Mpango, Philip (Isdor) (b. July 14, 1957), finance minister (2015-21) and vice president (2021- ) of Tanzania.
Mphephu, Patrick (Ramaano Mbulaheni) (b. Feb. 6, 1926, Dzanani, Transvaal [now in Limpopo province], South Africa - d. April 17, 1988, Pretoria, South Africa), chief councillor (1971-73), chief minister (1973-79), and president (1979-88) of Venda.
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Mpinga Kasenda, originally Honoré Mpinga (b. Aug. 30, 1937, Tshilomba, Lusambo province, Belgian Congo [now in Kasaï Oriental province, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. [plane crash] May 7, 1994, Kinshasa, Zaire [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), prime minister (1977-79) and foreign minister (1993-94) of Zaire.
Mpinganjira, Brown (James) (b. Nov. 7, 1950), foreign minister of Malawi (1999-2000). He was also minister of information and broadcasting (1994-97), posts and telecommunications (1994-97), education (1997-99), sports and culture (1998-99), irrigation and water development (2013), and information and civic education (2013-14). He was a presidential candidate in 2004.
Mpofu, Obert (Moses) (b. Oct. 12, 1951), home affairs minister of Zimbabwe (2017-18). He was also governor of Matabeleland North (2000-05) and minister of industry and international trade (2005-09), mines and mining development (2009-13), and transport and infrastructural development (2013-17).
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Mpotokwane, Lebang (Mogaetsho) (b. March 21, 1944, Serowe, Bechuanaland [now Botswana]), acting executive secretary of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (1984). He was also Botswanan high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1974-75).
Mpoura, Aikaterini, English Catherine Boura (b. Athens, Greece), Greek diplomat. She has been ambassador to Lebanon (2011-15) and the United Arab Emirates (2018- ) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2015-17).
Mputu Boleilanga, Paul (b. Nov. 15, 1957, Mpenzwa, Léopoldville province, Belgian Congo [now in Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Mai-Ndombe (2019-20, 2020-21).
Mrad, Jeanne, Lebanese diplomat. She was chargé d'affaires at the United Nations (2022-23).
Mramba, Basil (Pesambili) (b. May 15, 1940 - d. Aug. 17, 2021, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), finance minister of Tanzania (2000-06). He was also minister of industry (1983-84), industry and trade (1984-87, 1995, 2006-08), labour and youth development (1995), and infrastructure development (2006).
Mramor, Dusan (b. Nov. 1, 1953, Ljubljana, Slovenia), finance minister of Slovenia (2002-04, 2014-16).
Mratkhuzin, Kharis (Ibragimovich) (b. 1895, Bondyuga, Ufa province [now in Tatarstan republic], Russia - d. 1955), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1929-32). He was also people's commissar of interior (1929).
Mravyan, Askanaz (Artemyevich) (b. Jan. 2, 1886 [Dec. 21, 1885, O.S.], Yelizavetpol, Russia [now Gyandzha, Azerbaijan] - d. Oct. 23, 1929, Yerevan, Armenian S.S.R.), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Armenian S.S.R. (1922-23).
Mraywed, Hassan, Arabic Hasan Muraywid (b. 1927, Quneitra, Syria - d. Dec. 22, 2011), foreign minister of Syria (1963-65).
Mrema, Augustino (Lyatonga) (b. Dec. 31, 1944 - d. Aug. 21, 2022, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), home affairs minister of Tanzania (1990-94). He was also deputy prime minister (1993-94), minister of labour and youth development (1994-95), and a presidential candidate (1995, 2000, 2005).
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Mroudjae, Ali (b. Aug. 2, 1939, Moroni, Comoros - d. May 2, 2019, Moroni), foreign minister (1975, 1978-82) and prime minister (1982-84) of the Comoros. He was also minister of education (1971-73), civil service (1973-74), education and tourism (1974-75), internal and social affairs, justice, labour, employment, vocational training, information, culture, youth, and sports (1985), and production, industry, rural development, and environment (1990-92). He was a presidential candidate in 1990.
Mroziewicz, Robert (b. Sept. 20, 1942, Warsaw, Poland - d. June 15, 2008), Polish diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1991-92).
Mrsic, Zdravko (b. May 11, 1936, Mostar, Yugoslavia [now in Bosnia and Herzegovina]), foreign minister of Croatia (1990).
Msosa, Charles Peter (b. June 3, 1959), Malawian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2013-14). In 2021 he was appointed ambassador to Ethiopia.
Mstyslavsky, Serhiy (Dmytrovych), Russian Sergey (Dmitriyevich) Mstislavsky (b. Sept. 4 [Aug. 23, O.S.], 1876, Moscow, Russia - d. April 22, 1943, Irkutsk, Russian S.F.S.R.), member of the All-Ukrainian Bureau for Directing the Partisan Resistance Against the German Occupiers (1918).
Msuya, Cleopa David (b. Nov. 4, 1931, Chomvu, Usangi, Mwanga district, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), finance minister (1972-75, 1983-90), prime minister (1980-83, 1994-95), and vice president (1994-95) of Tanzania. He was also minister of industry (1975-80) and industry and trade (1990-94).
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Mtei, Edwin (Isaac Mbiliewi) (b. July 12, 1932, Marangu, near Moshi, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), secretary-general of the East African Community (1974-77) and finance minister of Tanzania (1977-80).
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Mtshweni-Tsipane, Refilwe (Maria) (husband's name Tsipane added in 2019), Mtshweni also spelled Mtsweni (b. Sept. 3, 1973, Witbank [now Emalahleni], Transvaal [now in Mpumalanga], South Africa), premier of Mpumalanga (2018-24). She has also been chairman of the National Council of Provinces (2024- ).
Muallem, Walid (Muhi Eddine), also spelled Moallem, Arabic Walid al-Mu`allim (b. July 17, 1941, Damascus, Syria - d. Nov. 16, 2020, Damascus), foreign minister of Syria (2006-20). He was also ambassador to Romania (1975-80) and the United States (1990-99) and a deputy prime minister (2012-20).
Muasher, Marwan (Jamil), Arabic Marwan al-Mu`ashir (b. 1956, Amman, Jordan), foreign minister (2002-04) and deputy prime minister (2004-05, 2005) of Jordan. He was also ambassador to Israel (1995-96) and the United States (1997-2002), information minister (1996-97), and minister of the royal court (2005).
Muatetema Rivas, Cándido (b. Feb. 2, 1960, Batete village, near Luba, Bioko island, Spanish Guinea [now Equatorial Guinea] - d. June 16, 2014, Berlin, Germany), prime minister of Equatorial Guinea (2001-04). From 2005 to his death he was ambassador to Germany.
Muazu, (Alhaji Ahmadu) Adamu (b. June 11, 1955, Boto [now in Bauchi state], Nigeria), governor of Bauchi (1999-2007).
Mubako, Simbi (Veke) (b. April 20, 1936, Zaka, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), home affairs minister of Zimbabwe (1984-85). He was also minister of justice and constitutional affairs (1980-84) and national supplies (1985-90) and ambassador to the United States (1999-2005).
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Muburi-Muita, Zachary (Dominic) (b. June 1957), Kenyan diplomat. He was high commissioner to Tanzania (2004-06), permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-10), and head of the UN Office to the African Union (2010-13).
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Mucel Acereto, Joaquín (b. 1889, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico - d. March 2, 1970, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of Campeche (1914-19).
Muchasim, Amur (b. March 9, 1943, Purwokerto, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia]), acting governor of Bangka Belitung (2001-02).
Muchinguri(-Kashiri), Oppah (Chamu Zvipange) (b. Dec. 14, 1958), defense minister of Zimbabwe (2018- ). She was also governor of Manicaland (2000-03) and minister of women's affairs, gender, and community development (2005-09, 2013-14), higher and tertiary education, science and technology development (2014-15), environment, water, and climate (2015-17, 2017-18), and water resources, development, and climate (2017).
Mückenberger, Erich (b. June 8, 1910, Chemnitz, Germany - d. Feb. 10, 1998, Berlin, Germany), first secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) of Thüringen (1949-52) and of Erfurt (1952-53) and Frankfurt (1961-71) districts. He was a member of the SED Politburo from 1958 to 1989.
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Mudallali, Amal, Lebanese diplomat. She was permanent representative to the United Nations (2018-22).
Mudashiru, Gbolahan (Adio) (b. Oct. 18, 1945, Lagos, Nigeria - d. Sept. 23, 2003, London, England), governor of Lagos (1984-86).
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Muddiman, Sir Alexander Phillips (b. Feb. 14, 1875, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England - d. June 17, 1928, Naini Tal, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh [now Nainital, Uttarakhand], India), governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1928); knighted 1922.
Mudenda, Elijah (Haatukali Kaiba) (b. June 6, 1927, Macha village, near Choma, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Nov. 2, 2008, Lusaka, Zambia), finance minister (1967-68, 1969-70), foreign minister (1968-69, 1970-73), and prime minister (1975-77) of Zambia. He was also minister of agriculture (1964-67).
Mudenge, (Pierre) Canisius (b. 1935), Rwandan diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1963-66) and ambassador to France (1967-69) and Zaire (1970s).
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Muderhwa, Louis Léonce (Cirimwami) (b. September 1963, Bukavu, Congo [Léopoldville] [now Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. Sept. 9, 2023), governor of Sud-Kivu (2008-10).
Mudge, Dirk (Frederik) (b. Jan. 16, 1928, Otjiwarongo, northern South West Africa [now Namibia] - d. Aug. 26, 2020, Windhoek, Namibia), chairman of the Council of Ministers (1980-83) and chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity (1986, 1988) of South West Africa/Namibia.
Mudhaf, Muhalhel Muhammad al-, Kuwaiti diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in Lebanon (1962-64) and Syria (1964-65), ambassador to Pakistan (1965-67), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1967-71).
Mudie, Sir (Robert) Francis (b. Aug. 24, 1890 - d. Sept. 15, 1976), governor of Bihar (acting, 1943-44), Sind (1946-47), and (Pakistani) Punjab (1947-49); knighted 1944.
Mudjono (b. July 30, 1927, Bangsalsari, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Timur, Indonesia] - d. April 14, 1984, Jakarta, Indonesia), justice minister of Indonesia (1978-81). He was also chief justice of the Supreme Court (1981-84).
Mûelenaere, Félix Amand, comte (from 1837) de (b. Feb. 9, 1794, Pitthem, Austrian Netherlands [now Belgium] - d. Aug. 5, 1862, Pitthem), cabinet chief (1831-32) and foreign minister (1831-32, 1834-36, 1841) of Belgium. He was also governor of West Flanders (1830-49) and a minister without portfolio (1841-47).
Mueller, Robert (Swan, III) (b. Aug. 7, 1944, New York City), director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (2001-13). In 2017-19 he was special counsel in the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible Russian connections to the campaign of Pres. Donald Trump.
Mueshihange, Peter (Hilinganye), also spelled Mweshihange (b. May 5, 1930, Ipinga, South West Africa [now Namibia] - d. March 20, 1998, Windhoek, Namibia), defense minister of Namibia (1990-95). He was also ambassador to China (1996-98).
Müezzinoglu, Ziya (b. May 5, 1919, Kayseri, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. June 13, 2020), finance minister of Turkey (1972-73, 1978-79). He was also ambassador to West Germany (1964-66) and commerce minister (1977).
Muff(-Pfenniger), Erwin (Pfenniger is wife's name) (b. June 1, 1935, Sulz, Luzern, Switzerland - d. June 27, 2019, Willisau, Luzern), Schultheiss of Luzern (1986, 1990).
Mufiz, Ali (b. July 21, 1944, Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia), governor of Jawa Tengah (2007-08).
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Mughairy, Lyutha Sultan al- (b. May 9, 1947, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), Omani diplomat. She has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2011-16) and ambassador to Germany (2016- ).
Mugica (Rodríguez), Adolfo (b. June 11, 1867, Gualeguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina - d. Jan. 21, 1922, Santiago del Estero, Argentina), agriculture minister of Argentina (1911-14).
Mugica (Elizalde), Adolfo Miguel (b. Nov. 14, 1896, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. Feb. 25, 1979, Buenos Aires), foreign minister of Argentina (1961); son of Adolfo Mugica.
Múgica, Francisco J. (b. Sept. 3, 1884, Tingüindín, Michoacán, Mexico - d. April 12, 1954, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of Tabasco (1915-16), Michoacán (1920), and Baja California Sur (1941-45). He was also Mexican minister of national economy (1934-35) and communications and public works (1935-39).
Múgica Herzog, Enrique (b. Feb. 20, 1932, San Sebastián, Spain - d. April 10, 2020), justice minister of Spain (1988-91). He was also ombudsman (2000-10).
Mugosa, Andrija (b. 1912, Ljesko Polje, Montenegro - d. April 8, 2006, Podgorica, Montenegro), president of the People's Assembly of Montenegro (1963-67).
Mugosa, Dusan (b. 1914, Ljesko Polje, Montenegro - d. 1973, Belgrade, Serbia), secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists (1956-65) and president of the Assembly (1960-63) of Kosovo; brother of Andrija Mugosa.
Muhammad, also spelled M'hamad (b. 1810 - d. Sept. 22, 1859, La Marsa, Tunisia), bey of Tunisia (1855-59); cousin of Ahmad.
Muhammad (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1910/12, Riyadh, Nejd [now in Saudi Arabia] - d. Nov. 25, 1988), Saudi prince; son of Abdul Aziz. He was governor of Madinah (1926-54).
Muhammad IV, original name Sidi Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman (b. 1803 - d. [drowned during boating party] Sept. 11, 1873, Marrakesh, Morocco), sultan of Morocco (1859-73).
