- List of state leaders in 1987
Africa
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Algeria -
**President -Chadli Bendjedid ,President of Algeria (1979 -1992 )
**Prime Minister -Abdelhamid Brahimi ,Prime Minister of Algeria (1984 -1988 )
*Angola -José Eduardo dos Santos ,President of Angola (1979 -present)
*Benin -Mathieu Kérékou ,President of Benin (1972 -1991 )
*Botswana -Quett Masire ,President of Botswana (1980 -1998 )
*Burkina Faso -
*#Thomas Sankara , President of Burkina Faso (1983 -1987 )
*#Blaise Compaoré , President of Burkina Faso (1987 -present)
*Cape Verde
** President -Aristides Pereira ,President of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
** Prime Minister -Pedro Pires ,Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
*Comoros -Ahmed Abdallah , President of the Comoros (1978 -1989 )
*Côte d'Ivoire -Félix Houphouët-Boigny ,President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 -1993 )
*Djibouti -
** President -Hassan Gouled Aptidon ,President of Djibouti (1977 -1999 )
** Prime Minister -Barkat Gourad Hamadou ,Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978 -2001 )
*Equatorial Guinea
** President -Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ,President of Equatorial Guinea (1979 -present)
** Prime Minister -Cristino Seriche Bioko ,Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (1982 -1992 )
*Ethiopia -
**Head of State -Mengistu Haile Mariam ,Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council 1977 -1987 ,President of Ethiopia (1987 -1991 ).
**Prime Minister -Fikre-Selassie Wogderess ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1987 -1989 ) "position created September 10"
*Gabon -
**President -Omar Bongo ,President of Gabon (1967 -present)
**Prime Minister -Léon Mébiame ,Prime Minister of Gabon (1975 -1994 )
*The Gambia -Dawda Jawara , President of The Gambia (1970 -1994 )
*Guinea -Lansana Conté ,President of Guinea (1984 -present)
*Kenya -Daniel arap Moi , President of Kenya (1978 -2002 )
*Liberia -Samuel K. Doe , President of Liberia (1980 -1990 )
*Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda,President of Malawi (1966 -1994 )
*Mali
** President -Moussa Traoré ,President of Mali (1968 -1991 )
** Prime Minister -Mamadou Dembelé ,Prime Minister of Mali (1986 -1988 )
*Mauritania
** President -Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ,President of Mauritania (1984 -2005 )
** Prime Minister -Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ,Prime Minister of Mauritania (1984 -1992 )
*Mauritius
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968 -1992 )
** Governor-General -Veerasamy Ringadoo ,Governor-General of Mauritius (1986 -1992 )
** Prime Minister -Anerood Jugnauth ,Prime Minister of Mauritius (1982 -1995 )
*Morocco -
** Monarch - Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961 –1999 )
** Prime Minister -Azzeddine Laraki ,Prime Minister of Morocco (1986 –1992 )
*Mozambique -
**President -Joaquim Chissano , President of Mozambique (1986 –2005 )
**Prime Minister -Mário da Graça Machungo , Prime Minister of Mozambique (1986 –1994 )
*Nigeria -Ibrahim Babangida ,President of Nigeria (1985 -1993 )
*Rwanda -Juvénal Habyarimana ,President of Rwanda (1973 -1994 )
*São Tomé and Príncipe -Manuel Pinto da Costa ,President of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975 -1991 )
*Senegal
** President -Abdou Diouf ,President of Senegal (1981 -2000 )
*Seychelles -France-Albert René ,President of Seychelles (1977 -2004 )
*Somalia -Muhammad Siad Barre , President of Somalia (1969 -1991 )
*Swaziland
** Monarch - Mswati III,King of Swaziland (1986 -present)
** Prime Minister -Sotsha Dlamini ,Prime Minister of Swaziland (1986 -1989 )
*Togo -Gnassingbé Eyadéma ,President of Togo (1967 -2005 )
*Uganda
**President -Yoweri Museveni , Chairman of the military council (1986 -)
**Prime Minister -Samson Kisekka ,Prime Minister of Uganda (1986 -1991 )
*Zambia
**President -Kenneth Kaunda ,President of Zambia (1964 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -Kebby Musokotwane ,Prime Minister of Zambia (1985 -1989 )
*Zimbabwe -
**President -
**#Canaan Banana ,President of Zimbabwe (1980 -1987 )
**#Robert Mugabe ,President of Zimbabwe (1987 -present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Robert Mugabe ,Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980 -1987 )
**# position abolished,1987 Asia
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Afghanistan -
