Asian Leaders 1-22
21 entries in the Asian Leaders compendium.
Asian Leaders 1-22 — Era Chart
Akhtar MansurSecond supreme leader of the Taliban, killed in a US drone strike on 21 May 2016.Ashraf Ghani8th and last president of Afghanistan; fled during Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15 August Askar AkayevFirst President of Kyrgyzstan, overthrown in the 2005 Tulip Revolution.Ayaz MutallibovFirst President of Azerbaijan and last Soviet-era leader.Ayub KhanPakistani military officer and president who led a coup and a decade of development.B. J. HabibieThird Indonesian president; engineer who liberalized press and ended East Timor occupationBenigno Aquino III15th president of the Philippines, son of two political icons.Bidya Devi BhandariFirst woman president of Nepal, served 2015–2023.Bo XilaiChinese former politician convicted for bribery and embezzlement.Carrie LamFourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, first woman in the role.Chandrika KumaratungaFirst female president and longest-serving president of Sri Lanka.Chang MyonSouth Korean statesman and last vice president of the First Republic.Charan SinghIndian peasant leader, prime minister, and land reform champion.Chen Shui-bianFirst DPP president of Taiwan; ended KMT's 55-year continuous rule; later convicted of corChen YunCCP statesman and architect of economic reforms.Chiang Ching-kuoPresident of the Republic of China who ended martial law.D. S. SenanayakeFirst Prime Minister of Ceylon and leader of its independence movement.Diosdado MacapagalNinth Philippine president; introduced land reform and shifted Independence Day.Donald TsangSecond Chief Executive of Hong Kong, convicted then acquitted.Dong BiwuChinese communist revolutionary and politician present at the 1949 founding ceremony.Elpidio QuirinoSixth Philippine president; assumed office after Roxas's death.
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