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Muhammad, Abdel Halim (b. April 10, 1910, Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - d. April 16, 2009, Khartoum, Sudan), member of the Committee of Sovereignty of The Sudan (1964-65). He was mayor of Khartoum in 1956-60.
Muhammad, Ali Mahdi, Somali Cali Mahdi Maxamed (b. c. 1939, Mogadishu, Somalia - d. March 10, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya), president of Somalia (1991-97).
Muhammad (Husani), Ali Nasir (b. 1939, Dathina district, Yemen), prime minister (1971-85), chairman of the Presidential Council (1978), and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1980-86) of Yemen (Aden).
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Muhammad, Fadel (b. May 20, 1952, Ternate, Maluku [now in Maluku Utara], Indonesia), governor of Gorontalo (2001-09). He was also Indonesian minister of maritime affairs and fisheries (2009-11).
Muhammad, Mar'ie (b. April 3, 1939, Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Timur, Indonesia] - d. Dec. 11, 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia), finance minister of Indonesia (1993-98).
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Muhammad al-Amin, also spelled Mohamed Lamine (b. Sept. 4, 1881, Ksar Said, near Tunis [or Carthage], Tunisia - d. Sept. 30, 1962, Tunis), bey of Tunisia (1943-57); cousin of Muhammad al-Munsif.
Muhammad al-Habib, also spelled Mohamed Lahbib (b. Aug. 13, 1858, Le Bardo, near Tunis, Tunisia - d. Feb. 11, 1929, Carthage, Tunisia), bey of Tunisia (1922-29); cousin of Muhammad an-Nasir.
Muhammad al-Hadi (b. June 24, 1855, Le Bardo, near Tunis, Tunisia - d. May 11, 1906, Dermech palace, near Carthage, Tunisia), bey of Tunisia (1902-06); son of Ali Muddat.
Muhammad al-Munsif, also spelled Mohamed Moncef (b. March 4, 1881 - d. Sept. 1, 1948, Pau, France), bey of Tunisia (1942-43); cousin of Ahmad. He was deposed by the Free French on May 15, 1943, on the grounds that he was a Vichy collaborator; he abdicated on July 6. He was exiled to Algeria (Laghouat, then Tenés) and, from 1945, to Pau.
Muhammad Ali (Bey), Arabic in full Muhammad `Ali Bay bin Muhammad Tawfiq (b. Nov. 9, 1875 - d. March 18, 1955), chairman of the Council of Regency of Egypt (1936-37); son of Muhammad Tawfiq Pasha.
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Muhammad ibn Fahd (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1950), Saudi prince; son of Fahd. He was governor of Eastern province (1985-2013).
Muhammad ibn Nasir (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud), Saudi prince; son of Nasir. He is governor of Jizan (2001- ).
Muhammad ibn Nawwaf (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1953, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Saudi prince; son of Nawwaf. He was ambassador to Italy and Malta (1995-2005) and the United Kingdom (2005-19).
Muhammad ibn Nayef (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. Aug. 30, 1959, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Saudi prince; son of Nayef. He was interior minister (2012-17) and crown prince and deputy prime minister (2015-17).
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Muhammad ibn Saud (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. March 21, 1934, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - d. July 8, 2012, outside Saudi Arabia), Saudi prince; son of Saud; grandson of Abdul Aziz. He was defense minister (1960-62) and governor of al-Bahah (1987-2010).
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Muhammad (bin Haji) Muhammad Taib, Tan Sri (Dato' Haji) (b. July 29, 1945, Kalumpang, Selangor [now in Malaysia]), chief minister of Selangor (1986-97). Facing two charges in a Brisbane court for trying to export $940,000 in cash from Australia on Dec. 22, 1996, he resigned as chief minister in April 1997. Taib, a vice-president of Malaysia's dominant political party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), was considered to be one of the country's most influential men. He also resigned as UMNO's liaison chief for Kuala Lumpur and Selangor and as chairman of Barisan Nasional, the ruling alliance, for the two regions. Later he was Malaysian minister of rural and regional development (2008-09). He received the titles Dato' (March 8, 1987), Tan Sri (June 7, 1989), and Datuk Seri (July 30, 1989).
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Muhammad Sanusi (bin) Md Nor, Datuk Seri (b. Aug. 4, 1974, Kampung Sungai Pauh, Kedah, Malaysia), chief minister of Kedah (2020- ). He was awarded the title Datuk Seri in 2021.
Muhammad Shahrul Ikram (bin) Yaakob, Dato' (b. May 21, 1961, Bentong, Pahang, Malaya [now in Malaysia]), Malaysian diplomat. He was ambassador to Qatar (2007-10) and Austria (2010-13) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2017-19).
Muhammad Sharif Pasha (b. Nov. 26, 1826 - d. April 19, 1887), prime minister of Egypt (1879, 1881-82, 1882-84).
Muhammad Yusuf bin (Pengiran Haji) Abdul Rahim, Dato Pengiran, byname Yura Halim (b. May 2, 1923, Kampong Kandang, Tutong, Brunei - d. April 11, 2016), chief minister of Brunei (1967-72). He was also high commissioner to Malaysia (1995-2001) and ambassador to Japan (2001-02).
Muhammadu Sada dan Abu Bakar (b. Aug. 24, 1956, Sokoto, Nigeria), sultan of Sokoto (2006- ); son of Abu Bakar dan `Usuman as-Siddiq.
Muhammadu Sanusi I dan Abdullahi Bayero (b. 1905 - d. April 5, 1991), emir of Kano (1954-63).
Muhammadu Sanusi II, original name Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (b. July 31, 1961, Kano, Nigeria), emir of Kano (2014-20); grandson of Muhammadu Sanusi I dan Abdullahi Bayero. He was also governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2009-14).
Muhammed, Muktar (b. Nov. 11, 1944, Dutse [now in Jigawa state], Nigeria - d. Oct. 1, 2017, London, England), governor of Kaduna (1977-78). He was also Nigerian minister of housing, urban development, and environment (1976-77).
Muhirwa, André (b. 1920, Murete, Burundi - d. April 28, 2003), prime minister of Burundi (1961-63).
Muhith, Abul Maal Abdul (b. Jan. 25, 1934, Sylhet, India [now in Bangladesh] - d. April 30, 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh), finance minister of Bangladesh (1982-83, 2009-19).
Muhith, Muhammad Abdul (b. Jan. 1, 1966), Bangladeshi diplomat. He has been ambassador to Denmark, Estonia, and Iceland (2015-20) and Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Slovakia (2020-22) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2022- ).
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Mühlen, Ernest (b. June 8, 1926, Ettelbrück, Luxembourg - d. March 19, 2014), Luxembourg politician. He was minister of agriculture, viticulture, waters, and forests (1982-84).
Muhlenberg, Henry A(ugustus Philip) (b. May 13, 1782, Lancaster, Pa. - d. Aug. 11, 1844, Reading, Pa.), U.S. diplomat; son-in-law of Joseph Hiester. He was minister to Austria (1838-40).
Muhtar Bey, Ahmet (b. May 13, 1871, Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. July 3, 1934, Ankara, Turkey), acting foreign minister of Turkey (1920-21). He was also Ottoman minister to Greece (1911-12) and Ukraine (1918-19) and Turkish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1922-24) and the United States (1927-34).
Muhtar Pasha, Gazi Ahmed (b. Nov. 1, 1839, Bursa, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. Jan. 21, 1919, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1912). He was also governor of Yemen (1871-73), Erzurum (1874-75), Crete (1877), and Monastir (1879-80) and minister of public works (1873).
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Muir, Archibald Mungo (b. Feb. 24, 1847 - d. May 15, 1899), British resident in Nepal (1899).
Muir, Sir William (b. April 27, 1819, Glasgow, Scotland - d. July 11, 1905, Edinburgh, Scotland), lieutenant governor of the North-Western Provinces (1868-74); knighted 1867.
Muir-Mackenzie, Sir John William Pitt (b. March 19, 1854 - d. Oct. 25, 1916), commissioner of Sind (1904-05) and acting governor of Bombay (1907); knighted 1909.
Muirhead, James (Henry) (b. Aug. 24, 1925, Adelaide, S.Aus. - d. July 20, 1999, Darwin, N.T.), administrator of the Northern Territory (1989-93).
Muizniece, Vineta (b. Nov. 3, 1956), justice minister of Latvia (2004).
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Mujezinovic, Mustafa (b. Dec. 27, 1954, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - d. Dec. 23, 2019, Sarajevo), premier (1996-98) and governor (1998-2000) of Sarajevo canton and prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009-11). He was also Bosnian ambassador to Malaysia (2004-08), the United Kingdom (2012-15), and Russia (2016-19).
Mujía Linares, Ricardo (b. Oct. 24, 1861, Sucre, Bolivia - d. Nov. 12, 1934, Sucre), foreign minister of Bolivia (1917). He was also chargé d'affaires in Peru (1901-10), minister to Paraguay and Uruguay (1910-17) and Argentina (1917-20), besides being a poet.
Mujic, Enes (b. April 9, 1954, Banovici [now in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]), premier of Tuzla canton (2007-11).
Mujica (Espinosa), Bartolomé (baptized Aug. 24, 1788, Santiago, Chile - d. April 1839, Santiago), acting war minister of Chile (1823, 1823, 1825, 1825, 1825, 1830, 1831, 1831).
Mujica, Carlos (Aldo) (b. July 19, 1933 - d. May 7, 2013), governor of Santiago del Estero (1991-93).
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Mujica Gallo, Miguel (b. March 27, 1910, Lima, Peru - d. Aug. 11, 2001, Lima), prime minister and foreign minister of Peru (1968). He was also ambassador to Spain (1980-85).
Mújica Montoya, Emilio (b. May 23, 1926, Mexico City, Mexico - d. Aug. 7, 2011, Mexico City), Mexican politician. He was minister of communications and transport (1976-82) and ambassador to Costa Rica (1995-96).
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Mukarji, Nirmal (Kumar) (b. Jan. 9, 1921, Delhi, India - d. Aug. 29, 2002, New Delhi, India), governor of Punjab (1989-90).
Mukasey, Michael (b. July 28, 1941, New York City), U.S. attorney general (2007-09).
Mukashev, Salamat (Mukashevich) (b. Oct. 21, 1927, Guryev, Kazakh A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan] - d. June 18, 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh S.S.R. (1985-88). He was also first secretary of the party committees of Guryev (1970-77) and Mangyshlak (1980-85) oblasti.
Mukendi wa Bukasa, Crispin (b. Feb. 17, 1975, Mayi Munene, Kasaï Occidental, Zaire [now in Kasaï, Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Kasaï (2024- ).
Mukenge Shabantu, Barthélemy (b. Aug. 3, 1925, Kalomba, Belgian Congo [now in Kasaï Central, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. July 4, 2018, Kananga, Kasaï Central), president of Kasaï (1960-61, 1962) and governor of Kivu (1969-70).
Mukerji, Asoke Kumar (b. December 1955), Indian diplomat. He has been chargé d'affaires in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan (1992), ambassador to Kazakhstan (2005-07), and permanent representative to the United Nations (2013-15).
Mukha, Vitaly (Petrovich) (b. May 17, 1936 - d. May 22, 2005), first secretary of the party committee (1989-90), chairmen of the Executive Committee (1990), and head of the administration (1991-93, 1995-2000) of Novosibirsk oblast.
Mukhambetov, Arkhimed (Begezhanovich) (b. June 6, 1972, Alginsky rayon, Aktyubinsk [now Aktobe] oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Aktobe oblast (2011-15) and Kostanay oblast (2015-22). He was also mayor of Aktobe (2008-11).
Mukhamedzhanov, Baurzhan (Alimovich) (b. Nov. 26, 1960, Merke, Dzhambul [now Zhambyl] oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), justice minister (1997-2000), deputy prime minister (2002-03), and interior minister of Kazakhstan (2005-09) and head of Mangistau oblast (2011-13). He has also been ambassador to Lithuania (2013-18) and Georgia (2018- ).
Mukhamedzhanov, Kamaltin (Yeskendirovich) (b. Sept. 20, 1948, Nagumanovo, Vostochno-Kazakhstan oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Karaganda oblast (1999-2006). He was also mayor of Kokshetau (1997-98) and Kazakh minister of environment (2006).
Mukhametkulov, Aksan (Baimurzich) (b. Oct. 17 [Oct. 5, O.S.], 1895, Makarovo, Ufa province [now in Bashkortostan republic], Russia - d. 19...), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Bashkir A.S.S.R. (1925-30). He was also people's commissar of agriculture (192...-25).
Mukhammedov, Bekmurad (Rakhmanguliyevich), Turkmen Begmurat (Rahmangulyýewiç) Muhammedow, justice minister of Turkmenistan (2013-21).
Mukhammedov, Khojamukhammed, Turkmen Hojamuhammet Muhammedow (b. 1966, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (2007-13). He was also chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber (2007).
Mukhammedov, Mukhammetguly (Atamukhammedovich), Turkmen Muhammetguly (Atamuhammedowiç) Muhammedow (b. 1981, Bakharden, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Bakherden, Akhal velayat, Turkmenistan]), finance minister of Turkmenistan (2014-17). He was also a deputy prime minister (2022).
Mukhaylif, Hikmat Umar (b. 1937), finance minister of Iraq (1987-89).
Mukherjee, Ajoy Kumar (b. April 15, 1901, Tamluk [now in West Bengal], India - d. May 27, 1986, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India), chief minister of West Bengal (1967, 1969-70).
Mukherjee, Arun Prasad (b. Dec. 29, 1933 - d. Oct. 13, 2020), governor of Mizoram (1998).
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Mukherjee, Shanti Priya (b. April 20, 1914, Burma [now Myanmar]), chief commissioner of Tripura (1962-67) and lieutenant governor of Mizoram (1972-74).
