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• Nursultan Nazarbayev was the first President of Kazakhstan.
• In Office: April 24, 1990 – March 20, 2019
• He was succeeded by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

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• Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, in 2025.
• He was elected as the 267th Pope on 8 May 2025.
• He succeeded Pope Francis, who died in April 2025.
• He is the first American to be elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
• As Pope, he is also the sovereign of Vatican City.

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Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is the current Emir of Qatar, reigning since 2013.

He is the fourth son of the previous emir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.

Tamim became heir apparent in 2003 after his older brother Sheikh Jassim renounced his claim to the throne.

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Serhii Fedorovych is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine.

He is the 20th Ukrainian PM since July 2026.

He replaced Yulia Svyrydenko

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• Yasser Arafat was the most well-known leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
• Chairman of the PLO: 1969–2004 (until his death)
• He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres for the Oslo Peace Process.

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• PLO Founded: 28 May 1964
• Headquarters: Ramallah, State of Palestine

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• Office Taken: 1 January 2017
• Secretary-General Number: 9th
• Nationality: Portuguese
• Prime Minister of Portugal: 1995–2002
• Predecessor: Ban Ki-moon

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• António Guterres visited Pakistan on 9 September 2022 to express solidarity after the devastating climate-induced floods.
• He was reappointed for a second five-year term, which began on 1 January 2022.

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• Prince Andrew (Duke of York) has been the British royal most prominently linked to Jeffrey Epstein in released files and related investigations.
• His friendship with Epstein and allegations made by Virginia Giuffre have been the main focus of public scrutiny.
• Prince Andrew has consistently denied wrongdoing.
• In 2022, he settled a civil lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre without admitting liability.

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• Visit Dates: 12–13 February 2025
• Visitor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• Country: Türkiye (Turkey)
• Host Country: Pakistan
• Main Event: 7th Session of Pakistan–Türkiye HLSCC

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• President: Abraham Lincoln
• President Number: 16th
• Term of Office: 1861–1865
• Shot: 14 April 1865
• Died: 15 April 1865
• Place: Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
• Assassin: John Wilkes Booth

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American Presidents Assassinated in Office:

• James A. Garfield – 1881
• William McKinley – 1901
• John F. Kennedy – 1963

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