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Ronald Reagan
age 70
President
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United States
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age 55
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United Kingdom
Fidel Castro
age 55
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Cuba
Saddam Hussein
age 44
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Iraq
Hirohito
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François Mitterrand
age 64
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France
Ruhollah Khomeini
age 78
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Iran
Anwar Sadat
age 62
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age 69
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Belgium
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age 66
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Germany
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
age 48
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Iran
Chiang Ching-kuo
age 71
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Republic of China
José López Portillo
age 61
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Mexico
Hu Yaobang
age 65
Chairman of the Communist Party of China
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Communist Party of China
João Figueiredo
age 63
President
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Brazil
Lê Duẩn
age 74
General Secretary
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Communist Party of Vietnam
Trường Chinh
age 74
President
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Vietnam
Kim Il-sung
age 69
General Secretary Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
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North Korea
Pol Pot
age 56
General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of Kampuchea
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Cambodia
Kurt Waldheim
age 62
Secretary-General
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United Nations
Margaret Thatcher
age 55
Prime Minister
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United Kingdom
Indira Gandhi
age 63
Prime Minister
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India
Deng Xiaoping
age 77
Chairman Of The Central Military Commission
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People's Republic of China
Helmut Schmidt
age 62
Chancellor
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Germany
Menachem Begin
age 68
Prime Minister
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Israel
Wojciech Jaruzelski
age 58
Prime Minister
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Poland
Juan Antonio Samaranch
age 61
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International Olympic Committee
Zhao Ziyang
age 61
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People's Republic of China
Pierre Mauroy
age 53
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France
P. W. Botha
age 65
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South Africa
Zenkō Suzuki
age 70
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Japan
Giovanni Spadolini
age 56
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Italy
Nikolai Tikhonov
age 76
Chairman
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Soviet Union
Gaston Thorn
age 53
President of the European Commission
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European Union
Kaysone Phomvihane
age 60
Prime Minister
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Laos
Phạm Văn Đồng
age 75
Prime Minister
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Vietnam
Garret FitzGerald
age 55
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Ireland
Joseph Luns
age 70
Secretary General
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NATO
Halfdan T. Mahler
age 58
Director-General
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World Health Organization
Sun Yun-suan
age 67
Premier
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Republic of China
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
age 49
Prime Minister
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Syria
Alden W. Clausen
age 58
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World Bank
Warren E. Burger
age 73
Chief Justice
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US Judiciary
George H. W. Bush
age 57
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United States
Hua Guofeng
age 60
Vice Chairman
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Communist Party of China
Li Xiannian
age 72
Vice Chairman
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Communist Party of China
Alexander Haig
age 56
Secretary Of State
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United States
William H. Webster
age 57
Director of the FBI
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Department of Justice
Thurgood Marshall
age 73
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
William Rehnquist
age 56
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
John Paul Stevens
age 61
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
William J. Brennan Jr.
age 75
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Byron White
age 64
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
age 73
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
age 48
US Court Of Appeals
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US Judiciary
Stephen Breyer
age 43
US Court Of Appeals
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US Judiciary
Anthony Kennedy
age 45
US Court Of Appeals
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US Judiciary
Joe Biden
age 38
Senate
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United States
Dan Quayle
age 34
Senate
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United States
Daniel Inouye
age 56
Senate
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United States
Al Gore
age 33
House of Representatives
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United States
Dick Cheney
age 40
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John Paul II
age 61
Pope
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Vatican City
Bhumibol Adulyadej
age 53
King
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Thailand
Ferdinand Marcos
age 63
President
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Philippines
Juan Carlos I of Spain
age 43
Monarch
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Spain
Augusto Pinochet
age 65
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Chile
Suharto
age 60
President
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Indonesia
Nicolae Ceaușescu
age 63
President
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Romania
Margrethe II of Denmark
age 41
Monarch
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Denmark
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
age 35
Monarch
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Sweden
Beatrix of the Netherlands
age 43
King
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Netherlands
Qaboos bin Said Al Said
age 40
Sultan
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Oman
Mobutu Sese Seko
age 50
President
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Julius Nyerere
age 59
President
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Tanzania
José Eduardo dos Santos
age 39
President
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Angola
Hussein I of Jordan
age 45
King
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Jordan
Habib Bourguiba
age 78
President
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Tunisia
Teodoro Obiang
age 39
President
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Equatorial Guinea
Hastings Banda
age 91
President
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Malawi
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
age 51
President
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Iceland
Urho Kekkonen
age 81
President
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Finland
Hassan II
age 52
King
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Morocco
Kenneth Kaunda
age 57
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Zambia
Kenan Evren
age 64
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Turkey
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
age 57
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Pakistan
Mengistu Haile Mariam
age 44
President
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Ethiopia
Sandro Pertini
age 84
President
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Italy
Olav V of Norway
age 78
Monarch
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Norway
Alfredo Stroessner
age 68
President
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Paraguay
Ahmed Sékou Touré
age 59
President
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Guinea
Milton Obote
age 55
President
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Uganda
Samora Moisés Machel
age 47
President
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Mozambique
Chun Doo-hwan
age 50
President
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South Korea
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
age 75
President
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Ivory Coast
Daniel arap Moi
age 57
President
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Kenya
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
age 58
Prince
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Monaco
Mathieu Kérékou
age 48
President
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Benin
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
age 25
King
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Bhutan
Siad Barre
age 61
President
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Somalia
Juvénal Habyarimana
age 44
President
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Rwanda