Mukherjee, Sharda (Sharda also spelled Sharada), née Pandit (b. Feb. 24, 1919, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), governor of Andhra Pradesh (1977-78) and Gujarat (1978-83).
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Mukhitdinov, Nuritdin (Akramovich) (b. Nov. 19, 1917 - d. Aug. 27, 2008), chairman of the Council of Ministers (1951-53, 1954-55), foreign minister (1953-54), and first secretary of the Communist Party (1955-57) of the Uzbek S.S.R. He was also first secretary of the party committees of Namangan (1948-50) and Tashkent (1950-51) oblasti, chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1950-...), and Soviet ambassador to Syria (1968-77).
Mukhitdinov, Ravshan (Abdulatifovich) (b. July 22, 1963, Tashkent, Uzbek S.S.R.), justice minister of Uzbekistan (2007-11).
Mukhriz (bin) Tun Mahathir, Datuk Seri (b. November 1964, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia), chief minister of Kedah (2013-16, 2018-20); son of Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad.
Mukhtar, Abdullahi Sarki (b. July 5, 1949, Kano, Nigeria), governor of Katsina (1987-88) and Kaduna (1988-90). He was also Nigerian national security advisor (2006-10).
Mukhtar, Chaudhry Ahmed (b. June 22, 1946, Lahore, India [now in Pakistan] - d. Nov. 24, 2020, Lahore), defense minister of Pakistan (2008-12). He was also minister of commerce (1993-96) and water and power (2012-13).
Mukhtarov, Kashaf (Gilfanovich) (b. July 14 [July 2, O.S.], 1896, Taveli, Kazan province [now in Tatarstan republic], Russia - d. [executed] Oct. 27, 1937, Sandarmokh, Karelian A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1921-24). He was also people's commissar of health (1920).
Mukiibi, Ibrahim (b. 1935), foreign minister (1986-88) and interior minister (1988-91) of Uganda. He was also ambassador to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (1981-82), Egypt (1996-2003), Israel (2000-03), and Saudi Arabia (2003-06) and high commissioner to Tanzania (2006-12).
Mukome, David (b. 1942 - d. Jan. 25, 2020), foreign minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979).
Mukongo Ngay, Zénon (b. July 3, 1966), Congo (Kinshasa) diplomat. He has been chargé d'affaires (2011-12) and permanent representative (2023- ) to the United Nations.
Muktabar, Al (b. June 12, 1965, Jakarta, Indonesia), acting governor of Banten (2022- ).
Mukubenov, Maksim (Bembeyevich) (b. Aug. 20, 1940, Dogzmakin, Kalmyk A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. May 21, 2024), acting prime minister of Kalmykia (1992-93). He was also first deputy premier and chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Kalmyk A.S.S.R. (1988-90).
Mukumadi, Joseph Stéphane (b. July 24, 1982, Kananga, Zaire [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Sankuru (2019-21).
Mukwege (Mukengere), Denis (b. March 1, 1955, Bukavu, Belgian Congo [now Congo (Kinshasa)]), Congo (Kinshasa) politician. A world-renowned surgeon and advocate for victims of wartime sexual assault in Africa who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, he was a minor presidential candidate in 2023.
Muladi (b. May 26, 1943, Surakarta, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. Dec. 31, 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia), justice minister of Indonesia (1998-99). He was also state secretary (1999).
Mulamba, Léonard, also called Mulamba Nyunyi wa Kadima (b. 1928, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo [now Kananga, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. Aug. 12, 1986), prime minister of Congo (Léopoldville) (1965-66). He was also ambassador to India (1967-69), Japan (1969-76), South Korea (1971-76), and Brazil (1976-79).
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Mularoni, Mariella (b. Oct. 15, 1962, San Marino, San Marino), captain-regent of San Marino (2019-20).
Mularoni, Pier Marino (b. Sept. 6, 1962, San Marino), captain-regent (1997) and finance minister (2002-06) of San Marino. He was also minister of labour and cooperation (2001-02, 2007-08), internal affairs (2002), and posts and telecommunications (2002-03).
Mularoni, Pier Natalino (b. March 31, 1948 - d. Dec. 17, 2011), captain-regent of San Marino (1995-96).
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Muliika, Dan(iel) (b. January 1943, Mityana, Uganda), prime minister of Buganda (2005-07).
Mulikita, Fwanyanga (Matale) (b. Nov. 24, 1928, Sefula, near Mongu, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Sept. 2, 1998, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian politician. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1965-66), minister of Luapula province (1968-69), labour and social services (1969-71), power, transport, and works (1971-73), and education (1973-76), and speaker of the National Assembly (1988-91).
Mulikov, Isgender (Khandurdyevich) (b. 1975, Ashkhabad, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]), interior minister of Turkmenistan (2009-19).
Muliloto, Maie, byname of Kamaliele Muliloto, prime minister of `Uvea (2003-04).
Mulimba, Lavu (b. 1937? - d. March 29, 2015, Lusaka, Zambia), defense minister of Zambia (1988-89). He was also mayor of Lusaka (1973-75) and minister of labour, social development, and culture (1989-91).
Mulino (Quintero), José Javier, Panamanian diplomat; son of José Mulino Rovira. He was ambassador to Costa Rica (2009-14).
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Mulino Rovira, José (b. 1921? - d. June 8, 2013, Panama City, Panama), Panamanian politician. He was governor of Chiriquí (1970-72).
Mulinu'u, (Fiame) Mata'afa (Faumuina), II (b. Aug. 5, 1921, Lotofaga, 'Upolu island, Samoa - d. May 20, 1975, Lepea, 'Upolu), prime minister of Western Samoa (1959-70, 1973-75).
Muljatno, also spelled Moeljatno (b. May 10, 1909, Surakarta, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. Nov. 25, 1971), justice minister of Indonesia (1956-57).
Mulk, Nasir al-, honorific name of Abul Qasem Khan Qaragozlu (b. July 1856, Sheverin, near Hamadan, Persia [now Iran] - d. 1927, Tehran, Persia), prime minister (1907, 1909) and regent (1910-14) of Persia.
Mulk, Shamsul (b. May 12, 1933, Dhagai village, Nowshera district, North-West Frontier Province [now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], India [now in Pakistan]), chief minister of North-West Frontier Province (2007-08).
Mulkamonov, Dzhifon (b. 1910, Shipod, Fergana oblast, Russia [now in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan] - d. ...), chairman of the Executive Committee of Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (1943-47).
Mulken, Johannes Josephus van (b. June 29, 1796, Kampen, Batavian Republic [now Netherlands] - d. Oct. 21, 1879, The Hague, Netherlands), war minister (1868-71) and acting foreign minister (1868, 1870-71) of the Netherlands.
Mulki, Fawzi al- (also spelled al-Mulqi), until 1952 Fawzi Pasha al-Mulki (b. 1910, Irbid, Ottoman Empire [now in Jordan] - d. Jan. 10, 1962, New York), foreign minister (1947-49, 1956), defense minister (1948-50, 1953-54, 1955), and prime minister (1953-54) of Transjordan/Jordan. He was also minister to Egypt (1947) and France (1951), minister (1951-52) and ambassador (1952-53) to the United Kingdom, minister of education (1955, 1956) and the royal court (1958), and permanent representative to the United Nations (1961-62).
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Mulla, Nabeela (Abdullah) al- (b. Kuwait, Kuwait), Kuwaiti diplomat. She was ambassador to Zimbabwe (1994-95), South Africa, Namibia, Mauritius, and Botswana (1994-99), and Austria (2000-04) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2004-06).
Müller, Eduard (b. Nov. 12, 1848, Dresden, Saxony [Germany] - d. Nov. 9, 1919, Bern, Switzerland), president of Switzerland (1899, 1907, 1913). He was also mayor of Bern (1888-95), president of the National Council (1890-91), and minister of justice and police (1895-97, 1912, 1914-19) and military (1897-98, 1900-06, 1908-11).
Müller, Erich (b. Nov. 24, 1889, Halle, Prussia [now in Sachsen-Anhalt], Germany - d. 19...), commander of the German-occupied Channel Islands (1941-43).
Müller, Erwin (b. March 18, 1906, Duisburg, Prussia [now in Nordrhein-Westfalen], Germany - d. Feb. 27, 1968, Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany), chairman of the (Provisional) Administration Commission of Saarland (1946-47).
Müller, Fenelon (b. Aug. 19, 1892, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. June 24, 1976, Cuiabá), federal interventor in Mato Grosso (1935). He was also mayor of Cuiabá (1927-30).
Müller, Filinto (Strubing) (b. July 11, 1900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - d. [plane crash] July 11, 1973, near Orly, Val-de-Marne, France), Brazilian politician; brother of Fenelon Müller and Júlio Strubing Müller. He was president of the Senate (1973).
Müller, Frederik Ernst (b. Jan. 25, 1889, Utrecht, Netherlands - d. Dec. 22, 1960, Breukelen, Netherlands), provincial commissioner of Utrecht (1941). He was also mayor of Rotterdam (1941-45).
Müller, Gebhard (b. April 17, 1900, Füramoos, Württemberg [now part of Eberhardzell, Baden-Württemberg], Germany - d. Aug. 7, 1990, Stuttgart, Germany), state president of Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1948-52) and minister-president of Baden-Württemberg (1953-58). He was also president of the Federal Constitutional Court (1959-71).
Müller, Gerd (b. Aug. 25, 1955, Krumbach, Bayern, West Germany), German politician. He has been minister of economic cooperation and development (2013-21) and director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (2021- ).
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Muller, Phillip (Henry) (b. Jan. 2, 1956, Majuro, Marshall Islands), foreign minister of the Marshall Islands (1994-2000, 2012-14). He was also minister of education (1986-94) and health services (2014-16) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2008-12).
Müller, Werner (b. June 1, 1946, Essen, Germany - d. July 15, 2019, Essen), minister of economy and technology (1998-2002) and acting finance minister (1999) of Germany.
Müller Costas, Herbert (b. 1948, La Paz, Bolivia - d. Feb. 14, 2019, La Paz), finance minister of Bolivia (1998-2000). He was also president of the Central Bank (1983-84) and minister of energy and hydrocarbons (1991-93).
Müller Rojas, Alberto (Adolfo) (b. Aug. 9, 1935, San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela - d. Aug. 13, 2010), governor of Amazonas (Venezuela) (1984-85). He was also Venezuelan ambassador to Chile (1999-2000).
Mulley, Frederick (William) Mulley, Baron (b. July 3, 1918, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England - d. March 15, 1995, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), British defence secretary (1976-79). He was also minister of defence for the army (1964-65), minister of aviation (1965-67) and transport (1969-70, 1974-75), chairman of the Labour Party (1974-75), and secretary of state for education and science (1975-76). He was made a life peer in 1984.
Mullings, Seymour (St. Edward), byname Foggy (b. May 12, 1931, Cave Valley, St. Ann parish, Jamaica - d. Oct. 9, 2013, Kingston, Jamaica), finance minister (1989-90), deputy prime minister (1993-2001), and foreign minister (1995-2000) of Jamaica. He was also minister of agriculture (1979, 1990-95) and health and social security (1979-80) and ambassador to the United States (2001-04).
Mulock, Sir William (b. Jan. 19, 1843, Bond Head, Canada West [now Ont.] - d. Oct. 1, 1944, Toronto, Ont.), acting lieutenant governor of Ontario (1931-32); knighted 1902. He was also Canadian postmaster general (1896-1905) and minister of labour (1900-05).
Mulock, William Pate (b. July 8, 1897, Toronto, Ont. - d. Aug. 25, 1954, near Newmarket, Ont.), Canadian politician; grandson of Sir William Mulock. He was postmaster general (1940-45).
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Mulugeta Eteffa, Ethiopian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1992-96). He was also ambassador to France and the Vatican (1996-2000).
Mulumba Lukoji, (Crispin) (b. March 5, 1943 - d. March 3, 1997, Johannesburg, South Africa), prime minister of Zaire (1991).
Mulumba Mudiandambu, Édouard (b. Jan. 16, 1956, Tshimbulu, Kasaï, Belgian Congo [now in Kasaï Central, Congo (Kinshasa)]), acting governor of Lomami (2021-22).
Muluzi, Atupele (Austin) (b. Aug. 6, 1978, Lilongwe, Malawi), home affairs and internal security minister of Malawi (2015); son of Bakili Muluzi. He has also been minister of economic planning and development (2012-14), natural resources, energy, and mining (2014-15), lands, housing, and urban development (2015-17), health (2017-19), and energy (2020- ) and a minor presidential candidate (2019).
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Mulyana, Agung (b. Dec. 7, 1955, Jakarta, Indonesia), acting governor of Kepulauan Riau (2015-16).
Mumbengegwi, Samuel (Creighton) (b. Oct. 23, 1942 - d. June 14, 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe), finance minister of Zimbabwe (2007-09). He was also minister of higher education and technology (2001-02), minister of industry and international trade (2002-05), and minister of state for indigenisation and empowerment (2005-07).
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Mumcuoglu, (Mehmet) Hayri (b. 1914, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. June 10, 1986, Ankara, Turkey), justice minister of Turkey (1973-74, 1974-75). He was also a minister of state (1960-61) and minister of reconstruction and housing (1963).
Muminov, Abduvali, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek S.S.R. (1943-47). He was also chairman of the Executive Committee of Fergana oblast (1942-43).
Mumtaz (al-Daftari), Ali (b. 1901 - d. ...), finance minister (1941, 1941-42, 1943-44, 1948, 1949-50, 1953, 1954, 1957) and foreign minister (1946) of Iraq. He was also minister of works and transportation (1941, 1946-47) and supply (1948).
