Man, Hendrik de (b. Nov. 17, 1885, Antwerp, Belgium - d. June 20, 1953, Murten, Switzerland), finance minister of Belgium (1936-38). He was also minister of public works (1935-36).
Man, Henry Stuart (b. December 1815 - d. April 10, 1898, Surbiton, Surrey, England), superintendent of the Andaman (and Nicobar) Islands (1858, 1868-71).
Mana, Mohammed (b. July 10, 1950, in present Adamawa state, Nigeria), administrator of Plateau (1993-96).
Manabe, Takeki (b. April 3, 1940), governor of Kagawa (1998-2010).
Mañach (y Robato), Jorge (b. Feb. 14, 1898, Sagua la Grande, Las Villas province, Cuba - d. June 25, 1961, San Juan, Puerto Rico), foreign minister of Cuba (1944). He was also known as a writer.
Manahan, Manuel (Perez) (b. Jan. 1, 1916, Manila, Philippines - d. May 18, 1994, Caba, La Union, Philippines), Philippine presidential candidate (1957). He was also commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (1955-57).
Manaj, Ali (b. 1923), Albanian politician. He was chairman of the People's Assembly (1976-78).
Manalo, Armando (D.) (b. Feb. 12, 1920, Manila, Philippines - d. Oct. 28, 2008), Philippine diplomat. He was ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (1979-85) and Switzerland (1985-86).
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Manalo, Rosario (Gonzales) (b. Oct. 2, 1935, Manila, Philippines), Philippine diplomat; wife of Armando Manalo. She was ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (1985-88), France and Portugal (1990-94), and Sweden (1994-97).
Manara Linga, Didier (b. Oct. 29, 1964), governor of Maniema (2007-10).
Manasein, Nikolay (Avksentyevich) (b. Dec. 1 [Nov. 19, O.S.], 1834, Uspenskaya, Voronezh province, Russia - d. Sept. 28 [Sept. 16, O.S.], 1895, Tsarskoye Selo [now Pushkin, part of St. Petersburg], Russia), justice minister of Russia (1885-94).
Manasievski, Jovan (b. May 21, 1968, Gostivar, Macedonia [now North Macedonia]), defense minister of Macedonia (2004-06). He was also minister of labour and social policy (2002-04).
Manceron, François (b. Nov. 21, 1872, Annecy, France - d. April 18, 1937), resident-general of Tunisia (1929-33). He was also prefect of Moselle département (1919-29) and minister to Denmark (1933-34).
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Mancini, Ange (b. June 15, 1944, Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes, France), prefect of French Guiana (2002-06) and Martinique (2007-11). He was also prefect of Landes département (2006-07).
Mancini, Hugo (Ricardo) (b. 1931, Esquina, Corrientes, Argentina - d. Dec. 13, 2021, Esquina), acting governor of Corrientes (1991-92).
Mancini, Pasquale (Stanislao) (b. March 17, 1817, Castel Baronia, Two Sicilies [now in Italy] - d. Dec. 26, 1888, Rome, Italy), foreign minister of Italy (1881-85). He was also minister of education (1862) and justice (1876-78).
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Mancuso, Filippo (b. July 11, 1922, Palermo, Italy - d. May 30, 2011, Rome, Italy), justice minister of Italy (1995).
Mandaba, Jean-Luc (b. Aug. 15, 1943 - d. Oct. 22, 2000, Bangui, Central African Republic), prime minister of the Central African Republic (1993-95). He was also minister of health (1980-81). On Oct. 21, 2000, he attended a dinner to commemorate Pres. Ange-Félix Patassé's first year in power in his "second administration." Suddenly, after Mandaba got back home he felt sick and a heart attack put an end to his life. Some family relatives reported that Mandaba was in fact poisoned at the dinner party. Mandaba was not reliable anymore for the presidential elite; he was thought to be planning a coup to overthrow Patassé from power.
Mandacan, Dominggus (b. Dec. 16, 1959, Manokwari, Netherlands New Guinea [now in Papua Barat, Indonesia]), governor of Papua Barat (2017-22).
Mandacan, Nataniel Dominggus (b. Nov. 11, 1962, Manokwari, West New Guinea [now in Papua Barat, Indonesia]), acting governor of Papua Barat (2017).
Mandal, Badri Prasad, deputy prime minister of Nepal (2002-03). He was also minister of law and justice (1988-90), agriculture and cooperatives (2002-03, 2005), home affairs (2003), forest and soil conservation (2004-05), and general administration (2005-06).
Mandal, Bindeshwari Prasad (b. Aug. 25, 1918, Benares [now Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh], India - d. April 13, 1982, Patna, Bihar, India), chief minister of Bihar (1968).
Mandarini, Francesco (b. March 14, 1942, Perugia, Italy - d. March 14/15, 2022, Perugia), president of Umbria (1987-92).
Mande, Bala (Mohammed) (b. Jan. 8, 1958, Zurmi [now in Zamfara state], Nigeria), administrator of Nasarawa (1998-99). He served as environment minister of Nigeria in 2003-05.
Mandel, Georges, original name Louis Georges Rothschild (b. June 5, 1885, Chatou, Seine-et-Oise [now in Yvelines], France - d. [assassinated] July 7, 1944, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France), interior minister of France (1940). He was also minister of posts, telegraphs, and telephones (1934-36) and colonies (1938-40).
Mandel, Marvin (b. April 19, 1920, Baltimore, Md. - d. Aug. 30, 2015, St. Mary's county, Md.), governor of Maryland (1969-79).
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Mandela, Winnie: see Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie.
Mandela, Zindzi(swa) (b. Dec. 23, 1960, Johannesburg, South Africa - d. July 13, 2020, Johannesburg), South African diplomat; daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela; sister of Zenani Mandela-Dlamini. She was ambassador to Denmark (2015-20).
Mandela-Dlamini, Zenani (b. Feb. 4, 1959, Johannesburg, South Africa), South African diplomat; daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela; sister-in-law of Mswati III. She was ambassador to Argentina (2012-17) and South Korea (2019-24) and high commissioner to Mauritius (2017-19).
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Manderström, (Christoffer Rutger) Ludvig greve (b. Jan. 24, 1806, Stockholm, Sweden - d. Aug. 18, 1873, Cologne, Germany), prime minister for foreign affairs of Sweden (1858-68). He was also minister to Austria (1855-56) and France (1856-58). He was made greve (count) in 1860.
Mandi, André Fernand (b. 1934, Upoto, Coquilhatville province, Belgian Congo [now in Mongala province, Congo (Kinshasa)]), Congo (Kinshasa) diplomat. He was ambassador to Italy (1965-66), Romania (1967-69), and France (1969-71) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1971-72).
Mandic, Andrija (b. Jan. 19, 1965, Savnik, Montenegro), Montenegrin politician. He has been a presidential candidate (2008, 2023) and president of the Skupstina (2023- ).
Mandic, Nikola (b. Jan. 15, 1869, Dolac, near Travnik, Ottoman Empire [now in Bosnia and Herzegovina] - d. [executed] June 7, 1945, Zagreb, Croatia), prime minister of Croatia (1943-45).
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Mandrika, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich) (b. May 26, 1876, Kharkov, Russia [now Kharkiv, Ukraine] - d. May 29, 1928, Paris, France), governor of Tiflis (1916-17).
Mandungu Bula Nyati, (Antoine) (b. Sept. 14, 1935, Léopoldville, Belgian Congo [now Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. Aug. 29, 2000, Cotonou, Benin), foreign minister of Zaire (1975-76, 1986) and governor of Kinshasa (1978-80) and Shaba (1980-85). He was also minister of national guidance (1976-77), public works and territorial development (1977-78), information and press (1987-88), territorial administration and decentralization (1988), and interior and community development (1991-92).
Mandviwalla, Saleem (H.), finance minister of Pakistan (2013). He was also minister of state for investment (2008-13).
Mandzhiyev, Erdni (Chuditovich) (b. 1922 - d. 1974), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk A.S.S.R. (1967-74).
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Mané, Samba Lamine, foreign minister (1982-83) and defense minister (1991-99) of Guinea-Bissau. He was also minister of natural resources (1978-82).
Manele, Jeremiah (b. 1968), foreign minister (2019-24) and prime minister (2024- ) of the Solomon Islands. He was also chargé d'affaires at the United Nations and in the United States (2000-03), leader of the opposition (2014-17), and minister of development planning and aid coordination (2017-19).
Maneniaru, John (b. June 20, 1965), finance minister of the Solomon Islands (2017). He was also minister of fisheries and marine resources (2014-17, 2017-19) and deputy prime minister (2019).
Manès, (Aimé Louis) Édouard (b. April 12, 1835, Saint-Denis, Île Bourbon [now Réunion] - d. July 14, 1898), governor of French India (1886-88) and Réunion (1888-93).
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Manescu, Manea (b. Aug. 9, 1916, Braila, eastern Romania - d. Feb. 27, 2009), finance minister (1955-57) and prime minister (1974-79) of Romania. Claims that he was a brother-in-law of Nicolae Ceausescu are dubious.
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Manetoali, Samuel (b. Jan. 24, 1969), Solomon Islands politician. He was minister of justice and legal affairs (2006-07), police, national security, and correctional services (2007-09), lands, housing, and survey (2009-10), culture and tourism (2010-14), environment, climate change, disaster management, and meteorology (2014-17), and forestry and research (2017-19). He was arrested in 2018 on corruption charges.
Manev, Georgi (Ivanov) (b. Jan. 27 [Jan. 15, O.S.], 1884, Turnovo [now Veliko Turnovo], Bulgaria - d. July 15, 1965, Sofia, Bulgaria), Bulgarian politician. Also known as a physicist, he was rector of Sofia University (1936-37) and education minister (1938).
Manevski, Mihajlo (b. Dec. 24, 1937, Bashino Selo, Macedonia [now North Macedonia]), justice minister of Macedonia (2006-11).
Mangabeira, João (b. June 26, 1880, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - d. April 27, 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), justice and interior minister of Brazil (1962-63). He was also a minor presidential candidate (1950) and minister of mines and energy (1962).
Mangabeira, Octávio (b. Aug. 27, 1886, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - d. Nov. 29, 1960, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), foreign minister of Brazil (1926-30) and governor of Bahia (1947-51); brother of João Mangabeira.
Mangal, Mohammad Gulab (b. 1958, Laja Mangal, Paktia province, Afghanistan), Afghan politician. He was governor of Paktika (2004-06), Laghman (2006-08), Helmand (2008-12), and Nangarhar (2016-18) and minister of border and tribal affairs (2015-16).
Mangalaza, Eugène (Régis) (b. July 13, 1950, Ambodivoanio, Madagascar), prime minister of Madagascar (2009).
Mangefel, John (Avila) (b. May 10, 1932, Gal, Kanifay municipality, Yap, Micronesia [now in Federated States of Micronesia] - d. April 11, 2007, Colonia, Yap), governor of Yap (1979-87).
Mang'enya, Erasto A(ndrew) M(bwana) (b. April 17, 1915, Mkuzi village, Muheza district, Tanga region, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania] - d. ...), Tanganyikan/Tanzanian politician. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1963-64), minister of community development and national culture (1964-65), and speaker of the National Assembly (1973-75).
Mangin, Sir Thorleif Rattray Orde (b. Sept. 27, 1896 - d. Sept. 29, 1950), acting governor of Gold Coast (1949); knighted 1949.
Mangion, Charles (b. November 1952), justice minister of Malta (1996-98). He was also acting leader of the Labour Party (2008), leader of the opposition (2008), and chairman of Air Malta (2017-20).
Mangkusasmito, Prawoto (b. Jan. 4, 1910, Magelang, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. July 24, 1970, near Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur, Indonesia), deputy prime minister of Indonesia (1952-53). He was also chairman of the Masyumi Party (1959-60).
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Mangoaela, Percy (Metsing) (b. Aug. 26, 1942, Teyateyaneng, Basutoland [now Lesotho]), Lesotho diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1995-2001).
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Mangoush, Najla (Muhammad) al- (b. Benghazi, Libya), foreign minister of Libya (2021- ).
Mangue, Ahmed (b. 1921 - d. [plane crash] May 10, 1961, near Edjele, Algeria), interior minister of Chad (1959-60). He was also minister of health and social affairs (1960) and education (1960-61).
Mangueira, (Augusto) Archer (de Sousa) (b. Sept. 26, 1962, Luanda, Angola), finance minister of Angola (2016-19). He was appointed governor of Namibe province in 2019.
Mangueira, Rui Jorge Carneiro (b. Nov. 13, 1962, Luanda, Angola), justice minister of Angola (2012-17). He was also ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2008-10) and the United Kingdom (2018-19).
Mangwazu, Timon Sam, byname Tim Mangwazu (b. Oct. 12, 1933, Kasungu, Nyasaland [now Malawi] - d. Oct. 17, 2012, Lilongwe, Malawi), Malawian politician. He was ambassador to West Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Switzerland (1964-67), Portugal (1967-69), the Vatican (1968-69), Belgium and the Netherlands (1973-78), South Africa (1982-84), and the United States (1985-88), high commissioner to Lesotho (1982-84), permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-88), and minister of housing (1994-97).
Mangwende, Witness (Pasichigare Magunda) (b. Oct. 15, 1946, Buhera province, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe] - d. Feb. 26, 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe), foreign minister of Zimbabwe (1981-88). One of the less controversial figures in Pres. Robert Mugabe's administration, he was subsequently minister of information, posts, and telecommunications (1988-90), lands, agriculture, and rural resettlement (1990-92), education and culture (1992-95), sports, recreation, and culture (1995-97), and transport and communications (2002-04). From 2004 to his death he was provincial governor of Harare.
Manichand, Fred(erick Rampersad) (b. Oct. 10, 1930, Dutch Guiana [Suriname] - d. Feb. 21, 2000, Paramaribo, Suriname), justice and police minister of Suriname (1967-68).
Manigat, Edmé (Thalès) (d. Feb. 9, 1950, Caracas, Venezuela), foreign minister of Haiti (1947-48). He was also minister of education, agriculture, and labour (1935-36) and ambassador to Venezuela (1948-50).
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Mankin, Ivan (Pavlovich) (b. Oct. 9, 1924, Karpovka, Karelian A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. March 9, 1984), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian A.S.S.R. (1979-84). He was also deputy/first deputy premier (1971-79).
Mankirov, Galzan (b. 1895, Zyungana, Astrakhan province, Russia - d. 1942), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Kalmyk autonomous oblast (1921).
Manley, Albert Leslie (b. Dec. 19, 1945, Cape Town, South Africa), South African diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1987-88) and ambassador to Peru (2008-12).
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Manly, Charles (b. May 13, 1795, Chatham county, N.C. - d. May 1, 1871, Raleigh, N.C.), governor of North Carolina (1849-51).
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Mann, David S(cott) (b. Sept. 25, 1939), mayor of Cincinnati (1980-82, 1991).
Mann, Edgar (b. June 24, 1926, London, England - d. June 21, 2013, Strang, Isle of Man), chairman of the Executive Council of the Isle of Man (1985-86).
Mann, Sir Frederick Wollaston (b. May 2, 1869, Mount Gambier, South Australia - d. May 29, 1958, South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic.), acting governor of Victoria (1939); knighted 1933. He was chief justice (1935-44) and lieutenant governor (1936-45).
Mann, Stephen A(llison) (b. Aug. 28, 1837, Orange county, Vt. - d. Sept. 13, 1881, Reno, Nev.), acting governor of Utah (1870).
Mann, William H(odges) (b. July 30, 1843, Williamsburg, Va. - d. Dec. 12, 1927, Petersburg, Va.), governor of Virginia (1910-14).
Mannerfelt, Carl (Erik August) (b. Sept. 26, 1886, Borås, Älvsborg [now in Västra Götaland], Sweden - d. July 27, 1951), governor of Skaraborg (1935-51).
Mannerheim, Carl Erik greve (b. Dec. 14, 1759, Säter socken, Kopparberg [now Dalarna], Sweden - d. Jan. 15, 1837, Åbo [Turku], Finland), governor of Åbo och Björneborg (1816-22) and chief minister of Finland (1822-26); son-in-law of Ernst Gustaf friherre von Willebrand. He was made a count (greve/kreivi) in the Finnish nobility in 1824.
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Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf greve (b. Aug. 10, 1797, Villnäs [Askainen; now part of Masku municipality], Finland - d. Oct. 9, 1854, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Vasa (1832-34) and Viborg (1834-39); son of Carl Erik greve Mannerheim. He was also known as an entomologist.
Manning, Daniel (b. May 16, 1831, Albany, N.Y. - d. Dec. 24, 1887, Albany), U.S. treasury secretary (1885-87).
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Manning, John L(aurence) (b. Jan. 29, 1816, Sumter district [in present Clarendon county], S.C. - d. Oct. 29, 1889, Camden, S.C.), governor of South Carolina (1852-54); son of Richard I. Manning (1789-1836).
Manning, Richard I(rvine) (b. May 1, 1789, Clarendon county, S.C. - d. May 1, 1836, Philadelphia, Pa.), governor of South Carolina (1824-26); nephew of James B. Richardson.
Manning, Richard I(rvine) (b. Aug. 15, 1859, Sumter district [now county], S.C. - d. Sept. 11, 1931, Columbia, S.C.), governor of South Carolina (1915-19); nephew of John L. Manning.
Manning, Sir William (Henry) (b. July 19, 1863 - d. Jan. 1, 1932, Faversham, Kent, England), governor of Nyasaland (1907-08 [acting], 1911-13), Jamaica (1913-18), and Ceylon (1918-25) and commissioner of British Somaliland (1910-11); knighted 1904.
Mano, Manuel da Cunha e Costa Marques (b. Sept. 22, 1894, Aveiro, Portugal - d. Nov. 17, 1971), governor-general of Angola (1939-41).
Manoilescu, Mihail (b. Dec. 10, 1891, Tecuci, Romania - d. [in prison] Dec. 30, 1950, Sighet [now Sighetu Marmatiei], Romania), foreign minister of Romania (1940). Known as an economist and theoretician of corporatism, he was also minister of public works and transport (1930) and industry and trade (1930-31) and governor of the National Bank (1931).
Manoli, Mihai (b. Sept. 20, 1954, Valea Mare, Moldavian S.S.R.), finance minister of Moldova (1999-2002). He was also ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexico (2002-06).
Manolic, Josip (b. March 22, 1920, Kalinovac, Croatia - d. April 15, 2024), prime minister of Croatia (1990-91). He was president of the House of Counties in 1993-94.
Manongi, Tuvako Nathaniel (b. Sept. 6, 1953, Same, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), Tanzanian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2012-17).
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Manorohanta (Dominique), Cécile (Marie Ange), defense minister (2007-09), interior minister (2009-10), and prime minister (2009) of Madagascar.
Manotoc, Matthew (Joseph Marcos) (b. Dec. 9, 1988, Morocco), Philippine politician; son of Imee Marcos. He has been governor of Ilocos Norte (2019- ).
Manrique, Francisco (Guillermo) (b. Feb. 10, 1919, Mendoza, Argentina - d. Feb. 15, 1988, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Argentine politician. He was minister of social welfare (1970-72) and a presidential candidate (1973, 1983).
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Manrique Martínez, Juan, interior minister of Ecuador (2000-01). He was also ambassador to Peru (2001-03).
Mansfield, Sir Alan (James) (b. Sept. 30, 1902, Indooroopilly, Qld. - d. July 17, 1980, Benowa, Qld.), governor of Queensland (1957-58 [acting], 1966-72); knighted 1958. He was chief justice of Queensland in 1956-66.
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Mansfield, Sir Philip (Robert Aked) (b. May 9, 1926, Harrogate, England - d. May 14, 2003, San Francisco, Calif.), commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1976-79); knighted 1984. He was also British ambassador to the Netherlands (1981-84).
Mansfield, Samuel (b. 1815 - d. Dec. 12, 1893), commissioner of Sind (1862-67).
Mansfield, William Murray, (1st) Earl of, (1st) Baron Mansfield (b. March 2, 1705, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland - d. March 20, 1793, London, England), British jurist. He was lord chief justice of the King's Bench (1756-88) and acting chancellor of the exchequer (1757, 1767). He was created baron in 1756 and earl in 1776 and (due to certain limitations on the earlier patent) again in 1792.
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Mansor (bin) Othman (b. Jan. 12, 1924 - d. Jan. 21, 1999, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), chief minister of Negeri Sembilan (1969-78).
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Mansour, Albert (Sami) (b. 1939, Ras Baalbek, Lebanon), defense minister of Lebanon (1989-90). He was also information minister (1990-92).
Mansour, Habib (b. Feb. 23, 1949, Hammam Sousse, Tunisia), Tunisian diplomat. He was ambassador to Zaire (1990-92), Argentina (1994-97), Chile (1995-97), Spain (1997-2001), Italy (2005-07), Cyprus (2006-07), and the United States (2009-10) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2007-09).
Mansour, Omar (b. Jan. 27, 1958, Tunis, Tunisia), justice minister of Tunisia (2016). He was also governor of Ariana (2015-16) and Tunis (2016-17).
Mansour, Riyad (H.) (b. May 21, 1947, Ramallah, Palestine), Palestinian diplomat. He has been permanent observer to the United Nations (2005- ).
Mansur (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1922, Riyadh, Nejd [now in Saudi Arabia] - d. May 2, 1951, Paris, France), Saudi prince; son of Abdul Aziz. He was defense minister (1943-51).
Mansur, (Rajab) Ali (b. 1895 - d. Dec. 8, 1974, Tehran, Iran), prime minister of Iran (1940-41, 1950). He was also governor of Khorasan (1942-45) and ambassador to Turkey (1954-58).
Mansur, Hassan Ali (b. April 1923, Tehran, Iran - d. Jan. 26, 1965, Tehran), prime minister of Iran (1964-65); son of Ali Mansur. He was also minister of commerce (1959-60) and labour (1959-60). He was shot by right-wing Muslim extremists while on his way to parliament on Jan. 21, 1965, and died five days later.
Mansur, João (b. July 22, 1923, Irati, Paraná, Brazil - d. Feb. 23, 2012, Curitiba, Paraná), governor of Paraná (1973).
Mansur, Kamal Hassan, original surname (until 1985) Maqhur (b. 1935 - d. 2002), foreign minister of Libya (1986-87). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1972-75), ambassador to France (1976-78) and China (1978-81), and minister of petroleum (1982-84).
Mansur, Tawfiq Ahmad Khalil al- (b. Nov. 14, 1957), Bahraini diplomat. He was ambassador to Russia (2001-03) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-11).
Mansur (bin Tengku Muhammad Adil), Tengku (b. Jan. 17, 1897, Tanjung Balai, Netherlands East Indies [now in Sumatera Utara, Indonesia] - d. Oct. 7, 1955, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia), Wali Negara of Sumatera Timur (1947-50); grandson of Husain Syah bin Ali and nephew of Ahmad Syah bin Husain (sultans of Asahan).
Mansur ibn Miteb (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1952), Saudi prince; son of Miteb. He was minister of municipal and rural affairs (2009-15).
Mansur ibn Nasir (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud), Saudi prince; son of Nasir. He was ambassador to Switzerland (2019-20).
Mansurov, Burkhan (Khusnutdinovich) (b. 1889, Staroye Zelenoye, Saratov province [now in Ulyanovsk oblast], Russia - d. August 1942, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1920-21).
Mansurov, Tair (Aymukhametovich) (b. Jan. 1, 1948, Sarkand, Taldy-Kurgan oblast, Kazakh S.S.R. [now in Zhetysu oblast, Kazakhstan]), head of Severo-Kazakhstan oblast (2003-07). He was also Kazakh ambassador to Russia (1994-2002) and Finland (1996-2002) and secretary-general of the Eurasian Economic Community (2007-14).
Mansyrev, Fayzulla (Saidovich) (b. 1882 - d. 19...), chairman of the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee (1920) and of the Central Executive Committee (1920-21) of the Bashkir A.S.S.R.
Mantayev, Arslan-Ali (Mantayevich) (b. 1918, Kandauraul, Dagestan oblast [now republic], Russia - d. 1997), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Dagestan A.S.S.R. (1952-54).
Mantega, Guido (b. April 7, 1949, Genoa, Italy), finance minister of Brazil (2006-15). He was also minister of planning, budget, and management (2003-04).
