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2009 At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed
2009 Morgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe after agreeing to share power with President Robert Mugabe 2009 Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 2008 Taro Aso becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Aboriginal people of Australia 2006 Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan 2006 Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea 2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years 2006 Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke 2004 Ukraine re-elects Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. but the election results were thrown out after large protests about the way the election was conducted 2003 Abel Ehrlich, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies at 46 2003 Fred Rogers, writer/actor/minister/musician, MisterRogers, dies at 74 2002 "Darwood ""Ken"" Kaye Smith", actor/minister, Our Gang, dies at 72 2000 Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80 1998 Jose Maria de Areilza, Sp minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies 1998 Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies 1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian Prime Minister 1949, 1950 - 1951, President 1961 - 1963, dies 1998 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies 1998 Zevulun Hammer, Vice Prime Minister of Israel, dies 1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 66), dies 1997 Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies 1997 George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago 1981 - 1986, dies 1997 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies 1997 Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway 1989 - 1990, dies 1997 Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies 1997 Eric Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada 1974 - 1979, dies 1997 Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand 1945 - 1946, 1975, 1976, dies 1997 Nikolai Tikhonov, politician, Soviet prime minister 1980-85, dies at 92 1997 Muhammad Fadhel, Prime Minister of Iraq 1953 - 1954, dies 1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1959 - 1960, dies 1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K. 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1997 Jagan Guyanes, Prime Minister of Guyana 1953, 1957 - 1964, dies 1997 Michael Manley, Jamaican Prime Minister, PNP, 1972 - 1980, 1989 - 1992, dies 1997 Milton Cato, Prime Minister of San Vincent and Grenadines 1979 - 1984, dies 1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies 1996 Stanko Todorov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1971 - 1981, dies 1996 Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1980 - 1981, dies 1996 Junius Richard Jayawardene, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1977 - 1978, dies at 90 1996 Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morroco 1979 - 1983, dies 1996 Andrey Lukanov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1990, assassinated at 58 1996 Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of province of Quebec 1970 - 1976, 1985 - 1993, dies at 63 1996 Mohammed Ben Amhed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria 1979 - 1984, dies 1996 Michel Debre, Prime Minister of France in 1959 - 1962, dies 1996 Andreas George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece 1981 - 1989, 1993 - 1996, dies at 76 1996 Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies 1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies 1996 Alfredo Nobre Coast, Prime Minister of Portugal (1978), dies 1996 Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry 1965 - 1967, dies at 85 1996 Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies 1996 N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1989, 1994 - 1995, dies 1996 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies 1995 Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, Prime Minister of Defense of Spain 1977 - 1981, dies at 83 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress 1995 Itzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel 1968 - 1973, assassinated 1995 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, assassinated at 73 1995 Wallace Edward Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1974 - 1975, dies at 68 1995 Ronald Selby Wright, minister, dies at 87 1995 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister, dies at 60 1995 Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of Britain 1963 - 1964, dies 1995 Kukrit Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand 1975 - 1976, dies at 84 1995 Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer, dies at 32 1995 Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1995 Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies 1995 Vieno J Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland 1959 - 1961, dies 1995 Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered 1995 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies 1995 U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma 1948 - 1956, 1957 - 1958, 1960 - 1962, dies 1994 Karl Schiller, minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies 1994 Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France 1952 - 1953, dies 1994 Antoine Pinay, French Prime Minister 1952, foreign minister, dies at 102 1994 Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China 1979, dies 1994 Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered 1994 Ezra Taft Benson, Minister of Agriculture/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94 1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 1994 Giovanni Goria, Prime Minister of Italy 1987 - 1988, dies 1994 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat 1994 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at 74 1994 Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan 1960 - 1962, 1964 - 1965, 1967 - 1969, 1969 - 1970, dies 1994 Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea 1964 - 1970, dies 1994 Federica Montseny, anarchist and Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at 80 1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian Minister of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56 1994 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan 1972 - 1974, dies 1993 Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president 1993 Jiri Hajek, Czechoslovakian lawyer/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1993 Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50 1993 Israeli Minister of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord 1993 Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister of Algeria 1988 - 1989, assassinated 1993 Pierre Beregovoy, Prime Minister of France 1992 - 1993, commits suicide at 67 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 1993 Hedi Amira Nouira, Prime Minister of Tunisia 1970 - 1980, dies 1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 1993 Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64 1993 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch Prime Minister, social democrat, 1965 - 1969, dies 1993 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France 1957, dies 1993 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, dies 1993 Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered 1992 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78 1992 Kaysone Phomvihane, Prime Minister of Laos 1975 - 1991, dies 1992 Adelino Da Palma Carlos, Prime Minister of Portugal 1974, dies 1992 Orton Chirwa, Malawi's lawyer/Justice minister, dies in captivity 1992 Osamu Inaba, Japanese Minister of justice, dies 1992 Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, British foreign Minister to Spain (1985-92), dies 1992 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77 1992 John Majors, (C) elected Prime Minister of England 1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica 1992 Heinz Kuhn, Prime Minister (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80 1992 Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 1992 Ali Amini, Prime Minister of Iran 1961 - 1962, dies 1992 George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap 1991 Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Italian Colonies 1931 - 1938, dies 1991 Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italy 1954 - 1955, dies 1991 Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies 1991 Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide 1991 Shapur Bahktiar, Prime Minister of Iran 1979, assassinated 1991 Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies 1991 Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 1991 Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister, dies 1991 Jean Van Joutte, Prime Minister of Belgium 1952 - 1954, dies 1991 Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies 1991 Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies 1991 Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, Prime Minister of Mongolia 1952 - 1974, dies 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns 1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia 1957 - 1970, dies 1990 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam 1952 - 1953, dies 1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe 1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister 1990 Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78 1990 Terence O'Neil, lord/Prime Minister of Ulster 1963 - 1969, dies 1990 Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies 1990 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies 1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies 1990 Mariano Rumor, Italy's Prime Minister 1968 - 1970, 1973 - 1974, dies 1990 Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister 1945, dies 1990 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies 1990 Gerhard Schroder, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79 1989 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons 1989 Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki 1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies 1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country, Pakistan 1988 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow 1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister 1988 Franz Josef Strauss, West German Minister of defense 1956 - 1962, dies at 73 1988 Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherland 1948 - 1958, dies at 101 1988 Georgy M. Malenkov, Prime Minister of U.S.S.R. 1953 - 1955, dies at 86 1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century 1988 Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium 1949, 1958 - 1961, 1968 - 1972, dies at 82 1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term 1987 Errol W. Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados 1961 - 1976, dies at 67 1987 U.S. Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo 1986 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1986 Margaretha "Marga" Klompe, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 74 1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns 1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81 1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel 1986 Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme 1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister 1969 - 1976, 1982 - 1986, assassinated at 59 1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58 1985 U.S. Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated 1984 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner 1984 Martin Niemoller, German submarine captain and anti-nazi minister, dies at 92 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation 1983 Poland's Prime Minister Januzelski lifts martial law 1983 Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88 1983 Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies 1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Cons) 1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands 1982 Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki 1982 Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92 1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran 1982 Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1982 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years 1982 George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies 1982 Louis M de Guiringaud, French Foreign Minister (1976-78), commits suicide at 70 1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested 1982 Richard A Butler, England, Minister of Finance, dies at 79 1981 Mehmet Shehu, Prime Minister Albania 1954 - 1981, American spy, commits suicide 1981 Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66 1981 Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76 1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1981 Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad and Tobago), dies at 79 1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws 1980 Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, suffers heart attack at 76 1980 Francisco Sa Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal 1980, dies in air crash 1980 Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness 1980 Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83 1980 Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61 1980 Coup ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron of Suriname 1979 Israeli minister of Foreign affairs Moshe Dayan resigns 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo 1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister 1969 - 1974, dies in Jerusalem at 80 1978 Iranian Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1978 Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times Prime Minister of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt 1977 U.S. minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed 1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered 1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1977 Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India 1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter 1977 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide 1976 Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns 1976 Andre Malraux, Berger, author (Conquerors)/Minister of Culture, dies 1976 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England 1976 Chou En-lai, China's Prime Minister 1949 - 1976, dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 1975 Australian Prime Minister removed by crown (1st elected Prime Minister removed in 200 yrs) 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1975 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71 1974 John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72 1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir 1973 Ismet Inonu [Mustapha Ismet Pasha], Turkish Prime Minister 1923 - 1965, dies at 89 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain 1973, assassinated by ETA 1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign affairs 1973 Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman 1972 Lester B. Pearson, 14th Canadian Prime Minister, Nobel 1957, dies at 75 1972 Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies 1972 Dutch Minister of Agt decides to ignore soft drug usage 1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar 1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch Minister of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 1971 Dean G Acheson, U.S. foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 1971 Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63 1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1970 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 1970 Hjalmar Schcacht, Horace Greeley, Nazi minister, dies 1970 H G Hjalmar Schacht, President Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies 1970 Peter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at 73 1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65 1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister 1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 1968 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister (World Rad of Church), dies 1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns 1968 Theophilus E Donges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69 1968 Joseph Pholien, Belgian Prime Minister 1950 - 1952 communist fighter, dies at 83 1966 Christian A Herter, U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71 1966 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89 1966 Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister 1958 - 1966, assassinated at 64 1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin 1966 Vaino A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 85 1966 Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain 1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by Prime Minister Ian D Smith 1965 Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch Minister of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70 1965 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, dies at 90 1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/Minister of Justice, dies 