebenhaezer), byname Eben Dönges (b. March 8, 1898, Klerksdorp, Transvaal [now in North West province, South Africa] - d. Jan. 10, 1968, Cape Town, South Africa), interior minister (1948-58), finance minister (1958-67), and acting prime minister (1966) of South Africa. He was also minister of posts and telegraphs (1948-49) and mines (1949-50). On Feb. 28, 1967, he was elected state president for the term to begin June 1, 1967, but he was too ill to ever take office and resigned by proxy after he was declared incapacitated on Dec. 6, 1967.
Dönhoff, August (Heinrich Hermann) Graf von (b. Oct. 10, 1797, Potsdam, Prussia [now in Brandenburg, Germany] - d. April 1, 1874, Friedrichstein, Germany [now Kamenka, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia]), foreign minister of Prussia (1848). He was also minister to Bavaria (1833-42) and the German Confederation (1842-48).
Donigi, Peter (Dickson) (b. Dec. 19, 1950 - d. Jan. 30, 2014, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), Papua New Guinean diplomat. He was ambassador to Germany and the Vatican (1992-95) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1998-2002).
Dönitz |
Donk, Wim van de, byname of Wilhelmus Bernhard Henricus Josephus van de Donk (b. May 17, 1962, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands), queen's/king's commissioner of Noord-Brabant (2009-20).
Donker, Leendert Antonie (b. Sept. 7, 1899, Almkerk [now part of Altena], Noord-Brabant, Netherlands - d. Feb. 4, 1956, Rotterdam, Netherlands), justice minister of the Netherlands (1952-56).
Donker Curtius, Dirk (b. Oct. 19, 1792, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands - d. July 17, 1864, Spa, Belgium), justice minister of the Netherlands (1848-49, 1853-56).
Donne, Sir Gaven (John) (b. May 8, 1914, Christchurch, New Zealand - d. March 28, 2010, Otaramarae, near Rotorua, New Zealand), queen's representative of the Cook Islands (1975-84); knighted 1978. He served as chief justice of Western Samoa (1972-73), Niue (1974-82), the Cook Islands (1975-82), and Nauru and Tuvalu (1985-2001).
Donnéa |
Donnell, Forrest C. (b. Aug. 20, 1884, Quitman, Mo. - d. March 3, 1980, St. Louis, Mo.), governor of Missouri (1941-45). He was also a U.S. senator from Missouri (1945-51).
Donnelly, Brian (John) (b. November 1949, Auckland, N.Z. - d. Sept. 25, 2008, Auckland), high commissioner of the Cook Islands (2008).
Donnelly, Phil(ip) M(atthew) (b. March 6, 1891, Lebanon, Mo. - d. Sept. 12, 1961, Lebanon), governor of Missouri (1945-49, 1953-57).
Donner, Jan (b. Feb. 3, 1891, Assen, Netherlands - d. Feb. 2, 1981, The Hague, Netherlands), justice minister of the Netherlands (1926-33). He was also president of the Supreme Court (1947-61).
Donner, Johan Gustaf af (b. Jan. 1, 1730, Kalmar county, Sweden - d. July 31, 1808, near Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden), governor of Västerbotten (1789-95). He was ennobled (adding "af") in 1772.
Donner, Piet Hein, byname of Jan Pieter Hendrik Donner (b. Oct. 20, 1948, Amsterdam, Netherlands), interior minister of the Netherlands (2010-11); grandson of Jan Donner. He was also minister of justice (2002-06) and social affairs and employment (2007-10).
Donoghue, David (b. 1952, Dublin, Ireland), Irish diplomat. He was ambassador to Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan (1999-2001), Austria (2004-06), and Germany (2006-09) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2013-17).
Donohoe, Paschal (b. Sept. 19, 1974, Dublin, Ireland), finance minister of Ireland (2017-22). He has also been minister of transport, tourism, and sport (2014-16) and public expenditure and reform (2016-20, 2022- ).
Donoso Vergara, Gregorio (b. 1843 - d. 1926), justice (and education) minister of Chile (1890); brother of Ramón Donoso Vergara.