Mantere, Oskari, originally Oskar Mantere (b. Sept. 18, 1874, Hausjärvi, Finland - d. Dec. 9, 1942, Helsinki, Finland), prime minister of Finland (1928-29). He was also minister of social affairs (1922-24) and education (1932-36).
Manteuffel, (Karl Rochus) Edwin Freiherr von (b. Feb. 24, 1809, Dresden, Saxony [Germany] - d. June 17, 1885, Karlsbad, Austria [now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic]), Reichsstatthalter of Alsace-Lorraine (1879-85); cousin of Otto Theodor Freiherr von Manteuffel.
Manteuffel, Ignacy (b. Sept. 3, 1875, Taunaga, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. Aug. 17, 1927, Kielce, Poland), governor of Kieleckie województwo (1924-27).
Manteuffel, Otto Theodor Freiherr von (b. Feb. 3, 1805, Lübben, Prussia [now in Brandenburg, Germany] - d. Nov. 26, 1882, Krossen, Prussia [now part of Drahnsdorf, Brandenburg], Germany), interior minister (1848-50) and prime minister and foreign minister (1850-58) of Prussia.
Manthey, August Christian (b. Feb. 14, 1811, Rakkestad, Norway - d. May 25, 1880), governor of Hedemarkens amt (1849-56) and Kristiania stift (1874-80) and Norwegian minister of auditing (1856), justice (1856-57, 1859-60, 1863-64, 1869-70), interior (1858-59, 1861-62, 1865-66), army (1862-63, 1866-67, 1872), navy (1861, 1867-68, 1871-72, 1872, 1873-74), and finance (1870, 1872-73, 1874).
Mantik, G(ustaf) H(endrik) (b. April 26, 1928, Bandung, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Barat, Indonesia] - d. Aug. 8, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia), governor of Sulawesi Utara (1980-85).
Mantilla (Campos), (Máximo) Agustín (b. Dec. 10, 1944, Lima, Peru - d. Nov. 20, 2015, Lima), interior minister of Peru (1989-90). He was also minister of the presidency (1989).
Mantilla (Huerta), (Luis) Felipe, interior minister of Ecuador (2003). Earlier in 2003 he was minister of labour.
Mantilla (Cáceres), Manuel, interior minister of Venezuela (1963-64, 1978-79). He was also governor of Miranda (1974-77) and the Distrito Federal (1977-78).
Mantra, Ida Bagus (b. May 8, 1928, Badung, Bali, Netherlands East Indies [now Indonesia] - d. July 7, 1995, Denpasar, Bali), governor of Bali (1978-88).
Manturov, Denis (Valentinovich) (b. Feb. 23, 1969, Murmansk, Russian S.F.S.R.), a deputy prime minister (2022-24) and first deputy prime minister (2024- ) of Russia. He was also minister of industry and trade (2012-24).
Manu, Gheorghe (b. July 24, 1833, Bucharest, Walachia [now in Romania] - d. May 16, 1911, Bucharest), war minister (1869-70, 1888-89, 1905-07), prime minister (1889-91), interior minister (1889-91, 1900), and finance minister (1899-1900) of Romania. He was also mayor of Bucharest (1874-77) and president of the Chamber of Deputies (1892-95).
Manu, Savel (b. May 12, 1824, Botosani, Moldavia [now in Romania] - d. 1905), war minister (1864-66) and acting foreign minister (1865) of Romania.
Manuari, Derrick (b. 1979), justice minister of the Solomon Islands (2017-19).
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Manuel, Armando (b. 1972?), finance minister of Angola (2013-16).
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Manuel de Vilhena (dos condes de Vila Flor), António (b. May 28, 1663, Lisbon, Portugal - d. Dec. 12, 1736), grand master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1722-36).
Manuella, Sir Tulaga (b. Aug. 26, 1936), governor-general of Tuvalu (1994-98); knighted 1996.
Manuilov, Aleksandr (Apollonovich) (b. April 3 [March 22, O.S.], 1861, Balta, Podolia province, Russia [now in Odessa oblast, Ukraine] - d. July 20, 1929, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), education minister of Russia (1917). He was also rector of Moscow University (1905-11).
Manuilsky, Dmytro (Zakharevych), Russian Dmitry (Zakharovich) Manuilsky (b. Oct. 3 [Sept. 21, O.S.], 1883, Sviatets, near Kremianets, Volhynia, Russia - d. Feb. 22, 1959, Kiev, Ukrainian S.S.R.), first secretary of the Communist Party (1921-23) and foreign minister (1944-52) of the Ukrainian S.S.R. He was also people's commissar of agriculture (1920-21) and a deputy premier (1944-53).
Manuitt Carpio, Eduardo (b. July 28, 1955), governor of Guárico (1998-2008).
Manukhin, Sergey (Sergeyevich) (b. Oct. 9 [Sept. 27, O.S.], 1856 - d. April 17, 1922, Petrograd [St. Petersburg], Russia), justice minister of Russia (1905).
Manukyan, Hovhannes (Gerasimi) (b. Dec. 14, 1971, Leninakan, Armenian S.S.R. [now Gyumri, Armenia]), justice minister of Armenia (2014-15). He was also president of the Court of Cassation (2005-08) and ambassador to Georgia (2011-14).
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Manukyants, Mikhail (Sergeyevich) (b. 1909 - d. 1968), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast (1937-40, 1946-48).
Manusama, Johannes Alvarez (b. Aug. 17, 1910, Bandjermasin, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies [now Indonesia] - d. Dec. 29, 1995, Rotterdam, Netherlands), president of the South Moluccas in exile (1966-93). In 1975 and 1977, he played a key role as a negotiator when South Moluccan extremists took hostages on Dutch passenger trains.
Manushev, Anton (Georgiev) (b. 1864, Samokov, Ottoman Empire [now in Bulgaria] - d. Aug. 23, 1903), finance minister of Bulgaria (1903).
Manutsyan, Sero (V.), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of Nagorny Karabakh (1923).
Manyanga (Ndambo), Marc (b. Oct. 14, 1956, Mapangu, Belgian Congo [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), special commissioner (2015-16) and governor (2016-19) of Kasaï.
Manz, Johannes (Jakob) (b. Dec. 15, 1938, Zürich, Switzerland), Swiss diplomat. He was permanent observer to the United Nations (1992-97) and ambassador to Japan (1997-2002).
Manzanilla Barrientos, José Matías (b. Oct. 5, 1867, Ica, Peru - d. Oct. 6, 1947, Lima, Peru), foreign minister (1914, 1932-33) and prime minister (1932-33) of Peru. He was also president of the House of Representatives (1909-10, 1916-17) and minister to Italy (1933-39).
Manzanilla Schaffer, Víctor (b. Nov. 13, 1924, Mexico City, Mexico - d. April 7, 2019, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico), governor of Yucatán (1988-91). He was also president of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies (1967) and ambassador to China (1980-82).
Manzano (Díaz), Bernardo (Juan), Ecuadorian politician. He was minister of agriculture (2022-23).
Manzano (Díaz), Inés (María) (b. April 7, 1971, Guayaquil, Ecuador), Ecuadorian politician; sister of Bernardo Manzano; former sister-in-law of Jaime Nebot. She has been minister of environment, water, and ecological transition (2024- ) and energy and mines (acting, 2024- ).
Manzo González, José (b. 1922), justice minister of Venezuela (1984-88). He was also minister of labour (1976-79).
Manzoni Borghesi, Angelo (b. Sept. 16, 1882 - d. 1950), captain-regent of San-Marino (1911-12, 1917-18, 1924, 1931, 1934-35, 1940).
Manzoni Borghesi, Bartolomeo (b. Jan. 21, 1910 - d. 1975), captain-regent of San Marino (1943); nephew of Angelo Manzoni Borghesi.
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Mao Chi-kuo (b. Oct. 4, 1948), premier of Taiwan (2014-16). He was minister of transportation and communications (2009-13) and vice premier (2013-14).
Mao Dun (Wade-Giles Mao Tun), pen name of Shen Yanbing, original name Shen Dehong (b. July 4, 1896, Tongxiang, Zhejiang, China - d. March 27, 1981, Beijing, China), Chinese politician. A noted writer, he was minister of culture (1949-64).
Mao Guangxiang (b. 1893, Tongzi, Guizhou, China - d. November 1947, Chishui, Guizhou), chairman of the government of Guizhou (1929-31). Having participated in the war against Yuan Shikai in 1916 on the side of the South, he was named the vice-commander of the 25th Army and concurrently head of the Guizhou provincial Military Bureau. Having expelled Chairman Li Shen, Mao was nominated the chief commander of the 25th Army, also taking up the headquarters of the 18th Route Army. In 1935, he launched a war against Wang Jialie, but was defeated; he then left politics.
Mao Tithiarun, Cambodian diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2024).
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Maoh, Alfred (b. Sept. 12, 1977), internal affairs minister of Vanuatu (2016-17). He was also minister of lands, geology, and mines (2017-20).
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Mapa, Victorino (Montaño) (b. Feb. 25, 1855, Calivo, Capiz, Philippines - d. April 12, 1927, Manila, Philippines), finance secretary (1913-17) and justice secretary (1913-20) of the Philippines. He was also chief justice (1920-21).
Mapisa-Nqakula, Nosiviwe (Noluthando) (b. Nov. 13, 1956, Cape Town, South Africa), home affairs minister (2004-09) and defense minister (2012-21) of South Africa; wife of Charles Nqakula. She was also minister of correctional services (2009-12) and speaker of the National Assembly (2021-24).
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Mapouka, Thomas, Central African Republic politician. He was minister of public works (1981-83), energy and water resources (1983-84), posts and telecommunications (1987-88), justice (1988-89), rural development (1989-90), and public security and territorial administration (1990-91).
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Mapp, Sir Ronald G(renville) (d. September 1995), Barbadian politician; knighted 1982. He was minister of housing and lands (1976-78) and constitutional affairs (1978-79) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1979-82).
Mapp, Wayne (Daniel) (b. March 12, 1952, Te Kopuru, New Zealand), defence minister of New Zealand (2008-11). He was also minister of research, science, and technology (2008-11).
Mappus, Stefan (b. April 4, 1966, Pforzheim, West Germany), minister-president of Baden-Württemberg (2010-11).
Mapuranga, Machivenyika (Tobias) (b. March 22, 1947), Zimbabwean diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Zambia (1980-81), high commissioner to Tanzania (1982-86), permanent representative to the United Nations (1996-99), high commissioner (2001-03) and ambassador (2003-05) to Ghana, and ambassador to the United States (2005-13).
Mapuri, Omar Ramadhan (b. Jan. 10, 1950, Kahama, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), home affairs minister of Tanzania (2003-05). He was also ambassador to China (2006-12).
Mara, Ratu Alifereti (Ulukalala Baleisasa) Finau (b. June 9, 1957 - d. April 15, 2020, Suva, Fiji), Fijian politician; son of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara; brother of Koila Mara Nailatikau. He was chargé d'affaires in the United States (1990-92), minister of Fijian affairs (1997-99), and roving ambassador and high commissioner in the Pacific (2001-06).
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Marabut, Serafin (Dadal) (b. Oct. 7, 1889, Basey, Samar, Philippines - d. [executed] Feb. 7, 1945), defense secretary (1941) and finance secretary (1941) of the Philippines. He was also commissioner of the budget (1936-42).
Maracaju, Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão, barão e visconde de (b. July 2, 1831, Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil - d. Feb. 18, 1909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Amazonas (1878-79), Mato Grosso (1879-81), and Pará (1882-84) and war minister of Brazil (1889). He was made baron in 1874 and viscount in 1883.
Maradas-Nado, Paul Michel (b. 1926, Dekoa, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic]), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of public health (1961-64) and public works, posts, and telecommunications (1964-66).
Marafa Hamidou, Yaya (b. 1952), territorial administration minister of Cameroon (2002-11).
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Maragall (i Mira), Pasqual (b. Jan. 13, 1941, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain), president of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2003-06). He was mayor of Barcelona in 1982-97.
Maraghei, Mohammad Said (b. 1881, Maragheh, Azarbaijan, Iran - d. Nov. 1, 1973, Tehran, Iran), foreign minister (1942-44) and prime minister (1944, 1948-50) of Iran. He was also minister to Azerbaijan (1920-22) and Italy (1936-37), chargé d'affaires in Turkey (1928-30), and ambassador to the Soviet Union (1938-42), Turkey (1950-51), and the Vatican (1957-62).
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Marais, Jaap, byname of Jacob Albertus Marais (b. Nov. 2, 1922, Vryburg, South Africa - d. Aug. 8, 2000, Pretoria, South Africa), South African politician. He helped found the far-right Herstigte Nasionale Party in 1969 with a group of right-wing parliamentarians who were thrown out of the ruling National Party - the architect of apartheid - after disputes with party leaders. Marais became party leader in 1977. Though his party never held much power and attracted few votes, it was considered the voice of ultraconservative Afrikaners. As the apartheid state was crumbling in the early 1990s, Marais accused Pres. F.W. de Klerk of behaving like a dictator for proposing compromises that would likely bring a black head of state to power. Apartheid ended with the country's first all-race elections in 1994.
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Marajó, José Coelho da Gama (e) Abreu, barão de (b. April 12, 1832, Belém, Pará, Brazil - d. Nov. 25, 1906, Lisbon, Portugal), president of Amazonas (1867-68) and Pará (1879-81). He was also mayor of Belém (1891-94). He was made baron in 1881.
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Maranguape, Caetano Maria Lopes Gama, visconde de (b. Aug. 5, 1795, Recife, Brazil - d. June 21, 1864, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), foreign minister (1839-40, 1857-58) and acting principal minister (1840) of Brazil. He was also president of Alagoas (1822, 1844-45), Goiás (1824-27), and Rio Grande do Sul (1829-30) and justice minister (1847, 1862). He was made viscount in 1854.
Maranhão, Affonso de Albuquerque (b. 17..., Pernambuco captaincy [now state], Brazil - d. July 10, 1836, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting president of Paraíba (1834).
Maranhão, Alberto (Frederico de Albuquerque) (b. Oct. 2, 1872 - d. Feb. 1, 1944), governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1900-04, 1908-14); brother of Pedro Velho de Albuquerque Maranhão.
Maranhão, André de Albuquerque, Júnior (b. 1799, Arez, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil - d. 1895, Mamanguape, Paraíba, Brazil), president of Paraíba (1832, 1843 [acting], 1844 [acting]) and Rio Grande do Norte (acting, 1843-44).
Maranhão, Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque, byname Constâncio Maranhão, acting governor of Pernambuco (1959).
Maranhão, João de Albuquerque (d. Aug. 20, 1859, Paraíba [now João Pessoa], Paraíba, Brazil), acting president of Paraíba (1848).
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Maranhão, Pedro Velho de Albuquerque (b. Nov. 27, 1856, Macaíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil - d. Dec. 9, 1907, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil), president (1889 and [acting] 1890) and governor (1892-96) of Rio Grande do Norte.
Marani, Primo (b. Dec. 9, 1922, San Leo, Italy - d. Jan. 10, 2013, Borgo Maggiore, San Marino), captain-regent of San Marino (1957, 1980).
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Marape, James (b. April 24, 1971), chairman of the Hela Transitional Authority (2010-11) and finance minister (2012-19) and prime minister (2019- ) of Papua New Guinea. He has also been minister of education (2008-11), public service, public enterprises, and state investments (2019), national planning, police, defense, and correctional services (2022), planning (2022-24), foreign affairs (acting, 2023-24), and treasury (2024- ).
Maras, Vukasin (b. Feb. 5, 1938, Podgorica, Yugoslavia [now in Montenegro] - d. Sept. 12, 2008, Podgorica, Montenegro), interior minister of Montenegro (1998-2001).
Marat, Allan (Savenat Mesak) (b. Sept. 28, 1954), Papua New Guinean politician. He was deputy prime minister (2002-03) and minister of trade and industry (2002-03), justice (2002, 2007-10, 2011-12), and police (2002).
Maraú, José Teixeira de Vasconcellos, barão de (b. 1798, Paraíba captaincy [now state], Brazil - d. April 29, 1873, Paraíba [now João Pessoa], Paraíba), acting president of Paraíba (1867). He was made baron in 1860.
Marau, Willie, byname of William Bradford Marau (b. July 16, 1978), Solomon Islands politician. He was minister of commerce, industries, labour, and immigration (2014-15, 2017-19), justice and legal affairs (2015-17), and lands, housing, and survey (2019-20).
Marazov, Ivan (Rusev) (b. March 15, 1942, Pirne village, near Burgas, Bulgaria), Bulgarian politician. He entered politics as deputy culture minister in the first post-Communist caretaker government in 1991. He later became culture minister (1995-96). As Bulgarian Socialist Party candidate he trailed a humiliating 17 points behind Petur Stoyanov after the first round of presidential elections in 1996. A little-known scholar of Thracian mythology, Marazov had been drawn into the presidential race on a joint ticket with Foreign Minister Georgi Pirinski, whose candidacy was rejected because he was born in the United States. He modeled himself on other East European intellectuals who became heads of state after the fall of Communism in 1989. He prefered open-necked shirts and sweaters to the formal wear of party functionaries, but diligently attended party rallies commemorating dates in Communist history and spoke nostalgically of the low prices in pre-1989 Bulgaria and lost Russian markets for Bulgaria's lacklustre industrial goods. His "Together for Bulgaria" campaign had the difficult task of appealing equally to the Socialists' two main constituencies - private entrepreneurs and older voters nostalgic for the security of the former one-party regime. He won 40% of the vote in the runoff.
Marback, Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha (b. March 28, 1898, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - d. April 6, 1954, Salvador), federal interventor in Bahia (1946).
Marble, Sebastian S(treeter) (b. March 1, 1817, Dixfield, Maine - d. May 10, 1902, Waldoboro, Maine), acting governor of Maine (1887-89).
Marboua, Mohamed Mahdi, originally (until 1990s) Timothée Marboua (b. Aug. 25, 1944, Bemal, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. April 25, 2020, Talence, Gironde, France), finance minister of the Central African Republic (1981-82). He was also minister of trade and industry (1987-91).
Marbush-Stepanov, Ivan (Romanovich), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of Kalmyk autonomous oblast (1921-23). He was also executive secretary of the party committee of Ural province (1924-...).
Marcano (Castillo), Ángel Bautista (b. Nov. 5, 1963), governor of Bolívar (2021- ).
Marcano (Salazar), Luis José (b. May 31, 1984, Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela), governor of Anzoátegui (2021- ). He was also president of Venezolana de Televisión (2015-16, 2016-17), Venezuelan minister of communications and information (2016), and mayor of Simón Bolívar municipality (Barcelona) (2017-20).
Marcel (Cullell), Mario (b. Oct. 22, 1959, Santiago, Chile), finance minister of Chile (2022- ). He was also director of budgets (2000-06) and president of the Central Bank (2016-22).
Marcelin, Frédéric (b. Jan. 11, 1848, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - d. Jan. 10, 1917, Paris, France), foreign minister of Haiti (1894). He was also minister of finance and commerce (1892-94, 1905-08) and interior (1907-08).
Marcellin, Raymond (b. Aug. 19, 1914, Sézanne, Marne, France - d. Sept. 8, 2004, Paris, France), French minister of public health and population (1962-69), industry (1966-67), interior (1968-74), and agriculture and rural development (1974) and president of the Regional Council of Bretagne (1978-86).
Marcère, Émile (Deshayes) de (b. March 16, 1828, Domfront, Orne, France - d. April 26, 1918, Messei, Orme), interior minister of France (1876, 1877-79). He was also interim minister of worship (1879).
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Marchaisse, Jean Ernest (b. May 5, 1814, Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France - d. ...), commandant of Nossi-Bé (1848-51).
Marchak, Nikolay (Makarovich) (Russian), Ukrainian Mykola (Makarovych) Marchak (b. Jan. 5, 1904 [Dec. 23, 1903, O.S.], Zalistsi, Russia [now in Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine] - d. [executed] Sept. 22/23, 1938), acting chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian S.S.R. (1937-38). He was also first deputy premier (1937).
Marchal, Charles (Emmanuel Joseph) (b. October 1855, Grand-Bourg, Marie-Galante island, Guadeloupe - d. June 26, 1917, Paris, France), governor of French Guiana (1905) and Dahomey (1906-08).
Marchal, Léon (b. June 8, 1900 - d. Sept. 24, 1956), secretary-general of the Council of Europe (1953-56).
Marchand, Philippe (b. Sept. 1, 1939, Angoulême, Charente, France - d. Jan. 10, 2018, Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France), interior minister of France (1991-92).
Marchand, René (André) (b. Nov. 19, 1903 - d. Nov. 30, 1955), administrator of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1946-47).
Marchand Stens, Luis (Ernesto) (b. April 5, 1930, Lima, Peru - d. Aug. 1, 2012), foreign minister of Peru (1990-91). He was also ambassador to the United States (1984-86), Chile (1986-90), Venezuela (2001-02), and Ecuador (2002-06).
Marchandeau, Paul (Marie Henri Joseph) (b. Aug. 10, 1882, Gaillac, Tarn, France - d. May 31, 1968, Paris, France), finance minister (1934, 1938, 1938) and interior minister (1934) of France. He was also minister of budget (1933-34), commerce and industry (1934-35), and justice (1938-39) and mayor of Reims (1925-40, 1940-42).
Marchant, Henri, byname of Hendrik Pieter Marchant (b. Feb. 12, 1869, Deventer, Netherlands - d. May 12, 1956, The Hague, Netherlands), Dutch politician; brother-in-law of Jean Jacques Rambonnet. He was minister of education, arts, and sciences (1933-35).
Marchant, William Sydney (b. Dec. 10, 1894 - d. Feb. 1, 1953), resident commissioner of the British Solomon Islands (1939-43).
Marchant et d'Ansembourg, Max(imilien Victor Eugène Hubert Joseph Marie) graaf de (b. Jan. 18, 1894, Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands - d. Jan. 24, 1975, Heerlen, Limburg), provincial commissioner of Limburg (1941-44).
Marchant Scott, Ignacio (b. Sept. 16, 1879, Collipulli, Chile - d. 1952), war and marine minister of Chile (1922). He was also mayor of Santiago (1909-10).
Marchat, Jean (b. June 17, 1897, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France - d. Jan. 13, 1949), resident of Wallis and Futuna (1928-31).
Marchena (Dujarric), Enrique de (b. Oct. 13, 1908, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - d. Feb. 25, 1988, Santo Domingo), foreign minister of the Dominican Republic (1955-56). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1956-61) and ambassador to West Germany (1966-69).
Marchenko, Pyotr (Petrovich) (b. Jan. 2, 1948, Stavropol kray, Russian S.F.S.R.), head of the administration of Stavropol kray (1995-96). He was also mayor of Stavropol (1989-91).
Marchenko, Serhiy (Mykhaylovych) (b. Jan. 24, 1981, Makarov [Makariv], Kiev oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R.), finance minister of Ukraine (2020- ).
Marchenko, Vasily (Romanovich) (b. Jan. 8, 1783 [Dec. 28, 1782, O.S.], Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus] - d. Dec. 18 [Dec. 6, O.S.], 1840, St. Petersburg, Russia), governor of Tomsk (1810-12). He was also Russian secretary of state (1827-34).
Marchessou, (Marcel Alix) Jean (b. June 24, 1879, Le Puy [now Le Puy-en-Velay], Haute-Loire, France - d. April 6, 1964, Chamalières, Haute-Loire), acting governor-general of French Equatorial Africa (1927, 1934, 1935-36), acting lieutenant governor of Middle Congo (1929-30), and governor of New Caledonia (1936-38).
Marchezan, Nelson (b. May 4, 1938, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. Feb. 11, 2002, Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul), Brazilian politician. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies (1981-83).
Marchuk, Gury (Ivanovich) (b. June 8, 1925, Petro-Khersonets [now in Orenburg oblast], Russian S.F.S.R. - d. March 24, 2013, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier and chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology (1980-86) and president of the Academy of Sciences (1986-91).
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Marcílio, Flávio Portela (b. Aug. 12, 1917, Picos, Piauí, Brazil - d. Jan. 26, 1992, Brasília, Brazil), acting governor of Ceará (1958-59). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (1973-75, 1979-81, 1983-85).
Marcinkiewicz, Kazimierz (b. Dec. 20, 1959, Gorzów Wielkopolski, northwestern Poland), prime minister of Poland (2005-06). In July 2006 he became acting mayor of Warsaw; in the mayoral election in November he was the candidate of the Law and Justice party but lost to Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
Marcinkowski, Andrzej (b. Feb. 28, 1929, Poznan, Poland - d. March 13, 2010), acting justice minister of Poland (1991).
