Political Leaders in Geneva

The atlas holds 14 people and 19 moments here, from 58 BC to 2007. The most recorded lives are Kofi Annan, Lord Byron and Raisa Gorbacheva.

Notable people

  1. Kofi Annan

    from 1961 to 2007

    4 moments here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  2. Lord Byron

    in 1816

    2 moments here

    George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…

  3. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1985

    2 moments here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

  4. Ronald Reagan

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  5. Vladimir Lenin

    in 1903

    1 moment here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  6. Nelson Mandela

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  7. Julius Caesar

    in 58 BC

    1 moment here

    Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…

  8. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  9. Benito Mussolini

    in 1904

    1 moment here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

  10. Jimmy Carter

    in 1977

    1 moment here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  11. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1859

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  12. Indira Gandhi

    in 1981

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  13. Benazir Bhutto

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

  14. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1928

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

Moments

  1. 58 BC Arrives near Geneva Julius Caesar
  2. 1816 Residence at Villa Diodati Lord Byron
  3. 1816 Visits to Coppet Lord Byron
  4. 1859 Marriage to Giuseppina Strepponi Giuseppe Verdi
  5. 1903 Based in Geneva Vladimir Lenin
  6. 1904 Passport arrest and expulsion Benito Mussolini
  7. 1928 Work trip to Geneva from Provence Gabriela Mistral
  8. 1961 International-relations study in Geneva Kofi Annan
  9. 1962 Budget officer at WHO Kofi Annan
  10. 1977 Geneva official visit Jimmy Carter
  11. 1980 UNHCR personnel chief in Geneva Kofi Annan
  12. 1981 World Health Assembly attendance Indira Gandhi
  13. 1984 Released to Geneva Benazir Bhutto
  14. 1985 Geneva Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
  15. 1985 Geneva Summit tea Raisa Gorbacheva
  16. 1985 International Red Cross event Raisa Gorbacheva
  17. 1985 Meets Gorbachev in Geneva Ronald Reagan
  18. 1990 Visits Geneva Nelson Mandela
  19. 2007 Residence in Geneva after UN service Kofi Annan

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