Donoso Vergara, Ramón (b. 1837?, Talca, Chile - d. May 2, 1914, Santiago, Chile), war and marine minister (1888-89) and interior minister (1889) of Chile.
Donovan, James Francis (b. Nov. 13, 1923, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W.), acting administrator of Norfolk Island (1964).
Donovan, Raymond J(ames) (b. Aug. 31, 1930, Bayonne, N.J. - d. June 2, 2021, New Vernon, N.J.), U.S. labor secretary (1981-85).
Donovan, William J(oseph), byname Wild Bill Donovan (b. Jan. 1, 1883, Buffalo, N.Y. - d. Feb. 8, 1959, Washington, D.C.), U.S. coordinator of information (1941-42) and director of strategic services (1942-45). He was also ambassador to Thailand (1953-54).
Dontsop, Paul (b. 1937, Bafou, French Cameroons [now in West province, Cameroon] - d. Jan. 10, 2018, Yaoundé, Cameroon), foreign minister of Cameroon (1980-83). He was also minister of labour and social security (1975-80) and ambassador to the Soviet Union (1983-84).
Dooge, James (Clement Ignatius), Irish Séamus Ó Dubhthaigh (b. July 30, 1922, Birkenhead, England - d. Aug. 20, 2010, Dublin, Ireland), chairman of the Senate (1973-77), member of the Presidential Commission (1974, 1976), and foreign minister (1981-82) of Ireland.
Dookeran |
Doorly, Sir Charles William (b. Jan. 20, 1875 - d. Feb. 5, 1942), administrator of Saint Lucia (1928-35) and acting governor of the Windward Islands (1933-35); knighted 1935.
Doorn, Elisa Cornelis Unico van (b. Oct. 13, 1799, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Batavian Republic [now Netherlands] - d. Aug. 2, 1882, Maarn, Utrecht), finance minister of the Netherlands (1853-54) and king's commissioner of Utrecht (1860-80). He was also minister of affairs of Reformed and other worship, except Roman Catholic (1853-54).
Doorn (from 1810: van Westcapelle), Henri baron van, byname of Hendrik Jacob baron van Doorn van Westcapelle (b. Aug. 23, 1786, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands - d. Jan. 18, 1853, The Hague), governor of Zeeland (1818-26) and Oost-Vlaanderen (1826-30) and interior minister (1830-36) and secretary of state (1836-40) of the Netherlands.
Doppelmayer, Grigory (Gavrilovich) (b. 1789 - d. [suicide] 1849), governor of Vilna (1832-36), Grodno (1836-42), and Minsk (1842-44).
Dorado, Mariano, foreign minister of Peru (1869-70). He was also justice minister (1867 and [acting] 1867).
Doralta, Djiriabaye, until 1973 Bruno Bohiadi (b. Dec. 12, 1922, Bekoi, Chad), foreign minister of Chad (1973-75). He was also ambassador to the Soviet Union (1965-68), permanent representative to the United Nations (1969-71), and minister of national education and culture (1971-73).
Dorcély, Gérard (b. April 20, 1911, Jérémie, Haiti - d. ...), foreign minister of Haiti (1978-79).
d'Orchimont, Wilhelm Albrecht (b. June 28, 1783, Marstrand, Göteborg och Bohus [now in Västra Götaland], Sweden - d. Dec. 20, 1861, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Örebro (acting, 1834-35) and Skaraborg (1837-51).
Dorda |
Doré |
Doret, Louis Isaac Pierre Hilaire (b. Jan. 13, 1789, Cognac, Charente, France - d. Feb. 1, 1866, Paris, France), governor of Réunion (1851-52).
Dorey, Sir Graham (Martyn) (b. Dec. 15, 1932 - d. June 25, 2015), bailiff of Guernsey (1992-99); knighted 1993. Earlier he was solicitor general (1973-77), attorney general (1977-82), and deputy bailiff (1982-92).
Dória, Antônio de Sampaio (b. March 25, 1883, Belo Monte, Alagoas, Brazil - d. Dec. 26, 1964, São Paulo, Brazil), justice and interior minister of Brazil (1945-46).
