Political figures

Shimon Peres (Hebrew: שמעון פרס, pronounced: [ʃiˌmon ˈpeʁes]; August 15, 1923 - September 28, 2016), an Israeli politician who served as the President of Israel from 2007 to 2014, twice as the Prime Minister of Israel, twice as the Acting Prime Minister, and served in twelve cabinets. His political career lasted nearly 70 years. Perez was elected to the Assembly in November 1959 and continued to serve (except for three months in early 2006) until he was elected president in 2007 and served as president for seven years. When Peres announced his retirement in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state. He is also considered the last person of Israel's founding generation. As a young man, Peres was known for his oratory talents, which led Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to recruit him. Peres began his political career in the late 1940s and held various diplomatic and military positions after Israel's War of Independence. In 1952, Peres became deputy director-general of the Ministry of Defense at the age of 28. The following year, he became director-general of the Ministry of National Defense. General), serving until 1959. In 1956, Peres participated in the negotiation process of the "Sèvres Agreement" on the eve of the second Israeli-Arab war, which was praised by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as "a political achievement of the highest level". In 1963, Peres negotiated with US President John F. Kennedy, which enabled Israel to purchase Eagle anti-aircraft missiles. This was also the first arms sale from the United States to Israel. On October 26, 1994, driven by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and then Defense Minister Shimon Peres, Jordan and Israel formally signed a peace treaty. In 1994, former Foreign Ministers Shimon Peres, Rabin and Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in reaching the Oslo Accords. During his political career, Peres represented five different parties in the Knesset: the Workers' Party, the Workers' List Party, the Alliance Party, the Labor Party and the Kadima Party. The first three parties were the predecessors of the Labor Party. In 1996, Peres established the Peres Peace Center, which aims to promote long-term peace and development in the Middle East by promoting tolerance, economic and technological development, cooperation and happiness. Perez speaks Polish, French, English, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew, but his Hebrew still has a Polish accent. He was also a poet and composer, and during cabinet meetings

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (English: Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson, March 22, 1930 - June 8, 2023) was an American media tycoon and former Southern Baptist pastor who supported conservative Christian ideas. He once served as the president of Ruijin University and the chairman of Shiboen (Christian Broadcasting Network). Robertson is the founder of several institutions, companies and a university: including CBN, ABC Family, Ruijin University, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the American Christian Alliance, Operation Mercy International Relief and Development, and CBN Asia. He is also a best-selling author and his CBN Christian news and television programs are broadcast live via satellite on ABC Family and broadcast worldwide through CBN affiliates throughout the country. His father is U.S. Senator Timothy Robertson. Robertson is a Southern Baptist and has been active in preaching with the denomination for many years. However, he also holds charismatic theories and is not a traditional Southern Baptist. He became the Republican candidate for the 1988 presidential election, but failed. He became a recognized and influential and controversial face of conservative Christianity in the United States. Robertson passed away at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia on June 8, 2023, at the age of 93

Patrick Joseph Kennedy (English: Patrick Joseph Kennedy, January 14, 1858 - May 18, 1929), American politician, served as a Massachusetts Representative (1884-1889) and Senator (1889-1895). Patrick is the first generation member of the Kennedy family, the father of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and the grandfather of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Chang Hua (March 1966-), a native of Beijing, is a diplomat of the People's Republic of China. He has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Yemen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United Arab Emirates, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Nikolai Dmitrievich Kondratiev Kondratieff (March 4, 1892 - September 17, 1938), first translator Kondratieff, Kondratieff, Soviet economist, proposed the Kondratieff long wave, believing that there are long-term fluctuations in the development process of capitalist economy with a cycle of about 50 years, alternating between boom and depression. The famous American scholar Immanuel Wallerstein borrowed Kondratieff cycle theory in his world system analysis.

Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German: Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer, German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈhɛɐman ˈjoːzɛf ˈaːdənaʊɐ], January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967), born in Cologne, German Empire, died in Rhein-Rhöndorf, West Germany. Before World War II, he served as the mayor of Cologne as a member of the Catholic Center Party for more than ten years. After the war, he was elected as the first West German Prime Minister, leader of the German Christian Democratic Union, and a famous politician and jurist. Edenault was committed to a market-based social system, restored West Germany's economy from the ruins of World War II to its central position in Europe, and worked with his Economy Minister Ludwig Erhard to create the German economic miracle. Since 1955, Edenauer had been the driving force behind the reconstruction of West Germany's national military power (the Bundeswehr); he opposed East Germany and succeeded in getting West Germany to join NATO. Edenault was already a major political figure in the Weimar Republic before World War II, serving as mayor of Cologne (1917-1933) and chairman of the Prussian State Council (1922-1933).

