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Ronald Reagan
age 78
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United States
Elizabeth II
age 62
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Fidel Castro
age 62
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Cuba
Mikhail Gorbachev
age 57
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age 86
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Akihito
age 55
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Japan
Erich Honecker
age 76
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East Germany
Hafez al-Assad
age 58
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Syria
Richard von Weizsäcker
age 68
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Germany
Baudouin of Belgium
age 58
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Belgium
Zhao Ziyang
age 69
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Communist Party of China
Lee Teng-hui
age 66
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Republic of China
José Sarney
age 58
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Brazil
Yang Shangkun
age 81
President
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People's Republic of China
Kim Il-sung
age 76
General Secretary Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
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North Korea
Vinicio Cerezo
age 46
President
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Guatemala
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
age 40
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Mexico
Vo Chi Cong
age 76
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Vietnam
Margaret Thatcher
age 63
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United Kingdom
Deng Xiaoping
age 84
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People's Republic of China
Helmut Kohl
age 58
Chancellor
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Germany
Li Peng
age 60
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People's Republic of China
Michel Rocard
age 58
Prime Minister
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France
Noboru Takeshita
age 64
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Japan
Nikolai Ryzhkov
age 59
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Soviet Union
Charles Haughey
age 63
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Ireland
Atef Sedki
age 58
Prime Minister
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Egypt
Rajiv Gandhi
age 44
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India
Isaac Shamir
age 73
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Israel
Ciriaco De Mita
age 61
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Italy
Kaysone Phomvihane
age 68
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Laos
Yon Hyong-muk
age 57
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North Korea
Mahmoud Zuabi
age 54
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Syria
Yu Kuo-hwa
age 75
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Republic of China
Do Muoi
age 72
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Vietnam
Mieczysław Rakowski
age 62
Prime Minister
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Poland
William Rehnquist
age 64
Chief Justice
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US Judiciary
George H. W. Bush
age 64
Vice President
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United States
Wang Zhen (general)
age 80
Vice President
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People's Republic of China
George Shultz
age 68
Secretary Of State
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United States
William S. Sessions
age 58
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Department of Justice
Antonin Scalia
age 52
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Thurgood Marshall
age 80
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Anthony Kennedy
age 52
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
John Paul Stevens
age 68
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
William J. Brennan Jr.
age 82
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Byron White
age 71
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Sandra Day O'Connor
age 58
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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US Judiciary
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
age 55
US Court Of Appeals
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US Judiciary
Stephen Breyer
age 50
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Joe Biden
age 46
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Al Gore
age 40
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United States
John Kerry
age 45
Senate
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United States
Daniel Inouye
age 64
Senate
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United States
Dick Cheney
age 48
House of Representatives
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United States
John Lewis
age 48
House of Representatives
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United States
Bill Clinton
age 42
Governor of Arkansas
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United States
Augusto Pinochet
age 73
President
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Chile
Suharto
age 67
President
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Indonesia
Mohammad Najibullah
age 41
President
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Afghanistan
P. W. Botha
age 73
State President
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South Africa
Chadli Bendjedid
age 59
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Algeria
Souphanouvong
age 79
President
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Laos
José Eduardo dos Santos
age 46
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Angola
Raúl Alfonsín
age 61
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Argentina
Kurt Waldheim
age 70
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Austria
Hussain Muhammad Ershad
age 59
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Mathieu Kérékou
age 55
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Víctor Paz Estenssoro
age 81
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Bolivia
Quett Masire
age 63
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Botswana
Blaise Compaoré
age 37
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Burkina Faso
Pierre Buyoya
age 39
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Burundi
Paul Biya
age 55
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Cameroon
Aristides Pereira
age 65
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Cape Verde
André Kolingba
age 52
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Central African Republic
Hissène Habré
age 46
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Chad
Virgilio Barco Vargas
age 67
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Colombia
Ahmed Abdallah
age 69
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Comoros
Óscar Arias Sánchez
age 47
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Costa Rica
Giorgos Vasiliou
age 57
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Cyprus
Mobutu Sese Seko
age 58
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
age 72
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Djibouti
Joaquín Balaguer
age 82
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Dominican Republic
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
age 53
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Ecuador
José Napoleón Duarte
age 63
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El Salvador
Teodoro Obiang
age 46
President
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Equatorial Guinea
Mengistu Haile Mariam
age 51
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Ethiopia
John Haglelgam
age 39
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Federated States of Micronesia
Penaia Ganilau
age 70
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Fiji
Mauno Koivisto
age 65
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Finland
Jerry Rawlings
age 41
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Ghana
Christos Sartzetakis
age 59
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Greece
Lansana Conté
age 54
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Guinea
João Bernardo Vieira
age 49
President
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Guinea-Bissau
Desmond Hoyte
age 59
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Guyana
Prosper Avril
age 51
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Haiti
José Azcona del Hoyo
age 62
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Honduras
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
age 58
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R. Venkataraman
age 78
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Patrick Hillery
age 65
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Ireland
Chaim Herzog
age 70
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Francesco Cossiga
age 60
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Italy
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