** President -
**#Haji Mohammad Chamkani ,President of Afghanistan (1986 -1987 )
**#Mohammad Najibullah ,President of Afghanistan (1987 -1992 )
**Prime Minister -Sultan Ali Keshtmand ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981 -1988 )
*Bangladesh -
**President -Hossain Mohammad Ershad , President of Bangladesh (1983 –1990 )
**Prime Minister -Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1986 –1988 )
*Brunei
**Monarch -Hassanal Bolkiah ,Sultan of Brunei (1967 –present)
**Prime Minister -Hassanal Bolkiah ,Prime Minister of Brunei (1984 –present)
*People's Republic of China -
** President -Li Xiannian ,President of the People's Republic of China (1983 -1988 )
** Premier -
**#Zhao Ziyang ,Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980 -1987 )
**#Li Peng ,Premier of the People's Republic of China (1987 -1998 )
** Head of Communist Party -
**#Hu Yaobang ,General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980 -1987 )
**#Zhao Ziyang ,General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1987 -1989 )
*India -
**President -
**#Zail Singh ,President of India (1982 -1987 )
**#Ramaswamy Venkataraman ,President of India (1987 -1992 )
**Prime Minister -Rajiv Gandhi ,Prime Minister of India (1984 -1989 )
*Indonesia -Haji Mohammad Suharto , President of Indonesia (1967 –1998 )
*Iran
** Supreme Leader -Ruhollah Khomeini ,Supreme Leader of Iran (1979 –1989 )
** President -Ali Khamenei ,President of Iran (1981 –1989 )
** Prime Minister -Mir-Hossein Mousavi ,Prime Minister of Iran (1981 –1989 )
*Japan -
**Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Yasuhiro Nakasone ,Prime Minister of Japan (1982 -1987 )
**#Takeshita Noboru ,Prime Minister of Japan (1987 -1989 )
* Republic of Korea -
**President -Chun Doo-hwan , President of the Republic of Korea (1980 -1988 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Lho Shin-yong , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1985 -1987 )
**#Lee Han-key , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1987 )
**#Kim Chung-yul , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1987 -1988 )
*Nepal
**Monarch -Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev , King of Nepal (1972 –2001 )
**Prime Minister -Marich Man Singh Shrestha , Prime Minister of Nepal (1986 -1990 )
*Pakistan -
**President -Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ,President of Pakistan (1978 -1988 )
**Prime Minister -Muhammad Khan Junejo ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1985 -1988 )
*Philippines
**President -Corazon Aquino ,President of the Philippines (1986 -1992 )
*Singapore -
**President -Wee Kim Wee ,President of Singapore (1985 -1993 )
**Prime Minister -Lee Kuan Yew ,Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 -1990 )
* Taiwan (Republic of China )
** President -Chiang Ching-kuo ,President of the Republic of China (1978 -1988 )
** Premier -Yü Kuo-hwa , President of the Executive Yuan (1984 -1989 )
*Thailand -
**King -Bhumibol Adulyadej ,King of Thailand (1946 -present)
**Prime Minister -Prem Tinsulanonda ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1980 -1988 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Australia (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - SirNinian Stephen ,Governor-General of Australia (1982 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Bob Hawke ,Prime Minister of Australia (1983 -1991 )
*Fiji -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Fiji (1952 -1987 ); abdicated7 October ,1987
**Governor General - Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Governor-General of Fiji (12 February ,1983 -6 October ,1987 )
**Head of the Interim Military Government -Sitiveni Rabuka , Head of the Interim Military Government (7 October -5 December ,1987 )
**President - Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, President of Fiji (5 December ,1987 -16 December ,1993 )
**Prime Minister
**#Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji (10 October ,1970 -13 April ,1987 )
**#Timoci Bavadra , Prime Minister of Fiji (13 April -14 May ,1987 )
**#Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji (1970 -13 April ,1987 ;5 December ,5 December ,1987 -2 June ,1992 )
*Federated States of Micronesia -