Doria, Bernardo Machado da Costa (b. March 12, 1811, Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil - d. Sept. 5, 1878, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil), president of Rio Grande do Norte (1857-58).
Doria, João Agripino da Costa, Júnior (b. Dec. 16, 1957, São Paulo, Brazil), governor of São Paulo (2019-22). He was also mayor of São Paulo (2017-18).
Dória, João de Menezes (b. Oct. 27, 1857, Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil - d. Dec. 4, 1934, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Paraná (1894).
Dória, João de Seixas (b. Feb. 23, 1917, Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil - d. Jan. 31, 2012, Aracaju, Sergipe), governor of Sergipe (1963-64).
Dória, José Rodrigues da Costa (b. June 25, 1859, Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil - d. Feb. 14, 1938, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), president of Sergipe (1908-11).
Dorion, Sir Antoine Aimé (b. Jan. 17, 1818, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Peráde, Lower Canada [now Que.] - d. May 31, 1891, Montreal, Que.), joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64); knighted 1877. He was also minister of justice and attorney general (1873-74).
Doriot, Jacques (b. Sept. 26, 1898, Bresles, Oise, France - d. Feb. 23, 1945, Mengen, Württemberg [now in Baden-Württemberg], Germany), French politician. He was mayor of Saint-Denis (1931-37) and the founder and leader of the French Popular Party (1936-45). A Communist until 1934, he turned fascist and in early 1945 was based in Germany as leader of a "French Liberation Committee." He was killed in an Allied air raid.
Dorj, Batyn (b. Sept. 17, 1914, Barzan, Aldarkhaan soum, Zavkhan province, Mongolia - d. 1982), defense minister (1956-59, 1969-78) and security minister (1959-61) of Mongolia. He was also ambassador to North Korea (1961-63), East Germany (1963-66), and Yugoslavia (1966-68).
Dorje |
Dorji, Lyonpo Chenkyab (b. 1943, Haa district, western Bhutan), secretary-general of SAARC (2005-08). He was also Bhutanese minister of planning (1991-98), chairman of the National Environment Commission (1992-98), and ambassador to Thailand, Singapore, and Australia (1999-2005).
Damcho Dorji |
L.K. Dorji | L.T. Dorji |
Dorji, Pema Lektup, Bhutanese diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2024- ).
Dorji, Raja Sonam Tobgay, Dzongkha bSod-nams sTobs-rgyas rDo-rje (b. 1896 - d. Sept. 24, 1953, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India), chief minister of Bhutan (1917-52).
Dorji, Lyonpo Tandi (b. Sept. 2, 1968), foreign minister (2018-23) and acting home minister (2021) of Bhutan.
Dorji, Raja Ugyen, Dzongkha O-rgyan rDo-rje (b. 1855, Paro, Bhutan - d. June 22, 1916, Kalimpong, Bengal [now in West Bengal], India), chief minister of Bhutan (1907-16).
Dorlodot des Essarts, Frédéric Jean (b. Sept. 22, 1832, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France - d. Jan. 8, 1899, Paris, France), governor of the French Settlements in Oceania (1881-83).
Dorman, Sir Maurice Henry (b. Aug. 7, 1912, Stafford, England - d. Oct. 26, 1993, Overton, Wiltshire, England), governor (1956-61) and governor-general (1961-62) of Sierra Leone and governor (1962-64) and governor-general (1964-71) of Malta; knighted 1957.
Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald Hugh (b. March 10, 1899, Bellamont Forest, County Cavan, Ireland - d. March 20, 1977, Easebourne, Sussex, England), governor of Burma (1941-46); knighted 1937. He was also British minister of agriculture and fisheries (1939-40).
Dormoy, Marx (b. Aug. 1, 1888, Montluçon, Allier, France - d. [assassinated] July 26, 1941, Montélimar, Vaucluse, France), interior minister of France (1936-38, 1938). He was also mayor of Montluçon (1926-40).
