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Politics & governance

Famous people in Politics & governance

Short, sourced profiles — sector, state, honours, facts and quotes. Money figures always name their source and year; estimates are marked.

77 people

Abul Kalam Azad Politics & governance Abul Kalam Azad Indian politician and writer (1888–1958) 1888–1958 Akhilesh Yadav Politics & governance Akhilesh Yadav 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India b. 1973 · Uttar Pradesh Bidhan Chandra Roy Politics & governance Bidhan Chandra Roy Former Chief Minister of West Bengal, India (1882–1962) 1882–1962 · Bihar C. Rajagopalachari Politics & governance C. Rajagopalachari Indian politician and activist (1878–1972) 1878–1972 · Tamil Nadu Govind Ballabh Pant Politics & governance Govind Ballabh Pant Indian politician and freedom fighter (1887–1961) 1887–1961 · Uttarakhand Inder Kumar Gujral Politics & governance Inder Kumar Gujral Prime Minister of India (1997-1998) 1919–2012 Ismail Omar Guelleh Politics & governance Ismail Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti since 1999 b. 1947 K. R. Narayanan Politics & governance K. R. Narayanan President of India from 1997 to 2002 1920–2005 · Kerala Lalu Prasad Yadav Politics & governance Lalu Prasad Yadav 20th chief minister of Bihar and former union minister b. 1948 · Bihar Morarji Desai Politics & governance Morarji Desai Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979 1896–1995 · Gujarat N. T. Rama Rao Politics & governance N. T. Rama Rao Indian, Tollywood(Telugu Film Industry) Actor and Former Chief Minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh (1923–1996) 1923–1996 · Andhra Pradesh Nitish Kumar Politics & governance Nitish Kumar Indian politician and 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar b. 1951 · Bihar Omar Abdullah Politics & governance Omar Abdullah Indian politician b. 1970 P. V. Narasimha Rao Politics & governance P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minister of India (1991-1996) 1921–2004 · Telangana Pranab Mukherjee Politics & governance Pranab Mukherjee President of India from 2012 to 2017 1935–2020 · West Bengal Rajiv Gandhi Politics & governance Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister of India (1984-1989) 1944–1991 · Maharashtra S. M. Krishna Politics & governance S. M. Krishna Indian politician 1932–2024 · Karnataka Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Politics & governance Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975) 1888–1975 · Tamil Nadu Shinzō Abe Politics & governance Shinzō Abe Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022) 1954–2022 Sushma Swaraj Politics & governance Sushma Swaraj Indian politician 1952–2019 · Haryana V. P. Singh Politics & governance V. P. Singh Prime Minister of India (1989-1990) 1931–2008 · Uttar Pradesh Yoshirō Mori Politics & governance Yoshirō Mori Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001 b. 1937 Zakir Husain Politics & governance Zakir Husain 3rd President of India (1897-1969) 1897–1969 · Telangana Politics & governance Arvind Kejriwal Indian politician (born 1968) b. 1968 · Haryana

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Net worth and income come from official records (election affidavits, company filings) or recognised rich lists (Forbes, Hurun), each with its year. News-report figures are shown only as marked estimates. We never guess anyone's gender: it is shown only as the person states it.

Reliability 1–5 on each profile is the weakest source behind what the page shows: 5 official record, 4 strong sources (Forbes, major publications), 3 encyclopedic sources, 2 or less weak.

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