Tuo Zhen (tuǒ) Zhen (September 9, 1959 -), male, from Fangcheng County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, is a political figure of the People's Republic of China. He started working in June 1976 and joined the Communist Party of China in June 1982. Graduated from the Department of Economics of Wuhan University, majoring in political economics. He was awarded the title of "National Outstanding Journalist" in 1984, one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Young People in China" in 1993, and the Fan Changjiang Journalism Award in 2002. He once served as editor-in-chief of China Mainland Economic Daily and vice president of Xinhua News Agency. In May 2012, he was appointed as member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Minister of Propaganda. In July 2015, he was appointed deputy minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In April 2018, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the People's Daily. In October 2020, he was appointed president of the People's Daily. Alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012. He served as the President of Russia from 2000 to 2008, and served as the Prime Minister of Russia twice from 1999 to 2000 and 2008 to 2012. Since 2000, he has been regarded by the outside world as the de facto supreme leader of Russia.

François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (French: François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand) ; October 26, 1916 - January 8, 1996), a French politician who served as President of France, Grand Duke of Andorra and First Secretary of the French Socialist Party. He was the first left-wing president of the Fifth French Republic.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (English: Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626), was a British Renaissance philosopher, politician, scientist, jurist, orator and essayist. He is considered the founder of empiricist philosophy. Karl Marx also called him "the true ancestor of British materialism and of modern experimental science as a whole."

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (Spanish: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros; 1436-1517) was a European theologian during the Renaissance, commonly known as Bishop Jiménez (Spanish: Jiménez; Portuguese: Ximenes). Confessor to Queen Isabella I of Castile. He reluctantly accepted the appointment as Prime Minister of Spain and Archbishop of Toledo in 1495, but still lived a frugal life (even after he was promoted to cardinal in 1507). He also served as Grand Magistrate of the Inquisition and the Inquisition of Castile and León (Spain), and assisted in the campaign against the Moors (including the Moors in North Africa) during the Reconquista. During the reign of the Catholic kings of Isabella I and Ferdinand II, he carried out grand and exciting Catholic reforms, which vigorously invigorated the spiritual life of the country and played an unparalleled role in Spain's Golden Century (1500-1700). His reform was inspired by Christian humanism. Through close cooperation with the monarch, he enforced the strict code of conduct of the Franciscan monks and abolished the bad habits that could be seen everywhere among the parish priests, which greatly improved the discipline and self-motivation spirit of the Spanish clergy. He also worked with the monarch to curb the arrogance of the nobles, aligning the royal family with the towns, which greatly enhanced the royal power of Spain. He also funded the establishment of the Complutense University in Madrid; assisted in the large-scale printing of multi-lingual translations of the Compluton Bible (1502), and played an important role in the spread and accuracy of Catholicism. In short, he was the number one hero of the Catholic Reformation and a great contributor to making Spain a Catholic hero and leader in the 16th century. Modern historian John Eliot analyzed that it was the domestic and foreign policies formulated by King Ferdinand II and Bishop Jimenez that enabled the Spanish Empire to rise and become the first power in Christian Europe in the early 16th century.

Fangju de Borja (Spanish: Francisco de Borja, English: Francis Borgia; October 28, 1510 - September 30, 1572) was a European theologian during the Renaissance. He gave up a duchy in southern Spain and joined the Jesuits. As the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI (his grandfather was Giovanni Borgia), he brought great political fame to the Jesuits. He served as the third president of the Society of Jesus and was known as the "Second Father of the Society of Jesus."

Florence Mabel "Flosie" Crean Harding, the wife of Warren Harding, the 29th President of the United States, was five years older than the president and the former First Lady of the United States (1921-1923).

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817 - May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer, politician, and former Secretary of State.

Zhang Guogan (July 7, 1876 - January 25, 1959), with the courtesy name Ganruo and Qianruo, nickname Zhongjia, and No. 1 Shigong, male, was a native of Chengguan, Puqi County, Wuchang Prefecture, Hubei Province (now Chibi City). In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, he was a politician, historian, chronicler, and Shijing researcher.

Zhang Jiangshu (June 15, 1898 - October 8, 1989), also known as Xuefan, male, was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. He was a Chinese physical chemist, educator, politician, and a pioneer of physical chemistry in China. Founder of East China University of Science and Technology and the Chinese Chemical Society. He served as a member of the first to fifth terms of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee.

Zhang Yuquan (1879-1953), courtesy name Changyun, male, was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. He studied at Tianjin Beiyang University, Tokyo Imperial University, and the University of California. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in law from Yale University. From July 1918 to January 1920, he served as the principal of Tsinghua University, counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government, and director of the Peking Library.

Zhang Haipeng (May 1939-), professor and doctoral supervisor at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 - May 17, 1895), American politician, independent Democrat, first governor of California (1849-1851).