*#Tosiwo Nakayama ,President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1979 –1987 )
*#John Haglelgam ,President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1987 –1991 )
*Kiribati -Ieremia Tabai ,President of Kiribati (1983 –1991 )
*Marshall Islands -Amata Kabua ,President of the Marshall Islands (1979 –1996 )
*Nauru -Hammer DeRoburt ,President of Nauru (1986 -1989 )
*New Zealand
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -Paul Reeves ,Governor-General of New Zealand (1985 -1990 )
**Prime Minister -David Lange ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984 -1989 )
*Solomon Islands -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the Solomon Islands (1978 –present)
**Governor-General -Baddeley Devesi ,Governor-General of the Solomon Islands (1978 –1988 )
**Prime Minister -Ezekiel Alebua ,Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1986 –1989 )
*Tonga
** Monarch -Taufa'ahau Tupou IV , King of Tonga (1965 –2006 )
** Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi),Prime Minister of Tonga , (1965 –1991 )
*Tuvalu
** Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Tuvalu (1978 -present)
** Governor-General - SirTupua Leupena ,Governor-General of Tuvalu (1986 -1990 )
** Prime Minister -Tomasi Puapua ,Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1981 -1989 )
*Vanuatu -
**President -George Kalkoa ,President of Vanuatu (1984 –1989 )
**Prime Minister -Walter Lini ,Prime Minister of Vanuatu (1980 –1991 )Europe
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Albania -
**First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor -Ramiz Alia ,First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1985 -1991 )
**Head of State -Ramiz Alia , Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1982 -1991 )
**Premier -Adil Çarçani , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1982 -1991 )
*Andorra -
**Co-Princes -
***François Mitterrand ,President of France (1981 -1995 )
***Joan Martí Alanis ,Bishop of Urgel (1971 -2003 )
**Head of Government -Josep Pintat-Solans ,Head of Government of Andorra (1984 -1990 )
*Austria -
**President -Kurt Waldheim , Federal President of Austria (1986 –1992 )
**Chancellor -Franz Vranitzky ,Chancellor of Austria (1986 –1997 )
*Belgium
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -Wilfried Martens , Prime Minister of Belgium (1982 -1992 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972 -present)
** Prime Minister -Poul Schlüter ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1982 -1993 )
*Finland
**President -Mauno Koivisto ,President of Finland , (1982 -1994 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Kalevi Sorsa ,Prime Minister of Finland , (1972 -1975 ,1977 -1979 ,1982 -1987 )
**#Harri Holkeri ,Prime Minister of Finland , (1987 -1991 )
*France -
**President -François Mitterrand ,President of France (1981 -1995 )
**Prime Minister -Jacques Chirac ,Prime Minister of France (1986 -1988 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Richard von Weizsäcker , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984 -1994 )
**Chancellor -Helmut Kohl , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982 -1998 )
*German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader -Erich Honecker ,General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971 -1989 )
**Head of State -Erich Honecker , Chairman of the Council of State (1976 -1989 )
**Premier -Willi Stoph , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976 -1989 )
* Ireland
**President -Patrick Hillery ,President of Ireland (1976 -1990 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Garret FitzGerald ,Taoiseach (1982 -1987 )
**#Charles Haughey ,Taoiseach (1987 -1992 )
*Italy -
**President -Francesco Cossiga , President of the Italian Republic (1985 -1992 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Bettino Craxi ,Prime Minister of Italy (1983 -1987 )
**#Amintore Fanfani ,Prime Minister of Italy (1987 )
**#Giovanni Goria ,Prime Minister of Italy (1987 -1988 )
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Regent - Hereditary Prince Hans-Adam II, Regent of Liechtenstein (1984 -1989 , Prince1989 -present)
**Head of Government -Hans Brunhart ,Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1978 -1993 )
*Luxembourg -
