Political Leaders in New York City

The atlas holds 35 people and 91 moments here, from 1776 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Notable people

  1. Charles de Gaulle

    in 1945

    1 moment here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

  2. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  3. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1988

    1 moment here

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

  4. Jimmy Carter

    in 1976

    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…

  5. George H. W. Bush

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  6. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  7. John Adams

    in 1789

    1 moment here

    American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…

  8. Simón Bolívar

    in 1807

    1 moment here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

  9. Ho Chi Minh

    in 1912

    1 moment here

    Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

  10. Corazon Aquino

    in 1949

    1 moment here

    María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…

  11. Li Keqiang

    in 2016

    1 moment here

    Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…

Moments

  1. 1960 United Nations Security Council address Golda Meir
  2. 1960 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser at the United Nations Dwight D. Eisenhower
  3. 1960 United Nations annual session Fidel Castro
  4. 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly Jawaharlal Nehru
  5. 1960 Joined the split-screen third debate John F. Kennedy
  6. 1962 Celebrated birthday at Madison Square Garden John F. Kennedy
  7. 1964 Lectures at the New School Martin Luther King Jr.
  8. 1964 Departure from New York for world tour Che Guevara
  9. 1964 United Nations address Che Guevara
  10. 1967 Addresses antiwar march at United Nations Martin Luther King Jr.
  11. 1967 Delivers “Beyond Vietnam” Martin Luther King Jr.
  12. 1968 United Nations General Assembly appearance Indira Gandhi
  13. 1970 Special UN General Assembly session Indira Gandhi
  14. 1971 United Nations Security Council visit with her father Benazir Bhutto
  15. 1971 Birth in East Harlem Tupac Shakur
  16. 1971 United Nations General Assembly work George H. W. Bush
  17. 1976 Democratic National Convention Jimmy Carter
  18. 1979 United Nations General Assembly speech Fidel Castro
  19. 1979 Launches presidential campaign in New York Ronald Reagan
  20. 1983 UN Secretariat director in New York Kofi Annan
  21. 1983 38th UN General Assembly Indira Gandhi
  22. 1984 Political meetings in New York Benazir Bhutto
  23. 1988 Governors Island Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
  24. 1989 UN General Assembly address Margaret Thatcher
  25. 1990 Addresses the United Nations Nelson Mandela
  26. 1990 Welcomed in New York Nelson Mandela
  27. 1993 Addresses UN on sanctions Nelson Mandela
  28. 1994 Quad Studios shooting Tupac Shakur
  29. 1995 Transfer to Rikers Island Tupac Shakur
  30. 1999 United Nations General Assembly visit Hugo Chávez
  31. 2000 Global Compact launch at UN Headquarters Kofi Annan
  32. 2000 Millennium Summit Fidel Castro
  33. 2002 Repeated visits to Zardari in New York Benazir Bhutto
  34. 2006 United Nations General Assembly debate Hugo Chávez
  35. 2006 Farewell address at UN Headquarters Kofi Annan
  36. 2013 UN General Assembly address Shinzo Abe
  37. 2015 UN General Assembly address Shinzo Abe
  38. 2016 United Nations General Assembly visit Li Keqiang
  39. 2022 United Nations General Assembly address Ebrahim Raisi
  40. 2023 Meeting with UN Secretary-General Ebrahim Raisi
  41. 2023 United Nations General Assembly address Ebrahim Raisi

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