Peter Ware Higgs, CH, FRS, FRSE (English: Peter Ware Higgs, May 29, 1929 - April 8, 2024), British theoretical physicist, emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh. He is world-famous for the Higgs mechanism and the Higgs particle. Peter Higgs was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He graduated from King's College London in 1960 and taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1960 to 1996. On July 4, 2012, CERN announced that the LHC's compact muon coil detected a new particle with a mass of 125.3±0.6 GeV (exceeding the background expectation by 4.9 standard deviations), and the torus instrument measured a new particle with a mass of 126.5 GeV. On March 14, 2013, CERN issued a press release stating that the previously detected new particle was the Higgs boson. The Higgs mechanism is widely regarded as an important theoretical basis for the Standard Model of particle physics. Peter Higgs has received many awards, including the Dirac Medal and the British Physical Society Outstanding Contribution to Theoretical Physics Award in 1997, the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2004, and the Sakurai Prize in 2010. In 2013, Higgs and Francois Engler were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "the theory of the mass generation mechanism of subatomic particles, which has advanced human understanding in this regard and has recently been confirmed by the discovery of elementary particles by the torus instrument and the compact muon coil detector of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN."

Kokichi Mikimoto (January 25, 1858 - September 21, 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur known as the King of Pearls.

Tokugawa Iemitsu (Japanese: Tokugawa Iemitsu, August 12, 1604 - June 8, 1651), the third generation general of the Edo shogunate in Japan. The eldest son of the second generation shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, his mother was Sogenin. Iemitsu had a half-brother named Nagasumaru, who died in infancy. His younger brother Tokugawa Tadanagi (Suruga Danagon); his elder sisters from the same mother are Senhime, Tamahime (Kokohime), Katsuhime, and Hatsuhime; and his younger sister Wahiko (Wakko, whose childhood name was Matsuhime, and the middle palace of Emperor Gomizuo, Higashi Fukumonin). His half-brother Baoke Zhengzhi (born from his side wife A Jingzhi Fang). Her nickname is Takechiyo. The wet nurse is Kasuga Bureau. The brothers are Masakatsu Inaba and Masakichi Inaba (brothers born to Kasuga Bureau). The main wife is Takaji Takashi, the daughter of Guan Baiyingji Nobobo, and there are about eight people in the side rooms. Among the fifteen generations of shoguns of the Tokugawa shogunate, there were shoguns born from the royal family. Although there were three shoguns, including the first Ieyasu, the third Iemitsu, and the last Keiki, among these, only Tokugawa Iemitsu was truly the heir born of his father who was already a shogun and the royal family (Odaisho).

Tokugawa Iesato (Japanese: Tokugawa Iesato/Tokugawa Iesato, Romanized: Tokugawa Iesato, August 24, 1863 - June 5, 1940), the 16th generation head of the Tokugawa clan, and the 7th generation head of the Tian Degawa family. The baby's name is Kamenosuke. No. Jingyue. The rank of knighthood is derived from a grand knighthood. The 4th Speaker of the House of Peers, Chief Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Washington Conference, and the 6th President of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (Japanese: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi/Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Romanized: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, February 23, 1646 - February 19, 1709) was the fifth-generation shogun of the Edo shogunate in Japan. He served from 1680 to 1709. Tsunayoshi is the fourth son of the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, and his mother is his concubine, Ayu no Kata (Kaichoin). He was originally the lord of Tatebayashi Domain. He joined the Shogun's family in 1680 and died in 1709. He was given the title "Jōken-in Palace to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom". On the basis of inheriting the line of the previous regime, Tsunayoshi reformed the shogunate administration, promoting the shift of shogunate politics from "arbitrary" to "civilized governance" and the bureaucratization of samurai. He made clear rewards and punishments, severely punished the hereditary warriors who had nothing to do with their bodies, and promoted talents regardless of their origins. And committed to improving social atmosphere and educating people, Japan has ushered in one of the most glorious eras in history, the "Genroku Age". The economic scale of the Genroku era expanded rapidly, and the prosperous economy promoted the blooming of academic and artistic fields. Confucian scholar Ogiyo Sura, playwrights Ihara Saikaku/Chikamatsu Monzaemon, haiku comedian Matsuo Basho, painter/craftsman Ogata Korin and other geniuses in various fields who had a profound impact on later generations of Japan appeared in a spurt. In terms of improving social atmosphere and educating people, Tsunayoshi promulgated a series of laws based on the compassion of Buddhism and the benevolence of Confucianism, providing care and assistance to vulnerable groups in society such as the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, and providing care and protection to animals other than humans. This series of laws is known as the "Human Compassion Order." Evaluations of this series of laws in past historical descriptions and literary adaptations are mostly based on unidentified rumors, thus leaving a negative impression on people such as "weird and extreme animal protection laws." Because the political reforms touched the interests of the samurai class, Tsunayoshi was smeared as a arrogant, extravagant and indulgent king in the works of samurai scholars such as "Three Kings Gaiki", "Odaidaiki" and "Ori no Shiba noki". Later literary and artistic works often draw on such biased records as references. Since the end of the 20th century, modern Japanese history researchers such as Oishi Shinzaburo, Tsukamoto Manabu, Yamamuro Kyoko, and Nezaki Mitsuo have spoken highly of this outstanding monarch. In April 2023, Tokugawa Iehiro, the 19th generation head of the Tokugawa clan, publicly expressed his recognition and admiration for Tsunayoshi.