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Muna, Salomon Tandeng (b. 1912, Ngyen Mbo village [now in North West province], Cameroon - d. Jan. 22, 2002, Douala, Cameroon), prime minister of West Cameroon (1968-72). Considered as one of the main craftsmen of the reunification of the British and French Cameroons, he was also minister of transport, mines, posts, and telecommunications (1961-68), vice president (1970-72), and president of the National Assembly (1973-88) of Cameroon.
Munandar, Djoko (b. March 19, 1947, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia - d. Dec. 5, 2008, Serang, Banten, Indonesia), governor of Banten (2002-07).
Munandar, Imam (b. June 15, 1927, Blitar, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Timur, Indonesia] - d. June 21, 1988, Surabaya, Indonesia), governor of Riau (1980-88).
Munch, Peter (Rochegune) (b. July 25, 1870, Redsted, Denmark - d. Jan. 12, 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark), interior minister (1909-10), defense minister (1913-20), and foreign minister (1929-40) of Denmark.
Münch, Werner (b. Sept. 25, 1940, Kirchhellen, Prussia [now part of Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen], Germany), minister-president of Sachsen-Anhalt (1991-93).
Munck (af Fulkila), Lennart (Fritiof) (b. Oct. 31, 1852, Ulvila, Finland - d. Oct. 28, 1941, Helsinki, Finland), governor of Mikkeli (1900-03).
Munck af Fulkila, Johan Henrik friherre (b. Feb. 2, 1748, Rantakylä, Finland - d. Sept. 16, 1817, Hyvikkälä [now part of Janakkala municipality], Finland), governor of Nyland och Tavastehus (1790-1810). He was made friherre (baron) in 1778.
Munck af Rosenschöld, (Axel Gabriel) Mortimer (b. July 21, 1873, Kristianstad, Sweden - d. Nov. 28, 1942, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Jämtland (1931-38).
Munda, Arjun (b. Jan. 5, 1968, Ghoda Bandha village, Jamshedpur, Bihar [now in East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand], India), chief minister of Jharkhand (2003-05, 2005-06, 2010-13). He was also Indian minister of tribal affairs (2019-24) and agriculture and farmers' welfare (2023-24).
Mundebo, (Kurt Allan) Ingemar (b. Oct. 15, 1930, Långasjö, Kalmar county, Sweden - d. Sept. 7, 2018, Lidingö, Stockholm county, Sweden), governor of Uppsala (1980-86). He was also Swedish minister of budget (1976-80) and economy (1978-79).
Mundeleer, Léon (Henri) (b. April 6, 1885, Ixelles [now in Brussels-Capital region], Belgium - d. Dec. 14, 1964, Ixelles), defense minister of Belgium (1945-46). He was also minister of education (1949-50) and the middle classes (1956-58).
Mundia, Nalumino (b. Nov. 21, 1927, Namanda village, Kalabo district, Barotseland [now in Zambia] - d. Nov. 8, 1988, La Paz, Bolivia), prime minister (1981-85) and finance minister (1983) of Zambia. He was also minister of local government (1964), commerce and industry (1964-65), labour and social development (1965-66), and the North-Western province (1976-79). After 1985 he was ambassador to the United States, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela, and presented his credentials to the president of Bolivia just days before his death.
Mundy, Sir Robert Miller (b. 1813 - d. March 22, 1892, Emsworth, Hampshire, England), lieutenant governor of British Honduras (1874-77); knighted 1877.
Munesue, Shun'ichi (b. February 1893, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan - d. ...), governor of Karafuto (1938-40).
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Mungavin, George Alexander Gavin (b. Feb. 14, 1883, India - d. 1967, Sussex, England), British political agent in Bahrain (1918).
Mung'omba, Wila (D'Israeli) (b. Oct. 18, 1939, Mbala, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Feb. 17, 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa), president of the African Development Bank (1980-85).
Mungra, Subhas (Chandra) (b. Sept. 2, 1945, Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana [now Suriname]), finance minister (1986-90) and foreign minister (1991-96) of Suriname. He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1997-2001) and ambassador to the United States (2011-15).
Mungul Diaka (Koda Kombu), Bernardin (b. Nov. 12, 1933, Kirondo, Léopoldville province, Belgian Congo [now in Kwilu province, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. June 3, 1999, Kinshasa), prime minister of Zaire (1991) and governor of Kinshasa (1992-96). He was also ambassador to China (for the Stanleyville government, 1961) and Belgium (1966-67) and minister of the middle classes (1965-66), education (1967-68), and higher education and scientific research (1979-80).
Munim, Mohammad Abdul (b. Jan. 1, 1935, Bogra, Bengal, India [now in Bangladesh]), finance minister of Bangladesh (1987-88, 1990). He was also minister of works (1983-85), agriculture (1985-86, 1989-90), commerce (1986-87), and health and family planning (1988, 1988-89).
Muniz, Angelo Carlos (b. 1798, Pará captaincy [now state], Brazil - d. Sept. 4, 1863, Pará), acting president of Maranhão (1844, 1844-45, 1846).
Muñiz, Carlos Manuel (b. Feb. 2, 1922, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. Oct. 31, 2007, Buenos Aires), foreign minister of Argentina (1962-63). He was also ambassador to Bolivia (1956-59), Brazil (1959-62), and the United States (1971-73) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1982-86).
Muniz, João Carlos (b. March 31, 1893, Cuiabá, Brazil - d. June 18, 1960, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Brazilian diplomat. He was minister to Cuba (1941-42) and Ecuador (1942-45), permanent representative to the United Nations (1949-53), and ambassador to the United States (1953-56) and Argentina (1956-58).
Muñiz (Sevilla), Pedro E. (b. 1862, Lima, Peru - d. Nov. 16, 1915, Lima), prime minister of Peru (1914). He was also prefect of Lima (1893-95), Piura (1902), and La Libertad (1903) and minister of war and navy (1903-07, 1910, 1914).
Muñiz Luna, Jorge (b. Cusco, Peru), war minister of Peru (1980-81).
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Munnik, Lourens Albertus Petrus Anderson (b. Aug. 3, 1925, Cape Town, South Africa - d. July 12, 2016), administrator of Cape province (1975-79). He was also South African minister of health and social welfare (1979-82), posts and telecommunications (1982-84), and communications and public works (1984-86).
Munongo (Mwenda Msiri), Godefroid (b. Nov. 20, 1925, Bunkeya village, Katanga, Belgian Congo [now in Haut-Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. May 28, 1992), interior minister (1960-63) and joint acting president (1961) of Katanga, interior minister of Congo (Léopoldville) (1964-65), and governor of Katanga Oriental (1965-66) and Sud-Katanga (1966). He was a grandson of Ngelengwa "Msiri," mwami of Katanga, and himself succeeded to the traditional rulership in 1976, as Mwenda Msiri Shyombeka we Shalo.
Muñoz (Alá), Alicia (b. 1951, Llallagua, Potosí, Bolivia), interior minister of Bolivia (2006-07).
Muñoz (y Castillo), Bernardo (b. Aug. 20, 1805, Lima, Peru - d. June 7, 1892), justice and education minister of Peru (1863, 1868). He was also president of the Supreme Court (1868-69, 1873-75).
Muñoz (Muñoz), Delia, justice minister of Peru (2020).
Muñoz (de la Fuente), Ezequiel F(élix) (b. Feb. 8, 1866, Lima, Peru - d. Aug. 9, 1961, Lima), interior minister of Peru (1917).
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Muñoz, Rodolfo (b. 1908, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Argentine diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1952-53).
Muñoz Bezanilla, (José) Santiago (b. 1780, Santiago, Chile - d. May 1836, Huasco, Chile), acting war minister of Chile (1829).
Muñoz Céspedes, Walter (b. April 11, 1958), Costa Rican politician. He was a minor presidential candidate (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022).
Muñoz (Gómez) de Gaviria, Ana Milena (b. Jan. 29, 1956, Pereira, Colombia), Colombian diplomat; wife of César Gaviria Trujillo. She has been ambassador to Egypt (2019- ).
Muñoz Grandes, Agustín, earlier known as Agustín Muñoz Grande (b. Jan. 27, 1896, Madrid, Spain - d. July 11, 1970, Madrid), army minister (1951-57) and deputy prime minister (1962-67) of Spain.
Muñoz Hurtado, Joaquín (b. May 24, 1859, Santiago, Chile - d. Dec. 31, 1922, Viña del Mar, Chile), war and marine minister of Chile (1904). He was also director-general of the navy (1916-22).
Muñoz Ledo (y Lazo de la Vega), Porfirio (Alejandro) (b. July 23, 1933, Mexico City, Mexico - d. July 9, 2023), Mexican politician. He was minister of labour (1972-75) and education (1976-77), president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1975-76) and of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (1993-96), permanent representative to the United Nations (1979-85), president of the Chamber of Deputies (1997, 2018-19), and ambassador to Belgium (2001-04).
Muñoz León, Radamés (Eduardo) (b. Nov. 26, 1942, Venezuela - d. June 22, 2019, Miami, Fla.), defense minister of Venezuela (1993-94). He was a minor presidential candidate in 1998.
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Muñoz Meany, Enrique (b. Feb. 2, 1907, Guatemala City, Guatemala - d. Dec. 22, 1951, Paris, France), foreign minister of Guatemala (1947-49). He was also ambassador to France (1945-47, 1950-51).
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Munroe, Hugh Edwin (b. June 16, 1878, St. Elmo, Ont. - d. March 12, 1947, St. Petersburg, Fla.), lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan (1931-36).
Munroe, John (b. c. 1796, Ross-shire, Scotland - d. April 26, 1861, New Brunswick, N.J.), governor of New Mexico (1849-51).
Munshi, Kanaiyalal Maneklal (b. Dec. 30, 1887, Bharuch [now in Gujarat], India - d. Feb. 8, 1971, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), governor of Uttar Pradesh (1952-57). He was also Indian minister of food and agriculture (1950-52).
Muntasir, Mahmud al- (b. 1903 - d. [in detention] September 1970), prime minister (1951-54, 1964-65) and foreign minister (1951-54) of Libya. He was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (1954-57), Italy (1958-62), Greece (1959-62), and Yugoslavia (1961-62).
Muntasir, Umar Mahmud al- (b. July 28, 1930, Tripoli, Libya), foreign minister of Libya (1963); son of Mahmud al-Muntasir. He was also justice minister (1962-63, 1963-64) and ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (1964-69) and Malta (1966-69).
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Munteanu, Aurel Dragos (Ilie) (b. Jan. 16, 1942, Buda-Lapusna, near Chisinau, Romania [now in Moldova] - d. May 30, 2005, New York City), member of the Council of the National Salvation Front of Romania (1989). He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1990-92) and ambassador to the United States (1992-94).
Müntefering, Franz (b. Jan. 16, 1940, Neheim, Prussia [now part of Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen], Germany), vice chancellor of Germany (2005-07). He was also minister of transportation and construction (1998-99) and labour and social affairs (2005-07) and Bundesgeschäftsführer (1995-98 and [acting] 1999), general secretary (1999-2002), and chairman (2004-05, 2008-09) of the Social Democratic Party.
Munters, (Gothards) Vilhelms (Nikolajs) (b. July 25, 1898, Riga, Russia [now in Latvia] - d. Jan. 11, 1967, Riga), foreign minister of Latvia (1936-40).
Munthe, Gustaf Lorentz (b. May 5, 1809 - d. June 26, 1889), governor of Västerbotten (1856-64) and Kronoberg (1864-75).
Munthe, Sven (Abraham) (b. April 10, 1787, Karlshamn, Blekinge, Sweden - d. April 15, 1873, Stockholm, Sweden), finance minister of Sweden (1842-48).
Munthe af Morgenstierne, Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von (b. Oct. 2, 1814, Christiania [now Oslo], Norway - d. Dec. 30, 1888, Stavanger, Norway), governor of Stavanger amt (1864-88); brother-in-law of Frederik Stang.
Munyaneza, Augustin (b. Sept. 28, 1939, Musambira, near Gitarama, Rwanda - d. [hunger strike in prison] c. July 10, 1975, Ruhengeri, Rwanda), foreign minister of Rwanda (1972-73). He was also ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the Vatican (1963-71).
Munyembari, Paul (b. May 30, 1946), foreign minister of Burundi (1995).
Munzinger, (Martin) Joseph (b. Nov. 11, 1791, Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland - d. Feb. 6, 1855, Bern, Switzerland), president of Switzerland (1851). He was also president of the Small Council (1833-34, 1837-38, 1840-41) and Landammann (1841, 1843, 1845, 1847) of Solothurn and minister of finance (1848-50, 1852), posts and construction (1853-54), and trade and customs (1855).
Munzinger, (Johann Albert) Werner, also known (from 1873) as Munzinger Pasha (b. April 21, 1832, Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland - d. [killed] Nov. 14, 1875, near Lake Assal, Awsa sultanate [now in Djibouti]), Egyptian official; son of Joseph Munzinger. He was governor of Massawa (1871-73) and governor-general of the Red Sea coast (1873-74).
Muqrin (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud) (b. 1943), Saudi prince; son of Abdul Aziz. He was governor of Hail (1980-99) and Madinah (1999-2005), head of the General Intelligence Directorate (2005-12), and crown prince (2015).
Murad, Abdul Sattar (b. March 16, 1958, Parwan province, Afghanistan), Afghan politician. He was chargé d'affaires in Malaysia (1995-2002), governor of Kapisa (2004-07), and economy minister (2015-17).
Murad, Abdullah Ahmad Muhammad al- (b. July 3, 1947), Kuwaiti diplomat. He was ambassador to Venezuela (1993-96), Turkey (1996-99), Azerbaijan (1997-99), and India, Nepal, and Bhutan (1999-2004) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2006-10).
