Explanation

Michael Aoun served as the President of Lebanon.

He from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022.

He is a former military general.

He is a prominent political figure in the country.

Explanation

Bandaranaike was sworn in as the first female prime minister in the world

She belonged to Sri Lanka

served three terms as prime minister:

• two times as the chief executive, from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977
• and once again in a presidential system from 1994 to 2000

Bandaranaike belonged to the Freedom Party

Preceded by: Chandrika Kumaratunga

Succeeded by: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

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Nelson Mandela became the first Black (Non-white) President of South Africa on May 10, 1994, and served until 1999.

Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated on July 18.

He was imprisoned in 1962 and served 27 years in prison.

Nelson Mandela passed away on December 5, 2013.

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The U.S. president during the U-2 crisis was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1960, a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

It leading to heightened Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR.

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• General Ziaur Rahman was the husband of Begum Khaleda Zia.
• He served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981.

Explanation

Vladimir Putin was elected as the President of Russia for a six-year term in 2018, and his current term is set to expire in 2024.

Prior to 2020, the presidential term in Russia was four years, but a constitutional amendment extended it to six years.

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Nouri al-Maliki was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014.

First Prime Minister of Iraq: Abdul Rahman Arif

Second Prime Minister: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

Third Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein

Previous Prime Minister: Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Current Prime Minister: Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani

Explanation

Hosni Mubarak served as the 4th President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.

First President: Mohamed Naguib

Second President: Gamal Abdel Nasser

Third President: Anwar Sadat

Previous President: Mohamed Morsi

Current President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

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Hu Jintao served as the President of China from 2003 to 2013.

First President: Sun Yat-sen

Second President: Yuan Shikai

Third President: Li Yuanhong

Previous and 6th President: Hu Jintao

Current and 7th President: Xi Jinping

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Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India during the Simla Accord in 1972.

The accord was a peace agreement signed between India and Pakistan following the 1971 war.