Dorn, Ludwik (Stanislaw) (b. June 5, 1954, Warsaw, Poland - d. April 7, 2022), interior minister (2005-07) and a deputy prime minister (2005-07) of Poland. In 2007 he was marshal of the Sejm.
Dornan | Dors |
Dornelles, Ernesto (b. Sept. 20, 1897, São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. July 30, 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Rio Grande do Sul (1943-45 [federal interventor], 1951-55); cousin of Getúlio Vargas. He was also Brazilian minister of agriculture (1956).
Dornelles, Francisco (Oswaldo Neves) (b. Jan. 7, 1935, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - d. Aug. 23, 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), finance minister of Brazil (1985) and acting governor of Rio de Janeiro (2016, 2018-19); nephew of Tancredo de Almeida Neves and Ernesto Dornelles; cousin of Aécio Neves da Cunha. He was also minister of industry, commerce, and tourism (1996-98) and labour and employment (1999-2002).
Dorr, Noel (b. Nov. 1, 1933, Limerick, Ireland), Irish diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1980-83) and ambassador to the United Kingdom (1983-87).
Dors, Christian (b. April 30, 1954, Montpellier, Hérault, France), administrator-superior of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (1991-96) and of Wallis and Futuna (1998-2000).
Dorset, Lionel Cranfield Sackville, (1st) Duke of (b. Jan. 18, 1688, Sevenoaks, Kent, England - d. Oct. 9, 1765, Sevenoaks), lord lieutenant of Ireland (1731-37, 1751-55). He was also British lord president of the council (1745-51). He was created duke in 1720.
Dorsey, Hugh M(anson) (b. July 10, 1871, Fayetteville, Ga. - d. June 11, 1948, Atlanta, Ga.), governor of Georgia (1917-21).
Dorticós |
Dørum, Odd Einar (b. Oct. 12, 1943, Oslo, Norway), justice minister of Norway (1999-2000, 2001-05). He was also chairman of the Liberal Party (1982-86, 1992-96) and minister of transport and communications (1997-99).
Dorvillé, Ernandi Lopes (b. June 2, 1919 - d. July 26, 1995), governor of Alagoas (1978).
Dorward, Sir Arthur Robert Ford (b. July 13, 1848, Ootacamund, Madras [now Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu], India - d. March 25, 1934), commissioner of Weihaiwei (1899-1901); knighted 1901.
Dorzhdeyev |
Dorzhiyev, Dazhup (Dansaranovich) (b. 1901 - d. [executed] 1938), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1929-37) and of the Central Executive Committee (1934) of the Buryat-Mongol A.S.S.R. He was also people's commissar of agriculture (192...-29).
dos Santos, Carlos (b. July 8, 1961, Manhiça, Lourenço Marques [now Maputo] province, Mozambique), Mozambican diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1996-2003), ambassador to Germany and the Vatican (2006-11) and the United States (2016-23), and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (2011-15).
dos Santos (Bedoya), José Antonio (b. 1964, Asunción, Paraguay), Paraguayan diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Canada (1997-99) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2009-14). In 2021 he was appointed ambassador to the United States.
J.E. dos Santos |
Dosanjh |
Dosayev, Yerbolat (Askarbekovich) (b. May 21, 1970, Alma-Ata, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Almaty, Kazakhstan]), finance minister of Kazakhstan (2003-04) and head of Almaty city (2022- ). He was also minister of health (2004-06), economic development and trade (2012-13), economy and budget planning (2013-14), and national economy (2014-16), a deputy prime minister (2017-19), and chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan (2019-22).
Doskozil, Hans Peter (b. June 21, 1970, Vorau, Steiermark, Austria), defense minister of Austria (2016-17) and Landeshauptmann of Burgenland (2019- ). He was declared chairman of the Social Democratic Party in 2023 but two days later it was found the results of the vote had been mixed up and he lost to Andreas Babler.
Dosmukhambetov, Makhambet (Dzholdasgaliyevich) (b. Dec. 25, 1960, Guryev [now Atyrau], Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Atyrau oblast (2019-22).
