Russia

Milkhail Gorbachev

МихаилГорбачёв

(1931 -2022)

Milkhail Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russia 

politician statesman who served as the 

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 

the country's dissolution in 1991. 

in 1990, Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel 

Peacr Prize.  In the West he is praised for 

his role in ending the Cold War, including 

new political and economy freedoms in

 the Soviet Union. 

Glasnost and Peretroika is a concept of 

openness and transparency popularised 

by Gorbachez.

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China

Deng Xiaoping

邓小平

(1904 - 1997)

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese revolutionary, 

military commander and statesman. He served 

as the paramount leader of the People's Republic 

China from 1978 to 1989.  After the death of 

Mao Zedong in 1976, Deng rose to power and 

led China through a period of Reform and Opening 

Up that transformed China's economy into

 a socialist market economy.  He is widely 

regarded as the "Architect of Modern China".

Despite his contributions to China's

 modernisation, Deng's legacy also marked by

 controversy.  He ordered the military crackdown 

on 1989 Tiananmen Square protests,

 which ended his political reforms and remains 

a subject of global criticism.

Deng died on 19 February 1997, at the aged of 92

 from a lung infection and Parkinson's disease.

 

Malaysia

Tunku Abdul Rahman
عبد الرحمن

(1903 - 1990)

Tunku Abdul Rahman was the first Chief Minister

 of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957, 

before becoming Malaya's first Prime Minister after 

independence in 1957. As an independent 

Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated 

the country's politics for the next 13 years until

 his resignation in 1970.

A delegation led by Tunku Abdul Rahman back in 

Jan 1956 headed off London with a mission to 

negotiate for Malaya's independence. The negotiation 

was successful, and the cry of "MERDEKA" was heard 

throughout Malaya on 31 Aug 1957.

Commonly known simply as "Tunku", Abdul Rahman

is widely regarded is as Malaysia's "Founding 

Father" (Bapa Malaysia).

Great Britain

 Charles III

(1948 - )

Charles III formerly known as  the Prince of Wales, 

became the king of the United Kingdom and the 14 

other Commonwealth realms, upon his mother 

Queen Elizabeth II death in 2022. 

 

At the age of 73, he was the oldest person to accede 

to the British throne.  He is the United Kingdom head 

of state, but his powers are largely symbolic and

 ceremonial. He remain politically neutral. 

Significant events in his reign have included his 

coronation in 2023 and his cancer diagnosis the 

following year, the latter of which temporarily

suspended public engagement.

 

Malaysia

Mahatir bin Mohamad

(1925 - )

Mahatir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, author,

 and doctor  who served as the fourth and seventh 

Prime Minister of Malaysia.  He held office from 

1981 to 2003 and later from 2018 to 2020 for a 

cumulative total of 24 years, making him the 

country's longest serving prime minister. 

 Mahatir resigned in 2020 amidst a political crisis. 

He remains active in politics and shifted party 

affiliation several times.

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United States

 Donald Trump

(1946 - )

Donald Trump before entering politics, he was 

a businessman and television personality, who

 served as the 45th president of the United States 

from 2017 to 2021.

.

Trump met three times with North Korea's leader 

Kim Jong-un, but talks on denuclearization broke

down in 2019.

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Forbes estimated Trump's net worth at $2.1 billion, 

making him one of the richest politicians in America

 history and the first billionaire American president.

George W. Bush

(1946 -   )

Bush is an American politician, and a member of
the Republican Party.  He served as the 43rd
president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

His most controversial act was the invasion of Iraq.
Bush finished his second term in office in 2009
and returned to Texas.

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United States

.

Gerald Ford Jr.

(1913 - 2006)

Gerald Ford was an American politician who

 served as the 38th President of the United States 

from 1974 to 1977.

  

Before his accession to the presidency, Ford served 

as the 40th Vice President of the United States f

rom 1973 to 1974, the only person to have served as 

both vice president and president.  His 895 day-long 

presidency is the shortest in U.S. history.

After experiencing a series of health problems,

 he died at home on December 26, 2006.  At the

 time of his death, Ford was 93 years old and is the 

longest-lived president in American history.

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United States

Lydon B. Johnson

(1908 - 1973)

Johnson often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an 

American politician who served as the 36th President 

of the United States from 1963 to 1969.  Formerly the 

37th Vice President from 1961 to 1963, he assumed 

the presidency following the assassination of 

President John F. Kennedy.  

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In foreign policy, Johnson escalated American 

involvement in the Vietnam War.  After he left office in 

1969, Johnson returned to his Texas ranch, where he 

died of a heart attack at age 64, on January 22, 1973.

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UNITED STATES

Dwight D.Eisenhower

(1890 - 1969)

Eisenhower also known as "IKE", was an American 
army general who served as the 34th president of 

the United States from 1953 to 1961.
.

During World War II, he became the five-star general
 in the Army and served as Supreme Commander
 of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.
.
On the morning of March 28, 1969, Eisenhower died 

in Washington DC, of congestive heart failure, he 

was 78 years old.

United States

 

Harry S. Truman

(1884 - 1972)

Harry Truman was the 33rd president of the United

 States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon 

the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.  He implemented 

the Marshall Plan and established the Truman Doctrine.

.

Truman died on December 26, 1953, at the age 

of 88 of pneumonia and multiple organ failure.

United States

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(1882 - 1945)

Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democrat 

politician who served as the 32nd president of the 

United States from 1933 until his death 1945. His third 

and fourth terms were dominated by Word War II, 

which ended shortly after he died in office.

