Politician

A politician is an individual involved in politics.

In Western democracies, the term is generally restricted to those either holding or seeking elected office for themselves, rather than specialists employed by such people. Such a distinction is less clear in non-democratic forms of government.

Some examples of famous politicians, or people with an important political work:

Kofi Annan - United Nations Secretary-General
Dalai Lama - Leader of the Tibetans
Mohandas Gandhi - Leader of India
Mikhail Gorbachev - Leader of the Soviet Union
Thomas Jefferson - President of the United States
Petra Kelly - Founder of the Greens
John F. Kennedy - President of the United States
Robert F. Kennedy - US Attorney General, Senator
Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights leader
Olof Palme - Prime Minister of Sweden

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