**Monarch - Jean,Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964 -2000 )
**Prime Minister -Jacques Santer ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1984 -1995 )
*Malta -
**Head of State -
**#Agatha Barbara ,President of Malta (1982 -1987 )
**#Paul Xuereb , Acting President of Malta (1987 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici ,Prime Minister of Malta (1984 -1987 )
**#Eddie Fenech Adami ,Prime Minister of Malta (1987 -1996 )
*Monaco -
**Monarch - Rainier III,Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
**Head of Government -Jean Ausseil ,Minister of State of Monaco (1985 -1991 )
*Netherlands -
**Monarch - Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands(1980 -present)
**Prime Minister -Ruud Lubbers ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982 -1994 )
*Norway -
**Monarch - Olav V,King of Norway (1957 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -Gro Harlem Brundtland ,Prime Minister of Norway (1986 -1989 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader -Wojciech Jaruzelski ,First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981 -1989 )
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman -Wojciech Jaruzelski (1985 -1989 )
**Premier -Zbigniew Messner , President of the Council of Ministers (1985 -1988 )
*Portugal -
**President -Mário Soares ,President of Portugal (1986 -1996 )
**Prime Minister -Aníbal Cavaco Silva ,Prime Minister of Portugal (1985 -1995 )
*Spain
**Monarch - Juan Carlos I,King of Spain (1975 -present)
**Prime Minister -Felipe González , President of the Government (1982 -1996 )
*Sweden -
**Monarch - Carl XVI Gustaf,King of Sweden (1973 -present)
**Prime Minister -Ingvar Carlsson ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1986 -1991 )
*Switzerland -
**Swiss Federal Council -Pierre Aubert ,Leon Schlumpf ,Otto Stich ,Jean-Pascal Delamuraz ,Elisabeth Kopp ,Arnold Koller ,Flavio Cotti ;members of the Swiss Federal Council ;members of the Swiss Federal Council
*Turkey -
**President -Kenan Evren ,President of Turkey (1982 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Turgut Özal ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1983 -1989 )
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -Margaret Thatcher ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 -1990 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - John Paul II,Bishop of Rome (1978 -2005 )
** Secretary of State -Agostino Cardinal Casaroli ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1979 -1990 )Middle East
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Bahrain -
**Monarch -Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa ,Emir of Bahrain (1971 -1999 , Ruler1961 -1971 )
**Prime Minister -Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah ,Prime Minister of Bahrain (1971 -present)
*Egypt -
**President -Hosni Mubarak ,President of Egypt (1981 -present)
**Prime Minister -Atef Sedki ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1986 -1996 )
*Iran -
**Supreme Leader - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,Supreme Leader of Iran (1980 -1989 )
**President -Ali Khamenei ,President of Iran (1981 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Mir Hossein Moussavi ,Prime Minister of Iran (1981 -1989 )
*Iraq -
**President -Saddam Hussein ,President of Iraq (1979 -2003 )
**Prime Minister -Saddam Hussein ,Prime Minister of Iraq (1979 -1991 )
*Israel
**President -Chaim Herzog ,President of Israel (1983 -1993 )
**Prime Minister -Yitzhak Shamir ,Prime Minister of Israel (1986 -1992 )
*Jordan -
**Monarch - Hussein,King of Jordan (1952 -1999 )
**Prime Minister -Zaid ar-Rifai ,Prime Minister of Jordan (1985 -1989 )
*Kuwait -
**Monarch -Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah ,Emir of Kuwait (1977 -present)
**Prime Minister -Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Salim Al Sabah ,Prime Minister of Kuwait (1978 -2003 )
*Oman -Qaboos Bin Said ,Sultan of Oman (1970 -)
*Qatar -
**Monarch -Sheikh Khalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani ,Emir of Qatar (1972 -1995 )
**Prime Minister -Sheikh Khalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani ,Prime Minister of Qatar (1970 -1995 )
*Saudi Arabia -
**Monarch - Fahd,King of Saudi Arabia (1982 -present)
**Prime Minister - Fahd,Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1982 -present)
*United Arab Emirates -