.

Roosevelt is widely considered to be one of the most 

important and influential figures of the 20th century in 

the history of the United States.  Roosevelt has also

 appeared on several U.S.postage stamps, and 

commemorated on the American dime.

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United States

 

Abraham Lincoln

(1869 - 1948)

Lincoln was an American lawyer and Republican 

politician who served as 16th president of the 

United States from 1861 until his assassination

 in 1865.

.

Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, 

and succeeded in abolishing slavery.  He was 

assassinated at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. 

on the evening of  April 14, 1865 while watching the 

play "Our American Cousin".  Lincoln is remembered 

as one of the greatest presidents in American history.

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United States

James Monroe

(1758 - 1831)

James Monroe was an American statesman who 

served as the fifth president of the United States

from 1817 to 1825.
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He is perhaps best known  for issuing the
 Monroe Doctrine, a policy of opposin

 European colonialism in the Americas.
.
Following his retirement in 1825, Monroe was 
plagued by financial difficulties, and died on 
July 4, 1831 in New York City.

United States

 

Thomas Jefferson

(1743 - 1826)

Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman and 

Founding Father who served as the third president 

ofthe United States from 1801 to 1809.

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During the American Revolution, Jefferson adopted

 the Declaration of Independence.  His health began to 

deteriorate in 1925 due to pneumonia.  He died on 

July 4 at the age 83, the same day as the 50th 

anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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George Washington

George Washington

(1732 - 1799)

George was an American statesman, and Founding 

Father who served as a general and commander-in-

chief of the colonial armies during the American

 Revolutionary War, and later became the first 

president of the United States, serving from 

1789 to 1797. 

.
He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's 
War of Independence.  George stepped down from

 the presidency after 8 years, or two terms.

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Bangladesh

 

Sheik Mujibur Rahman

(1920 - 1975)

Mujibur Rahman is a Founding Father of Bangladesh

 who served as the first President and later as the 

Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1971 until his 

assassination in 1975. 

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Mujibur has been depicted on Bangladesh currency.

15 August has since been commemorated as 

"NationalMourning Day".  The country keeps it flags 

lowered to half-mast in this day as a sign of mourning.

Bangladesh cover with a set of two stamps in 

honouring the Golden Jubilee of 

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Cover from India with stamps commemorating

the Birth Centenary of Seikh Mujibur Rahman.

 

India

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Inder Kumar Gujrat

ஐ. கே. குஜரால்

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(1919 - 2012)

Gujrat  was an Indian politician and freedom activist

 who served as the 12th prime minister of India 

from 1997 to 1998.

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His tenure lasted for less than a year. He retired from 

all political positions in 1998, He died in 2012 at the 

age of 92,following hospitalization due 

to a lung infection.

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NAPOLEON

Napoleon Bonaparte

(1769 - 1821)

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and 

an emperor who conquered much of Europe in the 

early 19th century.

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Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military

during the French Revolution (1789-1799).  After

 seizing political power in 1799 coup d’état, he 

crowned himself emperor in 1804 (1804 - 1814)

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After a disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812,

Napoleon abdicated the throne two years later and

was exile to the island of Elba. Almost 1 year later,

 Napoleon escaped his place of exile and returned 

to Paris, and lead his forces once more into battle.

 After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he 

was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, 

where he died at 52.

Italian cover with stamps on 

Napoleon Bonaparte Death Bicentinneal

(1821 - 2021)

China

 

Liu Bei

劉備

(161 - 223)

Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande (玄德) , was a warlord

 who founded the state of Shu Han (蜀漢) in 221 

during the Three Kingdoms period and became

 its first emperor.  The dynasty that he founded, 

however, never expanded much beyond Sichuan 

and lasted only until 263/264.

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In Three Kingdoms, he is often known as Guan Yu 

and Zhang Fei's eldest oath brother.

China

Cao Cao

曹操

(155 - 220)

Cao Cao, courtesy name Mengde (孟德), was a 

Chinese warlord and statesman. He was the Grand 

Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, with state 

affairs effectively being controlled by him

 instead of the emperor himself. 

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In the battle of the Red Cliff in 208, Cao Cao's army 

suffered a disastrous defeat in fighting with 

the alliedforces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

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In 220, Cao Cao died of a head tumor in Luoyang 

at the age of 65, and was posthumously titled

 "Emperor of Wei" after his son Cao Pi succeeded

 him to the throne.

Mongolia/Xiongnu

Huhanye Chanyu

呼韓邪單于

(     - 31BC)

Huhanye ChanYu, was a supreme leader of the 

Xiongnu (a nomadic tribe living in Inner Mongolia), 

who ruled from 58 to 31 BC.

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In 33 BC, Huhanye came to the Han imperial court 

and asked for peace making marriage to maintain the 

friendly relationship between Han and Xiongnu.

 For the peace between the two, Wang Zhaojun 

(王昭君 ) volunteered to marry Huhanye, which

 strengthened the peace between the Han Dynasty 

and the Xiongnu for over 60 years. 

Japan

Emperor Hirohito
裕仁

(1901 - 1989)

Hirohito was the 124th emperor of Japan according 
to the traditional order of succession.  He reigned 

as theemperor of Japan from 1926 until his 

death in 1989. 
.
He died on January 7, 1989, having spend nearly 

64 years on the throne, the longest-reigning 

monarch in Japan's history.