Glossary
Places, people, terms
Where is this square? Who is this minister? Here we explain places, people and organisations that appear in our stories.
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PersonNigeria
Akin Abayomi
Akin Abayomi is a Nigerian physician and Commissioner for Health of Lagos State.
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PersonSerbia
Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician who has dominated the country's politics for more than a decade.
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PersonCanada
Alvin Tedjo
Alvin Tedjo is a Canadian municipal politician from Mississauga.
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PersonPortugal
Amadeu Guerra
Amadeu Guerra is a Portuguese jurist who has been Prosecutor General of Portugal since October 2024.
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PersonMexico
Amaury Vergara
Amaury Vergara is a Mexican businessman and president of the football club Chivas (CD Guadalajara).
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PersonNew Zealand
Andrew Little
Mayor of Wellington since October 2025, former leader of the Labour Party.
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PersonChile
Aníbal Mosa
Chilean businessman, president and largest shareholder of Blanco y Negro, the company that runs Colo-Colo (as of October 2026).
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PersonAustralia
Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister of Australia since 2022 and leader of the Labor Party.
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PersonPortugal
António José Seguro
António José Seguro is a Portuguese politician who has been President of Portugal since March 2026.
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PersonIndonesia
Ateng Sutisna
Ateng Sutisna is an Indonesian PKS politician and member of the national parliament, the DPR.
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PersonCanada
Carolyn Parrish
Carolyn Parrish is a Canadian politician who became Mayor of Mississauga in 2024.
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PersonAustralia
Catherine King
Australian Labor politician and federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (as of October 2026).
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PersonMexico
Charlyn Corral
Charlyn Corral is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for CF Pachuca and the Mexico national team.
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PersonAustralia
Chris Minns
Chris Minns is an Australian Labor politician and has been Premier of New South Wales since March 2023.
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PersonMonaco
Christophe Mirmand
Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco and thus head of government (as of October 2026).
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PersonMexico
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum has been President of Mexico since 1 October 2024, the first woman to hold the office.
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PersonSouth Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa since 2018 and leader of the ANC since 2017.
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PersonBrazil
Dario Durigan
Brazil's finance minister (as of October 2026) in the Lula government.
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PersonAustralia
David Shoebridge
David Shoebridge is an Australian Greens politician and senator for New South Wales.
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PersonUnited States
Dean Logan
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk and chief election official.
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PersonUkraine
Dmytro Lubinets
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights since 2022.
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PersonUnited States
Donald Trump
47th President of the United States since January 2025; previously in office from 2017 to 2021.
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PersonNigeria
Eric Chelle
Eric Chelle is a Malian-French football coach and head coach of the Nigerian national team.
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PersonUnited States
Eric M. Smith
General and Commandant of the US Marine Corps (as of October 2026).
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PersonGreece
Evangelos Tournas
Greek politician, in charge of civil protection as minister in October 2026.
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PersonDR Congo
Félix Tshisekedi
Félix Tshisekedi has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2019.
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PersonBrazil
Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilian politician, senator for Rio de Janeiro and eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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PersonPortugal
Frederico Varandas
Frederico Varandas is president of Sporting CP.
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PersonSouth Korea
G-Dragon
G-Dragon (born Kwon Ji-yong) is a South Korean rapper, singer and producer and the leader of the K-pop group BigBang.
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PersonIndonesia
Gibran Rakabuming Raka
Gibran Rakabuming Raka is an Indonesian politician who has been Vice President of Indonesia since October 2024.
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PersonPortugal
Gonçalo Inácio
Gonçalo Inácio is a Portuguese defender and captain of Sporting CP.
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PersonGB
Harry Kane
Harry Kane is an English footballer, striker and captain of the England national team.
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PersonEgypt
Hassan Abdalla
Hassan Abdalla is an Egyptian banker who has been Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt since 2022.
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PersonEgypt
Hossam Bahgat
Egyptian human rights advocate and journalist, founder and head of the EIPR.
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PersonChina
Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao is a Chinese politician who was General Secretary of the Communist Party from 2002 to 2012 and President of China from 2003 to 2 …
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PersonPapua New Guinea
James Marape
James Marape is a Papua New Guinean politician who has been the country's Prime Minister since 2019.
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PersonAustralia
Jason Demetriou
Jason Demetriou is an Australian rugby league coach and head coach of Papua New Guinea's national team.