Dosmukhambetov, Temirkhan (Mynaydarovich) (b. March 8, 1949, Kustanay [now Kostanay] oblast, Kazakh S.S.R. - d. Nov. 1?, 2021), head of Astana city (2003-04). He was also Kazakh minister of youth, tourism, and sports (1996-97) and tourism and sports (2006-11).
Dosnazarov, Allayar (Karazovich) (b. 1896, Chimbay district, Syrdarya oblast, Russia [now in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan] - d. [executed] Dec. 8, 1937, Leningrad, Russian S.F.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Karakalpak autonomous oblast (1924-25).
Dossar |
Dossou, François, justice minister of Benin (1982-84). He was also minister of planning, statistics, and foreign aid (1976-81) and transport and communications (1981-82).
Dossou, Paul, finance minister of Benin (1991-96). He was also planning minister (1990-91).
Dossou, Robert (S.M.) (b. May 13, 1939, Covè, Dahomey [now Benin]), foreign minister of Benin (1993-95). He was also a minor presidential candidate (1991) and president of the Constitutional Court (2008-13).
Dost, Shah Mohammad (b. 1929, Kabul, Afghanistan), foreign minister of Afghanistan (1979-86). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1987-89).
Dost Mohammad Khan (Mohammadzay) (b. 1789, Afghanistan - d. June 9, 1863, Herat, Afghanistan), regent (1826-36) and emir (1836-39, 1842-63) of Afghanistan (Kabul).
Doté |
Doty, James D(uane) (b. Nov. 5, 1799, Salem, N.Y. - d. June 13, 1865, Salt Lake City, Utah), governor of Wisconsin (1841-44) and Utah (1863-65).
Dotz, Alexander, Russian Aleksandr (Ivanovich) Dotts (b. 1890, Yekaterinenshtadt, Saratov province [now Marks, Saratov oblast], Russia - d. af. 1965), chairman of the Executive Committee of the Volga German Workers' Commune (1920).
Doualeh, Mohamed Siad (b. December 1968), Djiboutian diplomat. He has been ambassador of Switzerland (2006-15) and the United States (2016- ) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2015- ).
Doubane |
Doublet, Maurice (Charles Henri) (b. April 8, 1914, Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, France - d. April 14, 2001), prefect of Seine département (1966-67) and Paris département (1968-69). He was also prefect of Tarn (1958-59) and Isère (1961-66).
Doublet, Pierre Jean Louis Ovide (b. Aug. 26, 1754, Orléans, France - d. Feb. 4, 1824, Valletta, Malta), civil commissioner of Malta (1799-1800).
Douchina, Ahmed Attoumani (b. Jan. 2, 1955, Mayotte), president of the General Council of Mayotte (2008-11).
Doudart de Lagrée, Ernest (Marc Louis de Gonzague) (b. March 31, 1823, Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, Isère, France - d. March 12, 1868, Dongchuan, Yunnan, China), French representative in Cambodia (1863-66).
Doudou | Dougan |
Dougan, Carlyle, attorney general and justice minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1995-96).
Dougan, Dame Susan (Dilys), née Ryan (b. March 3, 1955, Colonarie, Saint Vincent), governor-general of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2019- ); knighted 2020.
Douglas, (William) Bloomfield (b. Sept. 25, 1822, Aberystwyth, Wales - d. March 5, 1906, Halifax, N.S., Canada), government resident of the Northern Territory (Australia) (1870-73) and British resident of Selangor (1876-82).
D. Douglas |
Douglas, Francis William (b. Dec. 31, 1874 - d. Dec. 21, 1953), acting British resident in Brunei (1913-15).
Douglas, Gustaf greve (b. May 23, 1648, Stockholm, Sweden - d. July 24, 1705, Stockholm), governor of Västerbotten (1692-1705).
Roger Douglas |
Rosie Douglas |
S.A. Douglas |
T.C. Douglas |
Douglas, Sir William (Randolph) (b. Sept. 24, 1921, Barbados - d. Aug. 12, 2003, Pau, France), acting governor-general of Barbados (1976, 1984). He was chief justice in 1965-86 and ambassador to the United States in 1987-91. He was knighted in 1969.