Marcó del Pont Santisteban, Guillermo, economy and finance minister of Peru (1974). He was also head of the National Planning Institute (1969-74).
Marco Torres, Rodolfo (Clemente) (b. Sept. 10, 1966), economy and finance minister of Venezuela (2014-16) and governor of Aragua (2017-21). He has also been minister of public banking (2013-16), food (2016-17), and water services (2021- ).
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Marcos, Imee, byname of Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos (b. Nov. 12, 1955, Mandaluyong [now part of Metropolitan Manila], Philippines), Philippine politician; daughter of Ferdinand E. Marcos and Imelda Marcos. She was governor of Ilocos Norte (2010-19).
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Marcos-Keon, Elizabeth (Edralin) (b. 1921? - d. Dec. 14, 1986, Manila, Philippines), Philippine politician; sister of Ferdinand E. Marcos. She was governor of Ilocos Norte (1971-83).
Marcoz, Oreste (b. Nov. 17, 1905 - d. April 25, 1972), president of Valle d'Aosta (1959-63).
Marcuard, (Jean-François) Sigismond (b. Feb. 14, 1917, Bern, Switzerland - d. May 20, 2010, Fribourg, Switzerland), Swiss diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Iraq (1959-62), ambassador to Algeria (1962-66), and permanent observer to the United Nations (1974-82).
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Marcucci, Giovanni Vito (b. June 15, 1927, San Marino - d. April 11, 2011), captain-regent of San Marino (1961-62, 1966-67, 1975-76).
Marcucci, Marco (b. June 16, 1949, Viareggio, Toscana, Italy), president of Toscana (1990-92).
Marcy, William L(earned) (b. Dec. 12, 1786, Southbridge, Mass. - d. July 4, 1857, Ballston Spa, N.Y.), governor of New York (1833-39) and U.S. secretary of war (1845-49) and secretary of state (1853-57).
Mardanov, Genrikh (Irakliyevich) (b. 1933), chairman of the Executive Committee of the South Ossetian autonomous oblast (1973-80).
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Mardarescu, Gheorghe (D.) (b. Aug. 4, 1866, Iasi, Romania - d. Sept. 5, 1938, Bad Nauheim, Hessen, Germany), war minister of Romania (1922-26).
Mardiyanto (b. Nov. 21, 1946, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia), governor of Jawa Tengah (1998-2007) and home affairs minister of Indonesia (2007-09).
Mardiyev, Alisher (Mardiyevich), justice minister of Uzbekistan (1993-95). He was also hokim of Samarkand region (1995-98).
Mardones Otaíza, Francisco (b. May 29, 1877, Santiago, Chile - d. July 23, 1950), interior minister (1925) and finance minister (1932) of Chile. He was also minister of public works (1923-24, 1925).
Marees van Swinderen, René de, byname of Reneke de Marees van Swinderen (b. Oct. 6, 1860, Groningen, Netherlands - d. Jan. 17, 1955, London, England), foreign minister of the Netherlands (1908-13). He was also minister-resident to Romania (1901-03) and Serbia (1904) and minister to the United States and Mexico (1904-08) and the United Kingdom (1913-37).
Marehalau, Jesse B(ibiano) (b. December 1948 - d. August 2015), Micronesian diplomat. He was representative (1987-90) and ambassador (1990-2008) to the United States and permanent representative to the United Nations (1991-92).
Marei, Sayed (Ahmed) (b. Aug. 26, 1913, al-Sharqiya governorate, Egypt - d. Oct. 22, 1993, Egypt), a deputy prime minister of Egypt (1970-72). He was also minister of agriculture (1957-61, 1967-72) and agrarian reform (1957-61, 1968-72) and speaker of the People's Assembly (1974-78).
Marenco, Federico, interior minister of Nicaragua (1891-92).
Marenco Cardenal, José (Bosco) (b. 1947? - d. June 11, 2015, San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua), interior minister of Nicaragua (2000-02). He was also minister of agriculture and forestry (2000).
Marengo, Marc Michael Rogers (b. Aug. 9, 1955, Anse Royale, Seychelles), Seychellois diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in France (1986-87), the United States and the United Nations (1987-93), and Canada (1989-93) and permanent representative to the United Nations, ambassador to the United States, and high commissioner to Canada (1993-96).
Mares, Petr (b. Jan. 15, 1953, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), a deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic (2002-04). He was also chairman of the Freedom Union-Democratic Union (2003-04) and ambassador to the Netherlands (2006-10).
Mareshki, Veselin (Naydenov) (b. March 26, 1967, Varna, Bulgaria), Bulgarian presidential candidate (2016, 2021).
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Mareuilh de Villeboi, Pierre François de (d. Oct. 22, 1788), governor of French Guiana (1787-88).
Marfán (Lewis), (José) Manuel (b. 1952), finance minister of Chile (1999-2000).
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Margáin (Gleason), Hugo B(enigno) (b. Feb. 13, 1913, Mexico City, Mexico - d. Sept. 11, 1997, Mexico City), finance minister of Mexico (1970-73). He was also ambassador to the United States (1965-70, 1977-82) and the United Kingdom (1973-76).
Margan, Ivo (b. Aug. 21, 1926, Bakar, Yugoslavia [now in Croatia] - d. May 20, 2010, Cres island, Croatia), a deputy premier of Yugoslavia (1978-82).
Margaryan, Mher (b. Nov. 4, 1974, Yerevan, Armenian S.S.R.), Armenian diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2018- ).
Margaryan, Taron (Andranikovich) (b. April 17, 1978, Yerevan, Armenian S.S.R.), Armenian politician. He was mayor of Yerevan (2011-18).
Margesson, (Henry) David (Reginald) Margesson, (1st) Viscount (b. July 26, 1890, London, England - d. Dec. 24, 1965, Nassau, Bahamas), British secretary of state for war (1940-42). He was created viscount in 1942.
Marghiloman, Alexandru (b. Jan. 27, 1854, Buzau, Walachia [now in Romania] - d. May 10, 1925, Buzau), foreign minister (1900-01), interior minister (1910-12), and prime minister (1918) of Romania.
Margiani, Avtandil (Antonovich) (b. Dec. 24, 1945, Mestia, Georgian S.S.R.), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian S.S.R. (1990-91). He was also a Georgian deputy premier (1992-95) and a minor presidential candidate (2013).
Margo, Dee, byname of Donald Rupert Margo II (b. Feb. 3, 1952), mayor of El Paso (2017-21).
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Margue, Nicolas (b. Jan. 2, 1888, Fingig, Luxembourg - d. March 18, 1976), Luxembourg politician. He was minister of agriculture (1937-40, 1945-48), education and worship (1937-40, 1945-48), and arts and sciences (1945-48).
Margui, Mahamat Charfadine (b. Aug. 11, 1976, Nanou, Biltine prefecture [now Wadi Fira region], Chad), Chadian politician. He was minister of public security and immigration (2023-24).
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Mari, Adriano (b. Dec. 16, 1813, Florence, France [now in Italy] - d. July 24, 1887, Fiesole, Firenze province [now Firenze metropolitan city], Italy), justice minister of Italy (1867-68). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (1865-67, 1868-69).
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Maria, Victor Saúde (b. 1939 - d. Oct. 25, 1999, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau), foreign minister (1973-82), deputy chairman of the Council of the Revolution (1980-84), and prime minister (1982-84) of Guinea-Bissau.
María Cristina, Queen, in full María Cristina Ferdinanda de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón (b. April 27, 1806, Naples [Italy] - d. Aug. 23, 1878, Sainte-Adresse, France), regent of Spain (1833-40); daughter of Francesco I; wife of Fernando VII.
María Cristina, Queen, in full María Cristina Deseada Enriqueta Felicidad Raniera de Habsburgo-Lorena (b. July 21, 1858, Gross Seelowitz, Austria [now Zidlochovice, Czech Republic] - d. Feb. 6, 1929, Madrid, Spain), regent of Spain (1885-1902).
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Mariátegui Chiappe, Sandro (Tiziano Romeo) (b. Dec. 5, 1921, Rome, Italy - d. Sept. 28, 2013, Lima, Peru), prime minister and foreign minister of Peru (1984); son of José Carlos Mariátegui. He was also minister of finance and commerce (1965-67) and president of the Senate (1982-83).
Maric, Jozo (b. 1948, Grude [now in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]), governor of West Herzegovina (1996-2000).
Maric, Zdravko (b. Feb. 3, 1977, Slavonski Brod, Croatia), finance minister of Croatia (2016-22). He was also a deputy prime minister (2019-22).
Maricá, Mariano José Pereira da Fonseca, visconde e marquês de (b. May 18, 1773, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Sept. 16, 1848, Rio de Janeiro), finance minister of Brazil (1823-25). He was made viscount in 1825 and marquess in 1826.
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Maricik, Bojan (b. Jan. 7, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia [now North Macedonia]), justice minister (2020-22) and a deputy prime minister (2022-24) of North Macedonia.
Marie (de Saint-Georges), Alexandre (Pierre Thomas Amable) (b. Feb. 15, 1795, Auxerre, Yonne, France - d. April 28, 1870, Paris, France), justice minister of France (1848). He was also minister of public works (1848) and president of the National Constituent Assembly (1848).
Marie, André (b. Dec. 3, 1897, Honfleur, Calvados, France - d. June 12, 1974, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France), prime minister of France (1948). He was also minister of justice (1947-48, 1948-49) and national education (1951-54) and deputy prime minister (1948-49).
Marie, Aurelius (John Baptist Lamothe) (b. Dec. 23, 1903 - d. Sept. 28, 1995), president of Dominica (1980-83).
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Mariere, (Samuel) Jereton (b. 1906, Evwreni [now in Delta state], Nigeria - d. [car crash] May 9, 1971), governor of Midwest Region, Nigeria (1964-66).
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Marin, Angel (Ivanov) (b. Jan. 8, 1942, Batak, Bulgaria - d. March 18, 2024), vice president of Bulgaria (2002-12).
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Marín (Arista), José del Carmen (b. March 2, 1899, El Quillo, Amazonas, Peru - d. Dec. 6, 1980, Miraflores, Lima province, Peru), war minister of Peru (1947-48).
Marin, José Maria (b. May 6, 1932, São Paulo, Brazil), acting governor of São Paulo (1982-83).
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Marin, Sanna (Mirella) (b. Nov. 16, 1985, Helsinki, Finland), prime minister of Finland (2019-23). She was minister of transport and communications (2019) before she became the world's youngest prime minister. In 2020-23 she was chairperson of the Social Democratic Party.
Marín Abaunza, Leandro (b. March 7, 1932, Masaya, Nicaragua - d. Feb. 22, 2021, Miami, Fla.), interior minister of Nicaragua (1972-74). He was also minister of education (1974-76).
Marín Aráuz, Sidhartha Francisco, Nicaraguan diplomat. He has been ambassador to Ecuador (2009-16) and Honduras (2022- ) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2018).
Marín Bernal, Rodrigo (b. 1936, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia - d. Dec. 30, 2014, Bogotá, Colombia), Colombian politician. He was minister of labour and social security (1978-80), economic development (1983-84, 1994-96), and transport (1998) and ambassador to Spain (1996-98).
Marín Gómez, Otto (b. Aug. 29, 1931, San Fernando de Apure, Apure, Venezuela), justice minister of Venezuela (1974-75).
Marín Iglesias, Alejandro (Ramón) (b. Sept. 20, 1907, Villarrica, Guairá, Paraguay - d. Oct. 29, 1988, Asunción, Paraguay), acting president of Paraguay (1940). He was president of the Chamber of Deputies (1939-40) and minister of government and labour (1940).
Marín Torres, Mario (Plutarco) (b. June 28, 1954, Nativitas Cuautempan, Coyotepec municipality, Puebla, Mexico), governor of Puebla (2005-11). He was also mayor of Puebla (1999-2002).
Marinc, Andrej (b. Oct. 4, 1930, Celje, Yugoslavia [now in Slovenia]), chairman of the Executive Council (1972-78) and secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists (1982-86) of Slovenia. He was also a deputy premier of Yugoslavia (1978-82).
Marinescu, Gabriel (b. Nov. 7, 1885, Tigveni, Romania - d. Nov. 26/27, 1940, Jilava, Romania), interior minister of Romania (1939). He was also minister of public order (1939).
Marinescu, Mihai (b. Nov. 22, 1917, Bârca, Dolj county, Romania - d. 2000, Bucharest, Romania), a deputy premier of Romania (1969-72, 1974-78). He was also minister of machine-building industry (1965-69) and technico-material supply and control of fixed-assets administration (1971-72) and chairman of the State Planning Committee (1974-78).
Marinescu, Teodor (b. Sept. 22, 1922, Sighisoara, Romania), Romanian politician. He was chairman of the Committee for Radio and Television (1965-66), ambassador to the Soviet Union (1966-72), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1978-86).
Marinho, Gilberto (b. Sept. 15, 1909, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. Feb. 11, 1985, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Brazilian politician. He was president of the Senate (1968-70).
Marinho, Joaquim Saldanha (b. May 4, 1816, Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil - d. May 27, 1895, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Minas Gerais (1865-67) and São Paulo (1867-68).
Marinho, Luiz (b. May 20, 1959, Cosmorama, São Paulo, Brazil), Brazilian politician. He has been minister of labour and employment (2005-07, 2023- ) and social security (2007-08) and mayor of São Bernardo do Campo (2009-17).
Marini, Catiuscia (b. Sept. 25, 1967, Todi, Umbria, Italy), president of Umbria (2010-19).
Marinko, Miha (b. Sept. 8, 1900, near Trbovlje, Austria [now in Slovenia] - d. Aug. 19, 1983, Ljubljana, Slovenia), prime minister (1946-53), secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party/League of Communists (1948-66), chairman of the Executive Council (1953), and president of the People's Assembly (1953-62) of Slovenia.
Marinkovic (Jovicevic), Branko (Goran) (b. Aug. 21, 1967, Santa Cruz, Bolivia), finance minister of Bolivia (2020). He was also minister of development planning (2020).
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Mariño, Salvador (L.), justice secretary of the Philippines (1963-65). He was also executive secretary (1962-63).
Marinovic, Jovan (b. 1821, Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire [now in Bosnia and Herzegovina] - d. July 30, 1893, Villiers-sur-Mer, France), member of the Provisional Regency (1868) and prime minister and foreign minister (1873-74) of Serbia. He was also finance minister (1856-57) and minister to France (1878-89).
Marinuta, Vitalie (b. June 16, 1970, Holercani, Moldavian S.S.R.), defense minister of Moldova (2009-14).
Marion, Daniel Joseph (b. Dec. 6, 1945, St. Malo, Man. - d. May 12, 2022, Frank Channel, N.W.T.), commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1999-2000).
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Mariscal de Gante y Mirón, Margarita (b. Jan. 10, 1954, Madrid, Spain), justice minister of Spain (1996-2000).
Marisov, Valery (Konstantinovich) (b. Oct. 23 [Oct. 10, O.S.], 1915, Astrakhan, Russia - d. Jan. 18, 1992), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Udmurt A.S.S.R. (1963-85).
Maritain, Jacques (b. Nov. 18, 1882, Paris, France - d. April 28, 1973, Toulouse, France), French diplomat. Known as a Catholic philosopher, he was ambassador to the Vatican (1945-48).
Mariz, Antônio Marques da Silva (b. May 12, 1937, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - d. Sept. 16, 1995, João Pessoa), governor of Paraíba (1995); cousin of João Agripino Maia Filho.
Mariz, Dinarte de Medeiros (b. Aug. 23, 1903, Serra Negra do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil - d. July 9, 1984, Brasília, Brazil), governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1956-61).
Mariz, José Marques da Silva (b. Oct. 4, 1902, Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil - d. July 3, 1953, João Pessoa, Paraíba), federal interventor in Paraíba (1934-35).
Marjai, József (b. Dec. 18, 1923, Budapest, Hungary - d. May 7?, 2014), a deputy premier of Hungary (1978-88). He was also ambassador to Switzerland (1956-59), Czechoslovakia (1959-63), Yugoslavia (1966-70), and the Soviet Union (1976-78) and minister of trade (1987-88).
Marjan, Abdul Wahhab, Marjan also spelled Mirjan (b. 1910, Hilla, Iraq - d. March 1964), prime minister and defense minister of Iraq (1957-58). He was also minister of economy (1948), communications and works (1950, 1953, 1957), finance (1950-51), and agriculture (1954) and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies (1948-50, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-57, 1957, 1958).
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Marjoribanks, Sir Norman Edward (b. Oct. 16, 1872, India - d. Aug. 21, 1939), acting governor of Madras (1929); knighted 1928.
Mark, David (Bonaventure Alechenu) (b. April 8, 1948, Otukpo [now in Benue state], Nigeria), governor of Niger state, Nigeria (1984-86). He was also Nigerian minister of communications (1987-90) and president of the Senate (2007-15).
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Markaryan, Taron (Andraniki) (b. April 17, 1978, Yerevan, Armenian S.S.R.), Armenian politician; son of Andranik Markaryan. He was mayor of Yerevan (2011-18).
Markaryants, Vladimir (Surenovich) (b. Aug. 19, 1934, Yeysk, Krasnodar kray, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. March 2, 2000), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian S.S.R. (1989-90). He was also mayor (1974-76) and first secretary of the party committee (1982-85) of Stavropol city.
Markbreit, Leopold (b. March 13, 1842, Vienna, Austria - d. July 27, 1909, Cincinnati, Ohio), mayor of Cincinnati (1908-09). He was also U.S. minister to Bolivia (1869-73).
Markel Bouwer, Arnold Hendrik van (b. April 16, 1771, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands - d. June 22, 1826, The Hague, Netherlands), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the Second Chamber (1819-20).
Markell, Jack (Alan) (b. Nov. 26, 1960, Newark, Del.), governor of Delaware (2009-17).
Markelov, Konstantin (Alekseyevich) (b. June 16, 1962, Nikolskoye, Astrakhan oblast, Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the government of Astrakhan oblast (2005-17). He has also been rector of Astrakhan State University (2018- ).
Markelov, Leonid (Igorevich) (b. June 25, 1963), president (2001-11) and head of the republic (2011-17) of Mari El.
Marker, Jamsheed (K.A.) (b. Nov. 24, 1922, Hyderabad, India - d. June 21, 2018, Karachi, Pakistan), Pakistani diplomat. He was high commissioner to Ghana (1965-67), ambassador to Guinea and Mali (1965-67), Romania and Bulgaria (1967-69), the Soviet Union and Finland (1969-72), Canada (1972-73), East Germany (1973-76), Japan (1976-78), West Germany (1980-82), France and Ireland (1982-86), and the United States and Jamaica (1986-89), permanent representative to the United Nations (1990-95), and UN special envoy to East Timor (1997-99). He was a legendary cricket commentator before entering diplomacy.
Markevicius, Vytautas (b. Jan. 4, 1962, Milvyda, Lithuanian S.S.R.), interior minister (2000-01) and justice minister (2001-04) of Lithuania.
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Markovic, Ivan (b. June 3, 1888, Miava, Hungary [now Myjava, Slovakia] - d. Feb. 16, 1944, Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany), defense minister of Czechoslovakia (1920). He was also minister of unification of laws (1922-25) and education (acting, 1924-25).
Markovic, Koca, byname of Nikola Markovic (b. 1795, Pozarevac, Ottoman Empire [now in Serbia] - d. March 28 [March 16, O.S.], 1836, Pozarevac), finance minister (1834-35) and prime minister (1835-36) of Serbia.
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Markovic, Ratko (b. Dec. 8, 1944, Pozarevac, Serbia - d. April 25, 2021, Belgrade, Serbia), a deputy prime minister of Serbia (1994-2000).
Markovic, Stefan (b. Dec. 26, 1804, Zemun, Ottoman Empire [now part of Belgrade, Serbia] - d. Dec. 11, 1864, Vienna, Austria), prime minister and foreign minister of Serbia (1856 [acting], 1857-58). He was also minister of education and justice (1854-56, 1856-57).
Markowski, Boleslaw (b. March 23, 1862, Zawichost, Poland - d. Sept. 30, 1936, Kielce, Poland), acting finance minister of Poland (1921, 1923).
Marks, Albert S(mith) (b. Oct. 16, 1836, Davies county, Ky. - d. Nov. 4, 1891, Nashville, Tenn.), governor of Tennessee (1879-81).
Marks von Würtemberg, Erik Teodor friherre (b. May 11, 1861, Björnlunda, Södermanland, Sweden - d. March 5, 1937, Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm county, Sweden), foreign minister of Sweden (1923-24).
Marland, Ernest W(hitworth) (b. May 8, 1874, Pittsburgh, Pa. - d. Oct. 3, 1941, Ponca City, Okla.), governor of Oklahoma (1935-39).
Marland, William C(asey) (b. March 26, 1918, Johnston City, Ill. - d. Nov. 26, 1965, Chicago, Ill.), governor of West Virginia (1953-57).
Marlborough, Charles Spencer, (3rd) Duke of (b. Nov. 22, 1706 - d. Oct. 20, 1758, Münster, Bishopric of Münster [now in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany]), British politician; grandson of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. He was lord privy seal (1755) and master-general of the ordnance (1755-58). He succeeded as duke in 1733.
Marlborough, George Spencer, (4th) Duke of (b. Jan. 26, 1739 - d. Jan. 29, 1817, Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England), British politician; son of Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough. He was lord privy seal (1763-65). He succeeded as duke in 1758.
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Marmaduke, John S(appington) (b. March 14, 1833, Arrow Rock, Mo. - d. Dec. 28, 1887, Jefferson City, Mo.), governor of Missouri (1885-87); son of M.M. Marmaduke; great-grandson of John Breathitt.
Marmaduke, M(eredith) M(iles) (b. Aug. 25, 1791, Westmoreland county, Va. - d. March 26, 1864, Arrow Rock, Mo.), acting governor of Missouri (1844); brother-in-law of Claiborne F. Jackson.
Mármol León, Fermín (Porfirio) (b. May 4, 1936, Caracas, Venezuela - d. Feb. 3, 2011, Caracas), justice minister of Venezuela (1993-94).
Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero, marchese della (b. Nov. 18, 1804, Turin, Piedmont, France [now in Italy] - d. Jan. 5, 1878, Florence, Italy), war minister (1848, 1849-55, 1856-60), acting foreign minister (1851), and prime minister (1859-60) of Sardinia and prime minister and foreign minister of Italy (1864-66).
Marof, Achkar (b. 1930, Coyah, French Guinea [now Guinea] - d. [shot] Jan. 26, 1971), Guinean diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1964-68).
Maroim, João Gomes de Mello, barão de (b. Sept. 18, 1809, Maruim, Sergipe, Brazil - d. April 23, 1890, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting president of Sergipe (1855-56). He was made baron in 1848.
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Maroja, Manoel, Neto (b. July 17, 1880, Pilar, Paraíba, Brazil - d. Feb. 21, 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), federal interventor in Pará (1945-46).
Maron, Amour (Émile Valentin) (b. 1891 - d. 1948), commissioner (1933-41) and governor (1941-46) of Elisabethville province.
Maron, Karl (b. April 27, 1903, Charlottenburg [now part of Berlin], Germany - d. Feb. 2, 1975, East Berlin), interior minister of East Germany (1955-63).
Maroni, Roberto (Ernesto) (b. March 15, 1955, Varese, Lombardia, Italy - d. Nov. 22, 2022, Lozza, Lombardia), interior minister of Italy (1994-95, 2008-11) and president of Lombardia (2013-18). He was also minister of labour and social policy (2001-06).
Marosán, György (b. May 15, 1908, Hosszúpályi [now in Hajdú-Bihar county], Hungary - d. Dec. 20, 1992, Budapest, Hungary), a deputy premier of Hungary (1956). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Budapest (1948-49), minister of light industry (1949-50), and a minister of state (1956-60).
Maroselli, (Don Jean) André (b. Feb. 22, 1893, Rutali, Corse, France - d. April 7, 1970, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, France), French politician. He was minister of air (1947), veterans and war victims (1948), and public health and population (1958).
Maróthy, László (b. Dec. 25, 1942, Szeghalom, Békés county, Hungary), a deputy premier of Hungary (1984-87). He was also chairman of the National Planning Office (1986-87) and minister of environmental protection and water management (1987-89).