Murad, José (Duailibe) (b. April 14, 1920 - d. May 27, 2011, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil), governor of Maranhão (1975).
Muradyan, Badal (Amayakovich) (b. Jan. 8, 1915 [Dec. 26, 1914, O.S.], Vardashen, Russia [now in Armenia] - d. 1991), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian S.S.R. (1966-72). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Yerevan city (1961-66).
Murai, Jin (b. March 28, 1937, Nagano prefecture, Japan), governor of Nagano (2006-10).
Murai, Yoshihiro (b. Aug. 20, 1960), governor of Miyagi (2005- ).
Murairi Mitima Kaneno, (Jean-Baptiste) (b. May 12, 1935, Masisi, Belgian Congo [now in Nord-Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa)]), Zairian politician. He was minister of national economy (1976-77) and ambassador to West Germany (1978-79), Argentina (1979-85), Japan and South Korea (1985-89), and the Soviet Union/Russia (1989-98).
Murakami, Seiichiro (b. May 11, 1952, Miyakubo [now part of Imabari], Ehime, Japan), internal affairs minister of Japan (2024- ). He was also a minister of state (2004-05).
Murakhovsky, Vsevolod (Serafimovich) (b. Oct. 20, 1926, Golubovka, Lugansk oblast, Ukrainian S.S.R. - d. Jan. 12, 2017), Soviet politician. He was first secretary of the party committees of Stavropol city (1970-74), Karachay-Cherkess autonomous oblast (1975-78), and Stavropol kray (1978-85) and a first deputy premier and chairman of the State Committee for the Agro-Industrial Complex (1985-89).
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Muraoka, Tsugumasa (b. Dec. 7, 1972), governor of Yamaguchi (2014- ).
Murashev, Pavel (Ivanovich) (b. 1900, Mednoye, Tver province [now oblast], Russia - d. Jan. 21, 1942), acting first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Komi A.S.S.R. (1937-38).
Murat, Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon (b. May 16, 1803, Milan, Italy - d. April 10, 1878, Paris, France), French diplomat; son of Gioacchino Napoleone. He was minister to Sardinia (1849-50).
Murat Casab, José (Nelson) (b. Oct. 18, 1949, Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico), governor of Oaxaca (1998-2004).
Murat Hinojosa, Alejandro (Ismael) (b. Aug. 4, 1975, Tlalnepantla, México, Mexico), governor of Oaxaca (2016-22); son of José Murat Casab.
Murata, Keijiro (b. Feb. 12, 1924, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan - d. April 2, 2003), home affairs minister of Japan (1992-93). He was also minister of international trade and industry (1984-85).
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Muratov, Ravil (Fatykhovich) (b. Aug. 30, 1949, Tyurnyasevsky sovkhoz, Oktyabrsky district, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R.), acting prime minister of Tatarstan (2010). He was minister of trade (1987-89), a deputy prime minister (1989-95), and first deputy prime minister (1995-2013).
Muratov, Vladimir (Alekseyevich) (b. July 15 [July 2, O.S.], 1905, Lipovka, Saratov province, Russia - d. ...), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Yakut A.S.S.R. (1940-43). He was also mayor of Poltava (1939) and deputy premier of the Yakut A.S.S.R. (1939-40).
Muratov, Zinnyat (Ibetovich) (b. Jan. 9, 1906 [Dec. 27, 1905, O.S.], Novokalmashevo, Ufa province [now in Bashkortostan republic], Russia - d. May 31, 1988, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1944-57).
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Muraviev, Konstantin (Vladov) (b. Feb. 21, 1893, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria - d. Jan. 31, 1965, Sofia, Bulgaria), prime minister and foreign minister of Bulgaria (1944). He was also chargé d'affaires in the Netherlands (1921) and Turkey (1922-23) and minister of war (1923), education (1931-32), and agriculture (1932-34).
Muravschi, Valeriu (b. July 31, 1949, Sirato village, Orhei district, Moldavian S.S.R. - d. April 8, 2020, Chisinau, Moldova), finance minister (1990-91) and prime minister (1991-92) of Moldova.
Muravyov, Aleksandr (Ivanovich) (b. 1895 - d. Aug. 10, 1944), executive secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Dagestan A.S.S.R. (1928-31). He was also chairman of the Executive Committee of Kostroma province (1921) and executive secretary of the party committees of Kostroma (1921-22) and Astrakhan (1922-24?) provinces.
Muravyov, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich) (b. Oct. 21 [Oct. 10, O.S.], 1792 - d. Dec. 30 [Dec. 18, O.S.], 1863), governor of Tobolsk (acting, 1832-33), Arkhangelsk (1837-39), and Nizhny Novgorod (1856-61).
Muravyov, Matvey (Ivanovich) (b. April 5 [March 25, O.S.], 1784, Luzhsky uyezd, St. Petersburg province, Russia - d. Oct. 9 [Sept. 27, O.S.], 1836, St. Petersburg, Russia), governor of Russian America (1820-25).
Muravyov, Graf (Count) Mikhail (Nikolayevich) (b. April 19 [April 7, O.S.], 1845, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. June 21 [June 8, O.S.], 1900, St. Petersburg), foreign minister of Russia (1897-1900); son of Nikolay (Mikhailovich) Muravyov. He was also minister to Denmark (1893-97).
Muravyov, Nazary (Stepanovich) (b. 1737 - d. 1806), governor of Arkhangelsk (1798-99).
Muravyov, Graf (Count) Nikolay (Leonidovich) (b. March 24, 1866 - d. Dec. 10, 1940), governor of Poltava (1908-12) and Moscow (1913-16); nephew of Nikolay (Mikhailovich) Muravyov.
Muravyov, Nikolay (Mikhailovich) (b. 1820 - d. 1869), governor of Vyatka (1857-59), Ryazan (1859-62), Saratov (1862-63), and Kovno (1863-66); son of Graf Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky.
Muravyov, Nikolay (Nazarovich) (b. Oct. 14, 1775 - d. Jan. 23, 1845), governor of Novgorod (1814-18); son of Nazary Muravyov.
Muravyov(-Amursky), Graf (Count) Nikolay (Nikolayevich) (b. Aug. 23 [Aug. 11, O.S.], 1809, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Nov. 30 [Nov. 18, O.S.], 1881, Paris, France), governor of Tula (1846-47) and governor-general of East Siberia (1847-61); son of Nikolay (Nazarovich) Muravyov.
Muravyov, Nikolay (Valerianovich) (b. Sept. 27, 1850, Moscow, Russia - d. Dec. 1, 1908, Rome, Italy), justice minister of Russia (1894-1905); son of Valerian Muravyov. He was also secretary of state (1892-94) and ambassador to Italy (1905-08).
Muravyov, Valerian (Nikolayevich) (b. Aug. 14, 1811 - d. Nov. 16, 1869, Moscow, Russia), governor of Kostroma (1852-53), Olonets (1853-56), and Pskov (1856-64); brother of Graf Nikolay (Nikolayevich) Muravyov; son of Nikolay (Nazarovich) Muravyov; son-in-law of Fyodor Mirkovich.
Muravyov-Karsky, Nikolay (Nikolayevich) (b. July 25 [July 14, O.S.], 1794, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Oct. 30 [Oct. 18, O.S.], 1866, Skornyakovo, Voronezh province [now in Lipetsk oblast], Russia), viceroy of the Caucasus (1854-56); brother of Aleksandr Muravyov.
Muravyov-Vilensky, Graf (Count) Mikhail (Nikolayevich) (b. Oct. 1, 1796, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Aug. 29, 1866, Syrets, St. Petersburg province, Russia), Russian official; brother of Aleksandr Muravyov and Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky. He was governor of Mogilyov (1828-31), Grodno (1831-35), and Kursk (1835-39), minister of state properties (1857-61), and governor-general of Vilna, Kovno, and Grodno (1863-65). Originally named Muravyov, he received the title Graf Muravyov-Vilensky in 1865.
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Murazzo (Carrillo), Félix (Medardo) (b. 1951?, Lima, Peru), interior minister of Peru (2005). He was also director-general of the National Police (2004-05).
Murça, Miguel António de Melo (e Abreu Soares de Brito Barbosa Palha Vasconcelos Guedes), (1º) conde de (b. Dec. 25, 1766, Nova Goa, Portuguese India [now Panaji, Goa, India] - d. Aug. 7, 1836), governor of Angola (1797-1802), captain-general of the Azores (1806-10), and finance minister of Portugal (1825-26). He was made conde (count) in 1826.
Murchison, Kenneth (b. 1794, Scotland - d. Aug. 1, 1854), resident councillor of Singapore (1827-33) and governor of the Straits Settlements (1833-36).
Murdani, Leonardus Benyamin, byname Benny Murdani (b. Oct. 2, 1932, Cepu, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia] - d. Aug. 29, 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia), defense minister of Indonesia (1988-93). He entered the military soon after Indonesia's 1945-49 war of independence against the Dutch. In what has become part of national folklore, Murdani, by then a major, parachuted with 120 men into Netherlands New Guinea in 1962 during Indonesia's effort to occupy the region. Although his unit was devastated by Dutch Marines, the brief conflict ended with the United Nations handing the vast territory to Indonesia. Murdani emerged as a hero and received the country's highest medal from Pres. Sukarno. He also planned and led the 1975 invasion of East Timor. As commander of the Indonesian armed forces in 1983-88 Murdani, by then a four-star general, was the country's second most powerful man after Pres. Suharto. He is believed to be the man behind the so-called "mysterious killings" during the early 1980s, when hundreds of hardcore criminals and former convicts were executed and their bodies discarded along roads across Indonesia - an incident that produced international criticism. Human rights activists allege that in 1984 he oversaw the killing of some three dozen Muslim activists during an anti-Suharto protest at Jakarta's port, Tanjung Priok. He was demoted to the defense ministry in 1988 after urging Suharto to rein in his children's business activities.
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Murerwa, Herbert (Muchemwa) (b. July 31, 1941), finance minister of Zimbabwe (1995-2000, 2002-04, 2004-07). He was also high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1984-90) and minister of environment and tourism (1990-95), industry and commerce (1995-96), higher education and technology (2000-01), industry and international trade (2001-02), higher and tertiary education (2004-05), and lands and rural resettlement (2009-13).
Murgas (Aponte), José Antonio (b. Oct. 1, 1930 - d. May 24, 2024, Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia), Colombian politician. He was governor of Cesar (1970-71) and minister of labour and social security (1973-74).
Murguía (López de Lara), Francisco (b. Oct. 4, 1873, Mazapil municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico - d. [executed] Nov. 1, 1922, Tepehuanes, Durango, Mexico), governor of Querétaro (1914), México (1914), and Zacatecas (1915).
Murigande, Charles (b. Aug. 15, 1958, Butare, Rwanda), foreign minister of Rwanda (2002-08). He was also minister of transport and communications (1995-97), cabinet affairs (2008-09), and education (2009-11). In 2011-15 he was ambassador to Japan (also accredited to Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines).
Murillo (Prijic), Arturo (Carlos) (b. Dec. 27, 1963, Cochabamba, Bolivia), interior minister of Bolivia (2019-20).
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Murillo, Zacarías, interior, justice, and immigration minister of Bolivia (1941).
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Murillo Jorge, Marino (Alberto) (b. Feb. 19, 1961), a vice premier of Cuba (2009-18). He was also minister of economy and planning (2009-11, 2014-16).
Murillo Karam, Jesús (b. March 2, 1947, Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico), governor of Hidalgo (1993-98). He was also president of the Chamber of Deputies (2012), attorney general (2012-15), and minister of agrarian, territorial, and urban development (2015) of Mexico.
Murillo Toro, Manuel (b. Jan. 1, 1816, Chaparral, Tolima, New Granada [now Colombia] - d. Dec. 26, 1880, Bogotá, Colombia), finance minister (1849-53) and president (1864-66, 1872-74) of Colombia. He was also president of Santander (1857-59) and minister to the United States (1863-64) and Venezuela (1868, 1874-76).
Murillo Vidal, Rafael (b. Oct. 26, 1904, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico - d. Nov. 14, 1986, Mexico City, Mexico), governor of Veracruz (1968-74). He was also mayor of Orizaba (1939-40).
Murillo Zambrana, Rosario (María) (b. June 22, 1951, Managua, Nicaragua), vice president of Nicaragua (2017- ); wife of Daniel Ortega.
Muritiba, Manuel José Vieira Tosta, barão, visconde e marquês de (b. July 12, 1807, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil - d. Feb. 22, 1896, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), war minister of Brazil (1868-70). He was also president of Sergipe (1844), Pernambuco (1848-49), Rio Grande do Sul (1855-56), and Santa Catarina (1870, 1871) and minister of navy (1849-52) and justice (1859, 1870). He was made baron in 1855, viscount in 1872, and marquess in 1888.
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Murmokaite, Raimonda (b. July 17, 1959), Lithuanian diplomat. She has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2012-17) and ambassador to Estonia (2022- ).
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Murmu, Girish Chandra (b. Nov. 21, 1959, Mayurbhanj district, Orissa [now Odisha], India), lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir (2019-20). He has also been comptroller and auditor general of India (2020- ).
Murniece, Inara (b. Dec. 30, 1970), defense minister of Latvia (2022-23). She was also speaker of the Saeima (2014-22).
Murniece, Linda, during second marriage (2012-17) Linda Abu Meri (b. Jan. 28, 1970, Dobele, Latvian S.S.R.), defense minister (2006) and interior minister (2009-11) of Latvia.
Muromtsev, Matvey (Matveyevich) (b. 1790 - d. Feb. 3, 1879, Wiesbaden, Germany), governor of Tavrida (1837-43); son of Matvey (Vasilyevich) Muromtsev.
