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Jair Bolsonaro
president of Brazil
Hugo ChĂĄvez in a dark suit and red tie smiling while speaking in a crowd; others in coats and hats in the background.
Hugo ChĂĄvez
president of Venezuela
Bronze statue of samurai Saigo Takamori standing with his dog on a stone pedestal in Ueno Park, Tokyo, with yellow autumn trees in the background.
Saigƍ Takamori
Japanese samurai
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan, wearing a suit and tie, speaks at a press briefing with a United Nations backdrop.
Omar al-Bashir
president of Sudan
Saddam Hussein sits behind a wooden barrier in an Iraqi courtroom, holding a yellow paper and listening during a legal proceeding.
Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré
president of Burkina Faso
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
president of Republic of the Congo
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan speaking at a press conference, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, with a blue United Nations backdrop.
Pervez Musharraf
president of Pakistan
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari
head of state of Nigeria
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko
president of Zaire
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
president of Tunisia
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega
Panamanian military leader
Hun Sen
Hun Sen
prime minister of Cambodia
Ne Win, U
U Ne Win
Myanmar general and dictator
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Jorge Rafael Videla
president of Argentina
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Ibrahim Babangida
head of state of Nigeria
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George Speight
Fijian businessman
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Laurent Kabila
president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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ÊżAbd al-KarÄ«m Qāsim
prime minister of Iraq

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