Douglas, William L(ewis) (b. Aug. 22, 1845, Plymouth, Mass. - d. Sept. 17, 1924, Brockton, Mass.), governor of Massachusetts (1905-06).
Douglas of Barloch (of Maxfield, Sussex), Francis Campbell Ross Douglas, (1st) Baron (b. Oct. 21, 1889, Manitoba - d. March 30, 1980), governor of Malta (1946-49). He was knighted in 1947 and created a baron in 1950.
Douglas of Kirtleside, (William) Sholto Douglas, (1st) Baron (b. Dec. 23, 1893, Oxford, England - d. Oct. 29, 1969, Northampton, England), military governor of the British zone of Germany (1946-47). He was knighted in 1941 and created baron in 1948.
Douglass, Frederick, original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (b. February 1818, Talbot county, Md. - d. Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.), U.S. diplomat. The foremost African-American public figure of the 19th century, he was minister resident in Haiti (1889-91) and chargé d'affaires in the Dominican Republic (1890-91).
Douie, Sir James McCrone (b. March 8, 1854, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland - d. March 18, 1935), acting lieutenant governor of Punjab (1911); knighted 1911.
Douiri, M'hamed (b. Dec. 26, 1926, Fès, Morocco), economy and finance minister of Morocco (1960-63). He was also minister of public works (1955-58), equipment and national promotion (1977-81), and planning, executive training, and vocational training (1981-84).
Doumba, Joseph-Charles (b. Feb. 2, 1936, Beten, near Bertoua, French Cameroons [now in Cameroon] - d. March 5, 2017, Yaoundé, Cameroon), Cameroonian politician. He was minister of information and culture (1974-75) and justice (1975-79), minister at the presidency in charge of special missions (1979-88), and secretary-general of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (1992-2007).
Doumbouya |
Doumer |
Doumergue |
Dounia, Marc (b. April 17, 1916, Koumra, Chad - d. March 6, 1979, N'Djamena, Chad), interior minister of Chad (1962-64).
Dountas, Michalis (b. 1932, Athens, Greece - d. Dec. 2, 2006), Greek diplomat. He was ambassador to Cyprus (1974-79), Norway (1980-82), and the Soviet Union (1987-88) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1982-87).
Douri, Mohamed A. al- (b. 1942, Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2001-03).
Dousset, Maurice (Guy Gilbert) (b. Feb. 26, 1930, Lutz-en-Dunois, Eure-et-Loir, France - d. Oct. 20, 2007, Paris, France), president of the Regional Council of Centre (1985-98).
Douste-Blazy |
Doustin, Daniel (Marius) (b. Feb. 25, 1920, Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées [now Pyrénées-Atlantiques], France - d. Dec. 24, 2004), high commissioner of Chad (1959-60). He was also prefect of the French départements of Charente-Maritime (1964-69), Puy-de-Dôme (1969-72), and Gironde (1972-76).
Douzima, Marcel (b. Dec. 20, 1926, Batangafo, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. Feb. 2, 2012, Bangui, Central African Republic), justice minister of the Central African Republic (1964-66). He was also minister of labour (1958), agriculture, livestock, water, and forestry (1958-59), public works, transport, and mines (1959-60), public service (1960-63), planning (1961-63), and information and tourism (1963-64).
Dovas, Konstantinos (b. Dec. 20, 1898, Konitsa, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] - d. July 24, 1973), interim prime minister of Greece (1961). He was also chief of the general staff (1954-59).
Dovgalevsky, Valerian (Savelyevich) (b. Nov. 23, 1885, Ukraine - d. July 14, 1934, Paris, France), Soviet politician. He was people's commissar of posts and telegraphs of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1921-23) and Soviet ambassador to Sweden (1924-27), Japan (1927), and France (1928-34).
Dovo |
Dow, Sir Hugh (b. May 8, 1886 - d. Nov. 20, 1978), governor of Sind (1941-46) and Bihar (1946-47); knighted 1940.
