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Vyacheslav Volodin
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
Angela Rayner
British politician (born 1980)
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Roman Catholic Patriarch (1965-)
Ajax the Lesser
mythological Greek character, son of Oileus
Alexander Rutskoy
Russian politician, Former Vice President of Russia (born 1947)
Cédric Villani
French mathematician and politician
Jennifer Granholm
16th United States Secretary of Energy
Yogi Adityanath
21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Joshua Wong
Hong Kong politician
Christine Kangaloo
politician from Trinidad and Tobago
Kyrsten Sinema
American politician (born 1976)
Bharrat Jagdeo
President and Prime Minister of Guyana
Leonid Pasechnik
Russian politician and head of the Lugansk People's Republic
Luc Frieden
Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2023
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Pakistani politician and businessman
Tshering Tobgay
7th Prime Minister of Bhutan
Wes Streeting
Wesley Paul William Streeting is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since 2026. He previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2024 until his resignation in 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.
Ruth Davidson
Ruth Elizabeth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, is a Scottish politician. A member of the House of Lords since 2021, she was Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2020 to 2021. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow from 2011 to 2016 and for Edinburgh Central from 2016 to 2021. Davidson is co-host of Sky News podcast Electoral Dysfunction alongside Beth...
Josh Frydenberg
Joshua Anthony Frydenberg is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer in the Morrison government from 2018 to 2022, holding office as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022, and served as a minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments.
Lena Diab
Lena Metlege Diab is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Diab was elected to the House of Commons in 2021 and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West—Peggy's Cove. She was previously a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2021.
Michelle O'Neill
Michelle O'Neill is an Irish politician who has been First Minister of Northern Ireland since February 2024 and Vice President of Sinn Féin since 2018. She has also been an MLA for Mid Ulster in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2007. O'Neill was previously deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2022. She served on the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council from 2005 to 2011.
Harmeet Dhillon
Harmeet Kaur Dhillon is an American lawyer who has served as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party and a former Republican National Committeewoman for California.
Tom Emmer
Thomas Earl Emmer Jr. is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who has served as majority whip in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he has represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2015. During his tenure in Congress, he has been known as a strong advocate for the crypto industry.