**President -Sheikh Zaid ibn Sultan Al Nahayan ,President of the United Arab Emirates (1971 -present)
**Prime Minister -Sheikh Rashid ibn Said Al Maktum ,Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (1979 -1990 )
*People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
** President -Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas , Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1986 -1990 )
** Prime Minister -Yasin Said Numan , Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1986 -1990 )
*Yemen Arab Republic
** President -Ali Abdullah Saleh , President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1978 -1990 )
** Prime Minister -Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1983 -1990 )North America and the Caribbean
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Antigua and Barbuda -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda (1981 –present)
**Governor-General -Wilfred Jacobs , Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (1981 –1993 )
**Prime Minister -Vere Bird , Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1981 –1994 )
*Bahamas -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the Bahamas (1973 –present)
**Governor-General -Gerald Cash , Governor-General of the Bahamas (1979 –1988 )
**Prime Minister -Lynden Pindling , Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973 –1992 )
*Barbados -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966 –present)
**Governor-General -Hugh Springer , Governor-General of Barbados (1984 –1990 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Errol Barrow , Prime Minister of Barbados (1986 –1987 )
**#Lloyd Erskine Sandiford , Prime Minister of Barbados (1987 –1994 )
*Belize -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize (1981 –present)
**Governor-General -Elmira Minita Gordon , Governor-General of Belize (1981 –1993 )
**Prime Minister -Manuel Esquivel , Prime Minister of Belize (1984 –1989 )
*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
**Governor General -Jeanne Sauvé ,Governor General of Canada (1984 -1990 )
**Prime Minister -Brian Mulroney ,Prime Minister of Canada (1984 -1993 )
**See1987 Canadian incumbents for more
*Costa Rica -Óscar Arias , President of Costa Rica (1986 –1990 )
*Cuba -Fidel Castro , President of Cuba (1976 -2008 )
*Dominica -
**President -Clarence Augustus Seignoret , President of Dominica (1983 –1993 )
**Prime Minister -Eugenia Charles , Prime Minister of Dominica (1980 –1995 )
*Dominican Republic -Joaquín Balaguer , President of the Dominican Republic (1986 –1996 )
*El Salvador -José Napoleón Duarte ,President of El Salvador (1984 –1989 )
*Haiti -Henri Namphy ,President of Haiti (1986 -1988 )
*Trinidad and Tobago -
**President -
**#Ellis Clarke ,President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976 -1987 )
**#Noor Hassanali ,President of Trinidad and Tobago (1987 -1997 )
**Prime Minister - A.N.R. Robinson,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1986 -1991 )
*United States -Ronald Reagan ,President of the United States (1981 -1989 )outh America
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Argentina -Raúl Alfonsín , President of Argentina (1983 -1989 )
*Bolivia -Víctor Paz Estenssoro ,President of Bolivia (1985 -1989 )
*Brazil -José Sarney , President of Brazil (1985 -1990 )
*Chile -Augusto Pinochet ,President of Chile (1973 -1990 )
*Colombia -Virgilio Barco Vargas , President of Colombia (1986 -1990 )
*Ecuador -León Febres Cordero , President of Ecuador (1984 -1988 )
*Guyana -
**President -Desmond Hoyte , President of Guyana (1985 -1992 )
**Prime Minister -Hamilton Green , Prime Minister of Guyana (1985 -1992 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner , President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -Alan García Pérez , President of Peru (1985 -1990 )
*Suriname -
**President -Ramdat Misier ,President of Suriname (1982 -1988 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Pretaapnarian Radhakishun ,Prime Minister of Suriname (1986 -1987 )
**#Jules Wijdenbosch ,Prime Minister of Suriname (1987 -1988 )
*Uruguay -Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo , President of Uruguay (1985 -1990 )
*Venezuela -Jaime Lusinchi , President of Venezuela (1984 -1989 )
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