Politician

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