Muromtsev, Matvey (Vasilyevich) (b. 1734 or 1737 - d. Oct. 30, 1799), governor of Novorossiya (1775-77) and Tula (1777-84).
Muromtsev, Sergey (Andreyevich) (b. Oct. 5 [Sept. 23, O.S.], 1850, St. Petersburg, Russia - d. Oct. 17 [Oct. 4, O.S.], 1910, Moscow, Russia), Russian politician. He was chairman of the State Duma (1906).
Murphree, (Herron) Dennis (b. Jan. 6, 1886, Pittsboro, Miss. - d. Feb. 9, 1949, Jackson, Miss.), governor of Mississippi (1927-28, 1943-44).
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Murphy, Charles (b. Dec. 8, 1862, Ottawa, Canada West [now Ontario] - d. Nov. 24, 1935, Ottawa), secretary of state for external affairs of Canada (1909-11). He was secretary of state (1908-11 and [acting] 1925-26) and postmaster general (1921-26).
Murphy, Sir Dermod (Art Pelly) (b. Aug. 10, 1914 - d. Oct. 21, 1975), governor of Saint Helena (1968-71); knighted 1969.
Murphy, Francis P(arnell) (b. Aug. 16, 1877, Winchester, N.H. - d. Dec. 19, 1958, Nashua, N.H.), governor of New Hampshire (1937-41).
Murphy, Frank, byname of William Francis Murphy (b. April 13, 1890, Harbor Beach, Mich. - d. July 19, 1949, Detroit, Mich.), mayor of Detroit (1930-33), governor-general (1933-35) and high commissioner (1935-36) of the Philippines, governor of Michigan (1937-39), and U.S. attorney general (1939-40). He was also an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1940-49).
Murphy, Franklin (b. Jan. 1, 1846, Jersey City, N.J. - d. Feb. 24, 1920, Palm Beach, Fla.), governor of New Jersey (1902-05).
Murphy, George Patterson (b. 1883 - d. Feb. 22, 1938), British political agent and consul in Muscat and Oman (1926-30).
Murphy, Isaac (b. Oct. 16, 1802, near Pittsburgh, Pa. - d. Sept. 8, 1882, Huntsville, Ark.), governor of Arkansas (1864-68).
Murphy, John (b. 1786, Robeson county, N.C. - d. Sept. 21, 1841, Clark county, Ala.), governor of Alabama (1825-29).
Murphy, Lionel (Keith) (b. Aug. 30, 1922, Kensington, Sydney, N.S.W. - d. Oct. 21, 1986, Canberra, A.C.T.), attorney general of Australia (1972-75).
Murphy, Michael Vincent (b. 1857, Sydney, New South Wales - d. June 30, 1935), administrator of Norfolk Island (1913-20 and [acting] 1926-27).
Murphy, Nathan O(akes) (b. Oct. 14, 1849, Jefferson, Maine - d. Aug. 22, 1908, Coronado, Calif.), governor of Arizona (1892-93, 1898-1902).
Murphy, Phil(ip Dunton) (b. Aug. 16, 1957, near Boston, Mass.), governor of New Jersey (2018- ). He was also U.S. ambassador to Germany (2009-13).
Murphy, Raymond Clive (b. May 4, 1912 - d. May 29, 1992), British political officer in the Trucial States (1945-46).
Murphy, Thomas Gerow (b. Oct. 29, 1883, Cramahe township, Northumberland county, Ont. - d. April 7, 1971), interior minister of Canada (1930-35). He was also superintendent-general of Indian affairs (1930-35).
Murphy, Sir William Lindsay (b. May 4, 1887 - d. April 15, 1965), governor of the Bahamas (1945-49) and acting governor-general of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1957); knighted 1946. He was also mayor of Colombo, Ceylon (1932-37).
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Murra, Prokop (b. Nov. 24, 1921, Tiranë, Albania - d. 2007), defense minister of Albania (1982-90). He was also minister of industry and mines (1980-81) and energy (1981-82).
Murrah, Pendleton (b. 1824, South Carolina - d. Aug. 4, 1865, Monterrey, Mexico), governor of Texas (1863-65).
Murray, Sir Brian (Stewart) (b. Dec. 26, 1921 - d. June 4, 1991), governor of Victoria (1982-85); knighted 1982.
Murray, Ed(ward Bernard Patrick) (b. May 2, 1955, Aberdeen, Wash.), mayor of Seattle (2014-17).
Murray, Eli H(ouston) (b. Feb. 10, 1843, Cloverport, Ky. - d. Nov. 18, 1896, Bowling Green, Ky.), governor of Utah (1880-86).
Murray, Sir George (b. Feb. 6, 1772, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland - d. July 28, 1846, London, England), British secretary of state for war and colonies (1828-30); knighted 1813. He was also master-general of the ordnance (1834-35, 1841-46).
Murray, Sir George (John Robert) (b. Sept. 27, 1863, Magill, near Adelaide, South Australia - d. Feb. 18, 1942), acting governor of South Australia (1920, 1922, 1927-28, 1934, 1939); knighted 1917. He was chief justice and lieutenant governor (1916-42).
Murray, Sir Herbert Harley (b. Nov. 4, 1829, Bromley, Middlesex [now part of London], England - d. March 11, 1904, London), governor of Newfoundland (1895-99); knighted 1895.
Murray, Sir (John) Hubert (Plunkett) (b. Dec. 29, 1861, Sydney, New South Wales - d. Feb. 27, 1940, Samarai, Papua [now in Papua New Guinea]), acting administrator (1907-09) and lieutenant governor (1909-40) of Papua; knighted 1925.
Murray, Hubert Leonard (b. Dec. 13, 1886, Sydney, New South Wales - d. Dec. 9, 1963, Sydney), administrator of Papua (1940-42); nephew of Sir Hubert Murray.
Murray, John F. (b. Feb. 28, 1862 - d. Dec. 31, 1928, Mount McGregor, N.Y.), borough president of Bronx (1909-10).
Murray, Johnston (b. July 21, 1902, Emet, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [now in Okla.] - d. April 16, 1974, Oklahoma City, Okla.), governor of Oklahoma (1951-55); son of William H. Murray.
Murray, Sir (Jack) Keith (b. Feb. 8, 1889, Brighton, Victoria - d. Dec. 10, 1979), administrator of Papua and New Guinea (1945-52); knighted 1978.
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Murray, Tomás (d. 1856), acting war and navy minister of New Granada (1850).
Murray, Walter (b. Oct. 9, 1871, Malmö, Sweden - d. Feb. 5, 1957, Stockholm, Sweden), governor of Västmanland (1916-37). He was also Swedish minister of civil affairs (1917) and communications (1920-21).
Murray, William H(enry David) (b. Nov. 21, 1869, Toadsuck, Texas - d. Oct. 15, 1956, Oklahoma City, Okla.), governor of Oklahoma (1931-35).
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Murwira, Amon (b. 1970, Nzuwa village, Gutu district, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), foreign minister of Zimbabwe (2021 [acting], 2024- ). He was also minister of higher and tertiary education, science and technology (2017-24).
Musa, (Abdulkadir) Balarabe (b. Aug. 21, 1936 - d. Nov. 11, 2020, Kaduna, Nigeria), governor of Kaduna (1979-81). He was impeached by the state House of Assembly on June 23, 1981.
Musa (Abdullah Salim), Mutaz (b. 1967), prime minister and finance minister of The Sudan (2018-19). He was also minister of electricity and water resources (2013-18).
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Musa, Stahl (d. [plane crash] Dec. 14, 2002, a cliff near Guhu, Madang province, Papua New Guinea), governor of Madang (2002).
Musa (bin) Aman, Tan Sri (b. March 30, 1951, Beaufort, British North Borneo [now Sabah, Malaysia]), chief minister of Sabah (2003-18). He was awarded the titles Datuk (1994), Datuk Seri (2003), and Tan Sri (2017).
Musa (bin) Hitam, Tun (b. April 18, 1934, Johor Bahru, Johor [now in Malaysia]), deputy prime minister and home affairs minister of Malaysia (1981-86). He was also minister of primary industries (1974-77) and education (1977-81). He was awarded the titles Dato' (1973), Tan Sri (1994), and Tun (2006).
Musa Kazim Efendi (b. 1859, Tortum, Erzurum province, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. Jan. 10, 1921, Adrianople, Ottoman Empire [now Edirne, Turkey]), Ottoman official. He was Sheikh-ul-Islam (1911, 1916-18) and minister of waqfs (1917-18).
Musa Safveti Pasha (b. 1805 - d. 1865), finance minister of the Ottoman Empire (1841-45, 1853-54, 1856-57, 1858-59). He was also governor of Trikala (1845-46), Damascus (1846-48), the Archipelago (1849), Kastamonu (1849-50), and Angora (1850-52) and minister of commerce (1854-56) and waqfs (1859).
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Musafir, Gurmukh Singh (Musafir is a pseudonym) (b. Jan. 15, 1899, Adhwal, Campbellpore district, Punjab, India [now in Pakistan] - d. Jan. 18, 1976, New Delhi, India), chief minister of Punjab (India) (1966-67). He was also known as a writer.
Musafiri (Nkola) Myoma, Augustin (b. Aug. 25, 1964, Costermansville, Congo [Léopoldville] [now Bukavu, Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Maniema (2019-20, 2021- ).
Musakabe, Herman (b. July 18, 1940, Padalarang, Netherlands East Indies [now in Jawa Barat, Indonesia]), governor of Nusa Tenggara Timur (1993-98).
Musakhanov, Ansar (Tursynkhanovich) (b. July 31, 1966), head of Almaty oblast (2011-14).
Musambachime, Mwelwa C(hambikabalenshi) (b. May 13, 1945, Manza, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]), Zambian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (2000-05).
Musante Romero, Hugo (b. 1928), justice minister of Chile (1974-75).
Musaraj, Agron (Neki) (b. Jan. 1, 1950, Vlorë, Albania), public order minister of Albania (1993-96).
Musayev, Guseyn (Mamed ogly) (d. 1938), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Nakhichevan A.S.S.R. (1927-28?).
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Muselier, Renaud (b. May 6, 1959, Marseille, France), president of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2017- ); grandson of Émile Muselier.
Museminari, Rosemary (Kobusingye), also spelled Museminali (b. 1962), foreign minister of Rwanda (2008-09). She was also ambassador to the United Kingdom (2000-05).
Musendiku Buraimoh Adeniji Adele II, (Sir) (b. Nov. 13, 1893 - d. July 12, 1964), Oba of Lagos (1949-64); knighted 1962.
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Musgrave, Sir Anthony (b. Nov. 17, 1828, St. John's, Antigua [now Antigua and Barbuda] - d. Oct. 3, 1888, Brisbane, Queensland), lieutenant governor of Saint Vincent (1861-64) and Natal (1872-73) and governor of Newfoundland (1864-69), British Columbia (1869-71), South Australia (1873-77), Jamaica (1877-83), and Queensland (1883-88); knighted 1875.
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Mushanov, Nikola (Stoichev) (b. April 12, 1872, Dryanovo, Ottoman Empire [now in Bulgaria] - d. [in prison] May 11, 1951, Sofia, Bulgaria), prime minister and foreign minister of Bulgaria (1931-34). He was also minister of education (1908-10), interior (1910-11, 1918-19, 1931), public works (1918), and railways, posts, and telegraphs (1918, 1934).
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Mushayavanhu, Taonga (b. 1963), Zimbabwean diplomat. He has been ambassador to Ethiopia (2020-22) and permanent representative to the United Nations (2024- ).
Mushega, Nuwe Amanya (b. June 27, 1946, Bushenyi, Uganda), secretary-general of the East African Community (2001-06). He was also minister of local government (1988-89), education (1989-91), education and sports (1991-98), and public service (1998-2001) of Uganda.
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Mushid III, (Kaumb), original name Benjamin (Kaumb Diur) Tshombe (b. June 6, 1945, Sandoa, Katanga province, Belgian Congo [now in Lualaba, Congo (Kinshasa)]), ruler of Ruund (2005- ); brother of Moise Tshombe and Kawel II.
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Mushota, Remmy (Kabanda Kaindu) (b. February 1953 - d. Jan. 7, 2000, Lusaka, Zambia), foreign minister of Zambia (1994-95). He was also minister of legal affairs (1995-96).
Mushshikov, Gadyrgeldy (Mushshikovich), Turkmen Gadyrgeldi (Müssikowiç) Müssikow (b. 1978, Turkmenistan village, Geoktepe rayon, Turkmen S.S.R. [now Gyokdepe etrap, Akhal velayat, Turkmenistan]), a deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan (2020-21). He was also chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber (2018-20) and the Central Bank (2021-22).
Music, Fikret (b. 1953, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), premier of Sarajevo canton (2011-12).
Musin, Aslan (Yespulayevich) (b. Jan. 2, 1954, Bestamak, Aktyubinsk [now Aktobe] oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), head of Aktobe oblast (1995-2002) and Atyrau oblast (2002-06). He was also minister of economy and budget planning (2006-07), deputy prime minister (2007), chairman of the Mazhilis (2007-08), head of the administration of the president (2008-12), and ambassador to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro (2014-17).
Musin, Rashid (Musinovich) (b. Nov. 12, 1927, Chatra, Bashkir A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. [now Bashkortostan republic, Russia] - d. Oct. 2, 1982, Kazan, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. [now Tatarstan republic, Russia]), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1979-82). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Kazan city (1961-79).
Musin-Pushkin, Graf Aleksey (Ivanovich) (b. March 27 [March 16, O.S.], 1744, Moscow, Russia - d. Feb. 13 [Feb. 1, O.S.], 1817, Moscow), Russian official. He was chief procurator of the Holy Synod (1791-97). He became Graf (count) in 1797.