Marovic, Jovana (b. Oct. 10, 1977, Kotor, Montenegro), a deputy prime minister and minister of European affairs of Montenegro (2022).
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Marques, Altino Arantes (b. Sept. 29, 1876, Batatais, São Paulo, Brazil - d. July 5, 1965, São Paulo, Brazil), president of São Paulo (1916-20).
Marques, Jaime Silvério (b. 1914, Nazaré, Portugal - d. 1986), governor of Macau (1959-62).
Marques, Joaquim Augusto da Costa (b. June 7, 1861, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. Dec. 2, 1939, Cáceres, Mato Grosso), president of Mato Grosso (1911-15).
Marques, José Joaquim (b. 1870?, Penalva, Maranhão, Brazil - d. Oct. 9, 1918, São Luís, Maranhão), acting president of Maranhão (1918).
Marques, José Manuel de Azevedo (b. Feb. 19, 1865, São Paulo, Brazil - d. May 24, 1943, São Paulo), foreign minister of Brazil (1919-22).
Marques, Luiz Bartholomeu (b. 1784, Santa Rita de Anta, Goiás, Brazil - d. 18...), acting president of Goiás (1831).
Marques, Silvino Silvério (b. March 23, 1918, Nazaré, Portugal - d. Oct. 1, 2013, Lisbon, Portugal), governor of Cape Verde (1958-62) and governor-general of Angola (1962-66, 1974); brother of Jaime Silvério Marques.
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Marquès Oste, Nemesi (b. May 17, 1935, Cabó, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain), personal representative of the episcopal co-prince of Andorra (1993-2012).
Marquesado, Eugenio, finance minister of Peru (1893).
Marquet, Adrien (b. Oct. 6, 1884, Bordeaux, France - d. April 3, 1955, Bordeaux), mayor of Bordeaux (1925-44) and interior minister of France (1940). He was also minister of labour (1934).
Márquez (Mina), Francia (Elena) (b. Dec. 1, 1981, Suárez, Cauca, Colombia), vice president of Colombia (2022- ). She is also minister of equality and equity (2023- ).
Márquez (Reina), Gerardo (Alfredo) (b. Sept. 25, 1960), governor of Trujillo (2021- ).
Márquez (Barreto), José Ignacio de (b. Sept. 9, 1793, Ramiriquí, Boyacá, New Granada [now in Colombia] - d. March 21, 1880, Bogotá, Colombia), president of New Granada (1832 [acting], 1837-41). He was also prefect of Cundinamarca (1830), finance minister (1830-31), and vice president (1832-33, 1835-37).
Márquez (Flores), Ricardo, first vice president (1995-2000) and second vice president (2000) of Peru.
Márquez Bustillos, Victorino (b. Nov. 2, 1858, Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela - d. Jan. 10, 1941, Caracas, Venezuela), provisional president of Trujillo (1910), governor of the Distrito Federal (1911-12), and minister of war and navy (1913-14) and provisional president (1914-22) of Venezuela.
Márquez Márquez, Miguel (b. Nov. 11, 1968, Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico), governor of Guanajuato (2012-18).
Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola, (Carlos) Manuel (Agustín) (b. Aug. 28, 1872, Lima, Peru - d. Dec. 9, 1934, Washington, D.C.), foreign minister of Cuba (1933-34). He was also ambassador to the United States (1934).
Marquié, Jean-Pierre (b. May 6, 1938, Paris, France), prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1989-91). He was also prefect of the départements of Yonne (1993-97) and Drôme (1997-99).
Marraco Ramón, Manuel (b. June 16, 1870, Zaragoza, Spain - d. Sept. 29, 1956, Zaragoza), finance minister of Spain (1934-35). He was also governor of the Bank of Spain (1933-34) and minister of industry and commerce (1935) and public works (1935).
Marraco Solana, Santiago (b. July 25, 1938, Canfranc, Huesca province, Aragón, Spain), president of the Diputación General of Aragón (1983-87).
Marraud, (Alexandre Marie Jean Louis Bernard) Pierre (b. Jan. 8, 1861, Port-Sainte-Marie, Lot-et-Garonne, France - d. March 23, 1958, Paris, France), interior minister of France (1921-22). He was also prefect of the départements of Aude (1900-04), Manche (1904-05), Hérault (1905-06), Loire-Inférieure (1907), and Seine-Maritime (1918) and education minister (1928-30, 1930).
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Marri, Mir Humayun Khan (d. Oct. 17, 2024, Quetta, Pakistan), acting chief minister of Balochistan (1990); son-in-law of Sardar Akbar Khan Bugti.
Marris, Sir William Sinclair (b. Oct. 9, 1873, Cookley, Worcestershire, England - d. Dec. 13, 1945, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England), governor of Assam (1921-22) and the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1922-28); knighted 1919.
Marroquín (Ricaurte), José Manuel (Cayetano) (b. Aug. 6, 1827, Bogotá, New Granada [now Colombia] - d. Sept. 19, 1908, Bogotá), vice president (1898-1902), acting president (1898, 1900-02), and president (1902-04) of Colombia.
Mars, Louis (Price-) (b. Sept. 5, 1906 - d. May 20, 2000, Port-au-Prince, Haiti), foreign minister of Haiti (1958-59); son of Jean Price-Mars. He was also ambassador to the United States (1961-64) and the Vatican (1970-72).
Marsal bin Maun, Dato Seri Paduka Haji (b. Nov. 8, 1913, Kampong Pulau Ambok [now Kampong Pintu Malim], Brunei - d. March 28, 2000, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei), chief minister of Brunei (1962-67).
Marschall von Bieberstein, Adolf (Hermann) Freiherr (b. Oct. 12, 1842, Karlsruhe, Baden [now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany] - d. Sept. 24, 1912, Badenweiler, Baden [now in Baden-Württemberg], Germany), foreign minister of Germany (1890-97) and of Prussia (1894-97). He was also ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1897-1912) and the United Kingdom (1912).
Marschik, Alexander (b. April 12, 1967), Austrian diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2020- ).
Marsden, William (b. Sept. 15, 1940), commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1985-88). He was also British ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua (1989-92) and Argentina (1997-2000).
Marsh, George Perkins (b. March 15, 1801, Woodstock, Vt. - d. July 23, 1882, Vallombrosa, Firenze province [now Firenze metropolitan city], Italy), U.S. politician. A pioneer of environmental conservationism, he was a U.S. representative (1843-49), minister resident to the Ottoman Empire (1850-53), and minister to Italy (1861-82).
Marsh, Narcissus (b. Dec. 20, 1638, Hannington, Wiltshire, England - d. Nov. 2, 1713), joint lord lieutenant of Ireland (1699). He was bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1683-90) and archbishop of Cashel (1690-94), Dublin (1694-1702), and Armagh (1702-13) in the Church of Ireland and a lord justice (1699, 1700-01, 1701-02, 1707, 1707-08, 1710).
Marsh, Reginald (b. Dec. 25, 1906, Braidwood, N.S.W. - d. May 2005, Sydney, N.S.W.), administrator of Norfolk Island (1966-68).
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Marshall, Helen M(arie) (b. Sept. 30, 1929, Manhattan, New York City - d. March 4, 2017, Palm Desert, Calif.), borough president of Queens (2002-13).
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Marshall, Keith (Hamilton Llewellyn), byname Tony Marshall, Barbadian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2015-18).
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Marshall, (Cedric) Russell (b. Feb. 15, 1936, Nelson, N.Z. - d. Jan. 18, 2025), foreign minister of New Zealand (1987-90). He was also minister of education (1984-87), environment (1984-86), conservation (1986-87), disarmament and arms control (1987-89), and Pacific Island affairs (1988-90) and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (2002-05).
Marshall, Steven (Spence) (b. Jan. 21, 1968, Adelaide, S.Aus.), premier of South Australia (2018-22).
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Marsilio, Marco (b. Feb. 17, 1968, Rome, Italy), president of Abruzzo (2019- ).
Marsipal, Arnold (b. April 27, 1941, Nauna island, New Guinea [now in Manus province, Papua New Guinea]), defense minister of Papua New Guinea (1988-89). He was also minister of labour and employment (1992) and justice (1995-97).
Marson, Evariste (b. Oct. 3, 1938, Vohipeno, Madagascar), foreign minister of Madagascar (1996-97). He was also minister of agriculture and rural development (1996).
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Marsudi, Retno (Lestari Priansari) (b. Nov. 27, 1962, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia), foreign minister of Indonesia (2014-24). She has also been ambassador to Norway and Iceland (2005-08) and the Netherlands (2012-14) and UN special envoy on water (2024- ).
Marte (Hoffiz) de Barrios, Licelott (Catalina) (b. April 30, 1934, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - d. June 13, 2019, Santo Domingo), finance minister of the Dominican Republic (1990-93); daughter of Santos Mélido Marte Pichado.
Marte Pichado, Santos Mélido (b. July 19, 1899, Estancia Nueva, Puñal municipality, Dominican Republic - d. 1984), armed forces minister of the Dominican Republic (1961).
Martel, Damien (Joseph Alfred Charles comte) de (b. 1878 - d. Jan. 21, 1940, Paris, France), French high commissioner of Syria and Lebanon (1933-38). He was also French minister to Latvia (1921-24) and China (1924-29) and ambassador to Japan (1929-33).
Martel, Louis (Joseph) (b. Sept. 13, 1813, Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France - d. March 4, 1892, Évreux, Eure, France), justice (and worship) minister of France (1876-77). He was also president of the Senate (1879-80).
Martelli, Claudio (b. Sept. 24, 1943, Gessate, Milano province [now Milano metropolitan city], Lombardia, Italy), deputy prime minister (1989-92) and justice minister (1991-93) of Italy.
Martelli, Sir Horace de Courcy (b. July 17, 1877, Multan, Punjab, India [now in Pakistan] - d. March 11, 1959, England), lieutenant governor of Jersey (1934-39); knighted 1937.
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Martens, Gunnar (b. April 7, 1940, Gentofte, Denmark), high commissioner of Greenland (1995-2002).
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Martens van Sevenhoven, Jonkheer Jacob Constantijn (b. Aug. 27, 1793, Utrecht, Netherlands - d. Feb. 16, 1861, Utrecht), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the First Chamber (1851-52).
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Martí Petit, Antoni, byname Toni Martí (b. July 30, 1963, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra - d. Nov. 6, 2023, Escaldes-Engordany), head of government of Andorra (2011-15, 2015-19).
Martian, Dan (b. Nov. 23, 1935, Soimus-Petreasa, Bihor county, Romania - d. March 8, 2002, Lisbon, Portugal), member of the Council of the National Salvation Front of Romania (1989). In 1990-92 he was president of the Chamber of Deputies. From 2001 he was ambassador to Portugal.
Martic, Milan (b. Nov. 18, 1954, Zagoric village, near Knin, Croatia), president of Krajina (1994-95). He surrendered to the UN war crimes tribunal on May 15, 2002. On June 12, 2007, he was sentenced to 35 years in jail for atrocities carried out in Croatia.
Martignac, Jean-Baptiste (Sylvère) Gaye, vicomte de (b. June 20, 1778, Bordeaux, France - d. April 3, 1832, Paris, France), prime minister and interior minister of France (1828-29). He was made vicomte (viscount) in 1824.
Martikyan, Sergo (Nikolayevich) (b. 1874, Tiflis, Russia [now Tbilisi, Georgia] - d. May 13, 1957, Yerevan, Armenian S.S.R.), chairman of the Central Executive Committees of the Armenian S.S.R. (1933-36) and the Transcaucasian S.F.S.R. (1935-36). He was also chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy of the Armenian S.S.R. (1931-32).
Martin, Alexander (b. 1740, Hunterdon county, New Jersey - d. Nov. 2, 1807, "Danbury" plantation, near Crawford [now Danbury], Stokes county, N.C.), governor of North Carolina (1781-82 [acting], 1782-85, 1789-92). He was also a U.S. senator from North Carolina (1793-99).
Martín, Carlos, foreign and interior minister (1867-68) and acting war and navy minister (1867-68) of Colombia. He was also minister to the United States (1872-74, 1883-84).
Martin, Charles H(enry) (b. Oct. 1, 1863, White county, Ill. - d. Sept. 22, 1946, Portland, Ore.), governor of Oregon (1935-39).
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Martin, Clarence D(aniel) (b. June 29, 1887, Cheney, Wash. - d. Aug. 11, 1955, Cheney), governor of Washington (1933-41).
Martin, Daniel (b. December 1780, "The Wilderness," near Easton, Talbot county, Md. - d. July 11, 1831, Talbot county), governor of Maryland (1829-30, 1831).
Martin, Sir David James (b. April 15, 1933 - d. Aug. 10, 1990), governor of New South Wales (1989-90); knighted 1988.
Martin, Edward (b. Sept. 18, 1879, Ten Mile, Pa. - d. March 19, 1967, Washington, Pa.), governor of Pennsylvania (1943-47). He was also a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1947-59).
Martin, Harold (b. April 6, 1954), president of the government of New Caledonia (2007-09, 2011-14).
Martin, Jacques (b. May 11, 1933, Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Vaud, Switzerland - d. Dec. 2, 2005), president of the Council of State of Vaud (1994).
Martin, James G(rubbs) (b. Dec. 11, 1935, Savannah, Ga.), governor of North Carolina (1985-93).
Martin, Jean-Auguste (b. May 21, 1814, Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France - d. ...), commandant-particular of Gabon (1849-50).
Martin, John A(lexander) (b. March 10, 1839, Brownsville, Pa. - d. Oct. 2, 1889, Atchison, Kan.), governor of Kansas (1885-89).
Martin, Joshua L(anier) (b. Dec. 12, 1799, Blount county, Tenn. - d. Nov. 2, 1856, Tuscaloosa, Ala.), governor of Alabama (1845-47).
Martin, Sir John (Edward Ludgate) (b. May 10, 1918 - d. May 31, 2011), lieutenant governor of Guernsey (1974-80); knighted 1972.
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Martín, Juan Benedicto (b. May 7, 1910, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina - d. ...), foreign minister of Argentina (1969-70). He was also ambassador to Japan (1968-69).
Martin, Jules (b. Nov. 18, 1855, Béziers, Hérault, France - d. Sept. 26, 1923), acting governor of Mayotte (1904-05) and French resident commissioner of the New Hebrides (1909-11).
Martin, Micheál, Irish Micheál Ó Máirtín (b. Aug. 1, 1960, Cork, Ireland), foreign minister (2008-11, 2022-25), prime minister (2020-22, 2025- ), deputy prime minister (2022-25), and defence minister (2022-25) of Ireland. He has also been lord mayor of Cork (1992-93), minister of education and science (1997-2000), health and children (2000-04), and enterprise, trade and employment (2004-08), and leader of Fianna Fáil (2011- ).
Martin, Noah (b. July 26, 1801, Epsom, N.H. - d. May 28, 1863, Dover, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1852-54).
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Martin, Sir Richard Biddulph, (1st) Baronet (b. May 12, 1838, London, England - d. Aug. 23, 1916), chairman of the British North Borneo Chartered Company (1893-1903). He was created baronet in 1905.
Martin, Robert (b. 1833, Frankfort Springs, Pa. - d. March 2, 1897, Guthrie, Okla.), acting governor of Oklahoma (1891-92).
Martin, Roy B(utler), Jr. (b. May 13, 1921, Norfolk, Va. - d. May 20, 2002), mayor of Norfolk (1962-74). In 1953, he was appointed to City Council by Mayor W. Fred Duckworth. Six years later, Martin crossed him by casting the lone vote against closing the public schools beyond sixth grade as part of Massive Resistance, the statewide effort to shut down public schools rather than racially integrate them. Martin succeeded Duckworth as mayor in 1962. He helped bring the Chrysler Museum of Art and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur memorial to downtown and gave the green light for the Scope arena complex redevelopment project. He left City Council in 1974, but continued to serve on numerous boards and act as a goodwill ambassador for the city.
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Martin, Wayne (Stewart) (b. Dec. 28, 1952), acting governor of Western Australia (2011, 2014). He was chief justice (2006-18).
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Martín Villa, Rodolfo (b. Oct. 3, 1934, Santa María del Páramo, León province, Spain), interior minister of Spain (1976-79). He was also civil governor of Barcelona (1974-75), minister of relations with trade unions (1975-76) and territorial administration (1980-81), and first deputy prime minister (1981-82).
Martina, Dominico F(elipe), byname Don Martina (b. May 1, 1935, Curaçao - d. Dec. 21, 2024), prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1979-84, 1986-88).
Martina, Ornelio, byname Kees Martina (b. Nov. 14, 1930, Curaçao - d. Nov. 11, 1996), administrator of Curaçao (1976-82).
Martinaud-Deplat, Léon (Jean), original surname Martinaud (b. Aug. 9, 1899, Lyon, France - d. Oct. 5, 1969, Paris, France), justice minister (1952-53) and interior minister (1953-54) of France.
Martinazzoli, (Fermo) Mino (b. Nov. 30, 1931, Orzinuovi, Brescia province, Italy - d. Sept. 4, 2011, Brescia, Italy), justice minister (1983-86) and defense minister (1989-90) of Italy. He was also minister without portfolio (regional affairs and institutional reform) (1991-92) and mayor of Brescia (1994-98).
Martindale, Sir Arthur Henry Temple (b. March 13, 1854 - d. Jan. 25, 1942), chief commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara (1898-1905); knighted 1904.
Martineau, (Albert) Alfred (b. Dec. 18, 1859, Artins, Loir-et-Cher, France - d. Jan. 25, 1945, Varennes, Dordogne, France), governor of French Somaliland (1899-1900) and Mayotte (1902-04), lieutenant governor of Gabon (1907), acting commissioner-general of French Congo (1907), and governor of French India (1910-11, 1913-18). He was appointed (Sept. 18, 1900) but not installed as governor of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Martineau, Gilbert (Roger) (b. July 26, 1918, Rochefort-sur-Mer, France - d. Aug. 23, 1995, La Rochelle, France), conservator of the French possessions on St. Helena (1956-87).
Martineau, John E(llis) (b. Dec. 2, 1873, Clay county, Mo. - d. March 6, 1937, Little Rock, Ark.), governor of Arkansas (1927-28).
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Martinelli, Mario (b. May 12, 1906, Como, Italy - d. May 21, 2001), finance minister of Italy (1963). He was also minister of foreign trade (1954-55, 1960-62) and transport (1974-76).
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Martinet, Henri Étienne (b. May 5, 1896 - d. Jan. 28, 1941), acting governor of Dahomey (1937, 1938).
Martínez, Álvaro Ernesto, foreign minister of El Salvador (1977-78). He was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (1974-77) and Italy (1978-80).
Martínez (de Orihuela), Andrés (b. Nov. 28, 1795, Arequipa, Peru - d. July 22, 1856, Arequipa), finance minister of Peru (1833, 1834, 1835-36, 1843-44, 1844). He was also mayor of Arequipa (1831).
Martínez (González), Bartolomé (b. 1860, Jinotega, Nicaragua - d. Jan. 30, 1936, Matagalpa, Nicaragua), acting president (1923-25) and interior and justice minister (1925) of Nicaragua.
Martinez, Bob, byname of Robert Martinez (b. Dec. 25, 1934, Tampa, Fla.), governor of Florida (1987-91). He was also mayor of Tampa (1979-86).
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Martínez, Diógenes (b. April 9, 1947, Villarrica, Paraguay), foreign minister (1993), interior minister (1995-96), and defense minister (2015-18) of Paraguay. He was also attorney general (1989-90).
Martínez, Ernesto, finance minister of Nicaragua (1908-09).
Martínez, Héctor, war minister of Peru (1948).
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Martínez, Julio (César) (b. March 23, 1962, Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina), defense minister of Argentina (2015-17).
Martínez (Nucete), Leopoldo (José) (b. Oct. 16, 1964), finance minister of Venezuela (2002).
Martínez, Luis, finance minister of Bolivia (1951-52).
Martínez (Fagalde), Martín C(asimiro) (b. Feb. 22, 1859, Montevideo, Uruguay - d. Jan. 21, 1946, Montevideo), finance minister of Uruguay (1903-04, 1916).
Martinez, Mel(quiades Rafael) (b. Oct. 23, 1946, Sagua La Grande, Cuba), U.S. secretary of housing and urban development (2001-03) and general chairman of the Republican National Committee (2007).
Martínez (Abdenur), Ramón (del Valle) (b. Aug. 31, 1948 - d. Jan. 25, 2022, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela), governor of Sucre (1992-98, 2000-08).
Martínez (Achával), Rodolfo (b. May 19, 1919, Córdoba, Argentina - d. Nov. 6, 2012, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina), defense minister (1962) and interior minister (1962, 1962-63) of Argentina. He was also minister of commerce and industry (1956-57).
Martinez, Susana (b. July 14, 1959, El Paso, Texas), governor of New Mexico (2011-19).
Martínez (Guerrero), Tomás (b. Dec. 21, 1820, Nagarote, León, Nicaragua - d. March 12, 1873, León), member of the Government Junta (1857) and president (1857-67) of Nicaragua.
Martínez (Solórzano), Tomás (b. January 1859, Managua, Nicaragua - d. April 9, 1920, Managua), foreign minister of Nicaragua (1910-11); son of the above; grandnephew of Mariano Montealegre.
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Martínez Álvarez, Jesús (Emilio) (b. Sept. 18, 1944, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico), governor of Oaxaca (1985-86). He was also mayor of Oaxaca (1978-80).
Martínez Baca, Alberto (b. May 2, 1906, Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires province, Argentina - d. July 5, 1984, Buenos Aires, Argentina), governor of Mendoza (1973-74).
Martínez Barrio, Diego (b. Nov. 25, 1883, Sevilla, Spain - d. Jan. 1, 1962, Paris, France), prime minister (1933, 1936) and president (1936 [interim] and in exile 1945-62) of Spain. He was also minister of communications (1931), interior (1933, 1934), and war (1933-34) and president of the Congress of Deputies (1936-45, from 1939 in exile).
Martínez Blanco, Gerardo (b. 1939? - d. Aug. 6, 2019, Tegucigalpa, Honduras), Honduran diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1994-98).
Martínez Campos (y Antón), Arsenio (b. Dec. 14, 1831, Segovia, Spain - d. Sept. 23, 1900, Zarauz, Guipúzcoa province, Spain), governor of Cuba (1878-79, 1895-96) and prime minister (1879) and war minister (1879, 1881-83) of Spain. He was also captain-general of Catalonia (1873-74, 1874-76, 1890, 1893).
Martínez Corbalá, Gonzalo (b. March 10, 1928, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico - d. Oct. 15, 2017, Mexico City, Mexico), interim governor of San Luis Potosí (1991-92). He was also Mexican ambassador to Chile (1972-75) and Cuba (1980-82) and president of the Chamber of Deputies (1990).
Martínez de Ferrari, Marcial (Alberto) (b. Nov. 3, 1866, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 16, 1950, Santiago), justice (and education) minister of Chile (1923). He was also minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1912-17) and Switzerland (1918-20).
Martínez de la Rosa (Berdejo Gómez y Arroyo), Francisco (de Paula) (b. March 10, 1787, Granada, Spain - d. Feb. 7, 1862, Madrid, Spain), first secretary of state (1822), prime minister (1834-35), and foreign minister (1834-35, 1844-46, 1857-58) of Spain. He was also president of the Cortes (1821) and the Congress of Deputies (1852, 1853, 1853, 1857, 1858-62) and ambassador to France (1847) and the Papal State (1848-49).
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Martínez García, Patricio (b. March 17, 1948, Chihuahua, Mexico), governor of Chihuahua (1998-2004). He was also mayor of Chihuahua (1992-95). He was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt on Jan. 17, 2001.
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Martínez Lacayo, Roberto (b. Dec. 18, 1899 - d. Feb. 16, 1984), defense minister (1972) and member of the National Government Junta (1972-74) of Nicaragua.
Martínez Manautou, Emilio (b. July 30, 1919, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico - d. Dec. 25, 2004, San Fernando municipality, Tamaulipas), governor of Tamaulipas (1981-87). He was also Mexican minister of the presidency (1964-70) and health and welfare (1976-80).
Martínez Neira, Néstor Humberto (b. Bogotá, Colombia), interior minister of Colombia (1998-2000). He was also minister of justice (1994-95) and the presidency (2014-15) and ambassador to France (1996-97).