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
age 63
President
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United Arab Emirates
João Bernardo Vieira
age 42
President
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Guinea-Bissau
Ahmadou Ahidjo
age 57
President
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Cameroon
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
age 68
President
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India
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
age 43
President
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Maldives
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma
age 45
President
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Togo
Jean-Claude Duvalier
age 30
President
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Haiti
Konstantinos Karamanlis
age 74
President
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Greece
Abdou Diouf
age 45
President
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Senegal
Isaac Navon
age 60
President
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Israel
Ne Win
age 70
President
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Myanmar
Quett Masire
age 56
President
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Botswana
David Dacko
age 51
President
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Central African Republic
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
age 60
Monarch
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Luxembourg
Canaan Banana
age 45
President
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Zimbabwe
Rudolf Kirchschläger
age 66
President
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Austria
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
age 64
President
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Djibouti
Sobhuza II
age 82
King
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Eswatini
Chadli Bendjedid
age 52
President
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Algeria
Aristides Pereira
age 57
President
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Cape Verde
Moussa Traoré
age 44
President
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Mali
Fernando Belaúnde
age 68
President
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Peru
Dawda Kairaba Jawara
age 57
President
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The Gambia
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah
age 55
Emir
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Kuwait
Shehu Shagari
age 56
President
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Nigeria
Souphanouvong
age 72
President
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Laos
Didier Ratsiraka
age 44
President
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Madagascar
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga
age 63
Monarch
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Tonga
Gaafar Nimeiry
age 50
President
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Sudan
Roberto Eduardo Viola
age 56
President
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Argentina
António Ramalho Eanes
age 46
President
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Portugal
France-Albert René
age 45
President
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Seychelles
Manuel Pinto da Costa
age 44
President
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São Tomé and Príncipe
Patrick Hillery
age 58
President
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Ireland
Junius Richard Jayewardene
age 74
President
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Sri Lanka
Isa II of Bahrain
age 48
Monarch
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Bahrain
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
age 35
President
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Burundi
Hilla Limann
age 46
President
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Ghana
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
age 48
Emir
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Qatar
Siaka Stevens
age 76
President
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Sierra Leone
Ahmed Abdallah
age 62
President
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Comoros
Haxhi Lleshi
age 67
President
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Albania
Julio César Turbay
age 65
President
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Colombia
Spiros Cyprianou
age 48
President
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Cyprus
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
age 43
King
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Lesotho
Forbes Burnham
age 58
President
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Guyana
Hammer DeRoburt
age 58
President
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Nauru
Luis Herrera Campins
age 56
President
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Venezuela
Marais Viljoen
age 65
State President
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South Africa
Haruo Remeliik
age 48
President
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Palau
Saye Zerbo
age 49
President
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Burkina Faso
Tosiwo Nakayama
age 49
President
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Federated States of Micronesia
Aparicio Méndez
age 77
President
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Uruguay
Goukouni Oueddei
age 39
President
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Chad
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
age 54
President
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Costa Rica
Osvaldo Hurtado
age 42
President
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Ecuador
Anton Buttigieg
age 69
President
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Malta
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
age 70
President
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Dominican Republic
Elias Sarkis
age 57
President
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Lebanon
Henk Chin A Sen
age 47
President
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Suriname
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
age 41
President
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Mauritania
Abdus Sattar
age 75
President
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Bangladesh
Ieremia Tabai
age 31
President
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Kiribati
Ellis Clarke
age 63
President
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Trinidad and Tobago
Ati George Sokomanu
age 45
President
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Vanuatu
Arístides Royo
age 41
President
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Panama
Policarpo Paz García
age 48
President
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Honduras
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini
age 27
Captain Regent
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San Marino
Viktor Avbelj
age 67
President
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Slovenia
Aurelius Marie
age 76
President
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Dominica
Yeoh Ghim Seng
age 63
President
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Singapore
Waldo Bernal Pereira
age 50
President
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Bolivia
Óscar Pammo Rodríguez
age 47
President
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Bolivia
Gastone Pasolini
age 49
Captain Regent
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San Marino
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
age 68
King
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Saudi Arabia
Mahathir Mohamad
age 56
Prime Minister
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Malaysia
Robert Mugabe
age 57
Prime Minister
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Zimbabwe
Kuan Yew Lee
age 57
Prime Minister
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Singapore
Gro Harlem Brundtland
age 42
Prime Minister
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Norway
Pierre Trudeau
age 61
Prime Minister
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Canada
Paul Biya
age 48
Prime Minister
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Cameroon
Mauno Koivisto
age 57
Prime Minister
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Finland
Prem Tinsulanonda
age 61
Prime Minister
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Thailand
Bruno Kreisky
age 70
Chancellor
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Austria
Malcolm Fraser
age 51
Prime Minister
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Australia
Dries van Agt
age 50
Prime Minister
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Netherlands
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
age 45
Prime Minister
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Bahrain
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
age 55
Prime Minister
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Spain
Thorbjörn Fälldin
age 55
Prime Minister
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Sweden
Eugenia Charles
age 62
Prime Minister
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Dominica
Anker Jørgensen
age 59
Prime Minister
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Denmark
Dom Mintoff
age 65
Prime Minister
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Malta
Mehmet Shehu
age 68
Prime Minister
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Albania
Tufuga Efi
age 43
Prime Minister
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Samoa
Mark Eyskens
age 48
Prime Minister
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Belgium
Pierre Werner
age 67
Prime Minister
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Luxembourg
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