Musin-Pushkin, Graf Apollos (Yepafroditovich) (b. c. 1725 - d. July 10 [June 29, O.S.], 1771), Russian official; grandson of Graf Ivan Musin-Pushkin. He was president of the Collegium of Mining (1767-71).
Musin-Pushkin, Graf Ivan (Alekseyevich) (b. c. 1660 - d. 1729), Russian official; nephew-in-law of Ioakim. He was president of the Collegium of State Expenses (1717-23). He became Graf (count) in 1710.
Musin-Pushkin, Graf Platon (Ivanovich) (b. 1698 - d. af. 1742), governor of Smolensk (1730-32), Kazan (1732-35), and Reval (1735-36); son of Graf Ivan Musin-Pushkin. He was also president of the Collegium of Commerce (1736-40).
Musin-Pushkin-Bryus, Graf Vasily (Valentinovich) (b. Nov. 19, 1773 - d. April 5, 1836, Moscow, Russia), Russian diplomat; grandson of Graf Platon Musin-Pushkin; son-in-law of Graf Yakov Bryus. He was minister to the Two Sicilies (1796-1800). He added his wife's name Bryus to his own after their marriage in 1793.
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Mussa Kabwankubi, Moïse (b. Sept. 22, 1972, Kalima, Sud-Kivu, Zaire [now in Maniema, Congo (Kinshasa)]), governor of Maniema (2024- ).
Musset, Joseph-Mathurin (b. July 1, 1749, Légé [now in Loire-Atlantique département], France - d. April 11, 1831, Neufchâteau, Belgium), plenipotentiary civil commissioner of the Piedmontese Republic (1799).
Mussington, Louis (b. Nov. 9, 1961), president of the Territorial Council of Saint-Martin (2022- ).
Musso Vento, Alberto (Juan Equidio) (b. Oct. 30, 1948, Lima, Peru), justice minister of Peru (1984-85).
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Mustafa III (b. Jan. 28, 1717, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. Jan. 21, 1774, Constantinople), ruler of the Ottoman Empire (1757-74).
Mustafa, al- (b. August 1786 - d. Oct. 10, 1837, La Goulette, Tunisia), bey of Tunisia (1835-37); brother of al-Husayn.
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Mustafa, Mohammad (b. Aug. 26, 1954, Kafr Sur, Jordan [now in Palestine]), prime minister and foreign minister of Palestine (2024- ).
Mustafa Fazil Pasha (b. Feb. 20, 1830, Cairo, Egypt - d. Dec. 2, 1875, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), finance minister of the Ottoman Empire (1863-64, 1870-71); son of Ibrahim Pasha. He was also minister of education (1862-63) and justice (1870, 1871-72).
Mustafa Hayri Efendi, Ürgüplü (b. 1867, Ürgüp, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. July 7, 1921, Ürgüp), justice minister of the Ottoman Empire (1911, 1918). He was also minister of waqfs (1910-12, 1913-16), head of the Council of State (1911), and Sheikh-ul-Islam (1914-16).
Mustafa Nail Bey (b. 1861, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. 1922), finance minister of the Ottoman Empire (1911-12). He was also minister of education (1909-10).
Mustafa Naili Pasha, (Giritli) (b. 1798, Pojan, Ottoman Empire [now in Albania] - d. Dec. 28, 1871), grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1853-54, 1857). He was also governor of Crete (1830-51, 1866-67).
Mustafa Nazim Pasha, Yenisehirli (b. 1862, Yenisehir, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey] - d. [killed in military mutiny] April 13, 1909, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), justice minister of the Ottoman Empire (1909). He was also governor of Mosul (1901) and Erzurum (1901-06).
Mustafa Necati Bey (b. 1894, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey] - d. Jan. 1, 1929, Ankara, Turkey), justice minister of Turkey (1924). He was also minister of education (1924 [acting], 1925-29).
Mustafa Nuri Bey (b. 1851 - d. 1923, Constantinople [now Istanbul], Turkey), justice minister of the Ottoman Empire (1919-20, 1922); son-in-law of Prevezeli Abidin Pasha. He was also governor of Mosul (1902-05), Diyarbakir (1906), Mamuretülaziz (1906), Erzurum (1906-07), Angora (1907-08), Shkodra (1908), and Sivas (1908) and minister of the privy purse (1908).
Mustafa Nuri Pasha, Mansurizade (b. October 1824, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey] - d. Jan. 17, 1890, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), Ottoman official. He was minister of education (1882-84) and waqfs (1886-90).
Mustafa Nuri Pasha, Sirkatibi (b. 1798 - d. 1879), war minister of the Ottoman Empire (1840-43). He was also governor of Ioannina (1837-40), Rumelia and Adrianople (1843), Vidin (1844-45), Bursa (1845-49), Tripoli (1852-55), Salonika (1855-56), and Baghdad (1859-61).
Mustafa Pasha, Alemdar byname Bayrakdar (b. 1765, Hotin, Ottoman Empire [now Khotyn, Ukraine] - d. [Janissary uprising] Nov. 16, 1808, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]), grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1808).
Mustafa Pasha, Çelebi (b. 17..., Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. 1811, Güzelhisar, Ottoman Empire [now Aydin, Turkey]), grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1807-08). He was also governor of Aydin (1811).
Mustafa Sami Efendi (b. Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. 1855), Ottoman official. He was minister of posts and telegraphs (1839-40) and ambassador to Prussia (1846-47) and Persia (1849-51).
Mustafa Sidki Pasha, Fosfor (d. Jan. 30, 1889, Erzurum, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]), war minister of the Ottoman Empire (1877, 1878). He was also governor of Erzurum (1869-71, 1873-74, 1879-89), Shkodra (1873), Konya (1874-75), and Tripoli (1875-77) and navy minister (1871-72, 1872).
Mustafa Zihni Pasha (b. October/November 1838, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. April 28, 1912, Constantinople), finance minister of the Ottoman Empire (1885-86). He was also minister of waqfs (1885, 1890-91) and commerce (1886-90, 1899-1908), governor of Salonika (1891-95), Aleppo (1895-96), and Bursa (1896-97), and head of the Council of State (1909).
Mustafaj, Besnik (Bajram) (b. Sept. 4, 1958, Tropojë, Albania), foreign minister of Albania (2005-07). He was ambassador to France in 1992-97.
Mustafayev, Buritosh (Mustafayevich) (b. Jan. 2, 1949, Khatyrchi rayon, Samarkand oblast, Uzbek S.S.R. - d. April 12, 2017, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), justice minister of Uzbekistan (2005-06). He was also prosecutor-general (1990-98) and chairman of the Constitutional Court (2002-04) and Supreme Court (2006-14).
Mustafayev, Firuz (Rajab ogly), Russian Feyruz (Radzhabovich) Mustafayev (b. Oct. 18, 1933, Marzili, Azerbaijan S.S.R. - d. July 7?, 2018), acting prime minister of Azerbaijan (1992). He was also first secretary of the party committee of Nakhichevan city (1987-88) and first deputy prime minister (1991-92).
Mustafayev, Imam (Dashdemir ogly) (b. Feb. 15 [Feb. 2, O.S.], 1910, Kakhi, Russia [now in Azerbaijan] - d. March 10, 1997, Baku, Azerbaijan), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan S.S.R. (1954-59). He was also agriculture minister (1947-50) and first secretary of the party committee of Gyandzha oblast (1952-53).
Mustafayev, Nuradin (Elyazovich) (b. 1942), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Nakhichevan A.S.S.R. (1983-88).
Mustajbegovic, Zahid (b. July 30, 1954), premier of Central Bosnia (1999).
Mustapa (bin) Mohamed, Datuk Seri (b. Sept. 25, 1950), second finance minister of Malaysia (1998-99). He was also minister of entrepreneur development (1995-99), higher education (2006-08), agriculture and agro-based industry (2008-09), and international trade and industry (2009-18) and minister in the prime minister's department (2004-06, 2020-22). He was awarded the titles Dato' (1994), Dato' Indera (1998), Dato' Sri (2008), and Datuk Seri (2015).
Mustapha, Shettima (b. Nov. 26, 1939, Nguru [now in Yobe state], Nigeria - d. Nov. 17, 2022), defense minister (2008-09) and interior minister (2009-10) of Nigeria. He was also minister of agriculture and natural resources (1990-92).
Mustapha (bin Datu) Harun, Tun (Datu) (b. Aug. 31, 1918, Kudat, North Borneo [now Sabah, Malaysia] - d. Jan. 2, 1995, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia), head of state (1963-65) and chief minister (1967-75, 1985) of Sabah. He refused an appointment as defense minister of Malaysia in 1974. He was awarded the title Tun in 1964.
Mustaqi, Kiço (b. March 22, 1938, Pecë, near Sarandë, Albania - d. Jan. 23, 2019), defense minister of Albania (1990-91). He was also chief of the General Staff of the Albanian People's Army (1982-90).
Mustayev, Shamil (Asgatovich) (b. May 17, 1929, Nurlat, Tatar A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Dec. 1, 2012, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar A.S.S.R. (1986-90). He was also finance minister (1969-84).
Musteikis, Ignas (b. July 6, 1890, Dudos, Russia [now in Lithuania] - d. Feb. 5, 1960, Cleveland, Ohio), interior minister of Lithuania (1926-29).
Musuka, Otema (Sy) (d. Nov. 22, 2009, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian politician. He was minister of commerce and industry (1988-89) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1992-94).
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Musuleng-Cooper, Dorothy (Harriet Eugenia) (b. Sept. 9, 1930, Arthington, Montserrado county, Liberia - d. June 30, 2009, Monrovia, Liberia), foreign minister of Liberia (1994-95). She was also minister of gender and development (2001-03).
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Musurus Pasha, Kostaki, Greek Konstantinos Mousouros (b. Feb. 18, 1807, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] - d. Feb. 12, 1891, Constantinople), Ottoman diplomat; son-in-law of Stephanos Vogoridis. He was minister to Greece (1840-48), Austria (1849-50), the United Kingdom (1851-85), Belgium (1858-75), and the Netherlands (1861-77).
Musy, Jean-Marie (b. April 10, 1876, Albeuve [now part of Haut-Intyamon], Fribourg, Switzerland - d. April 19, 1952, Fribourg, Switzerland), president of Switzerland (1925, 1930). He was also president of the Council of State of Fribourg (1915) and minister of finance and customs (1920-34).
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Mutaboba, Joseph W. (b. Dec. 21, 1949), Rwandan diplomat. He was chargé d'affaires in the United States (1994-96) and Ethiopia (1996-99), permanent representative to the United Nations (1999-2001), and UN special representative for Guinea-Bissau and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (2009-13).
Mutafchiev, Yordan (Zhekov) (b. Nov. 17, 1940, Byala Voda, Bulgaria - d. May 24, 2015), defense minister of Bulgaria (1990-91). He was also ambassador to North Korea (1993-97).
Mutaga IV Mbikije (b. 1903 - d. [killed] Nov. 30, 1915, Kibara forest, near Murangara, Rwanda), king of Burundi (1908-15).
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Mutalov, Abdulkhashim (Mutalovich) (b. April 27, 1947, Telyau, Tashkent oblast, Uzbek S.S.R.), prime minister of Uzbekistan (1992-95). He was also minister of grain products (1987-91) and deputy prime minister (1991-92).
Mutang Tagal, Datuk (b. Oct. 5, 1954, Ba'kelalan, Sarawak [now in Malaysia] - d. May 10, 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Malaysian politician. He was president of the Dewan Negara (2024). He was awarded the title Datuk in 2017.
Mutara III, personal name Charles Léon Pierre Rudahigwa (b. 1913 - d. July 25, 1959, Bujumbura, Burundi), king of Rwanda (1931-59). He was assassinated in 1959. His widow, Queen Rosalin Gicanda, and six of her relatives were killed in the 1994 massacres.
Muteka, Fernando Faustino (b. Jan. 24, 1944, Bunjei, Chipindo municipality, Huíla province, Angola), Angolan politician. He was provincial commissioner of Bié (1977-78) and Namibe (1983-87), minister of transport and communications (1978-83), agriculture (1987-91), and territorial administration (1997-2004), minister without portfolio (1995-97), and governor of Huambo (2009-14).
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Muthuvel, Sasindran (b. July 5, 1974), governor of West New Britain (2012- ). He was also Papua New Guinean minister of state enterprises (2019-20).
Muti, Muhammad Saleh (Abdullah) (b. June 16, 1944, Aden - d. [reportedly killed by a guard while attempting to escape from prison] February 1981, Aden), interior minister (1971-73) and foreign minister (1973-79) of Yemen (Aden).
Mutindi, Pedro, also spelled Mutinde (b. June 30, 1954, Humbe, Ondjiva municipality, Cunene province, Angola), Angolan politician. He was provincial commissioner/governor of Cunene (1983-2008) and Cuando Cubango (2016-19) and minister of hotel industry and tourism (2008-16).
Mutko, Vitaly (Leontyevich), original first name (until 1970s) Viktor (b. Dec. 8, 1958, Kurinskaya, Krasnodar kray, Russian S.F.S.R.), a deputy prime minister of Russia (2016-20). He was also minister of sports, tourism, and youth policy (2008-12) and sports (2012-16).
Mutkurov, Sava (Atanasov) (b. Dec. 4, 1852, Turnovo, Ottoman Empire [now Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria] - d. March 3, 1891, Naples, Italy), member of the Regency Council (1886-87) and army minister (1887-91) of Bulgaria.
Muto, Nobuyoshi, in full (from 1933) Danshaku (Baron) Nobuyoshi Muto (b. Sept. 1 [July 15, lunar calendar], 1868, Hizen province [in present Saga prefecture], Japan - d. July 28, 1933), governor of Kwantung (1932-33). He was also Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo (1932-33).