Martínez Ordóñez, (José) Roberto (b. Sept. 18, 1922, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - d. Oct. 16, 2001, New York), Honduran politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he was minister of communications and public works (1958-59) and on three occasions served as the Honduran permanent representative to the United Nations (1971-77, 1986-87, 1988-90). He also served as ambassador to El Salvador (1959-60), Nicaragua (1982-83), the Organization of American States (1983-85), and Chile (1994-99). He ran for president unsuccessfully in 1980. He was serving as Honduras' alternate ambassador to the United Nations when he died.
Martínez Rosales, Emilio (b. Nov. 27, 1955, Barranquilla, Colombia), Colombian politician. He was president of the Chamber of Representatives (1998-99).
Martínez Silva, Carlos (b. Oct. 6, 1847, San Gil, Santander, New Granada [now Colombia] - d. Feb. 10, 1903, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia), foreign minister of Colombia (1900-01). He was also treasury minister (1888-89).
Martínez Simahan, Carlos (Eduardo) (b. 1938?, Galeras, Bolívar [now in Sucre], Colombia), Colombian politician. He was minister of mines and energy (1982-84) and ambassador to Italy (1999-2001).
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Martínez Sotomayor, Carlos (Humberto) (b. Aug. 7, 1929, Copiapó, Chile - d. Feb. 24, 2006, Santiago, Chile), foreign minister of Chile (1961-63). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1963-65) and ambassador to Brazil (1990-94) and Peru (1994-97).
Martínez Suárez, Francisco (b. 1864, Chalatenango, El Salvador - d. 1940, San José, Costa Rica), foreign minister of El Salvador (1928-31). He was also president of the Supreme Court of Justice (1903-05, 1919-26).
Martínez Trueba, Andrés (b. 1884, Florida, Uruguay - d. 1959, Montevideo, Uruguay), president (1951-52) and president of the National Council of Government (1952-55) of Uruguay. He was also mayor of Montevideo (1947-48) and president of the Banco de la República (1948-51).
Martínez Varela, Juan Antonio (d. Feb. 23, 2021), interior minister (1972-74, 1990-93) and defense minister (1999-2004) of El Salvador. He was also ambassador to Spain (1974-77), minister of the presidency (1989-90), and chief of the air force (1993-98).
Martínez Villicaña, Luis (b. April 1, 1939, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico - d. March 2, 2011, Houston, Texas), governor of Michoacán (1986-88). He was also Mexican minister of agrarian reform (1982-86).
Martínez y Martínez, Enrique (b. Nov. 10, 1948, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), governor of Coahuila (1999-2005). He was also mayor of Saltillo (1979-81) and Mexican agriculture minister (2012-15) and ambassador to Cuba (2016-18).
Martínez Zuleta, Aníbal (Rafael) (b. Nov. 30, 1926, Valledupar, Colombia - d. Oct. 3, 2014, Valledupar), Colombian politician. He was comptroller-general (1975-82) and mayor of Valledupar (1990-92).
Martini, Claudio (b. Jan. 10, 1951, Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia), president of Toscana (2000-10). He was also mayor of Prato (1988-95).
Martini, Ferdinando (b. July 30, 1841, Florence, Tuscany [now in Italy] - d. April 24, 1928, Monsummano Terme, Toscana, Italy), governor of Eritrea (1897-1907). He was also Italian minister of public instruction (1892-93) and colonies (1914-16).
Martini Herrera, Julio Armando, Guatemalan diplomat. He was ambassador to Venezuela (1983-85), Belgium and Luxembourg (1998-2000), Trinidad and Tobago (2002-04), the United States (2011-12), and Brazil (2012-19) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1993-98).
Martini Urdaneta, Alberto (b. April 2, 1930, Trujillo, Venezuela), Venezuelan politician. He was minister of labour (1972-74) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1981-84).
Martinière, Dominique (Machet) de la (b. Oct. 25, 1927, La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France - d. Nov. 4, 2002), acting president of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes (2002).
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Martino, Enrico (b. Jan. 29, 1907, La Spezia, Italy - d. April 27, 1981), administrator of Somalia (1953-55). He was also Italian minister to Yugoslavia (1947-53) and ambassador to Uruguay (1955-58), Ireland (1959-61), Austria (1961-67), and Switzerland (1968-71).
Martino, Gaetano (b. Nov. 25, 1900, Messina, Italy - d. July 21, 1967, Rome, Italy), foreign minister of Italy (1954-57). He was also minister of education (1954).
Martino, Renato Raffaele Cardinal (b. Nov. 23, 1932, Salerno, Italy - d. Oct. 28, 2024, Rome, Italy), Vatican diplomat. He was apostolic pro-nuncio to Thailand and Singapore (1980-86), apostolic delegate to Laos and Malaysia (1980-86) and Brunei (1984-86), and permanent observer to the United Nations (1986-2002). He was created cardinal in 2003.
Martinovic, Jozo (b. Sept. 9, 1942, Gornji Mamici, near Siroki Brijeg, Croatia [now in Bosnia and Herzegovina] - d. Sept. 14, 1994, Zagreb, Croatia), finance minister of Croatia (1991-92).
Martins, Alexandre de Paula Dupeyrat (b. March 12, 1944, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), justice minister of Brazil (1994-95).
Martins, Alfredo da Cunha (b. Aug. 17, 1842, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil - d. Feb. 20, 1916, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting president of Maranhão (1892-93, 1895-96, 1897-98).
Martins, António Jacinto do Amaral (b. Sept. 28, 1924, Luanda, Angola - d. June 23, 1991, Lisbon, Portugal), Angolan politician. Known as the poet António Jacinto (also using the pseudonym Orlando Távora), he was minister of education and culture (1975-76), secretary of the National Cultural Council (1976-79), and secretary of state for culture (1979-81).
Martins, Custodio José Ferreira (b. July 23, 1857, Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil - d. Nov. 7, 1931, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Espírito Santo (1884-85).
Martins, Daniel Hugo (b. July 12, 1927, Montevideo, Uruguay - d. June 5, 2016, Montevideo), finance minister (1964-65, 1995) and defense minister (1993-95) of Uruguay.
Martins, Elisio Firmo (d. October 1908, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Goiás (1889).
Martins, Elyseu de Souza (b. 1842, Gurgueia, Piauí, Brazil - d. Aug. 23, 1894, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Rio Grande do Norte (1878) and Espírito Santo (1879-80).
Martins, Enéas (b. Jan. 6, 1872, Cametá, Pará, Brazil - d. July 2, 1919, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting foreign minister of Brazil (1912) and governor of Pará (1913-17).
Martins, Epaminondas de Oliveira (d. March 22, 1966, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), federal interventor in Acre (1937-41).
Martins, Firmino de Souza (d. Jan. 6, 1901, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil), acting president of Piauí (1879, 1880-81, 1883, 1889).
Martins, Francisco de Souza (b. Jan. 6, 1805, Jaicós, Piauí, Brazil - d. Feb. 28, 1857, Picos, Piauí), president of Bahia (1834-36) and Ceará (1840).
Martins, Gaspar da Silveira (b. Aug. 5, 1835, Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - d. July 23, 1901, Montevideo, Uruguay), finance minister of Brazil (1878-79). He was also president of Rio Grande do Sul (1889).
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Martins, Ismael (Abraão) Gaspar (b. Jan. 12, 1940, Luanda, Angola), finance minister of Angola (1977-82). He was also governor of the central bank (1976-77), minister of external trade (1982-87), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2001-18).
Martins, Ivanhoé Gonçalves (b. Feb. 26, 1907, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. 1993?, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), governor of Amapá (1967-72).
Martins, José Diogo Ferreira, acting governor-general of Angola (1939) and governor of Cape Verde (1941-43).
Martins, Paulo Egydio (b. May 2, 1928, São Paulo, Brazil - d. Feb. 12, 2021, São Paulo), governor of São Paulo (1975-79). He was also Brazilian minister of labour and social security (acting, 1966) and industry and commerce (1966-67).
Martins, Wilson Barbosa (b. June 21, 1917, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso [now in Mato Grosso do Sul], Brazil - d. Feb. 13, 2018, Campo Grande), governor of Mato Grosso do Sul (1983-86, 1995-99). He was also mayor of Campo Grande (1959-63).
Martins, Wilson Nunes (b. May 17, 1953, Oeiras, Piauí, Brazil), governor of Piauí (2010-14).
Martirosyan, Armen (Sergeyevich) (b. Feb. 10, 1961), Armenian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-09) and ambassador to Germany (2009-13), India (2015-21), and Lithuania (2021-22).
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Martner Urrutia, Daniel (b. Sept. 13, 1880, Constitución, Chile - d. 1945), finance minister of Chile (1920-21). He was also rector of the University of Chile (1927-28).
Martonmere, John Roland Robinson, (1st) Baron (b. Feb. 22, 1907 - d. May 3, 1989), governor of Bermuda (1964-72). He was created baron in 1964.
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Martos, Borys (Mykolayovych) (b. May 20, 1879, Gradizk settlement, Poltava province, Russia [now Hradyzk, Ukraine] - d. Sept. 19, 1977, Irvington, N.J.), chairman of the Council of Ministers and finance minister of the non-Communist Ukraine (1919). He was also minister of food (1918-19).
Martos (Ruiz), Walter (Roger) (b. Feb. 11, 1957, Cajamarca, Peru - d. Jan. 7, 2025), defense minister (2019-20) and prime minister (2020) of Peru.
Martos y Balbi, Cristino (b. Sept. 13, 1830, Granada, Spain - d. Jan. 17, 1893, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Spain (1869-70, 1871, 1872-73). He was also president of the National Assembly (1873) and the Congress of Deputies (1886-89) and justice minister (1874).
Martowardojo, Agus (Dermawan Wintarto) (b. Jan. 24, 1956, Amsterdam, Netherlands), finance minister of Indonesia (2010-13). He was also governor of Bank Indonesia (2013-18).
Martson, Fyodor (Vladimirovich) (b. Sept. 28 [Sept. 16, O.S.], 1853 - d. autumn 1916), governor-general of Turkestan (1914-16).
Marty, Louis Frédéric Claire Guillaume (b. March 14, 1883, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France - d. May 14, 1959, Cahors, Lot, France), acting resident-superior of Laos (1934-35) and administrator of Kwangchowan (1942).
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Martynov, Aleksandr (Vladimirovich) (b. Jan. 12, 1981, Tiraspol, Moldavian S.S.R. [now in Transnistria, Moldova]), prime minister of Transnistria (2016-22).
Martynov, Nikolay (Vasilyevich) (b. April 26 [April 13, O.S.], 1910, Moscow, Russia - d. Nov. 22, 1998, Moscow), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier and chairman of the State Committee for Material-Technical Supply (1976-85).
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Maru, Richard (b. Aug. 8, 1962), finance minister of Papua New Guinea (2019). He has also been minister of trade, commerce, and industry (2012-17), national planning and monitoring (2017-19, 2019), petroleum and energy, inter-government relations, and community development (2019), and international trade and investment (2022- ).
Ma'ruf, Mohammad (b. Sept. 20, 1942, Tegal, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. March 10, 2017, Bandung, Indonesia), home affairs minister of Indonesia (2004-07). He was also ambassador to Vietnam (1997-2000).
Maruiá, João Wilkens de Mattos, barão de (b. March 8, 1822, Belém, Pará, Brazil - d. May 3, 1889, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Amazonas (1868-70). He was made baron in 1888.
Marulanda Botero, Jesús María (b. Dec. 24, 1892, Sonsón, Colombia - d. June 20, 1973, Bogotá, Colombia), finance minister of Colombia (1924-26, 1931, 1957-58).
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Marusic, Tomaz (b. May 19, 1932, Gorizia, Italy [in present Solkan, Slovenia] - d. Feb. 16, 2011), justice minister of Slovenia (1997-2000).
Maruszewski, Artur Tomasz (b. Dec. 21, 1886, Warsaw, Poland - d. Dec. 6, 1945, Kirkcaldy, Scotland), governor of Tarnopolskie (1933-35), Poznanskie (1935, 1935-39), and Wilenskie (1939) województwa.
Marut Bunnag (b. Aug. 21, 1924, Bangkok, Siam [now Thailand] - d. Sept. 23, 2022, Bangkok), justice minister of Thailand (1981-83). He was also minister of health (1983-86, 1989-90) and education (1986-88) and speaker of the House of Representatives and president of the National Assembly (1992-95).
Marutyan, Hayk (b. Dec. 18, 1976), Armenian politician. He was mayor of Yerevan (2018-21).
Maruyama, Tatsuya (b. March 25, 1970), governor of Shimane (2019- ).
Marvil, Joshua H(opkins) (b. Sept. 3, 1825, Laurel, Del. - d. April 8, 1895, Dover, Del.), governor of Delaware (1895).
Marvin, William (b. April 14, 1808, Fairfield, N.Y. - d. July 9, 1902, Skaneateles, N.Y.), provisional governor of Florida (1865).
Marwa, Mohammed (Buba) (b. Sept. 9, 1953), governor of Borno (1990-92) and administrator of Lagos (1996-99).
Marwah, Ved (Prakash) (b. Sept. 15, 1932, Peshawar, India [now in Pakistan] - d. June 5, 2020, Goa, India), governor of Manipur (1999-2003), Mizoram (2000-01), Jharkhand (2003-04), and Bihar (2004). He was also director-general of the National Security Guard (1988-90).
Marwick, Allan Graham (b. 1877, Richmond, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa] - d. Oct. 7, 1966, Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]), resident commissioner of Swaziland (1935-37).
Marwick, Sir Brian (Allan) (b. June 18, 1908, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa] - d. April 1, 1992, Isle of Man), resident commissioner (1956-63) and commissioner (1963-64) of Swaziland; knighted 1963; nephew of Allan Graham Marwick.
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Maryash, Irina (Yevgenyevna) (b. June 15, 1967, Kislovodsk, Stavropol kray, Russian S.F.S.R.), acting prime minister of Kabardino-Balkariya (2013).
Marynich, Mikhail (Apanasavich), Russian Mikhail (Afanasyevich) Marinich (b. Jan. 13, 1940, Starye Golovchitsy, Polesia oblast, Belorussian S.S.R. [now Starya Halowchytsy, Homel voblasts, Belarus] - d. Oct. 17, 2014), Belarusian politician. He was mayor of Minsk (1990-91), ambassador to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary (1994) and Latvia, Estonia, and Finland (1999-2001), and minister of foreign economic relations (1994-98).
Mârzescu, George G. (b. July 7, 1877, Iasi, Romania - d. May 12, 1926, Bucharest, Romania), interior minister of Romania (1918-19). He was also mayor of Iasi (1914-16) and minister of agriculture and domains (1916-18), labour and social protection (1922-23), and justice (1923-26).
Marzhikpayev, Yermek (Boranbayevich) (b. Aug. 29, 1969, Tselinograd, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Astana, Kazakhstan]), head of Akmola oblast (2019-23). He has also been mayor of Kokshetau (2015-19) and Kazakh minister of tourism and sports (2023- ).
Marzorati, Alfred (Frédéric Gérard) (b. Sept. 28, 1881, Tournai [Doornik], Hainaut province, Belgium - d. Dec. 11, 1955, Elsene [now in Brussels-Capital region], Belgium), royal commissioner for Belgian-occupied East Africa (1919-24), royal commissioner for Ruanda-Urundi (1924-26), and governor of Ruanda-Urundi (1926-29).
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Mas Ribó, Manuel (b. Feb. 26, 1946 - d. July 30, 2001), foreign minister of Andorra (1994-97). He was also ambassador to the Vatican (1998-2001).
Masadeh, Salem (b. 1930, Irbid, Transjordan [now Jordan]), justice minister (1972-74), finance minister (1974-76, 1979-84), and a deputy prime minister and interior minister (1989-91) of Jordan.
Masakhalia, (Yekoyada) Francis (Omoto) (b. 1938, Entebbe, Uganda), finance minister of Kenya (1999). His six-month tenure was regarded as a retrograde step by foreign donors and investors who saw him as lacking the charisma and competence of his predecessor Simeon Nyachae.
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Mascarenhas, José de Assis (b. c. 1805, Goiás, Goiás, Brazil - d. Oct. 5, 1868, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Goiás (1839-45); son of Francisco de Assis Mascarenhas, marquês de São João da Palma.
Mascarenhas, Manoel de Assis (b. Aug. 28, 1805, Goiás, Goiás, Brazil - d. Jan. 30, 1867, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Rio Grande do Norte (1839) and Espírito Santo (1843-44); son of Francisco de Assis Mascarenhas, marquês de São João da Palma; brother of José de Assis Mascarenhas.
Mascarenhas, Manoel Ribeiro Coutinho (b. July 21, 1831, Espírito Santo province [now state], Brazil - d. July 12, 1889, Barra do Jucu [now part of Vila Velha], Espírito Santo), acting president of Espírito Santo (1872, 1873, 1874-75, 1875-76, 1885, 1887).
Maschke Tornero, Arturo (b. Jan. 18, 1902, La Serena, Chile - d. Nov. 4, 2001, Santiago, Chile), finance minister of Chile (1946, 1950). He was also president of the Central Bank (1953-58) and ambassador to West Germany (1959-65).
Mascia, Luciano (b. Jan. 16, 1896, Tunis, Tunisia - d. af. 1964), Italian diplomat. He was permanent observer to the United Nations (1947-50) and ambassador to Cuba (1951-53).
Masdar, Andi Ali Baal (b. May 29, 1960, Makassar [now in Sulawesi Selatan], Indonesia), governor of Sulawesi Barat (2017-22).
Masefield, (John) Thorold (b. Oct. 1, 1939), governor of Bermuda (1997-2001). He was also British high commissioner to Tanzania (1989-92) and Nigeria (1994-97; also ambassador to Benin and Chad).
Maselsky, Oleksandr (Stepanovych) (b. Dec. 7, 1936, Khmelevoye, Odessa oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Khmelove, Kirovohrad oblast, Ukraine] - d. April 12, 1996), a deputy prime minister of Ukraine (1991). He was also chairman of the Executive Committee (1983-92), representative of the president (1992-95), and governor (1995-96) of Kharkov/Kharkiv oblast.
Maseng (Nalo), Alfred (b. 19... - d. Nov. 18, 2004, Luganville, Espirito Santo island, Vanuatu), acting president (1994), foreign minister (1995-96), and president (2004) of Vanuatu. He was speaker of parliament in 1991-95.
Masengo, Ildephonse (b. c. 1935, Mufu village, near Mitwaba, Katanga province, Belgian Congo [now in Haut-Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. [executed] April 8, 1969, Lubumbashi, Congo [Kinshasa]), head of a provisional government of Katanga (1964).
Maseribane, Sekhonyana Nehemia (b. May 4, 1918, Mount Moorosi, Quthing district, Basutoland [now Lesotho] - d. Nov. 3, 1986), prime minister of Basutoland (1965). He was also deputy prime minister (1965-76) and minister of home affairs (1965-70), agriculture (1970-74), public works and communications (1974-75), works (1975-76), and interior (1978-86).
Mashabane, (Manuel Nyafokeng) Norman (b. June 26, 1956, Phalaborwa, Transvaal [now in Limpopo], South Africa - d. [car accident] Oct. 10, 2007, outside Polokwane, Limpopo), South African diplomat. He was ambassador to Indonesia (2000-01).
Mashaei, Esfandiar Rahim (b. November 1960, Mashakalayeh, near Ramsar, Iran), a vice president (2005-09) and first vice president (2009) of Iran; father-in-law of son of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He was also head of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (2005-09) and the president's office (2009-12).
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Masheke, Malimba (Nathaniel) (b. June 17, 1941, Nonge village, Senanga district, Western province, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]), defense minister (1985-88), home affairs minister (1988-89), and prime minister (1989-91) of Zambia.
Masherov, Pyotr (Mironovich) (b. Feb. 26 [Feb. 13, O.S.], 1918, Shirki, Mogilyov province, Russia [now in Belarus] - d. [car accident] Oct. 4, 1980, Smolevichi, Minsk oblast, Belorussian S.S.R.), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Belorussian S.S.R. (1965-80). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Brest oblast (1955-59).
Mashingaidze, Elleck (Kufakunesu), Zimbabwean diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1980-85) and ambassador to the United States (1980-82).
Mashits, Vladimir (Mikhailovich) (b. April 18, 1953, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. late May 2019), Russian politician. He was chairman of the State Committee for Economic Cooperation with Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (1991-94), acting minister of cooperation with CIS members (1994-95), and president of the CIS Interstate Bank (1995-99).
Mashkovtsev, Mikhail (Borisovich) (b. Jan. 1, 1947 - d. Oct. 29, 2022), governor of Kamchatka oblast (2000-07).
Mashologu, Mothusi Thamsanga (b. March 7, 1939, Morija, Basutoland [now Lesotho]), Lesotho diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1969-71), ambassador to the United States (1969-73), and high commissioner to Canada (1980-85).
Mashologu, Teboho J. (b. Nov. 9, 1942), Lesotho diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1974-75) and ambassador to the United States (1975-76).
Mashudi (b. Sept. 11, 1920, Cibatu, Garut, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Barat, Indonesia] - d. June 22, 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia), governor of Jawa Barat (1960-70).
Masi, Tito (b. Jan. 20, 1949, San Marino), captain-regent of San Marino (1977-78). He was also minister of justice and information (2002) and industry, crafts, trade, and research (2006-08).
Masías, Felipe, finance minister of Peru (1871-72).
Masías, Manuel G. (b. Lima, Peru - d. ...), finance minister of Peru (1925-30); son of Felipe Masías.
Masié Mibuy, Ángel, justice minister of Equatorial Guinea (2004-06); son of Ángel Masié Ntutumu. He has also been minister at the presidency (2006-18), deputy prime minister (2018-20), and second deputy prime minister (2020- ) in charge of relations with parliament and legal affairs.
Masié Ntutumu, Ángel (b. 1929? - d. October 2020), interior minister of Equatorial Guinea (1968-76); cousin of Francisco Macías Nguema.
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Masisi, Edison (Setlhomo Keitshoketswe) (b. March 31, 1921, Moshupa, Bechuanaland [now Botswana] - d. Feb. 14, 2003, Gaborone, Botswana), foreign minister of Botswana (1969-71). He was also minister of agriculture (1972-78) and health (1978-79).
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Masiulis, Boleslovas Jonas (b. Jan. 21, 1889, Tverecius, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. April 18, 1965, Michigan City, Ind.), justice minister of Lithuania (1938).
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Maslennikov, Georgy (Ivanovich) (b. May 6 [April 23, O.S.], 1905, Stavropol, Russia - d. Nov. 21, 1999, Moscow, Russia), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Yakut A.S.S.R. (1943-46).
Maslennikov, Nikolay (Ivanovich) (b. Dec. 2, 1921, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Oct. 28, 2013), Soviet politician. He was first secretary of the party committees of Gorky city (1965-68) and Gorky oblast (1968-74) and a deputy premier and chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1974-89).
Maslesa, Hamo (b. June 16, 1959, Hamzici village, near Citluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina), governor of Herzegovina-Neretva (1998-2000).
Masloff, Sophie, née Friedman (b. Dec. 23, 1917, Pittsburgh, Pa. - d. Aug. 17, 2014, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.), mayor of Pittsburgh (1988-94).
Maslov, Aleksey (Grigoryevich), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Kalmyk autonomous oblast (1924-2...).
Maslov, Demyan (Korneyevich) (b. 1889 - d. 1938), acting chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Buryat-Mongol A.S.S.R. (1933-34).
Maslov, Semyon (Leontyevich) (b. February 1873, Nizhneye Dolgoye, Oryol province, Russia - d. [executed] June 20, 1938, Leninsky rayon, Moscow oblast, Russian S.F.S.R.), agriculture minister of Russia (1917).
Maslov, Vasily (Alekseyevich) (b. 1911, Kuzovka, Voronezh province, Russia - d. ...), Soviet politician. He was chairman of the Executive Committee of Voronezh oblast (1950-52) and a deputy premier of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1952-58).
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Maslyukov, Yury (Dmitriyevich) (b. Sept. 30, 1937, Leninabad, Tadzhik S.S.R. [now Khujand, Tajikistan] - d. April 1, 2010, Moscow, Russia), Russian minister of industry and trade (1998) and a first deputy prime minister (1998-99). He was also a Soviet first deputy premier (1988-90) and chairman of the State Planning Committee (1988-91).