N. Dow |
Dow, Unity, née Diswai (b. April 23, 1959, Mochudi, Kgatleng district, Bechuanaland [now Botswana]), foreign minister of Botswana (2018-20). The first female High Court judge in Botswana (1998-2009), she was also minister of education and skills development (2015-16), basic education (2016-18), and infrastructure and housing development (2018).
Dowden, Sir Oliver (James) (b. Aug. 1, 1978, Park Street, Hertfordshire, England), British deputy prime minister (2023-24); knighted 2024. He was also paymaster general and minister for the Cabinet Office (2019-20), secretary of state for digital, culture, media, and sport (2020-21), a minister without portfolio (2021-22), and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2022-24).
E. Dowdeswell |
Dowdeswell, William (b. March 12, 1721 - d. Feb. 6, 1775, Nice, France), British chancellor of the exchequer (1765-66).
B. Dowiyogo |
Dowiyogo, Valdon (Kape) (b. Aug. 31, 1968 - d. Dec. 8, 2016, Russia), Nauruan politician; son of Bernard Dowiyogo. He was speaker of parliament (2005-07) and minister of education, health, and sport (2011-12) and health, transport, sport, and fisheries (2013-16).
Downarowicz, Stanislaw (Józef Marian) (b. March 28, 1874, Lochów, Poland - d. March 11, 1941, Auschwitz concentration camp, near Oswiecim, Poland), interior minister of Poland (1921-22). He was also governor of Wolynskie (1921) and Poleskie (1922-24) województwa.
A. Downer |
Downer, Sir Alexander (Russell), byname Alick Downer (b. April 7, 1910, Adelaide, S.Aus. - d. March 30, 1981, Adelaide), Australian politician; knighted 1965; son of Sir John Downer. He was minister of immigration (1958-63) and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1964-72).
Downer, Sir John (William) (b. July 5, 1844, Adelaide, South Australia - d. Aug. 2, 1915, Adelaide), premier of South Australia (1885-87, 1892-93); knighted 1887.
Downey, John G(ately) (b. June 24, 1827, County Roscommon, Ireland - d. March 1, 1894, Los Angeles, Calif.), governor of California (1860-62).
Doyenin, Vasily (Nikolayevich) (b. Sept. 24 [Sept. 11, O.S.], 1909, Yalta, Tavrida province [now in Crimea republic], Russia - d. Feb. 23, 1977, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier and chairman of the Council of National Economy of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1965) and minister of machine building for light and food industries and household appliances of the U.S.S.R. (1965-77).
Doyle, Sir Charles Hastings (b. April 10, 1804, London, England - d. March 19, 1883, London), acting governor of Nova Scotia (1863-64, 1865), lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (1866-67) and Nova Scotia (1867-73), and acting governor general of Canada (1872); knighted 1869.
Doyle, David (Charles) (b. April 26, 1960), acting lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man (2011, 2016). He was second deemster (2003-10) and first deemster (2010-18).
Doyle, Jim, byname of James Edward Doyle, Jr. (b. Nov. 23, 1945, Washington, D.C.), governor of Wisconsin (2003-11).
Doynov, Ognyan (Nakov) (b. Oct. 15, 1935, Gara Bov, near Sofia, Bulgaria - d. Feb. 13, 2000, Vienna, Austria), Bulgarian politician. He served as a vice premier (1974-76, 1986-87), president of the Bulgarian Chamber for Industry and Trade (1980-84), and minister of machine building (1984-86). In 1981 he became a member of the policy-making Politburo of the then-ruling Communist Party and held that post until 1988 when his relations with dictator Todor Zhivkov deteriorated, and he was appointed ambassador to Norway. He was recalled to Bulgaria after the collapse of Zhivkov's regime in 1989. The following year he left for Vienna where he opened a consulting company. He never came back to Bulgaria. In 1992 Doynov was indicted along with other former top Communist officials on charges of impoverishing Bulgaria by giving millions of dollars to Communist movements in the developing world. The prosecutor general requested Doynov be extradited, but Austrian authorities refused to do so.
Doyon |