1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1963 Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler 1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st Prime Minister of Kenya 1963 Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st prime minister of Kenya 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1963 Abdul Karim Kassem, Prime Minister of Iraq 1958 - 1963, assassinated in Baghdad at 48 1962 John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko 1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil 1962, dies at 52 1962 Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Raul Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1961 John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister MacMillan meet in Bermuda 1961 Milan Stoyadinovich, fascist Yugoslavia Prime Minister 1935 - 1939, dies at 73 1961 Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey 1950 - 1960, dies at 62 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1949 - 1957, dies at 67 1961 French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea 1961 British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive 1960 Hazza el-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated 1960 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67 1960 Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51 1960 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered Prime Minister Sturgkh, dies at 80 1959 Prime Minister Kassem of Iraq, assassinated 1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1956 - 1959, assassinated at 60 1958 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed 1958 Henry Verwoerd appointed Prime Minister of South Africa 1958 Pierre-etienne Flandin, French Prime Minister 1934 - 1935, dies at 69 1958 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs 1958 Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) 1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense 1957 U.S.S.R. fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov 1957 Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed 1957 Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize 1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant 1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes U.S. Minister of Defense 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) elected Prime Minister of Canada 1957 Johan W. Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79 1957 Leslie Hore-Belisha, Lord Halifax, British Minister of Transport, dies at 63 1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister 1957 Grigore Gafencu, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65 1957 Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister Britain 1956 Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67 1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes Prime Minister of Hungary 1956 Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister 1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 1956 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83 1956 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German Foreign Minister (1932-38), dies 1956 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam and Woman), dies at 57 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) 1956 Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister 1956 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 1956 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 1956 Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, 1994- 1955 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87 1955 Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 1955 Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei, 1988- 1955 Dimitra Papandreau, born in Greece, wife of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreau 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him 1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch Minister (1908-13), dies 1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94 1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72 1954 Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed 1954 Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1954 Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 1953 Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed 1953 Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion retires 1953 French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 1953 Maude K Adams, U.S. actress (Little Minister), dies 1953 John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1953 Benazir Bhutto, born in Pakistan, first woman elected prime minister, chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 1953 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish General/Minister of War, dies at 79 1953 David Maclean, British minister of state 1953 Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, Labour, 1997- 1953 GDR Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage" 1952 Hans Alders, Dutch minister of environment, PvdA 1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1952 Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister 1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 1952 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62 1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb 1951 Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher 1951 John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 1951 Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1947 - 1951, assassinated by Said Akbar 1951 Bertie Ahern, Dublin Ireland, Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997 - 2008 1951 Prime Minister Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1951 Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1950 Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch minister of Justice, 198?-94 1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 1950 British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns 1950 Henry Lewsis Stimson, U.S. minister of War/Governor-General, dies 1950 John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/South African Prime Minister 1919 - 1948, dies at 80 1950 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic, VVD 1950 French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR 1950 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment, VVD 1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Minister of Justice, dies 1949 Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies 1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister 1949 Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st president, Conrad Adenauer 1st Prime Minister of West Germany 1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister 1948 Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, assassinated 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/Minister of War, hanged 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada 1948 Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71 1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77 1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered 1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health 1948 Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns 1948 Elco Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC, CDA 1947 Tessa Jowell, born in Marylebone, England, politician, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood, Cabinet Minister 1947 Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 John Bruton, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland 1946 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities 1946 Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service 1946 Michael Jack, British minister of state-home office 1946 John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1946 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67 1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1945 Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister, 1994-, VVD 1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1941, commits harakiri 1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Minister of Defense/Prime Minister 1942 - 1945, executed at 58 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister 1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister 1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies 1945 Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide 1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as Prime Minister of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki 1945 Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA 1945 Lord Skelmersdale, British minister, C 1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 1944 D J D Dees, pharmacist/Dutch minister of WVC, VVD 1944 Enneus Heerma, Dutch minister of Housing, CDA 1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 1944 Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 1944 Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign Minister, dies 1944 Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed 1944 Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death 1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1944 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense, PvdA 1943 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister, 19..