Masmoudi, Mohamed, Arabic Muhammad al-Masmudi (b. May 29, 1925, Mahdia, Tunisia - d. Nov. 7, 2016, Mahdia), foreign minister of Tunisia (1970-74). He was also minister of state (1954-55, 1956-57), minister of national economy (1955-56) and information (1958-61), and ambassador to France (1957-58, 1965-70).
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Mason, C(harles) H(enry) (b. 1830, Fort Washington, Md. - d. July 27, 1859, Olympia, Wash.), acting governor of Washington (1857, 1858-59).
Mason (Robles), Diego I(sidro) (b. May 14, 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. Jan. 11, 1972, Buenos Aires), acting foreign minister of Argentina (1944). He was also minister of agriculture (1943-44) and commander-in-chief of the army (1946-48).
Mason, Harry Macan (b. Aug. 19, 1850 - d. Aug. 30, 1929), political resident of Aden (1904-06).
Mason, James Scott (b. March 31, 1873, Lancashire, England - d. [accident] Dec. 6, 1912, Jesselton, North Borneo [now Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia]), governor of North Borneo (1912).
Mason, John Y(oung) (b. April 18, 1799, Greensville county, Va. - d. Oct. 3, 1859, Paris, France), U.S. secretary of the navy (1844-45, 1846-49) and attorney general (1845-46). He was also minister to France (1854-59).
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Mason, Stevens T(homson) (b. Oct. 27, 1811, Leesburg, Va. - d. Jan. 4, 1843, New York City), governor of Michigan (1834-40).
Mason-Macfarlane, Sir (Frank) Noel (b. Oct. 23, 1889, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England - d. Aug. 12, 1953, Twyford, Berkshire), governor of Gibraltar (1942-44) and chief commissioner of the Allied Control Commission for Italy (1944); knighted 1943.
Mason of Barnsley, Roy Mason, Baron (b. April 18, 1924, Royston, Yorkshire, England - d. April 19, 2015, Barnsley, Yorkshire), British defence secretary (1974-76). He was also postmaster-general (1968), minister of power (1968-69), president of the Board of Trade (1969-70), and secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1976-79). He was made a life peer in 1987.
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Masood, Ahmad Wali (b. Nov. 1, 1964, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan), Afghan diplomat; brother of Ahmad Shah Masood. He was chargé d'affaires (1993-2001) and ambassador (2001-06) to the United Kingdom.
Masood, Ahmad Zia (b. May 1, 1956, Muqur, Ghazni province, Afghanistan), first vice president of Afghanistan (2004-09); brother of Ahmad Shah Masood; son-in-law of Burhanuddin Rabbani. He was also ambassador to Russia (2002-04).
Masoomi, Sayed Ekramuddin (b. 1953, Eshkmash district, Takhar province, Afghanistan), Afghan politician. He was governor of Takhar (2002-04), Badakhshan (2004), and Baghlan (2006-07) and minister of labour and social affairs (2004-06).
Maspéro, Georges (René Gaston) (b. Aug. 21, 1872, Paris, France - d. Sept. 21, 1942, Saint-Tropez, France), acting governor of Cochinchina (1918-20) and acting resident-superior of Cambodia (1920).
Masquelet Lacaci, Carlos (b. July 14, 1871, Ferrol, La Coruña province, Spain - d. 1948, La Junquera, Gerona province, Spain), war minister of Spain (1935, 1936). He was also chief of the General Staff (1933-35).
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Masri, Ahmad Fathi al- (b. 1932, Damascus, Syria), Syrian diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Cyprus (1965-67) and Chile (1978-82) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1988-90).
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Massa, Carlos Roberto, Júnior, byname Ratinho Júnior (b. April 19, 1981, Jandaia do Sul, Paraná, Brazil), governor of Paraná (2019- ).
Massa, Sergio (Tomás) (b. April 28, 1972, Buenos Aires, Argentina), cabinet chief of Argentina (2008-09). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (2019-22), minister of economy, productive development, and agriculture (2022-23), and a presidential candidate (2023).
Massaccesi, Horacio (b. Sept. 12, 1948, Villa Regina, Río Negro, Argentina), governor of Río Negro (1987-95). He was an Argentinian presidential candidate in 1995.
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Massano de Amorim, Pedro Francisco (b. Jan. 14, 1862, Fronteira, Portugal - d. June 2, 1929, Nova Goa, Portuguese India [now Panaji, Goa, India]), governor-general of Angola (1916-17), Mozambique (1918-19), and Portuguese India (1926-29).
Massari, Maurizio (b. 1959, Naples, Italy), Italian diplomat. He has been ambassador to Egypt (2013-16) and permanent representative to the European Union (2016-21) and the United Nations (2021- ).
Masse, Henri (Hubert Georges) (b. Aug. 11, 1947, Cambrai, Nord, France), prefect of French Guiana (1999-2002). He was also prefect of the départements of Lot-et-Garonne (2002-05), Drôme (2005-06), and Charente-Maritime (2008-11).
Masse, Marcel (b. May 27, 1936, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que. - d. Aug. 25, 2014, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que.), defence minister of Canada (1991-93). He was also minister of communications (1984-85, 1985-86, 1989-91) and energy, mines, and resources (1986-89).
Massenbach, (Ehrhard) Friedrich (Fabian) von (b. May 3, 1753, Bladiau, East Prussia [now Pyatidorozhnoye, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia] - d. June 3, 1819, Johrengen, near Bartenstein [now Bartoszyce], East Prussia [now in Poland]), governor of Danzig (1814).
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Masseron, Paul (b. April 3, 1950, Landerneau, Finistère, France), interior minister of Monaco (2006-15). He was also prefect of the French départements of Corrèze (1987-89), Orne (1989-93), Allier (1993-98), Vendée (1998-2001), and Haut-Rhin (2001-04).
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Massey, William Ferguson (b. March 26, 1856, Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland] - d. May 10, 1925, Wellington, N.Z.), prime minister of New Zealand (1912-25). He was also minister of lands (1912-18), agriculture (1912-15), labour (1912-20), industries and commerce (1912-20), railways (1919-22), mines (1920-21), and finance (1920-25).
Massi, Charles (b. July 25, 1952, Baboua, Oubangui-Chari [now Central African Republic] - d. January 2010?), Central African Republic politician. He was minister of energy resources and minerals (1993-96) and agriculture and livestock (1997) and a minor presidential candidate (1999, 2005).
Massibe, Lazare (b. Nov. 14, 1935, Baiboukoum, Chad), Chadian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1968-69) and ambassador to the United States (1968-74).
Massicault, Justin (Théophile Athanase) (b. Sept. 14, 1838, Ourouer-les-Bourdelins, Cher, France - d. Nov. 5, 1892, La Marsa, Tunisia), resident-general of Tunisia (1886-92). He was also prefect of the French départements of Haute-Vienne (1870-71, 1877-82), Somme (1882), and Rhône (1882-86).
Massiet, (Charles Gabriel) Renaud (b. Feb. 1, 1877 - d. June 9, 1947), governor of Jebel Druze (1932-34).
Massigli, René (Lucien Daniel) (b. March 22, 1888, Montpellier, France - d. Feb. 3, 1988, Paris, France), foreign affairs commissioner of the Free French government in exile (1943-44). He was also French ambassador to Turkey (1939-40) and the United Kingdom (1944-55).
Massingham, John Dudley (b. Feb. 1, 1930 - d. March 16, 2009), governor of Saint Helena (1981-84). He was also British high commissioner to Guyana (1985-87).
Massingue, Arsénia (Felicidade Félix), interior minister of Mozambique (2021-23).
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Masson, Émile (b. April 21, 1832, Paris, France - d. ...), commandant-particular of Gabon (1881-83).
Masson, Fulgence (Paul Benoît) (b. Feb. 16, 1854, Dour, Belgium - d. Jan. 24, 1942, Mons, Belgium), war minister (1918-20) and justice minister (1921-25) of Belgium.
Masson, Georges Pierre (d. [suicide] Nov. 14, 1940), governor-delegate of Gabon (1938-40).
Masson, Louis François Rodrigue (b. Nov. 6, 1833, Terrebonne, Lower Canada [now Que.] - d. Nov. 8, 1903, Montreal, Que.), defence minister of Canada (1878-80) and lieutenant governor of Quebec (1884-87).
Masson, Paul (Jean Marie) (b. July 21, 1920, Ussel, Corrèze, France - d. May 28, 2009, Paris, France), high commissioner of Upper Volta (1959-60). He was also minister to Upper Volta (1960) and prefect of the French départements of Lot (1967-71), Loiret (1973-76), and Gironde (1976-78).
Masson de Saint-Félix, (Charles) Max de (b. Sept. 14, 1882, Paris, France - d. July 3, 1958), lieutenant governor of Middle Congo (1931-32) and governor of French Guiana (1935-36) and Oubangui-Chari (1936-39).
Massoni, Philippe (David Jean) (b. Jan. 13, 1936, Marseille, France - d. Feb. 14, 2015, Paris, France), prefect of police of Paris (1993-2001) and personal representative of the French co-prince of Andorra (2002-07). He was also prefect of the départements of Aube (1988-90), Oise (1990-92), and Puy-de-Dôme (1992-93).
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Massounde, Tadjidine Ben Said (b. Dec. 25, 1933, Domoni, Anjouan, Comoros - d. March 1, 2004, Paris, France), prime minister (1996) and interim president (1998-99) of the Comoros.
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Mastella, (Mario) Clemente (b. Feb. 5, 1947, Ceppaloni, Campania, Italy), justice minister of Italy (2006-08). He has also been minister of labour and social security (1994-95) and mayor of Benevento (2016- ).
Mastenbroek, Emiel, byname of Emile Maria Mastenbroek (b. March 29, 1930, Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands - d. Jan. 20, 2005, Sittard), queen's commissioner of Limburg (1990-93).
Masterov, Nikolay (Petrovich) (b. 1903 - d. ...), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier (1955-57) and a minister without portfolio (1957-58) of the Russian S.F.S.R.
Masualle, Phumulo (Godfrey) (b. Dec. 12, 1965, Mount Fletcher, Cape province [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), premier of Eastern Cape (2014-19).
Masuda, Hiroya (b. Dec. 20, 1951), governor of Iwate (1995-2007) and interior minister of Japan (2007-08).
Masuda, Kaneshichi (b. Oct. 4, 1898, Nagano prefecture, Japan - d. Dec. 21, 1985), Japanese politician. He was governor of Fukushima (1945-46), minister of transport (1947), labour (1948-49), and construction (1950-51), chief cabinet secretary (1949-50), a minister without portfolio (1949-50), and director-general of the Hokkaido Development Agency (1950-51) and the Defense Agency (1966-68).
Masuhara, Keikichi (b. Jan. 13, 1903, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan - d. Oct. 11, 1985), Japanese politician. He was governor of Kagawa (1947-50) and director-general of the Hokkaido Development Agency and the Administrative Management Agency (1964-65) and the Defense Agency (1971, 1972-73).
Masuku, Melusi Martin, Swazi diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2017-21).
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Masutani, Shuji (b. Jan. 17, 1888, Ushitsu [now part of Noto], Ishikawa prefecture, Japan - d. Aug. 18, 1973), deputy prime minister of Japan (1959-60). He was also minister of construction (1948-50), speaker of the House of Representatives (1955-58), and director of the Administrative Management Agency (1959-60).
Masuzoe, Yoichi (b. Nov. 29, 1948), governor of Tokyo (2014-16).
Maswanya, Saidi Ali (b. 1923, Usungu, Tabora district, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), home affairs minister of Tanzania (1967-73). He was also minister without portfolio (1962) and minister of health (1962-64) of Tanganyika and minister of agriculture, forests, and wildlife (1964-65) and lands, settlement, and water development (1965-67) of Tanzania.
Masyk, Kostyantyn (Ivanovych), Russian Konstantin (Ivanovich) Masik (b. June 9, 1936, Volochisk, Vinnitsa oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine]), a deputy premier (1981-86, 1989-90) and a first deputy prime minister (1990-92) of the Ukrainian S.S.R./Ukraine. He was also first secretary of the party committee of Kiev city (1987-89) and ambassador to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway (1992-97).
Mata, Ernesto (Samonte) (b. Nov. 7, 1915, Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines - d. March 2012), defense secretary of the Philippines (1967-70). He was also chief of the staff of the armed forces (1966-67).
Mata, Ginésio (Valentim Afonso) da, finance minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2022- ).
Mata, João Nogueira da (b. Dec. 27, 1909, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - d. Aug. 10, 1991, Manaus), acting federal interventor in Amazonas (1946, 1947).
Mata, José Caeiro da (b. Jan. 6, 1882, Vimieiro, Portugal - d. Jan. 3, 1963, Lisbon, Portugal), foreign minister of Portugal (1933-35, 1947-50). He was also education minister (1944-47).
Mata Figueroa, Carlos (José) (b. Oct. 30, 1957, Pedregales, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela), defense minister of Venezuela (2010-12) and governor of Nueva Esparta (2012-17). In 2022 he was appointed ambassador to Qatar.
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Mataga, Philippe (b. March 3, 1938, Edéa, French Cameroons [now in Littoral province, Cameroon] - d. Jan. 21, 2003, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Cameroon (1987-88). He also served as labour and social welfare minister (1986-87) and ambassador to Israel (1990-95), Spain (1995-2003), and the Vatican (2002-03).
Mataja, Heinrich (b. March 14, 1877, Vienna, Austria - d. Jan. 23, 1937, Vienna), interior secretary of state (1918-19) and foreign minister (1924-26) of Austria.
Matambo, (Ontefetse) Kenneth (b. Dec. 1, 1947, Tonota, Bechuanaland [now Botswana]), finance minister of Botswana (2009-19).
Matamoros D'Costa, Gustavo (b. May 28, 1928, Bogotá, Colombia - d. Jan. 5, 1985, Bogotá), defense minister of Colombia (1984-85). He was also commander of the armed forces (1982-84).
Matane, Sir Paulias (Nguna) (b. Sept. 21, 1931, Viviran, Rabaul, New Guinea [now in Papua New Guinea] - d. Dec. 12, 2021), governor-general of Papua New Guinea (2004-10); knighted 1986. He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1975-80), chargé d'affaires (1975-76) and ambassador (1976-80) to the United States, and high commissioner to Canada (1977-80).
Matanovic, Mijo (b. Feb. 14, 1965, Donji Svilaj village, near Odzak [now in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]), governor (2001-02) and premier (2007-11) of Posavina.
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Mataskelekele (Mauliliu), Kalkot (b. April 24, 1949), president of Vanuatu (2004-09); brother-in-law of Walter Lini.
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Matawalle, Bello (Mohammed) (b. Feb. 12, 1969, Maradun local government area [now in Zamfara state], Nigeria), governor of Zamfara (2019-23).
Matchanov, Nazar (Matkarimovich) (b. Jan. 1, 1923, Khiva, Khorazmian People's Soviet Republic [now in Uzbekistan] - d. July 30, 2010, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek S.S.R. (1970-78). He was also a deputy premier (1961-62) and first secretary of the party committee of Bukhara oblast (1962-65).
Mate, Dragutin (b. May 2, 1963, Cakovec, Croatia), interior minister of Slovenia (2004-08).
Matecná, Gabriela (b. Nov. 28, 1964, Poprad?, Czechoslovakia [now in Slovakia]), a deputy prime minister of Slovakia (2018-20). She was also minister of agriculture and rural development (2016-20).
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Matenje, Dick Tennyson (b. Jan. 29, 1929, Blantyre district, Nyasaland [now Malawi] - d. May 19, 1983), finance minister of Malawi (1972-78). He was also minister of trade and industry (1972, 1973-75), tourism (1973-75), and education and culture (1978-82) and minister without portfolio (1982-83). He died with two other cabinet ministers and a fourth politician in what was announced to be a car accident near Mwanza; however, in 1994 a commission of inquiry found that the four were killed by a police squad under the orders of "higher authorities."
Matenje, Stephen D(ick Tennyson), byname Steve Matenje (b. Feb. 17, 1956, Zomba, Nyasaland [now Malawi]), Malawian official; son of Dick Tennyson Matenje. He was solicitor general (1995-2006), permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-10), and ambassador to the United States (2010-15).
Mateo Sagasta (y Escolar), Práxedes (Mariano) (b. July 21, 1825, Torrecilla, Logroño province, Spain - d. Jan. 3, 1903, Madrid, Spain), prime minister of Spain (1871-72, 1874, 1881-83, 1885-90, 1892-95, 1897-99, 1901-02). He was also interior minister (1869-70, 1870-71, 1871-72, 1874), foreign minister (1870, 1874), and interim finance minister (1871, 1874).
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Mates, Leo (b. Dec. 24, 1911, Osijek, Hungary [now in Croatia] - d. Sept. 9, 1991, Belgrade, Serbia), Yugoslav diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1952-54) and ambassador to the United States (1954-58).
Matesa, Zlatko (b. June 17, 1949, Zagreb, Croatia), prime minister of Croatia (1995-2000). He has also been minister without portfolio (1993-95), minister of economy (1995), and president of the Croatian Olympic Committee (2002- ).
Mateu Pi, Meritxell (b. Jan. 19, 1966), foreign minister of Andorra (2007-09). She was also ambassador to France (1995-99) and the Benelux countries (1997-2005) and minister of housing, higher education, research, and youth (2005-07).
Mateus, António Lopes (b. April 23, 1877, Povolide, Viseu, Portugal - d. Feb. 24, 1955), interior minister (1930-31) and war minister (1931-32) of Portugal and governor-general of Angola (1935-39).
Mateus, Francisco de Paula (b. Oct. 2, 1835, Ramiriquí, Boyacá, New Granada [now Colombia] - d. Aug. 1, 1919, Bogotá, Colombia), acting president of Cundinamarca (1867) and foreign minister of Colombia (1904). He was also minister to Italy (1881-83, 1887-88), France (1885-87), and Ecuador (1898-99).
Mateus, Juan Nepomuceno, war and navy minister of Colombia (1882-84). He was also minister to France (1885).
Matevski, Mateja (b. March 13, 1929, Istanbul, Turkey), acting president of the Presidency of Macedonia (1986).
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Mathale, Cassel (Charlie) (b. Jan. 23, 1961), premier of Limpopo (2010-13).
Mathavious, Robert A(nderson), acting governor of the British Virgin Islands (2017). He was financial secretary (1985-91), director of financial services (1993-2001), and managing director of the Financial Services Commission (2002-20).
Mathema, Cain (Ginyilitshe Ndabazekhaya) (b. Jan. 28, 1948), home affairs minister of Zimbabwe (2018-19). He has also been high commissioner/ambassador to Zambia (2001-04), governor of Bulawayo (2004-17), minister of welfare services for war veterans, war collaborators, and former political detainees (2017) and primary and secondary education (2019-21), and minister without portfolio (2021- ).
Mathers, Frederick Francis (b. Oct. 17, 1871, St. John, N.B. - d. April 14, 1947, Halifax, N.S.), lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (1940-42).
Matheson, Scott M(ilne) (b. Jan. 8, 1929, Chicago, Ill. - d. Oct. 7, 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah), governor of Utah (1977-85).
Mathew, C(aluadewagey) Nanda (b. Feb. 2, 1940 - d. Aug. 23, 2019), governor of Uva (2003-15). He was also Sri Lankan minister of youth affairs and sports (1989-94).
Mathew, P(uthenveetil) C(handapilla) (b. June 30, 1913, Mavelikara [now in Kerala], India - d. March 28, 2011, Chennai, India), chief commissioner of Manipur (1955-58).
Mathews, George (b. Sept. 10, 1739, Augusta county, Georgia - d. Aug. 30, 1812, Augusta, Ga.), governor of Georgia (1787-88, 1793-96).
Mathews, Henry M(ason) (b. March 29, 1834, Frankford, Va. [now in W.Va.] - d. April 28, 1884, Lewisburg, W.Va.), governor of West Virginia (1877-81).
Mathews, John (b. 1744, Charles Town [now Charleston], South Carolina - d. Oct. 26, 1802, Charleston), governor of South Carolina (1782-83).
Mathews, Sir Lloyd William (b. March 7, 1850, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - d. Oct. 11, 1901, Zanzibar [now part of Tanzania]), first minister of Zanzibar (1891-1901); knighted 1894.
Mathias, Marcelo Gonçalves Nunes Duarte (b. Aug. 15, 1903, Benfeita, Portugal - d. June 9, 1999, Estoril, Portugal), foreign minister of Portugal (1958-61). He was also minister (1947-48) and ambassador (1948-58, 1961-71) to France.
Mathiesen, Árni M(atthías) (b. Oct. 2, 1958, Reykjavík, Iceland), finance minister of Iceland (2005-09); son of Matthías Á. Mathiesen. He was also minister of fisheries (1999-2005).
Mathiesen, Mait Mihkel (b. Dec. 28, 1949, Malmö, Sweden - d. April 5, 2005), foreign minister of Estonia in exile (2003-05); son of Mihkel Mathiesen.
Mathiesen, Matthías Á(rnason) (b. Aug. 6, 1931, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland - d. Nov. 9, 2011, Hafnarfjördur), foreign minister of Iceland (1986-87). He was also minister of finance (1974-78), commerce (1983-85), and communications (1987-88).
Mathiesen, Mihkel (b. Oct. 27, 1918, Are, Pärnu county, Estonia - d. Nov. 28, 2003, Stockholm, Sweden), prime minister acting as president of Estonia in exile (1992-2003). He was also minister of roads (1985-90) and economy (1990-92).
Mathieu (Andrews), Beltrán (Luis) (b. April 10, 1852, Talcahuano, Chile - d. May 20, 1931, Paris, France), war and marine minister (1901-02) and foreign minister (1926) of Chile. He was also minister to Ecuador and Central America (1896-1901), Bolivia (1903-06), and the United Kingdom (1926-27), minister of industry, public works, and railways (1910), and ambassador to the United States (1918-26).
Mathieu, Michel (Pierre Marie) (b. July 25, 1944, Montpellier, Hérault, France - d. Sept. 30, 2010), high commissioner of French Polynesia (2001-05) and New Caledonia (2005-07). He was also prefect of the départements of Eure (1989-92), Oise (1992-96), and Val-d'Oise (1999-2001).
Mathieu-Bodet, Pierre (b. Dec. 16, 1816, Saint-Saturnin, Charente, France - d. Jan. 28, 1911, Paris, France), finance minister of France (1874-75).
Mathoera, Krishna(koemarie Hussainali) (b. May 23, 1963, Wanica, Suriname), defense minister of Suriname (2020- ). She was also interim minister of education, science, and culture (2023).
Mathot, Guy (José Léopold Ghislain) (b. April 26, 1941, Nandrin, Belgium - d. Feb. 21, 2005, Liège, Belgium), Belgian politician. He was minister of public works and Walloon affairs (1977-80), minister of Francophone national education (1980), minister of the budget and the interior (1980-81), and vice-premier and minister of the budget (1981). He was also mayor of the town of Seraing (1971-88, 2000-05).
Mathuki, Peter (Mutuku) (b. 1969), secretary-general of the East African Community (2021- ).
Mathur, Mohan Prakash (b. July 19, 1908 - d. ...), chief commissioner of Chandigarh (1972-75) and lieutenant governor of Mizoram (1977-80). He was also Indian ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1962-66) and Romania (1962-63).
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Mathur, Radha Krishna (b. Nov. 25, 1953), lieutenant governor of Ladakh (2019-23). He was also chief information commissioner of India (2016-18).
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Mathurin Mair, Lucille, née Walrond (b. 1924, Jamaica - d. Jan. 28, 2009, Kingston, Jamaica), Jamaican diplomat. She was ambassador to Cuba (1978-79) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1992-95).
Mathys, Adidjatou (b. 1956, Porto-Novo, Dahomey [now Benin]), finance minister of Benin (2011-12). She has also been minister of labour, civil service, and social affairs (2016- ).
Matiabe, Aruru (b. 1955, Koroba, Papua and New Guinea [now in Hela province, Papua New Guinea]), acting foreign minister of Papua New Guinea (1987). He was also minister of education (1985-87) and tourism and culture (1989-91).
Matiba, Kenneth (Stanley Njindo) (b. June 1, 1932, Kahuhia, Muranga district, Kenya - d. April 15, 2018, Nairobi, Kenya), Kenyan politician. He was minister of culture and social services (1983-86), works, housing, and physical planning (1986-87), health (1987-88), and transport and communications (1988) and a presidential candidate (1992, 2007).
