Enrique Pena Nieto -
Enrique Pena Nieto, the president of Mexico, is known for his repeated mistakes during public interviews or events. He even has a website which counts the days passed since his last mistake. On one of the most noted incidents, he was asked to name three books that influenced him. He was only able to correctly reference the Bible. He then "rambled, tossing out confused title names, asking for help in recalling authors and sometimes mismatching" the two others.
Xi Jinping -
Xi Jinping has coined the phrase "Chinese Dream" to describe his overarching plans for China as its leader. It is used to describe the aspiration of individual self-improvement in Chinese society. Reporters have noted that, "Mr Xi had seen the "American dream" up close, having spent a couple of weeks in 1985 with a rural family in Muscatine, Iowa. (He revisited them during a trip to America as leader-in-waiting.)".
Narendra Modi -
Modi is a vegetarian. He has a frugal lifestyle, is a workaholic and an introvert. He writes poems in Gujarati. As a speaker, he is known as a crowd-puller. Also, he emerged as social media savvy politician and since September 2014 is the second most followed leader in the world with over 6 million followers on Twitter. His interaction on Google Hangouts on August 31st, 2012 made Modi the first Indian politician to interact with citizens through live chat on the internet.
Vladimir Putin -
Vladimir grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families in St. Petersburg (then known as Leningrad), and he says he remembers hunting rats in the stairwell. He also has a black belt in Judo which he still practices today, and describes it as a life philosophy.
Angela Merkel -
In her early public life, Angela Merkel loved to brag about her cooking and baking qualities. Indeed, there is a lot of praise for her potato soup, her beef loaf and especially her plum cake. The cake soon became a measure of how much time she was able to afford her private life and her husband.
David Cameron -
David Cameron Is a descendant of King William IV, is the 12th prime minister to take office during Queen Elizabeth II's reign, and is the youngest prime minister since 1812.
Francois Hollande -
During his work as secretary of the Socialist Party, Hollande was nick-named the “pizza delivery boy” by one MP, as he used to ride to work on a three-wheeled scooter. He has also been nicknamed “Mr Normal”, referred to as the “nice guy” in French politics, “Mr Marshmallow”, and “Flanby” after a popular caramel pudding.
Dilma Rousseff -
The daughter of a Bulgarian entrepreneur, Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist during her youth, and following the 1964 coup d'état joined various left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was eventually captured and jailed between 1970 and 1972, where she was reportedly tortured.
Bashar al-Assad -
Bashar al-Assad initially showed little interest in politics, graduating from medical school and moving to London to study ophthalmology in his twenties.
Stephen Harper -
Harper was sworn in as Canada's 22nd prime minister on 6 Feb 2006. He immediately chose his Cabinet of 27 ministers, down from the 38 positions held by the Liberal government. The Harper government's first 2 years saw it take steps to reshape Canada's political culture along neo-conservative lines, reducing taxes, cutting funding to progressive organizations and the Canadian gun registry, taking a tough stand on crime and enlarging the military.
Shinzo Abe -
Shinzo visited a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, igniting a firestorm of criticism and condemnation among neighboring countries. The Yasukuni Shrine is regarded by China, North Korea and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's imperial military past.
Reuven Rivlin -
He will be Israel’s first vegetarian president. Since the late 1960s, Rivlin has eschewed meat products for reasons of conscience. Also, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is said to despise him.
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