Mutorwa, John (b. Aug. 17, 1957, Nyangana, Kavango region, South West Africa [now Namibia]), deputy prime minister of Namibia (2024- ). He has also been minister of basic education and culture (1995-2005), youth, national service, sports, and culture (2005-10), agriculture, water, and forestry (2010-18), and works and transport (2018- ).
Mutschmann, Martin (b. March 9, 1879, Hirschberg, Reuss Junior Line [now in Thüringen], Germany - d. [executed] Feb. 14, 1947, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.), Reichsstatthalter (1933-45) and minister-president (1935-45) of Sachsen.
Mutsekwa, Giles (Tafirenyika) (b. Sept. 4, 1948 - d. June 27, 2022), joint home affairs minister of Zimbabwe (2009-10). He was also minister of national housing and social amenities (2010-13).
Mutsu, Munemitsu (b. Aug. 20, 1844, in present Wakayama prefecture, Japan - d. Aug. 24, 1897), foreign minister of Japan (1892-95, 1896). He was also minister to the United States (1888-90) and minister of agriculture and commerce (1890-92).
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Mutua, Alfred (b. Aug. 22, 1970), foreign minister of Kenya (2022-23). He has also been governor of Machakos county (2013-22) and minister of tourism and wildlife (2023-24) and labour and social protection (2024- ).
Mutuale Tshikankie (b. June 22, 1938, Kabinda, Lusambo province, Belgian Congo [now in Lomami province, Congo (Kinshasa)]), Zairian diplomat. He was ambassador to the Central African Republic (1972-73) and Algeria (1973-74) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1974-76).
Mutz, Pierre (b. Nov. 15, 1942, Tournon-d'Agenais, Lot-et-Garonne, France), prefect of police of Paris (2004-07) and prefect of Paris département (2007-08). He was also prefect of the départements of Essonne (1996-2000) and Haute-Vienne (2000-02).
Müürisepp, Aleksei, Russian Aleksey (Aleksandrovich) Myurisep (b. July 17 [July 4, O.S.], 1902, Vyalta, Livonia province, Russia [now in Estonia] - d. Oct. 7, 1970, Tartu, Estonian S.S.R.), chairman of the Council of Ministers and foreign minister (1951-61) and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1961-70) of the Estonian S.S.R. He was also a deputy premier (1949-51).
Muwamba, Jacob Thomson Xander, byname Jake Muwamba (b. Oct. 14, 1925, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Jan. 6, 2008), Malawian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1975-81), ambassador to the United States (1975-81), and high commissioner to Canada (1975-78) and the United Kingdom (1994-99).
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Muyej (Mangeze Mans), Richard (b. Dec. 31, 1954, Élisabethville, Belgian Congo [now Lubumbashi, Congo (Kinshasa)]), special commissioner (2015-16) and governor (2016-21) of Lualaba. He was also minister of relations with parliament (2010-12) and interior, security, and decentralization (2012-14) of Congo (Kinshasa).
Muyev, Boris (Dolyayevich) (b. Dec. 21, 1942, Sarpa, Kalmyk A.S.S.R., Russian S.F.S.R. - d. Feb. 8, 2021), first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Kalmyk A.S.S.R. (1990-91).
Muzaffar ad-Din Bahadur Khan (b. 1819 - d. Dec. 13, 1885), emir of Bukhara (1860-85).
Muzaffer Pasha, original name Wladyslaw Czajkowski (b. May 24, 1843 - d. June 28, 1907), governor of Mount Lebanon (1902-07).
Muzammil, A(hamed) J(amaldeen) M(ohamed) (b. Jan. 5, 1949), governor of Western (2019), North Western (2019-20), and Uva (2020- ) provinces, Sri Lanka. He was also mayor of Colombo (2011-16) and high commissioner to Malaysia (2017-19).
Muzanty, João Augusto de Oliveira (b. 1872, Lisbon, Portugal - d. 1937, Lisbon), governor of Portuguese Guinea (1906-09).
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Mwakawago, Daudi (Ngelautwa) (b. Sept. 19, 1939, Iringa, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), Tanzanian politician. He was minister of information and broadcasting (1972-77), information and culture (1982-84), labour and manpower development (1984-87), and trade and industry (1987), ambassador to Italy (1991-94), permanent representative to the United Nations (1994-2003), and UN special representative for Sierra Leone (2003-05).
Mwakwere, Chirau Ali (b. June 15, 1945, Kwale, Kenya), foreign minister of Kenya (2004-05). He was also high commissioner to Zimbabwe (1992-98) and Tanzania (2014-17), ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1998-2000), and minister of labour (2003-04), transport (2005-10), trade (2010-12), and environment and mineral resources (2012-13).
Mwale, Siteke (Gibson) (b. Oct. 22, 1929, Nyimba, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Sept. 19, 2010, Lusaka, Zambia), foreign minister of Zambia (1976-78). He was also ambassador to Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Mauritania (1970-74) and the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru (1974-76).
Mwamba Kapanga, André (b. July 1, 1957), Congo (Kinshasa) diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1997-2001).
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Mwanakatwe, John (Mupanga) (b. Nov. 1, 1926, Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Aug. 23, 2009, Lusaka, Zambia), finance minister of Zambia (1970-73, 1976-78). He was also minister of education (1964-67) and lands and mines (1967-69).
Mwanakatwe, Margaret (Mhango) (b. Nov. 1, 1961), finance minister of Zambia (2018-19); daughter-in-law of John Mwanakatwe. She was also minister of commerce, trade, and industry (2015-18).
Mwanamvekha, Joseph (b. Oct. 19, 1964), finance minister of Malawi (2019-20, 2020- ). He was also minister of trade and industry (2014-17) and agriculture, irrigation, and water development (2017-19).
Mwanamwambwa, Amusaa (Katunda) (b. May 15, 1940 - d. Oct. 21, 2023, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian politician. He was minister of sport, youth, and child development (1994-95), legal affairs (1995-96), information and broadcasting services (1996), tourism (1996-98), and agriculture, food, and fisheries (1998) and speaker of the National Assembly (1998-2011).
Mwananshiku, Luke (John) (b. March 9, 1938, Mashitolo village, Samfya district, Luapula province, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. March 2, 2003, Lusaka, Zambia), finance minister (1975-76, 1983-86) and foreign minister (1986-90) of Zambia. In 1976-81 he was governor of the Bank of Zambia.
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Mwando Nsimba, Charles (b. Oct. 12, 1936, Baudouinville, Katanga, Belgian Congo [now Moba, Tanganyika province, Congo (Kinshasa)] - d. Dec. 12, 2016, Brussels, Belgium), governor of Kivu (1980-86) and defense minister of Congo (Kinshasa) (2008-12). He was also minister of civil service (1986-89), rural development (1989-90, 2007), public works, territorial development, town planning, and housing (1995-96), transport and communications (1996, 2007-08), and interior and decentralization (1996-97).
Mwangaguhunga, Louis (Kayanda), Ugandan diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1978-79).
Mwangale, Elijah (Wasike) (b. 1939, Matili village, Kimilili division, Bungoma district, Kenya - d. Nov. 24, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya), foreign minister of Kenya (1983-87). He was also minister of agriculture (1987-89, 1990-92) and livestock development (1989-90).
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Mwapachu, Juma Volter (b. Sept. 27, 1942, Mwanza, northwestern Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]), secretary-general of the East African Community (2006-11). He served as Tanzanian ambassador to France in 2002-06.
Mwape, Lupando (Augustine Festus Katoloshi) (b. July 15, 1950, Northern province, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Jan. 21, 2019, Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa), vice president of Zambia (2004-06). He was also minister of transport and communications (2001-02) and ambassador to China (2007-09).
Mwaungulu, Ngelesi (Mwakipunda) (b. July 1, 1935), Malawian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1992-95).
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Mwemba, Joseph B(en) (b. July 28, 1917, Monze, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]), Zambian diplomat. He was permanent representative to the United Nations (1966-68).
Mwencha, Erastus (Jarnalese Onkundi) (b. Nov. 15, 1947, Kisii, Kenya), deputy chairman of the Commission of the African Union (2008-17). In 1998-2008 he was secretary-general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
Mwenze Kongolo, (Jeannot) (b. September 1960, Katanga, Congo [Léopoldville (now Kinshasa)] - d. June 28, 2021, Kinshasa, Congo [Kinshasa]), interior minister (1997-98), justice minister (1998-2001), and national security minister (2001-02) of Congo (Kinshasa).
Mwesige, Adolf (Kasaija) (b. April 4, 1966), defense minister of Uganda (2016- ). He was also minister of local government (2009-16).
Mwila, Benjamin (Yoram) ("BY") (b. Sept. 17, 1943, Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] - d. Aug. 17, 2013, South Africa), defense minister of Zambia (1991-97); uncle of Frederick Chiluba. He was a presidential candidate in 2001.
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Mwiraria, David (b. Sept. 3, 1938, Meru, Kenya - d. April 13, 2017, Nairobi, Kenya), finance minister of Kenya (2003-06). He was also minister of environment and natural resources (2007-08).
Myasnikou, Alyaksandr (Fyodaravich), Armenian Aleksandr (Teodorosi) Myasnikyan (b. Feb. 9 [Jan. 28, O.S.], 1886, Nakhichevan-na-Donu [now part of Rostov-na-Donu], Russia - d. [air crash] March 22, 1925, Tbilisi, Georgian S.S.R.), chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919), chairman of the Military Revolutionary Committee (1921) and of the Council of People's Commissars (1921-22) of Armenia, and member of the Union Council (1922-23) and first secretary of the Communist Party (1922-24) of Transcaucasia.
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Myers, Sir Arthur Mielziner (b. May 19, 1867, Ballarat, Victoria - d. Oct. 9, 1926, London, England), finance, defence, and railways minister of New Zealand (1912); knighted 1924. He was also mayor of Auckland (1905-09).
Myers, Sir Michael (b. Sept. 7, 1873, Motueka, N.Z. - d. April 8, 1950, Wellington, N.Z.), acting governor-general of New Zealand (1930, 1935, 1941, 1946); knighted 1930. He was chief justice (1929-46).
Myftiu, Manush (b. Jan. 16, 1919, Vlorë, Albania - d. Oct. 20, 1997), Albanian politician. He was chairman of the People's Assembly (1947-49), chairman of the State Control Commission (1950-51, 1989-90), minister of justice (1951), health (1956-58), and education and culture (1958-65), a deputy premier (1951-52, 1954-58, 1976-90), and a first deputy premier (1958-66). In 1994, he was sentenced to five years in prison for abuse of power.
Myint Maung (b. March 10, 1921, Magwe, Burma [now Myanmar]), foreign minister of Burma (1978-80). He was also permanent representative to the United Nations (1975-76) and ambassador to China (1976-78).
Myint Swe (b. May 24, 1951), first vice president (2016- ) and acting president (2018, 2021- ) of Myanmar.
Mykkänen, Kai (Aslak) (b. July 31, 1979, Espoo, Finland), interior minister of Finland (2018-19). He was also minister of foreign trade and development (2016-18).
Mynbayev, Sauat (Mukhametbayevich) (b. Nov. 19, 1962, Uch-Aral, Alma-Ata oblast, Kazakh S.S.R.), finance minister of Kazakhstan (1998-99). He was also minister of agriculture (1999-2001), industry and trade (2004-06), energy and mineral resources (2007-10), and oil and gas (2010-13) and a deputy prime minister (2003-06).
Myradov, Gochmyrat (Ashirmukhammedovich) (b. 1973, Kipchak village, Turkmen S.S.R. [now in Akhal velayat, Turkmenistan]), finance minister of Turkmenistan (2017). He was also head of the Central Bank (2014-15) and a deputy prime minister (2017-20).
Myratguliyev, Amandurdy (b. 1966), economy and finance minister of Turkmenistan (2005). He was also a deputy prime minister (2005) and head of Akhal velayat (2005-06).
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Myrdal, Gunnar (Karl) (b. Dec. 6, 1898, Gustafs, Kopparberg [now Dalarna], Sweden - d. May 17, 1987, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish politician. He was minister of commerce (1945-47) and executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (1947-57). He was co-recipient of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in economic science.
Myrvoll, Ole (b. May 18, 1911, Kragerø, Bratsberg amt [now Telemark fylke], Norway - d. July 16, 1988, Bergen, Norway), finance minister of Norway (1965-71). He was also minister of wages and prices (1963) and mayor of Bergen (1972-73).
Myrzakhmetov, Askar (Isabekovich) (b. Oct. 1, 1962, Chimkent, Kazakh S.S.R. [now Shymkent, Kazakhstan]), head of Yuzhno-Kazakhstan oblast (2009-15) and Zhambyl oblast (2018-20). He was also Kazakh minister of agriculture (2005-06, 2016-17), ambassador to Uzbekistan (2006-07), and a deputy prime minister (2016-17).
Mythen, Fergal (Thomas) (b. 1968), Irish diplomat. He has been permanent representative to the United Nations (2022- ).
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Mzali, Mohamed Salah, Arabic Muhammad Salah Muzali (b. 1896, Monastir, Tunisia - d. af. 1972), prime minister of Tunisia (1954). He was also minister of social affairs (1945-47) and commerce (1947-52).
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Mzhavanadze, Vasily (Pavlovich) (b. Sept. 20 [Sept. 7, O.S.], 1902, Kutaisi, Russia [now in Georgia] - d. Aug. 31, 1988), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian S.S.R. (1953-72).
Mzimba, Ibrahim Ali (b. April 12, 1963, Démbeni, Grande Comore, Comoros), foreign minister of the Comoros (1997-98).