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Matic, Dimitrije (b. Aug. 18, 1821, Ruma, Austria [now in Vojvodina, Serbia] - d. Oct. 17, 1884, Belgrade, Serbia), foreign minister of Serbia (1868-72). He was also education minister (1859-60, 1868-72) and justice minister (1878-79).
Matiliauskas, Rolandas (b. July 10, 1968, Utena, Lithuanian S.S.R.), finance minister of Lithuania (1996-97).
Matin, M(antaus) A(bdul) (b. Nov. 13, 1937, Rangpur district, Bengal, India [in present Kurigram district, Bangladesh] - d. June 12, 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh), home affairs minister (1981-82, 1986-89) and a deputy prime minister (1986-89) of Bangladesh. He was also minister of civil aviation and tourism (1979), health and population control (1979-81, 1988, 1989), youth development (1981), commerce (1984-85), works (1985-86), and communications (1986-87).
Matin-Daftari, Ahmad (b. 1896, Tehran, Iran - d. 1971, Tehran), prime minister of Iran (1939-40); cousin and son-in-law of Mohammad Mossadegh.
Matinchev, Evgeni (Kirilov) (b. Aug. 20, 1939, Sofia, Bulgaria), Bulgarian politician. He was a deputy prime minister and minister of labour and social policy (1992-94).
Matingou, Boniface, finance minister of Congo (Brazzaville) (1970-71). He was also minister of commerce (1973-75), transport and public works (1975-77), and tourism and environment (1980-84).
Matjila, Jerry Matthews (b. July 14, 1952), South African diplomat. He was high commissioner to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives and ambassador to Nepal (1995-99), ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2001-06), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2016-20).
Matlala, M(aurice) M(aserumule) (b. Oct. 21, 1924 - d. Feb. 13, 2021), chief councillor (1969-72) and chief minister (1972-73) of Lebowa.
Matlyubov, Bakhodir (Akhmedovich) (b. March 10, 1952, Samarkand, Uzbek S.S.R.), interior minister of Uzbekistan (2006-13). He was also chairman of the State Customs Committee (2004-06).
Matochkin, Yury (Semyonovich) (b. Oct. 18, 1931 - d. July 6, 2006), head of the administration of Kaliningrad oblast (1991-96).
Matoka, Peter (Wilfred) (b. April 8, 1930, Mwinilunga, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Sept. 12, 2014, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian politician. He was minister of information and postal services (1964-65), health (1965-66, 1971-72), works and housing (1967-68), power, transport, and works (1968-69), Luapula province (1969), Southern province (1970-71), local government and housing (1972-75), development planning and public works (1975-77), and economic and technical cooperation (1977-79) and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1969-70) and Zimbabwe (1984-88).
Matolcsy, György (b. July 18, 1955, Budapest, Hungary), Hungarian politician. He has been minister of economy (2001-02, 2010-13) and president of the Hungarian National Bank (2013- ).
Matos, José Botelho de (baptized Nov. 5, 1678, Lisbon, Portugal - d. Nov. 22, 1767, São Salvador da Bahia [now Salvador], Brazil), member of the Provisional Government Junta of Brazil (1754-55). He was archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (1741-59).
Matos, José (Maria) Mendes Ribeiro Norton de (b. March 23, 1867, Ponte de Lima, Portugal - d. Jan. 2, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal), governor-general of Angola (1912-15, 1921-23) and war minister of Portugal (1915-17).
Matos (Páez), Manuel Antonio (b. Jan. 8, 1847, Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela - d. May 27, 1929, Paris, France), foreign minister of Venezuela (1910-12).
Matos, Valdir Raupp de (b. Aug. 24, 1955, São João do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil), governor of Rondônia (1995-99).
Matos Azócar, Luis Raúl (b. 1945?), finance minister of Venezuela (1995-98).
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Matovnikov, Aleksandr (Anatolyevich) (b. Sept. 19, 1965, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), plenipotentiary of the president in Severo-Kavkazsky federal district (2018-20).
Matsch, Franz (b. Jan. 24, 1899, Vienna, Austria - d. July 26, 1973, Vienna), Austrian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1956-64).
Matsebula, Mhlangano Stephen (b. July 16, 1925, Maphalaleni, Swaziland [now Eswatini] - d. January 2015), foreign minister of Swaziland (1972-79). He was also minister of labour and public service (1983-86) and natural resources, land utilization, and energy (acting, 1987).
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Matsheka, Thapelo (Clayton), finance minister of Botswana (2019-21). He has also been minister of infrastructure and housing development (2021- ).
Matsiusheuski, Vasil (Stanislavavich), Russian Vasily (Stanislavovich) Matyushevsky (b. March 26, 1969, Orsha, Vitebsk oblast, Belorussian S.S.R.), first deputy prime minister of Belarus (2014-18).
Matskevich, Vladimir (Vladimirovich) (b. Dec. 14 [Dec. 1, O.S.], 1909, Privolnoye village, Russia [now in Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine] - d. Nov. 7, 1998, Moscow, Russia), Soviet politician. He was minister of livestock (1947) and agriculture (1949-50) and first deputy premier (1950-52) of the Ukrainian S.S.R., Soviet minister of agriculture (1955-60, 1965-73) and a deputy premier (1956), chairman of the Executive Committee of Tselinny kray (1961-65), and ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1973-80).
Matsuda, Masahisa, in full (from 1914) Danshaku (Baron) Masahisa Matsuda (b. May 17 [April 12, lunar calendar], 1845, Hizen province [in present Saga prefecture], Japan - d. March 4, 1914, Tokyo, Japan), finance minister of Japan (1898, 1908). He was also minister of education (1900-01) and justice (1906-08, 1911-12, 1913) and speaker of the House of Representatives (1904-06).
Matsuda, Takechiyo (b. Feb. 2, 1888, Sennan, Osaka prefecture, Japan - d. Dec. 1, 1980), Japanese politician. He was minister of posts and telecommunications (1955) and education (1959-60) and speaker of the House of Representatives (1969).
Matsudaira, Koto (b. Feb. 5, 1903, Tokyo, Japan - d. 1994), Japanese diplomat. He was ambassador to Canada (1954-57) and India (1961-65) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1957-61).
Matsudaira, Tsuneo (b. April 17, 1877, Tokyo, Japan - d. Nov. 14, 1949, Tokyo), Japanese politician. He was ambassador to the United States (1925-28) and the United Kingdom (1929-35), minister of the imperial household (1936-45), and president of the House of Councillors (1947-49).
Matsui, Akira (b. Jan. 6, 1908, Paris, France - d. 1994), Japanese diplomat; son of Keishiro Matsui. He was ambassador to Ceylon (1957-59), Sweden (1959-62), and France (1967-70) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1963-67).
Matsui, Ichiro (b. Jan. 31, 1964), governor of Osaka (2011-19). He was also mayor of Osaka (2019-23).
Matsui, Keishiro, in full (from 1920) Danshaku (Baron) Keishiro Matsui (b. March 28 [March 5, lunar calendar], 1868, Osaka, Japan - d. June 4, 1946, Tokyo, Japan), foreign minister of Japan (1924). He was also ambassador to France (1915-22) and the United Kingdom (1925-28).
Matsukata, Masayoshi, in full Koshaku (Duke) Masayoshi Matsukata (b. March 23 [Feb. 25, lunar calendar], 1835, Kagoshima, Japan - d. July 2, 1924, Tokyo, Japan), prime minister of Japan (1891-92, 1896-98). He was also minister of finance (1881-92, 1895, 1896-98, 1898-1900) and home affairs (1888-89, 1892) and lord keeper of the privy seal (1917-22). He became Hakushaku (count) in 1884, Koshaku (marquess) in 1907, and Koshaku (duke) in 1922.
Matsumoto, Juro (b. May 22, 1918 - d. Nov. 21, 2011, Tokyo, Japan), defense minister of Japan (1989-90).
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Matsumuro, Itasu (b. Jan. 22 [Jan. 2, lunar calendar], 1852, Kokura, Chikuzen province [now in Fukuoka prefecture], Japan - d. Feb. 16, 1931), justice minister of Japan (1912-13, 1916-18). He was also attorney general (1906-12).
Matsunaga, Hikaru (b. Nov. 23, 1928, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan - d. Oct. 11, 2022), finance minister of Japan (1998). He was also minister of education (1984-85) and international trade and industry (1989-90).
Matsunaga, To (b. Oct. 15, 1887, Obama [now part of Unzen], Nagasaki prefecture, Japan - d. Jan. 22, 1968), Japanese politician. He was speaker of the House of Representatives (1954-55) and minister of education (1957-58).
Matsuno, Raizo (b. Feb. 12, 1917, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan - d. May 10, 2006, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese politician. He was minister of labour (1959-60) and agriculture (1966-67) and director-general of the Defense Agency (1965-66).
Matsuno, Tsuruhei (b. Dec. 22, 1883, Kikuka [now part of Yamaga], Kumamoto prefecture, Japan - d. Oct. 18, 1962, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese politician. He was minister of railways (1940) and president of the House of Councillors (1956-62).
Matsuno, Yukiyasu (b. Oct. 13, 1908, Gifu prefecture, Japan - d. May 22, 2006), governor of Gifu (1958-66). He was also a Japanese minister of state, director-general of the National Land Agency and the Hokkaido Development Agency (1981-82).
Matsuoka, Komakichi (b. April 8, 1888, Iwami, Tottori, Japan - d. Aug. 14, 1958), Japanese politician. He was speaker of the House of Representatives (1947-49).
Matsushima, Midori (b. July 15, 1956, Toyonaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan), justice minister of Japan (2014).
Matsuura, Isao (b. April 24, 1923, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan - d. Dec. 28, 2002, Tokyo, Japan), justice minister of Japan (1996-97).
Matsuzaka, Hiromasa (b. March 25, 1884, Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan - d. Jan. 5, 1960), justice minister of Japan (1944-45). He was also prosecutor-general (1941-44).
Matsuzawa, Shigefumi (b. April 2, 1958, Kawasaki, Kagawa prefecture, Japan), governor of Kanagawa (2003-11).
Mattalatta, (Mohammad) Andi (b. Sept. 30, 1952, Bone, Sulawesi [now in Sulawesi Selatan], Indonesia), law minister of Indonesia (2007-09).
Mattarella, Bernardo (b. Sept. 15, 1905, Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani province, Italy - d. March 1, 1971, Rome, Italy), Italian politician. He was minister of merchant marine (1953), transport (1953-55, 1962-63), foreign trade (1955-57, 1963-66), posts and telecommunications (1957-58), and agriculture and forestry (1963).
Mattarella, Piersanti (b. May 24, 1935, Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani province, Italy - d. [assassinated] Jan. 6, 1980, Palermo, Italy), president of Sicilia (1978-80); son of Bernardo Mattarella.
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Matte (Peréz), Augusto (b. 1843, Santiago, Chile - d. Feb. 25, 1913, Berlin, Germany), finance minister (1877-78, 1879-80) and foreign minister (1888) of Chile. He was also minister to France (1891-96), the United Kingdom (1892-96), Switzerland (1893-96), the Holy See (1895-97), Germany (1905-13), and Russia (1909-13).
Matte (Pérez), Claudio (Alejandro Lázaro) (b. Dec. 18, 1858, Santiago, Chile - d. Dec. 22, 1956, Santiago), foreign minister of Chile (1895); brother of Augusto Matte and Eduardo Matte.
Matte (Pérez), Eduardo (b. Jan. 8, 1847, Santiago, Chile - d. Dec. 3, 1902, Santiago), Chilean politician; brother of Augusto Matte. He was minister of foreign affairs, worship, and colonization (1889) and interior (1892).
Matte (Pérez), (José Adolfo) Ricardo (b. March 20, 1860, Santiago, Chile - d. Aug. 16, 1913, Santiago), war and marine minister (1899-1900, 1903) and interior minister (1903) of Chile; brother of Augusto Matte, Eduardo Matte, and Claudio Matte. He was also president of the Senate (1911-12).
Matte Gormaz, Jorge (b. April 11, 1876, Santiago, Chile - d. Sept. 30, 1944), war and navy minister (1913), foreign minister (1920-21, 1925, 1926-27, 1932), and interior minister (1922) of Chile; son of Eduardo Matte.
Matte Larraín, Arturo (b. June 5, 1893, Santiago, Chile - d. April 9, 1980, Santiago), finance minister of Chile (1943-44); nephew of Augusto Matte, Eduardo Matte, Claudio Matte, and Ricardo Matte. He was a presidential candidate in 1952.
Matte Larraín, Benjamín (b. June 15, 1902, Santiago, Chile - d. October 1982), finance minister of Chile (1942); brother of Arturo Matte Larraín; nephew of Augusto Matte, Eduardo Matte, Claudio Matte, and Ricardo Matte. He was also agriculture minister (1936).
Matte Lecaros, Magdalena (b. Aug. 13, 1950, Santiago, Chile), Chilean politician; wife of Hernán Larraín Fernández; granddaughter of Arturo Matte Larraín; great-granddaughter of Arturo Alessandri Palma. She was minister of housing and urban development (2010-11).
Matte Valdés, Luis (b. April 5, 1933, Santiago, Chile - d. March 5?, 2019, Santiago), Chilean politician; grandnephew of Augusto Matte, Eduardo Matte, Claudio Matte, and Ricardo Matte. He was minister of housing and urban planning (1972-73).
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Matteson, Joel A(ldrich) (b. Aug. 2, 1808, Watertown, N.Y. - d. Jan. 31, 1873, Chicago, Ill.), governor of Illinois (1853-57).
Matteucci, Carlo (b. June 20, 1811, Forlì, Papal State [now in Italy] - d. June 24, 1868, Livorno, Italy), Italian politician. Also known as a physicist, he was minister of education (1862).
Matthai, John (b. Jan. 10, 1886, Calicut [now Kozhikode, Kerala], India - d. Nov. 2, 1959, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), finance minister of India (1948-50). He was also minister of railways and transport (1947-48).
Matthei (Fornet), Evelyn (Rose) (b. Nov. 11, 1953, Santiago, Chile), Chilean presidential candidate (2013); daughter of Fernando Matthei Aubel. She has also been minister of labour and social security (2011-13) and mayor of Providencia (2016- ).
Matthei Aubel, Fernando (Jorge) (b. June 11, 1925, Osorno, Los Lagos, Chile - d. Nov. 19, 2017, Santiago, Chile), Chilean junta member (1978-90). He was also minister of health (1976-78) and commander-in-chief of the air force (1978-91).
Matthews, Albert Edward (b. May 17, 1873, Lindsay, Ont. - d. Aug. 13, 1949, Windermere, Ont.), lieutenant governor of Ontario (1937-46).
Matthews, Claude (b. Dec. 14, 1845, Bethel, Ky. - d. Aug. 28, 1898, Tippecanoe county, Ind.), governor of Indiana (1893-97); son-in-law of James Whitcomb.
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Matto, Loma Cissé, née Cissé, justice minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2012).
Mattocks, John (b. March 4, 1777, Hartford, Conn. - d. Aug. 14, 1847, Peacham, Vt.), governor of Vermont (1843-44).
Mattos, Affonso Giffenig de (b. Feb. 11, 1845 - d. Dec. 18, 1922, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil), acting president of Maranhão (1914).
Mattos, Carlos de Meira (b. July 23, 1913, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil - d. Jan. 26, 2007, São Paulo, Brazil), governor of Goiás (1964-65).
Mattos, Eduardo Pindahyba de (b. Oct. 11, 1831, Maranhão province [now state], Brazil - d. Feb. 20, 1913, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), acting president of Espírito Santo (1863-65) and Rio de Janeiro (1867, 1868, 1868). He was also president of the Supreme Federal Court (1908-10).
Mattos, Ernesto Augusto da Cunha (b. Dec. 23, 1843, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. Aug. 23, 1920, Rio de Janeiro), president of Mato Grosso (1889).
Mattos, Francisco Liberato de (b. Aug. 23, 1813, São Salvador da Bahia [now Salvador], Bahia, Brazil - d. Feb. 10, 1892, Salvador), president of Paraná (1857-59).
Mattos, João Theodoro Xavier de (b. May 10, 1828, Mogi-Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil - d. Oct. 31, 1878, São Paulo, Brazil), president of São Paulo (1872-75).
Mattos, Leonidas Antero de (b. Feb. 28, 1894, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. April 8, 1936, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), federal interventor in Mato Grosso (1932-34).
Mattos, Raphael Augusto da Cunha (b. April 16, 1850 - d. May 11, 1906), prefect of Alto Acre (1904-05).
Mattos, Tito Augusto Pereira de (b. Aug. 17, 1835, Bahia province [now state], Brazil - d. Nov. 29, 1917, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), president of Maranhão (1889).
Mattsson, Kjell A(lgot) (b. Feb. 21, 1930, Skee, Göteborg och Bohus [now in Västra Götaland], Sweden - d. Jan. 7, 2015), governor of Göteborg och Bohus (1989-95).
Mattsson, (Kaarle) Sigurd (b. June 19, 1892, Helsingfors [now Helsinki], Finland - d. June 26, 1970), governor of Häme (1930-59). He was also Finnish minister of agriculture (1927-28, 1931-32).
Matturi, Sahr (Thomas) (b. Oct. 22, 1925, Jaiama, Sierra Leone), Sierra Leonean diplomat. He was ambassador to Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia (1977-78), Belgium (1982-85), and the United States (1987-88), high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1978-80), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-87).
Matubuana Nkuluki, Atou (b. Jan. 4, 1966, Thysville [now Mbanza-Ngungu], Congo [Léopoldville (now Kinshasa)]), governor of Kongo Central (2018-21).
Maturana (del Campo), Marcos (b. July 12, 1802, San Fernando, Chile - d. Aug. 29, 1871, Santiago, Chile), war and marine minister of Chile (1862-65). He was also senior general of the army (1866-70).
Matussek, Thomas (b. Sept. 18, 1947, Lauda, Germany), German diplomat. He was ambassador to the United Kingdom (2002-06) and India (2009-11) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-09).
Matuszewski, Ignacy (Hugo Stanislaw) (b. Sept. 10, 1891, Warsaw, Poland - d. Aug. 3, 1946, New York City), finance minister of Poland (1929-31). He was also minister to Hungary (1928-29).
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Matveyev, Anton (Matveyevich) (b. Dec. 4, 1903, Osinkino, Kazan province, Russia - d. Oct. 19, 1971, Bryansk, Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars/Council of Ministers of the Chuvash A.S.S.R. (1942-47).
Matveyev, Nikolay (Mikhailovich) (b. May 22, 1876, Bogdat, Zabaykalsky oblast, Russia - d. April 20, 1951, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Government and of the Council of Ministers of the Far-Eastern Republic (1921-22).
Matveyev, Vasily (Vasilyevich) (b. Dec. 22, 1911, Bolshoye Pyzakovo [now in Mari El republic], Russia - d. April 1, 1997, Moscow, Russia), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Mari A.S.S.R. (1948-51).
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Matvienko, Valentina (Ivanovna) (b. April 7, 1949, Shepetovka, western Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Shepetivka, Ukraine]), plenipotentiary of the president in Severo-Zapadny federal district (2003) and governor of Saint Petersburg (2003-11). She was Russian (originally Soviet) ambassador to Malta (1991-94) and Greece (1997-98) and a deputy prime minister of Russia (1998-2003). In 2011 she became chairwoman of the Federation Council.
Matyukhin, Georgy (Gavrilovich) (b. 1934, Barnaul, Russian S.F.S.R. [now in Altay kray, Russia]), chairman of the Central Bank of Russia (1990-92).
Matzkin, Jorge (Rubén) (b. Jan. 25, 1943, La Pampa, Argentina), interior minister of Argentina (2002-03).
Mau Say (b. June 1, 1926, Kbal Romeas, Kampot province, Cambodia), Cambodian politician. He was minister of budget (1955-56), finance and political and economic affairs (1956), national education, sports, and youth (1957-58), information and planning (1958-59), and planning (1962-65, 1966-67) and a deputy prime minister (1966-67).
Mauberna, Jean (b. Nov. 6, 1904, Arles, France - d. April 18, 1983, Paris, France), acting governor of Oubangui-Chari (1948) and French Guinea (1958).
Maud, Sir Humphrey (John Hamilton) (b. April 17, 1934, Oxford, England - d. Nov. 10, 2013, London, England), British diplomat; knighted 1993; son of John Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud. He was ambassador to Luxembourg (1982-85) and Argentina (1990-93) and high commissioner to Cyprus (1988-90).
Maudave, Armand (b. 1930 - d. March 24, 2021, Souillac, Mauritius), Mauritian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1982-83).
Maude, Henry Evans, byname Harry Maude (b. Oct. 1, 1906, Bankipore, Patna, India - d. Nov. 4, 2006, Canberra, Australia), resident commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1946-49).
Maudet, Pierre (b. March 6, 1978, Geneva, Switzerland), president of the Council of State of Genève (2018). He was also mayor of Geneva (2011-12).
Maudling, Reginald (b. March 7, 1917, London, England - d. Feb. 14, 1979, London), British politician. He became private secretary to Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair during World War II. He then made a name for himself in economics in the Conservative Party's research department and entered Parliament as member for Barnet in 1950. Maudling was parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1952, economic secretary to the Treasury from 1952, minister of supply in 1955, and paymaster general in 1957-59. When he could not negotiate Great Britain's entry into the European Common Market because of French intransigence, he helped create the European Free Trade Association. After the 1959 general election he became president of the Board of Trade and in 1961 colonial secretary. After Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made him chancellor of the exchequer in 1962, he worked to create an expansionist boom, but the largely mythical £800 million balance of trade deficit helped to defeat his party in the 1964 general election. He narrowly missed being elected to the leadership of his party in 1964. During 1970-72 he served Edward Heath's government as home secretary. Maudling's career declined after his involvement in three financial scandals: he was chairman (1969) of swindler Jerome Hoffman's investment company but resigned some 17 months before its collapse; he was associated with architect John Poulson, who was tried in 1973 and convicted of bribery; and in 1965-70 he was adviser to corporation head Sir Eric Miller, who committed suicide in 1977. Maudling later served as shadow foreign secretary (1974-76) before slipping to the back benches.
Mauduit, Henry (Jean Marie) de (b. Dec. 13, 1897, Provins, Seine-et-Marne, France - d. Dec. 13, 1975, Paris, France), governor of Ivory Coast (1945-46), Mauritania (1947-49), and Chad (1949-51).
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Maugé Mosquera, René (Jean) (b. Jan. 16, 1938, Quito, Ecuador), Ecuadorian presidential candidate (1978, 1984).
Maugham, Frederic (Herbert) Maugham, (1st) Viscount (b. Oct. 20, 1866, Paris, France - d. March 23, 1958, London, England), British lord chancellor (1938-39). He was knighted in 1928, made a life peer as Baron Maugham in 1935, and created viscount in 1939. He was a brother of the writer Somerset Maugham.
Maull, Joseph (b. Sept. 6, 1781, Pilot Town [now part of Lewes], Del. - d. May 3, 1846, near Lewes), acting governor of Delaware (1846).
Maumoon, Dunya (b. March 20, 1970), foreign minister of Maldives (2013-16); daughter of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; niece of Abdulla Yameen.
Maumoon, Ghassan (b. June 12, 1980), defense minister of Maldives (2023- ); son of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; brother of Dunya Maumoon; nephew of Abdulla Yameen.
Maundrell, Ernest Barton (b. Nov. 9, 1880, Nagasaki, Japan - d. May 18, 1916, Brunei), acting British resident in Brunei (1915-16). He was shot and killed while trying to arrest a native.
Maung Lwin (b. 1918 - d. June 23, 1998), foreign minister of Burma (1969-70). He was also minister of social welfare, relief, resettlement, and national solidarity (1963-70), trade (1970-74), and cooperatives (1970-72).
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Maura y Montaner, Antonio (b. May 2, 1853, Palma de Mallorca, Spain - d. Dec. 13, 1925, Torrelodones, Madrid province [now autonomous community], Spain), prime minister of Spain (1903-04, 1907-09, 1918, 1919, 1921-22). He was also minister of overseas (1892-94), justice (1894-95, 1918), and interior (1902-03).
Mauran, Henry (b. Jan. 24, 1876, Toulon, France - d. April 10, 1946, Monaco), acting minister of state of Monaco (1932, 1937).
Maurate Romero, Daniel (Ysaú) (b. March 26, 1965, Acolla, Junín, Peru), justice minister of Peru (2023). He has also been minister of labour and promotion of employment (2015-16, 2023- ).
