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King, William Lyon Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia)King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal admin...

Samak Sundaravej

(Encyclopedia)Samak Sundaravej säˈmäk so͞ontärəwāˈ [key], 1935–2009, Thai political leader, prime minister of Thailand (2008), b. Bangkok. He earned a law degree from Thammasat Univ., Bangkok, then worked...

Adoni-zedec

(Encyclopedia)Adoni-zedec ādōˈnī-zēˈdĕk, ădˈ– [key], in the Bible, chief at Jerusalem, leader of the allies routed at Gibeon. ...

Geshem

(Encyclopedia)Geshem gēˈshĕm [key], in the Bible, Arab leader who opposed Nehemiah in the rebuilding of Jerusalem. An alternate form is Gashmu. ...

Pelet

(Encyclopedia)Pelet pēˈlĕt [key]. 1 Name in an obscure genealogy. 1 Chron. 2.47. 2 Benjamite leader with David. 1 Chron. 12.3. ...

Dragnea, Liviu Nicolae

(Encyclopedia)Dragnea, Liviu Nicolae, 1962–, Romanian engineer and political leader, grad. Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, 1987. A member of the Democratic party (1996–2000) and then the Social Democratic p...

Daschle, Tom

(Encyclopedia)Daschle, Tom (Thomas Andrew Daschle) dăshˈəl [key], 1947–, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987–2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 197...

Hillman, Sidney

(Encyclopedia)Hillman, Sidney, 1887–1946, American labor leader, b. Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States in 1907. Beginning as a garment worker, he became a union leader after his key participation in a s...

Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron, 1917–2015, British political leader, grad. Oxford (1940). He served in the British army (1940–45), then joined the Labour party and began a long career in parl...

Hailemariam Desalegn

(Encyclopedia)Hailemariam Desalegn, 1965–, Ethiopian political leader. Trained as an engineer, Hailemariam held various positions at Arba Minch Univ. (1989–2000). A member of Southern Ethiopian People's Democra...