-94 1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/Prime Minister of Poland in exile 1939 - 1943, dies at 62 1943 Folkert E Posthuma, Minister of Agriculture, dies 1943 Peter Kenilorea, Prime Minister Solomon Islands 1943 John Major, British Prime Minister, C, 1990-97 1943 Peter Graves, supt minister, Westminster Central Hall 1943 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 1943 Hans F Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior, VVD, 1994- 1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch Lieutenant-General/NSB "minister", dies at 71 1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies 1942 Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government 1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport 1942 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 1942 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50 1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1941 Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning, 1989- 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1941 Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, minister of Traffic 1941 George Young, MP/British minister of housing and planning 1941 Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, Prime Minister Hungary 1920 - 1921, 1939 - 1941, suicide at 61 1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Minister of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63 1940 Manuel Azana y Diez, Spanish Prime Minister 1932 - 1934, President 1936 - 1939, dies at 60 1940 Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits #11 Fighter Group 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks 1940 Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, South African minister of energy, 1989- 1940 Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory) 1940 Kenneth Clarke, British minister 1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense 1940 Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production 1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege 1940 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 1940 Barend J du Plessis, South African minister of Finance, 1984- 1939 Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education 1939 Poland's president Moscicki and Prime Minister Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania 1939 Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow 1939 Ronald [Ronny] A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles 1939 H Onno C R Ruding, director, Amrobank, Dutch Financial minister, CDA 1939 Peter Duffell, Brits Lieutenant-General/minister of Defense 1939 Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister, PvdA 1939 Brian Mulroney, P-C, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 - 1993 1938 Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei 1938 Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care 1938 British Prime Minister Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden 1938 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" 1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, CDA 1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister 1938 U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says Prime Minister Chamberlain appeased Germany 1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81 1937 Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania/begins spread of Judaism 1937 Frank Kellog, U.S. foreign minister (Nobel 1929), dies at 80 1937 Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work 1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs 1937 James Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister (Lab, 1924, 29-35), dies at 71 1937 George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch Minister of war (1918-20), dies at 73 1937 Minister Romme says unemployment is 25% "quarter of Romme" 1937 Hedy d'Ancona, Dutch minister of WVC, PvdA 1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education 1937 Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of England 1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 1937 Elihu Root, U.S. Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 1936 Hans van den Broek, Dutch foreign minister, -1992 1936 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43 1936 Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA, L 1936 Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister 1918 - 1923, 1929 - 1933, dies 1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister, Paupa and New Guinea 1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense, PvdA 1936 Eldred G Maduro, minister, Netherland Antilles 1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82 1935 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister 1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 1935 Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia 1935 Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance, PvdA, President, Nethche Bank 1935 Wynand Breytenbach, South African under minister of Defense, 1986- 1935 Reverend Ike, South Carolina, evangelist minister, Joy of Living 1934 Ingvar Carlsson, Prime Minister of Sweden, 1986 - 1991, 1994 - 1996 1934 J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered 1934 Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch Foreign Minister/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94 1934 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian Prime Minister 1931 - 1932, dies 1934 Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid, CDA 1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government 1933 Paul, Prudent, Painleve, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies 1933 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies 1933 Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing, D66 1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1933 Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1933 Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO, Shell, and Minister of Defense, VVD 1933 Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense, 1986, MP 1933 Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda 1933 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers 1933 Albert Gyorgy Earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education, dies at 86 1933 German minister Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts 1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state 1932 Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies 1932 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59 1932 Bronislaw Geremek, born in Warsaw, given name Benjamin Lewertow, social historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered 1931 Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister 1931 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister, 1989-94 1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66 1931 Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior 1931 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75 1931 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 1931 F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice, VVD 1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1930 Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 1930 Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies 1930 Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985- 1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia 1930 Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France 1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1930 Robert Stout, New Zealand prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85 1930 Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1975 - 1983 1930 Don Conicannon, government minister 1930 Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs 1930 Lynden O. Pindling, Prime Minister of Bahamas, 1967 - 1992 1930 Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense, 1980- 1929 Robert J L Hawke, Lab, Prime Minister Australia, 1983 - 1991 1929 Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs, ARP 1929 Furst Bernhard von Bulow, Prime Minister Prussia 1900 - 1909, dies at 80 1929 Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister 1929 Gyula Andrassy, Jr., Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68 1929 Earl Ferrers, British minister of state, Department of Environment 1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) 1928 Albert Booth, British government minister 1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66 1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, Prime Minister of Italy, 1988 - 1989 1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1928 Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of U.S.S.R., -91 1927 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 1927 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister, VVD, 1982-86 1927 Eli van der Merwe Louw, South Africa minister of Transport/Manpower 1927 Andre Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier 1927 Gualberto T. Hernandez, perfect minister Netherlands Antilles 1927 William T. Francis named minister to Liberia 1927 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs, FDP 1927 Olof Palme, Stockholm, Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 - 1976, 1982 - 1986, assassinated 1926 Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA 1926 Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation 1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA 1926 Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter 1926 Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland 1925 Margaret Thatcher, born in Grantham, England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979 - 1990 1925 Abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies 1925 M L de Braauw, Dutch minister, DS'70 1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 1925 Tony Benn, British minister of technology, 1968 1925 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1925 George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72 1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France 1925 Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 1925 German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption 1924 Stanley Baldwin becomes Prime Minister of England 1924 Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister, PvdA 1924 Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister 1924 Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, minister 1924 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Jr., Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87 1923 Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup 1923 Andrew Bonar Law, English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64 1923 Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister 1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances 1923 Reginald Prentice, British government minister 1923 Stanley Baldwin, becomes Prime Minister of UK 1923 U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition 1923 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA 1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister 1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54 1922 Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice, dies at 85 1922 Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs 1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia 1921 "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister 1921 Matthias Erzberger, German Minister of Finance, murdered at 45 1921 Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs 1921 Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of finance/director, IMF 1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration 1921 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister, KVP 1921 Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Germany chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64 1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 Ratu Kasmisere Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji, 1960 - 1970, 1970-, President, 1994 - 1920 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered 1920 Errol Walton Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados, DLP, 1966 - 1976, 1986 - 1987 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa, born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, politician, 78th Japanese Prime Minister 1919 Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president 1919 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66 1919 Ian Smith, born in Zimbabwe, founder, first Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1919 Julian Amery, conservative minister 1918 Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies 1918 Stephen Tisza, Hungarian Prime Minister, assassinated by soldiers 1918 Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/interior minister 1918 Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank 1918 Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1918 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister, health and environment 1918 Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian Prime Minister 1896 - 1911, dies 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1917 Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister 1917 Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister 1917 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister, ZAPUA 1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 1916 Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, 1970-74 1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov 1916 [James] Harold Wilson, L, British Prime Minister, 1964-70, 1974-76 1915 Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, 1966-77 1915 Atty James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia 1915 Harry van Doorn, Henri W, CRM minister/Dutch politician, KVP/PPR 1915 Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense, 1956-62 1915 Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense 1915 Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret, 1979 - 1990 1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. 1914 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense, 1971-73 1914 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 1914 Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia 1913 Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1977-83, Nobel 1978 1913 Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1913 Jiri Hajek, Czechoslovakian jurist/foreign minister 1912 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies 1912 Marga AM Klompe, 1st Netherland woman elected minister 1912 Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam 1912 James Callaghan, L, British Prime Minister, 1976-79 1912 Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1912 Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 1912 Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information 1911 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs 1911 Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister, 1976-78 1911 Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab], Egyptian minister, dies 1911 Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general, NATO 1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister 1911 Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1911 Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister 1911 Karl O. Schiller, German economist, Minister of Economics 1910 Gerhard Schroder, German minister of Defense 1910 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil, 1962 1910 William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1909 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs, 1956-68 1909 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70 1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1909 Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 1908 Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco 1908 Edgar Faure, thriller writer/Prime Minister of France, 1952, 1952 - 1956 1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister 1908 Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam 1908 Ronald Selby Wright, minister 1908 Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister, Linggadjati 1908 William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1971 - 1972 1907 Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power 1907 Margaret Herbison, British minister, Lab 1906 Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies 1906 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles 1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister, Lanzas Coloradas 1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured 1905 Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes Prime Minister of England 1905 Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 1905 French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request 1905 Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister 1905 Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1949, 1958 - 1961, 1968 - 1972 1905 Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament, NSDAP 1904 Juan E Yrausquin, founder, Party of Patriot Arubans, minister 1904 Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance, PvdA 1904 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies 1904 Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies 1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister 1904 Peter Prime Minister Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76 1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 1903 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister, 1963-64 1903 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, 1953..7 1903 Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia 1902 Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs 1902 Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies 1902 Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance, 1945-52 1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 1902 Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1902 Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 dies at 48 1902 Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch Prime Minister 1866, dies 1902 Geoffrey W. Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy, 1951-55 1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 1901 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies 1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63 1901 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador 1901 Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1945 - 1967 1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954 1900 Edward R. Stettinius, U.S., foreign minister, 1944 - 1945, diplomat 1900 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief 1900 George J D Campbell, British Minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 1899 Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA 1899 U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" 1899 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies, Islam and Woman 1898 Hanns Eisler, German/U.S. composer/East German minister for propaganda 1898 Golda Meir, Meyerson, Kiev, Ukraine, 4th Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74 1898 Theophilus E. Donges, South African minister of Internal Affairs 1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia 1897 John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79 1897 Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, murdered at 69 1897 William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti 1897 Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, C, British Prime Minister, 1955-57 1897 V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1897 Dirk U Stikker, director, Heineken, Dutch foreign minister/NATO 1897 Peter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense 1896 Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II 1896 Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War 1896 Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada (C), dies 1896 Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister 1895 Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, Israeli Prime Minister, MWP, 1963-69 1895 Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 72 1895 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 1895 William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia 1895 Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland 1894 Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs, 1939-46, diplomat 1894 John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister 1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 77 1894 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1942-45 1894 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, C, British Prime Minister, 1957-63 1894 Juan Negrin, Prime Minister of Spanish Republic, 1936 - 1939 1894 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization 1893 Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, Prime Minister of China PR, 1949 - 1976 1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch Minister of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 1893 John Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (C) 1891 - 1892, dies at 72 1893 Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957 1893 Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Minister of Transport 1893 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, 1925-30 1893 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS fuhrer/foreign minister 1893 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister, 1945-52 1893 James G Blaine, U.S. minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62 1893 Hermann Goering, propoganda minister, Nazi Germany 1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80 1892 James Forrestal, U.S., banker/minister of Navy 1892 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister, Organization Todt 1892 Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs, 1938-39 1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia 1891 Antoine Pinay, French premier, 1952, minister of Foreign affairs 1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47 1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33 1891 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74 1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69 1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education 1890 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister, UN 1889 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti 1889 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of airplane manufacturing, 1942 - 1945 1889 Pierre-etienne Flandin, French premier, 1934-35, and minister of Foreign affairs 1888 Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1888 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 1888 Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier 1887 Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/Minister of Middenstand 1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier, 1942-45 1887 Pieter Blusse van Alblas, liberal minister of Finance, dies at 75 1886 Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52 1886 David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st Prime Minister of Israel, 1948 - 1953, 1955 1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, statesman/minister to London, 1918-35 1886 Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherland, PvdA, 1948 - 1958, Indonesia, AOW 1886 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy 1885 Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark 1885 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia 1885 Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 1885 Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign minister, -1940 1885 John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti 1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II 1884 Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister 1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs, 1940 1883 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/Foreign Minister/UN-ambassador 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance 1883 Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, 1945-51 1881 Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia 1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour and Foreign affairs 1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Justice, dies at 76 1880 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83 1880 French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp 1879 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Noverheid/mayor 1879 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice 1878 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr 1878 Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia 1878 Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925 - 1928 1877 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti 1877 Johan W. Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister, 1939-45 1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War, 1931-34 1877 Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs, 1929-.. 1877 Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics 1876 U.S. Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap 1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo 1874 Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, Nobel 1953 1874 Viscount Palmerston, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1855-65 1874 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-27 1874 Arthur Meighen, Canada, Prime Minister of Canada, 1920 - 1921, 1926 1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1874 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belgian pontifical defense minister, dies at 54 1874 Arthur Meighen, C, 9th Prime Minister of Canada, 1920 - 1921, 1926 1874 Folkert E. Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry 1874 Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, Prime Minister of Poland, 1920 - 1921, 1923, 1926 1873 Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies, India 1873 Leonardus Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship, dies at 78 1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 1873 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister, 1929-31 1872 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister 1872 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister 1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister 1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4- 1871 Pietro Badoglio, Italy, general/Libya Governor, 1928 - 1933, Prime Minister of Italy, 1943 - 1944 1871 Petrus J M Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, 1918-25 1871 J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia 1870 Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice, 1918-19 1870 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), dies at 76 1869 Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan 1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State 1869 Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Minister of Reformed Worship, dies at 69 1869 Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, C, 1937-40 1869 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts, VVD 1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies 1868 Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount, jurist and minister 1867 Henry Lewis Stimson, U.S. minister of War, 1911-13 1867 Stanley Baldwin, C, British Prime Minister, 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37 1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 1866 James Ramsay MacDonald, L, British Prime Minister, 1924, 1929-35 1866 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs, 1913-18 1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 1864 George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen, PTT, Dutch Minister of War, 1918-20 1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1863 Paul [Prudent] Painleve, French mathematician/minister/premier 1863 Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1863 John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. Minister of War (1857-60), Confederate general, dies 1862 Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier, 1931-32 1862 Louis Botha, Greytown South Africa, 1st Prime Minister of South Africa, 1910 - 1919 1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs 1861 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76 1861 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24 1861 Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs, 1910-16 1861 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister, 1908-13 1860 Gyula Andrassy, Jr., Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-20 1858 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister, C, 1922-23 1857 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 1857 Felix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 1856 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT 1855 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance 1854 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs 1854 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense, 1916-17 1853 1st U.S. woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell 1853 Cecil Rhodes, born in Hertfordshire, England, British Statesman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 1853 Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of South African Cape colony 1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister 1852 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister 1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918 1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Minister of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 1849 Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia, 1900 - 1903 1848 William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister (1834..41), dies at 69 1848 Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration 1848 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War 1847 Jacob T Cremer, Minister of Colonies/president, Dutch Trading Comp 1847 Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister, 1894 - 1895 1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier 1846 Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education 1845 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 69 1844 John S D Thompson, C, 4th Prime Minister of Canada, 1892 - 1894 1844 Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87 1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs 1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 1841 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 1841 Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1841 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1839 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 1838 Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies 1838 Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice, 1879-83 1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader, CHU 1837 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice 1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch, lib, minister, child labor laws 1836 Abraham PC Van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister, Liberal, 1918-27 1836 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British Prime Minister, L, 1905-08 1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies 1835 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior 1835 Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67 1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies 1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies 1830 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education 1830 Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, C, British Prime Minister, 1885-1902 1830 James G Blaine, U.S., minister of foreign affairs 1830 Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/Minister of War, 1899-1900 1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England 1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice 1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1827 William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance 1827 George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 1826 Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views 1825 Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy, 1st ordained U.S. female minister 1823 George JD Campbell, Scottish/British Minister to Indies, 1868-74/80-85 1822 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61 1822 Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1888-90 1822 Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister, 1877-79 1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1822 Alexander MacKenzie, L, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada, 1873 - 1878 1821 Vasile Alecsandri, born in Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat 1821 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, minister of finance/patriot, dies at 55 1820 Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope, in Rome 1818 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier 1818 John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch minister of Internal minister, 1866..88 1818 Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances, 1879-81 1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71 1817 Leroy Pope Walker, U.S. lawyer/Confederate minister of War, 1861 1816 Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs 1816 Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Minister Foreign Affairs, 1852-53 1815 Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat 1815 John A. MacDonald, C, 1st Prime Minister of Canada, 1867 - 1873 1814 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance 1813 Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance 1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1813 Jozsef Eotvos, Hungarian Minister of Education, 1848 1812 Pieter Blusse van Oud-Alblas, Dutch liberal minister of