Maurer, Andreas (b. Sept. 7, 1919, Trautmannsdorf, Niederösterreich, Austria - d. Oct. 25, 2010, Trautmannsdorf), premier of Niederösterreich (1966-81).
Maurer, Genrikh (Vladislavovich) (b. 1893, Buczacz, Galicia, Austria [now Buchach, Ternopil oblast, Ukraine] - d. [in prison] 1938, Ordzhonikidze, Russian S.F.S.R. [now Vladikavkaz, Russia]), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of North Ossetian autonomous oblast/A.S.S.R. (1936-37). He was also first secretary of the party committees of Ingush (1931-34) and Karachay (1934-36) autonomous oblasti.
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Maurice-Bokanowski, Michel (b. Nov. 6, 1912, Paris, France - d. May 3, 2005, Paris), French minister of posts and telecommunications (1960-62) and industry (1962-66); son of Maurice Bokanowski.
Mauricius, Johan Jacob (b. May 3, 1692, Amsterdam, Netherlands - d. March 15, 1768, Hamburg [now in Germany]), governor-general of Dutch Guiana (1742-51).
Maurin, Louis (Félix Thomas) (b. Jan. 5, 1869, Cherbourg, France - d. June 6, 1956, Paris, France), war minister of France (1934-35, 1936).
Mauro, Mario (Walter) (b. July 24, 1961, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia province, Italy), defense minister of Italy (2013-14).
Mauro, Max Freitas (b. March 11, 1937, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil), governor of Espírito Santo (1987-91). He was also mayor of Vila Velha (1971-73).
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Maúrtua (Lara), Manuel (Félix) (b. Feb. 20, 1910, Lima, Peru - d. June 16, 1970), Peruvian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1969-70).
Maúrtua (Uribe), Víctor M(anuel) (b. March 28, 1865, Ica, Peru - d. May 27, 1937, aboard the Northern Prince, Atlantic Ocean), finance minister of Peru (1918). He was also minister to Bolivia (1904-06), Argentina (1906-10), Venezuela (1910-11), Cuba (1911-13), the Netherlands (1919-22), Ecuador (1922-24), and Brazil (1924-31).
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Maussion de Candé, Antoine Marie Ferdinand de (b. March 12, 1801, Beynac, Dordogne, France - d. Jan. 21, 1867, Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche, France), governor of Martinique (1859-64).
Mavila Ruiz, Óscar (b. June 29, 1876, Ayacucho, Peru - d. June 30, 1950, Lima, Peru), interior minister of Peru (1919). He was also prefect of Loreto (1933-36).
Mavlyanov, Abdurazak (b. 1908 - d. March 1975), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek S.S.R. (1950-51). He was also first secretary of the party committees of Bukhara (1939-41), Tashkent (1942-46), and Andizhan (1946-49) oblasti and chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1947-50).
Mavoa, Jonati (Malamala) (b. April 12, 1920, Kabara, Lau, Fiji - d. June 16, 1985, New Zealand), foreign minister of Fiji (1983-85). He was also minister of labour (1972-77), communications, works, and tourism (1977), urban development and housing (1977-81), and agriculture and fisheries (1981-83).
Mavrellis, Christos (Dimosthenou) (b. July 19, 1946, Arsos, Cyprus), finance minister of Cyprus (1985-88). He was also minister of communications and public works (1982-85).
Mavrocordat, Alexandru Constantin, byname Deli-bei (b. 1742 - d. April 9 [March 28, O.S.], 1812, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), prince of Moldavia (1782-85); son of Constantin Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati.
Mavrocordat, Alexandru Ioan, bynames Firaris, Fugarul (b. 1754, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. 1819, Moscow, Russia), prince of Moldavia (1785-86); cousin of Alexandru Constantin Mavrocordat.
Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Constantin Nicolae (b. 1711 - d. 1769), prince of Walachia (1730, 1731-33, 1735-41, 1744-48, 1756-58, 1761-63) and Moldavia (1733-35, 1741-43, 1748-49, 1769); son of Nicolae Alexandru Mavrocordat-Scarlati.
Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Ioan Alexandru (b. 1684 - d. 1719), princely lieutenant of Moldavia (1711) and prince of Walachia (1716-19); brother of Nicolae Alexandru Mavrocordat-Scarlati. He was also grand dragoman of the Porte (1709-16).
Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Ioan Nicolae (b. 1712 - d. ...), prince of Moldavia (1743-47); son of Nicolae Alexandru Mavrocordat-Scarlati; brother of Constantin Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati.
Mavrocordat-Scarlati, Nicolae Alexandru (b. 1680 - d. Sept. 14 [Sept. 3, O.S.], 1730), prince of Moldavia (1709-10, 1711-16) and Walachia (1716, 1719-30). He was also grand dragoman of the Porte (1699-1709).
Mavrogenis, Alexandros (Spiridonou), Turkish Alexandre Mavroyeni Bey (b. 1845 - d. 1929), governor of Samos (1902-04). He was also Ottoman minister to the United States (1887-96) and ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1911-12).
Mavrogheni, Nicolae Petru (b. 1735, Paros island, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] - d. [killed] September 1790), prince of Walachia (1786-90).
Mavrogheni, Petre (b. Nov. 16, 1818, Iasi, Moldavia [now in Romania] - d. April 20, 1887, Vienna, Austria), finance minister (1866, 1866-67, 1871-75) and foreign minister (1866) of Romania. He was also minister to Italy (1881-82), the Ottoman Empire (1882-85), and Austria-Hungary (1885-87).
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Mavrokordatos, Nikolaos (Alexandrou) (b. 1837 - d. Jan. 31, 1903, Athens, Greece), Greek diplomat; son of Alexandros Mavrokordatos. He was minister to France (1882-85), Russia (1886-89), the Ottoman Empire (1889-95), and the United Kingdom (1895-1902).
Mavromichalis, Kyriakoulis (Petrou) (b. Nov. 12, 1850, Athens, Greece - d. Feb. 2 [Jan. 20, O.S.], 1916, Athens), prime minister and foreign minister of Greece (1909-10). He was also minister of interior (1895-97, 1902-03, 1903, 1905), marine (1904-05), military (1904-05, 1909 [provisional], 1909 [provisional]), and justice (provisional, 1909).
Mavromichalis, Stylianos (b. 1902, Tsimova [now Areopoli], Greece - d. Oct. 30, 1981, Athens, Greece), prime minister and interior minister of Greece (1963). He was also president of the Supreme Court (1963-68).
Mavrommatis, Andreas (Vladimirou) (b. June 9, 1932, Larnaca, Cyprus - d. April 20, 2019), Cypriot politician. He was minister of labour and social insurance (1970-72) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1979-82, 1989-92).
Mavronikolas, Kyriakos (b. Jan. 25, 1955, Paphos, Cyprus), defense minister of Cyprus (2003-06).
Mavros, Georgios (I.) (b. March 15, 1909, Kastellorizo, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece] - d. May 6, 1995, Athens, Greece), foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Greece (1974). He was also minister of justice (1946 and [acting] 1951), national education (provisional, 1946), national economy (1949-50), finance (1951), coordination (1951 [provisional], 1963, 1964), and defense (1952) and governor of the National Bank (1964-66).
Mavrou, Eleni (b. Feb. 2, 1961, Kyrenia, Cyprus), interior minister of Cyprus (2012-13). She was also mayor of Nicosia (2007-11).
Mavroudis, Nikolaos (b. 1873 - d. 1942, Athens, Greece), foreign minister of Greece (1933). He was also minister to Yugoslavia (1923-24), the Soviet Union (1924-25), and Italy (1925-30).
Mavroyiannis, Andreas (D.) (b. July 20, 1956, Agros, Cyprus), Cypriot diplomat. He was ambassador to Ireland (1997-99) and France, Andorra, Tunisia, and Morocco (1999-2002), permanent representative to the United Nations (2003-08, 2019-21), and a presidential candidate (2023).
Maw, Herbert B(rown) (b. March 11, 1893, Ogden, Utah - d. Nov. 17, 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah), governor of Utah (1941-49).
Mawampanga Mwana Nanga, (Ferdinand) (b. 1952), finance minister of Congo (Kinshasa) (1997-98, 1999-2000). He has also been minister of agriculture and livestock (1998-99) and fisheries and livestock (2000-01) and ambassador to Zimbabwe (2001- ).
Maweja Muteba, Jean (b. Nov. 20, 1958, Paris, France), governor of Kasaï Oriental (2019-21).
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Maximos, Dimitrios (Epaminondou) (b. July 6, 1873, Patras, Greece - d. Oct. 16, 1955, Athens, Greece), foreign minister (1933-35, 1935) and prime minister (1947) of Greece. He was also governor of the National Bank of Greece (1920-22).
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Maxon, Miroslav (b. May 16, 1951, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now in Slovakia]), finance minister of Slovakia (1998).
Maxse, Ernest George Berkeley (b. Nov. 18, 1863 - d. March 13, 1943), member of the Provisional Government of Samoa (1899); son of Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse.
Maxse, Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley (b. April 4, 1832, London, England - d. Sept. 8, 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland), lieutenant governor (1863-68) and governor (1868-81) of Heligoland and governor of Newfoundland (1881-83); knighted 1877.
Maxwell, Sir Charles William (d. Sept. 23, 1848), governor of Senegal (1809-11), Sierra Leone (1811-15), and Dominica (1816-19); knighted 1836.
Maxwell, Christopher Freke (b. 1857? - d. Oct. 25, 1923, Honolulu, Hawaii), resident agent (1902-04) and resident commissioner (1904-07) of Niue.
Maxwell, Sir (William) George (b. June 9, 1871, Malacca? - d. Aug. 22, 1959, Shoreham, Sussex, England), chief secretary of the Federated Malay States (1920-26); knighted 1924; son of Sir William Edward Maxwell.
Maxwell, Sir James Crawford (b. Aug. 8, 1869, Dundee, Scotland - d. Nov. 16, 1932), governor of Gold Coast (acting, 1927) and Northern Rhodesia (1927-32); knighted 1925.
Maxwell, James L(ivingston) (b. May 12, 1926, Tulsa, Okla. - d. Oct. 18, 1984, Oklahoma City, Okla.), mayor of Tulsa (1958-66).
Maxwell, Sir John (b. Sept. 6, 1875 - d. March 31, 1946), acting governor of Gold Coast (1927); knighted 1930.
Maxwell, Sir William Edward (b. Aug. 5, 1846 - d. Dec. 14, 1897, at sea off Gran Canaria), resident of Selangor (1889-92) and governor of Straits Settlements (acting, 1893-94) and Gold Coast (1895-97); knighted 1896.
May, Arthur J(ohan) (b. July 2, 1903, Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana [Suriname] - d. Feb. 8, 1979, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands), prime minister and interior minister of Suriname (1969).
May, Elizabeth (Evans) (b. June 9, 1954, Hartford, Conn.), Canadian politician. She has been leader of the Green Party (2006-19, 2022- ).
May, Sir Francis Henry (b. March 14, 1860, Dublin, Ireland - d. Feb. 6, 1922, Clare Priory, Suffolk, England), governor of Hong Kong (1903-04 [acting], 1907 [acting], 1912-19) and Fiji (1911-12); knighted 1909.
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May Rodríguez, Javier (b. May 5, 1966, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico), governor of Tabasco (2024- ). He was also Mexican minister of welfare (2020-22).
Maya, Constâncio Ribeiro da (b. Nov. 30, 1831, Goiás, Goiás, Brazil - d. Sept. 4, 1898, Goiás, Goiás), acting president of Goiás (1891, 1891-92).
Maya, José da Silva (b. Feb. 26, 1811, Alcântara, Maranhão, Brazil - d. April 24, 1893, São Luís, Maranhão), acting president of Maranhão (1869, 1870, 1871).
Mayagoitia Domínguez, Héctor (b. Jan. 7, 1923, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico - d. Oct. 4, 2023), governor of Durango (1974-79). He was also director of the National Polytechnic Institute (1979-82) and the National Council of Science and Technology (1983-88).
Mayaki, Adamou (Assane), dit Kassari (b. June 1919, Filingué, Niger - d. summer 2003), foreign minister of Niger (1963-65). He was also minister of agriculture (1957-58), interior (1958), economy and planning (1958-60), and industry and commerce (1960-63), permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States (1966-70), and prefect of Dosso département (1970-71).
Mayaki, Ibrahim Assane (b. Sept. 24, 1951, Niamey, Niger), foreign minister (1996-97) and prime minister (1997-2000) of Niger; son of Adamou Mayaki.
Mayalde y Villaroya, Rafael (b. Oct. 24, 1805, Valencia, Spain - d. April 23, 1870), war minister of Spain (1868). He was also captain-general of Catalonia (1864-65).
Mayanja Nkangi, Jehoash (Sibakyalwayo) (b. Aug. 22, 1931, Budu county, Buganda, Uganda - d. March 6, 2017, Kampala, Uganda), prime minister of Buganda (1964-66, 1993-94) and finance minister of Uganda (1992-98). He was also Ugandan minister of commerce and industry (1964), labour (1985-86), education (1986-89), planning and economic development (1989-92), and justice and constitutional affairs (1998-2002).
Mayans (y Enríquez de Navarra), Luis (b. July 24, 1805, Requena, Valencia, Spain - d. Sept. 14, 1880, Madrid, Spain), foreign minister of Spain (1854). He was also justice minister (1843-46, 1864) and president of the Congress of Deputies (1848-52).
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Maybank, Burnet R(hett) (b. March 7, 1899, Charleston, S.C. - d. Sept. 1, 1954, Flat Rock, N.C.), mayor of Charleston (1931-38) and governor of South Carolina (1939-41).
Maybin, Sir John Alexander (b. Aug. 5, 1889 - d. April 9, 1941), governor of Northern Rhodesia (1938-41); knighted 1939.
Maycock, Ernest Besley (b. Jan. 5, 1935, Barbados - d. Aug. 30, 2020, Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados), Barbadian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1990-95).
Maycotte (Martínez), Fortunato (b. 1891, Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico - d. [executed] May 12, 1924, Cuicatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico), governor of Hidalgo (1915) and Durango (1916).
Maydar, Damdinjavyn (b. Aug. 15, 1916 - d. 1991), a deputy premier (1953-72) and a first deputy premier (1972-84) of Mongolia. He was also chairman of the State Planning Committee (1947-53), the State Committee for Construction (1959-63, 1967-68), and the State Committee for Science and Technology (1971-84).
Maye Ela (Mangue), Florencio (b. 1944), foreign minister of Equatorial Guinea (1979-81). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1982-87) and ambassador to Cameroon (2006-09).
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Mayhew of Twysden (of Kilndown in the County of Kent), Patrick (Barnabas Burke) Mayhew, Baron (b. Sept. 11, 1929, Cookham, Berkshire, England - d. June 25, 2016, Kent, England), British Northern Ireland secretary (1992-97). Earlier he was solicitor general (1983-87) and attorney general (1987-92). He was knighted in 1983 and made a life peer in 1997.
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Maynard, Sir Clement T(ravelyan) (b. Sept. 11, 1928, Nassau, Bahamas - d. Oct. 2, 2009, Adelaide, The Bahamas), foreign minister of The Bahamas (1984-89, 1990-92); knighted 1989. He was also minister without portfolio (1967-68), minister of state (1968), minister of works (1968-69), tourism and telecommunications (1969-71), health (1970-71), tourism (1971-79), labour and home affairs (1979-84), and tourism and public personnel (1987-90), and deputy prime minister (1985-92).
Maynard, Horace (b. Aug. 30, 1814, Westboro, Mass. - d. May 3, 1882, Knoxville, Tenn.), U.S. postmaster general (1880-81). He was also minister to the Ottoman Empire (1875-80).
Maynard, Wilfred (Paul) (b. 1925? - d. June 2019), army and police minister of Suriname (1983-88).
Mayo, Richard Southwell Bourke, (6th) Earl of, Viscount Mayo of Monycrower, Baron Naas of Naas, courtesy title (1849-67) Lord Naas (b. Feb. 21, 1822, Dublin, Ireland - d. [assassinated] Feb. 8, 1872, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India), viceroy of India (1869-72). He was also chief secretary for Ireland (1852-53, 1858-59, 1866-68). He succeeded as earl in 1867.
Mayobre (Cova), José Antonio (b. Aug. 21, 1913, Cumaná, Venezuela - d. Aug. 15, 1980, Washington, D.C.), finance minister of Venezuela (1958-60). He was also ambassador to the United States (1961-62), executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America (1963-66), and minister of mines and hydrocarbons (1967-69).
Mayor (Zaragoza), Federico (b. Jan. 27, 1934, Barcelona, Spain - d. Dec. 19, 2024, Madrid, Spain), director-general of UNESCO (1987-99). He was also Spanish minister of education and science (1981-82).
Mayor Oreja, Jaime (b. July 12, 1951, San Sebastián, Spain), interior minister of Spain (1996-2001); nephew of Marcelino Oreja Aguirre.
Mayoral, César (Fernando) (b. Dec. 21, 1947), Argentine diplomat. He was ambassador to Canada (2000-03) and China (2008-11) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2004-07).
Mayorga (y Ferrer), Martín (Díaz) de (b. early 18th century - d. April 28, 1783, at sea near Cádiz, Spain), viceroy of New Spain (1779-83).
Mayorga, Mateo (b. 1826 - d. [assassinated] Oct. 22, 1855, Granada, Nicaragua), foreign minister of Nicaragua (1854-55).
Mayorga Cortés, Roberto (Genaro) (b. Jan. 2, 1937, Managua, Nicaragua - d. June 14, 2009, El Salvador), Nicaraguan diplomat. He was minister of economic planning (1979), permanent representative to the United Nations (1990-93), and ambassador to the United States (1993-97).
Mayorov, Prokopy (Vasilyevich) (b. 1899 - d. Aug. 26, 1950, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), Soviet politician. He was a deputy premier of the Russian S.F.S.R. (1949-50).
Mayr, Michael (b. April 10, 1864, Adlwang, Oberösterreich, Austria - d. May 21, 1922, Waldneukirchen, Oberösterreich), chancellor and foreign minister of Austria (1920-21). He was also secretary of state for constitutional and administrative reform (1919-20).
Mayr-Harting, Robert, originally Robert Mayr, 1907-20 Robert Ritter (knight) von Mayr-Harting (b. Sept. 13, 1874, Aspern [now part of Vienna], Austria - d. March 12, 1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), justice minister of Czechoslovakia (1926-29).
Mayr-Harting, Thomas (Ritter von) (b. May 22, 1954, Epsom, Surrey, England), Austrian diplomat; grandson of Robert Mayr-Harting. He was ambassador to Belgium (1999-2003), permanent representative to the United Nations (2008-11), and head of the European Union delegation to the United Nations (2011-15).
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Mayta (Mayta), Rogelio (b. Sept. 16, 1971), foreign minister of Bolivia (2020-23).
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Maza (Fernández), José (b. Oct. 13, 1889, Los Ángeles, Chile - d. May 6, 1964, Santiago, Chile), president of the UN General Assembly (1955-56). He was also Chilean minister of interior (1924) and justice and education (1925), president of the Senate (1936-37), and ambassador to Argentina (1957-58).
Maza Martelli, Joaquín Alexander (b. April 25, 1949, Sonsonate, El Salvador), Salvadoran diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Mexico (1980) and Nicaragua (1981-83), ambassador to Panama (1984), Colombia (2005-09), and Switzerland (2014-23), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2011-13). In 2023 he was appointed ambassador to Spain.
Mazaheri, Tahmasb (b. 1953), economy and finance minister of Iran (2001-04). He was also governor of the Central Bank (2007-08).
Mazankowski, Donald (Frank) (b. July 27, 1935, Viking, Alta. - d. Oct. 27, 2020), finance minister of Canada (1991-93). He was also minister of transport (1979-80, 1984-86) and agriculture (1988-91) and deputy prime minister (1986-93).
Mazarakis(-Ainian), Alexandros (b. 1874, Athens, Greece - d. 1943), military minister of Greece (1926-28). He was also minister of education and religious affairs (1933), foreign affairs (provisional, 1933), and aviation (provisional, 1933).
Mazari, Balakh Sher (b. July 8, 1928, Rojhan, Punjab, India [now in Pakistan] - d. Nov. 4, 2022, Lahore, Pakistan), interim prime minister of Pakistan (1993).
Mazay, Nina (Nikolayevna) (b. March 9, 1950, Chelyushchevichi, Gomel oblast, Belorussian S.S.R. [now Homel voblasts, Belarus] - d. June 26, 2019), a deputy premier of the Belorussian S.S.R. (1985-91). She was also Belarusian ambassador to France (1993-97), Spain and Portugal (1994-97), and Canada (2001-08).
Mazeau, Charles (Jean Jacques) (b. Sept. 1, 1825, Dijon, France - d. Feb. 8, 1905, Paris, France), justice minister of France (1887). He was also first president of the Court of Cassation (1890-1900).
Mazeaud, Pierre (b. Aug. 24, 1929, Lyon, France), president of the Constitutional Council of France (2004-07).
Mazeiks, Janis (b. Jan. 30, 1973), Latvian diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2013-18) and head of the EU delegation in Moldova (2021- ).
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Mazepa(-Koledynsky), Ivan (Stepanovych) (b. March 20, 1639, Mazepyntsi, near Bila Tserkva, Poland [now in Ukraine] - d. Oct. 2, 1709, Bendery, Moldavia [now Tighina, Moldova]), hetman of Ukraine (1687-1709).
Mazette, Jacquesson, interior minister of the Central African Republic (2003). He was also minister of public works (1999).
Mazhar Bey, Ottoman official. He was governor of Kosovo (1911-12).
Mazikin, Valentin (Petrovich) (b. Dec. 17, 1945, Promyshlennaya, Kemerovo oblast, Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Jan. 21, 2022, Kemerovo, Russia), acting head of the administration of Kemerovo oblast (2001).
Mazin, Nikolay (Petrovich) (b. Dec. 1 [Nov. 18, O.S.], 1909, Mazinsky, Don Cossack Host [now in Volgograd oblast], Russia - d. 1972), first secretary of the Communist Party committees of the North Ossetian A.S.S.R. (1940-44) and the Kabardian A.S.S.R. (1944-49).
Maziol, Jacques (b. Jan. 13, 1918, Aurillac, Cantal, France - d. June 28, 1990), French minister of construction (1962-66).
Maziq, Hussein, Arabic in full Husayn Yusuf Maziq (b. June 26, 1918, Wadi Ghassal, near Tacnis, Libya - d. May 12, 2006, Benghazi, Libya), foreign minister (1964-65) and prime minister (1965-67) of Libya. He was governor of Cyrenaica in 1952-61. He was sentenced to a ten-year prison term in 1971 for political reasons, but was released three years later.
Mazoka, Anderson (Kambela) (b. March 22, 1943, Chobana village, west of Monze, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. May 24, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa), Zambian presidential candidate (2001).
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Mazuera Gómez, Daniel (b. Dec. 12, 1945, Bogotá, Colombia), Colombian politician. He was president of the Chamber of Representatives (1984-85), ambassador to Argentina (1991-93), and minister of external trade (1994-95).
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Mazure, Jannis Pieter (b. Dec. 24, 1899, Rotterdam, Netherlands - d. Nov. 3, 1990, The Hague, Netherlands), Dutch politician. He was chairman of the First Chamber (1966-69).
Mazurov, Kirill (Trofimovich) (b. April 7 [March 25, O.S.], 1914, Pribytkovskaya, Mogilyov province, Russia [now in Homel voblasts, Belarus] - d. Dec. 19, 1989, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Council of Ministers (1953-56) and first secretary of the Communist Party (1956-65) of the Belorussian S.S.R. He was also first secretary of the party committees of Minsk city (1949-50) and oblast (1950-53) and Soviet first deputy premier (1965-78).
Mazza, Alberto (José) (b. 1938), health minister of Argentina (1993-99).
Mazza, Luigi (b. Oct. 12, 1960, New York City), captain-regent of San Marino (1997-98).
Mazzei Carta, Oscar (b. Nov. 26, 1907, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela - d. May 27, 1988, Caracas, Venezuela), defense minister of Venezuela (1953-58). He was also minister of communications (1949-53) and public works (1958).
Mazzetti (Soler), Pilar (Elena) (b. Sept. 9, 1956, Lima, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2006-07). She was also minister of health (2004-06, 2020, 2020-21).
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