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PersonArgentina
Javier Milei
Javier Milei is an Argentine economist and politician who has been President of Argentina since 10 December 2023.
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PersonMonaco
Jean-Louis Grinda
Monegasque politician and opera director, Vice-President of the National Council (as of October 2026).
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PersonUnited States
Jeff Anderson
American lawyer from Minnesota who has represented survivors of clergy abuse for decades.
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PersonNigeria
Jide Idris
Jide Idris is a Nigerian physician and Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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PersonAustralia
John Howard
John Howard is an Australian Liberal Party politician who was prime minister from 1996 to 2007.
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PersonKenya
Johnson Sakaja
Johnson Sakaja is a Kenyan politician who has been Governor of Nairobi County since 2022.
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PersonDR Congo
Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019.
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PersonJapan
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese LDP politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.
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PersonPeru
Keiko Fujimori
Peruvian politician, President of Peru (as of October 2026) and leader of the Fuerza Popular party.
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PersonEgypt
Khaled El-Balshy
Egyptian journalist, head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate.
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PersonSaudi Arabia
Khalid bin Salman
Prince Khalid bin Salman has been Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defence since 2022.
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PersonKenya
Kipchumba Murkomen
Kipchumba Murkomen is a Kenyan politician and Kenya's interior minister (as of October 2026).
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PersonSouth Korea
Lee Jae-myung
President of South Korea since June 2025, politician of the Democratic Party.
PersonEgypt
Lina Attalah
Egyptian journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Mada Masr.
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PersonColombia
Luis Javier Suárez
Luis Javier Suárez is a Colombian striker who plays for Sporting CP.
PersonPortugal
Luís Montenegro
Luís Montenegro is a Portuguese PSD politician who has been Prime Minister of Portugal since April 2024.
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PersonBrazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazilian politician of the Workers' Party (PT), President of Brazil 2003–2010 and again since 2023.
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PersonIran
Masoud Pezeshkian
President of Iran since July 2024.
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PersonUnited States
Melania Trump
First Lady of the United States and wife of President Donald Trump.
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PersonBangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful
Bangladeshi cricketer and coach, former captain of the national team.
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PersonEgypt
Mostafa Madbouly
Mostafa Madbouly is an Egyptian politician who has been Prime Minister of Egypt since 2018.
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PersonNigeria
Muhammad Ali Pate
Muhammad Ali Pate is a Nigerian physician who has been Nigeria's health minister since 2023.
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PersonBrazil
Renan Santos
Renan Santos is a right-wing Brazilian politician and co-founder of the Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL).
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PersonPapua New Guinea
Rhyse Martin
Rhyse Martin is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player and captain of the national team, the Kumuls.
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PersonAustralia
Richard Marles
Richard Marles is an Australian Labor politician, defence minister and deputy prime minister.
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PersonUnited States
Rick Hasen
American law professor at UCLA and expert on election law.
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PersonUnited States
Ronald Hicks
Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York (as of October 2026).
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PersonMexico
Rosa Icela Rodríguez
Rosa Icela Rodríguez has been Mexico's Interior Minister (Secretary of the Interior) since October 2024.
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PersonPortugal
Rui Borges
Rui Borges is a Portuguese football coach and head coach of Sporting CP.
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PersonJapan
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese LDP politician who in October 2025 became Japan's first female prime minister.
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PersonMexico
Scarlett Camberos
Scarlett Camberos is a Mexican footballer who plays in Liga MX Femenil and for the Mexico national team.
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PersonPhilippines
Sharon Garin
Philippine politician, energy secretary (as of October 2026).
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PersonJapan
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba is a Japanese LDP politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from October 2024 to October 2025.
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PersonUnited States
Shirley Weber
Democratic California politician and the state's Secretary of State, its chief elections officer, since 2021.
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PersonRU
Valery Gerasimov
Russian army general and Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces since 2012.
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PersonNigeria
Victor Osimhen
Nigerian striker who plays for Galatasaray in Istanbul.
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PersonUkraine
Vitali Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv since 2014 and former world heavyweight boxing champion.
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PersonUkraine
Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine since 2019.
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PersonCV
Vozinha
Cape Verdean goalkeeper, captain of Cape Verde's national team and with Colo-Colo since 2026.
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