Finance 1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice 1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 1811 Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 1810 Alexander Walewski, French earl/foreign minister/Napoleon I's son 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, Lib, British Prime Minister, 1868-74, '80-86, '92-94 1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance 1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs 1806 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education 1806 William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1804 Benjamin Disraeli, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1868, 1874-80 1804 Mary Bright, British Prime Minister Rockingham, dies 1804 Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice, 1856-58 1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education 1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian Minister of Foreign affairs, 1831 1801 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1848-49 1799 Anthony G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch Minister of Reformed Worship 1799 Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister, 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68 1797 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs 1796 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1795 Leonardus A Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship, 1848 . .53 1793 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/Minister of Internal Affairs, 1848-49 1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, U.S., teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education 1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal 1792 John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73 1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance 1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies 1791 Felix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance 1788 Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 1787 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston 1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister 1784 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs 1784 Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1782 Viscount Goderich, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1827-28 1780 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs 1780 Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse 1779 William Lamb, Whig, Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister, 1834, 1835-41 1778 Robert Peel, British Prime Minister, 1834-46, founder, Tories 1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat 1777 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, 1813-14 1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns 1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs 1770 Earl of Liverpool, C, British Prime Minister, 1812-27 1770 Nikita P. Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs 1770 George Canning, London, British Prime Minister, 1827 1770 George Canning, C, British Prime Minister, 1827 1769 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice, 1807..42 1769 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British Prime Minister, C, 1828-30 1768 Edouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister, 1834-35 1767 Willem F Roell, Dutch Internal minister 1767 Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance 1767 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance 1765 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot 1764 Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies 1764 Charles Earl Grey, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1830-34 1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy 1763 Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education 1763 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs 1762 Spencer Perceval, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1809-12 1762 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs 1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War 1761 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War 1761 Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War 1761 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, born in Switzerland, U.S. minister of Finance, 1801 - 1814 1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1759 Baron Grenville, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1806-07 1757 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, C, British Prime Minister, 1801-04 1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. 1755 English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1755 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War, 1807-10 1754 Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1753 Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 1751 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78 1750 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister 1750 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War, 1798-1800, 1803-06 1743 Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies 1738 Duck of Portland, C, British Prime Minister, 1783, 1807-09 1737 French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns 1735 Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street 1732 Frederick North, C, British Prime Minister, 1770-82 1730 Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min) 1730 Marquess of Rockingham, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1765-66, 1782 1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance 1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs 1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War 1723 Philip, French duke of Orleans, regent 1715 - 1723, Prime Minister 1723, dies 1723 Johann A. Cramer, prime minister/poet 1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 1712 George Grenville, British Prime Minister, 1763-65 1712 Thomas Osborne, English Prime Minister 1690 - 1694, dies at 80 1710 Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, English Prime Minister 1687 - 1688, dies at 61 1696 De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance 1693 Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, English minister of finance 1690 John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42 1683 Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance 1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies at 64 1676 Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42 1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 1673 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1664 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal 1661 Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 1651 John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700 1647 Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English Minister of Foreign Affairs 1641 Maximilien de Bethune duke of Sully, Prime Minister of France, dies at 81 1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII 1621 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at 43 1621 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister, 1660-73 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1615 John Biddle, English minister, Unitarian 1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/Prime Minister (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76 1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister 1598 - 1612, dies at 48 1602 Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister, 1642-61 1596 John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies 1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer 1567 Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies 1566 John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister, dies 1563 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister, 1598-1612 1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden 1560 Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France 1553 Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge 1550 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1545 Pierre Brully, Peter Brulius, calvinist minister, burned to death 1540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed 1524 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death 1510 Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies 1494 John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister 1272 David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies 1231 Antonius van Padua, Fernando M de Bulhom, Port minister, dies at 35 1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 |
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