age 83
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Ivory Coast
Daniel arap Moi
age 64
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Kenya
Ieremia Tabai
age 39
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Kiribati
Phoumi Vongvichit
age 79
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Laos
Michel Aoun
age 55
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Lebanon
Samuel Doe
age 37
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Liberia
Didier Ratsiraka
age 52
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Madagascar
Hastings Banda
age 99
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Malawi
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
age 51
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Maldives
Moussa Traoré
age 52
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Mali
Paul Xuereb
age 65
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Malta
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
age 47
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Mauritania
Joaquim Chissano
age 49
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Mozambique
Hammer DeRoburt
age 66
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Nauru
Daniel Ortega
age 43
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Nicaragua
Ibrahim Babangida
age 47
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Nigeria
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
age 74
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Pakistan
Ngiratkel Etpison
age 63
President
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Palau
Mário Soares
age 64
President
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Portugal
Nicolae Ceaușescu
age 71
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Romania
Juvénal Habyarimana
age 51
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Rwanda
Abdou Diouf
age 53
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Senegal
France-Albert René
age 53
President
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Seychelles
Joseph Saidu Momoh
age 52
President
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Sierra Leone
Wee Kim Wee
age 73
President
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Singapore
Janez Stanovnik
age 66
President
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Slovenia
Ramsewak Shankar
age 51
President
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Suriname
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
age 52
President
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Switzerland
Manuel Pinto da Costa
age 51
President
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São Tomé and Príncipe
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
age 63
President
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Tanzania
Dawda Kairaba Jawara
age 64
President
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The Gambia
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma
age 53
President
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Togo
Noor Hassanali
age 70
President
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Trinidad and Tobago
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
age 52
President
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Tunisia
Kenan Evren
age 71
President
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Turkey
Yoweri Museveni
age 44
President
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Uganda
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
age 70
President
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United Arab Emirates
Julio María Sanguinetti
age 53
President
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Uruguay
Jaime Lusinchi
age 64
President
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Venezuela
Kenneth Kaunda
age 64
President
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Zambia
Robert Mugabe
age 64
President
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Zimbabwe
Kazimierz Sabbat
age 75
President
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Poland
Alfredo Stroessner
age 76
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Paraguay
Alan García
age 39
President
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Peru
Corazon Aquino
age 56
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Philippines
Siad Barre
age 69
President
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Somalia
Roh Tae-woo
age 56
President
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South Korea
Ranasinghe Premadasa
age 64
President
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Sri Lanka
Ahmed al-Mirghani
age 47
President
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Sudan
Raif Dizdarević
age 62
President
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sebastiano Baggio
age 75
President
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Vatican City
Ali Saibou
age 48
President
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Niger
Adil Çarçani
age 66
Prime Minister
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Albania
Qasdi Mirbah
age 50
Prime Minister
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Algeria
Josep Pintat-Solans
age 64
Prime Minister
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Andorra
Vere Bird
age 78
Prime Minister
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Antigua and Barbuda
Bob Hawke
age 59
Prime Minister
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Australia
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
age 53
Prime Minister
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Bahrain
Moudud Ahmed
age 48
Prime Minister
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Bangladesh
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
age 51
Prime Minister
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Barbados
Wilfried Martens
age 52
Prime Minister
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Belgium
Manuel Esquivel
age 48
Prime Minister
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Belize
Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei
age 42
Prime Minister
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Brunei
Adrien Sibomana
age 35
Prime Minister
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Burundi
Hun Sen
age 36
Prime Minister
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Cambodia
Brian Mulroney
age 49
Prime Minister
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Canada
Barkat Gourad Hamadou
age 59
Prime Minister
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Djibouti
Eugenia Charles
age 69
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Dominica
Cristino Seriche Bioko
age 48
Prime Minister
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Equatorial Guinea
Fikre Selassie Wogderess
age 43
Prime Minister
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Ethiopia
Kamisese Mara
age 68
Prime Minister
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Fiji
Harri Holkeri
age 52
Prime Minister
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Finland
Léon Mébiame
age 54
Prime Minister
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Gabon
Andreas Papandreou
age 70
Prime Minister
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Greece
Herbert Blaize
age 70
Prime Minister
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Grenada
Miklós Németh
age 41
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Hungary
Steingrímur Hermannsson
age 60
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Iceland
Edward Seaga
age 58
Prime Minister
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Jamaica
Zaid al-Rifai
age 52
Prime Minister
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Jordan
Poul Schlüter
age 59
Prime Minister
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Denmark
Ruud Lubbers
age 49
Prime Minister
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Netherlands
Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
age 58
Prime Minister
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Kuwait
Salim al-Huss
age 59
Prime Minister
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Lebanon
Jacques Santer
age 51
Prime Minister
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Luxembourg
Mahathir Mohamad
age 63
Prime Minister
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Malaysia
Eddie Fenech Adami
age 54
Prime Minister
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Malta
Anerood Jugnauth
age 58
Prime Minister
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Mauritius
Dumaagiin Sodnom
age 55
Prime Minister
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Mongolia
Vuko Vukadinović
age 51
Prime Minister
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Montenegro
Azzeddine Laraki
age 59
Prime Minister
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Morocco
Mário da Graça Machungo
age 48
Prime Minister
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Mozambique
Saw Maung
age 60
Prime Minister
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Myanmar
David Lange
age 46
Prime Minister
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New Zealand
Mamane Oumarou
age 44
Prime Minister
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