Leaders Flashcards
Iran
President Mahmud AHMADINEJAD
(mah-MOOD ahh-mah-dee-nee-ZHAHD)
Iraq
Prime Minister Nouri al-MALIKI
(NOOR-ee al MAL-ih-kee)
Israel
Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) NETANYAHU
(behn-yah-MEEN neht-an-YAH-hoo)
Jordan
King ABDULLAH II
(ahb-DUHL-lah)
Afghanistan
President Hamid KARZAI
(haw-MIHD kahrz-EYE)
Algeria
President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
(ahb-DEL ah-ZEEZ BOOT-FLEE-KAH)
Argentina
President Cristina Fernandez de KIRCHNER
(fehr-NAHNdehs-day KEERCH-nehr)
Australia
Prime Minister Julia GILLARD
(JOOL-yah GIH-lahrd)
Bahrain
King Hamad bin Isa Al KHALIFA
(HAH-mahd)
Bolivia
President Evo MORALES
(E-voh moh-RAH-lays)
Brazil
President Dilma Vana ROUSSEFF
(JILL-ma WHO-sehf)
China (Current Leader)
President HU Jintao
(HOO JIHN-TAH OH)
China (Successor-in-Waiting)
Vice President Xi Jinping
(SHEE JIN-PING)
Canada
Prime Minister Stephen HARPER
(Stee-phen HAR-pur)
Colombia
President Juan Manuel SANTOS
(HWAHN mahn-WEHL SAHN-tohs)
Cuba
President Raul CASTRO
(rah-OOL KASS-troh)
Egypt
President Mohamed MORSI
(moh-HAH-mehd MOOR-see)
European Commission
President Jose Manuel BARROSO
(zhoo-ZAY man-WELL buh-ROH-zoo)
France
President Francois HOLLANDE
(frahn-SWAH oh-LAHN-deh)
Germany
Chancellor Angela MERKEL
(ahn-GAY-lah M-AIR-kl)
India
Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH
(mahn-MOH-hahn SING)
Mexico (Successor-in-Waiting)
Enrique Pena NIETO (President-Elect)
(En-REE-kay PAYN-yah nee-EH-toh)
Ireland
Taoiseach Enda KENNY
(TEE-shook EHN-dah KEH-nee)
Italy
Prime Minister Mario MONTI
(MAHR-yoh MAWN-tee)
Greece
Prime Minister Antonis SAMARAS
(ahn-TOH-ness sah-mah-RAHS)
Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihiko NODA
(yoh-SHEE-hee-koh NOH-dah)
Lebanon
Prime Minister Najib MIQATI
(NA-jeeb Mi-KA-tee)
Libya
Mustafa Abdul JALIL (Chairman of Executive Bureau, Transitional National Council)
(MOO-STAH-FAH ABH-dll jah-LEEL)
Mexico (Current Leader)
President Felipe CALDERON
(FAY-leap-PAY CAL-they-RON)
Morocco
King MOHAMED VI
(mo-HAH-mehd)
NATO
Secretary General Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN
(AN-dehrs FOH RASS-muh-sen)
North Korea
KIM Jong Un
(KIHM JAWNG-UHN)
Pakistan
President Asif Ali ZARDARI
(AH-sihf AH-lee zahr-DAH-ree)
Peru
President Ollanta HUMALA
(oh-YAHN-tah oo-MAH-lah)
Poland
Prime Minister Donald TUSK
(DON-alt TOOsk)
Russia
President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN
(vlah-DEE-meer POO-tihn)
Saudi Arabia
King and Prime Minister ABDULLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
(ahb-DUHL-la)
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
President LEE Myung-bak
(EEE MYUHNG BAHK)
Spain
Prime Minister Mariano RAJOY Brey
(mah-ree-AH-noh rah-HOY)
Sudan
President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR
(OH-mahr HAH-sahn al bah-SHEER)
Syria
President Bashar al-ASSAD
(bah-SHAHR ahl AH-sahd)
Taiwan
President MA Ying-jeou
(MAH YEENG JOH)
Tunisia
President Monceg MARZOUKI
(MON-SEF MAR-ZOO-KEE)
Turkey
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN
(reh-JEHP t-eye-YIHP ERR-doh-ahn)
United Kingdom
Prime Minister David CAMERON
(DAY-vihd KAM-uh-ruhn)
Venezuela
President Hugo CHAVEZ
(OO-go CHAH-vehs)
Yemen
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-HADI
(AH-bd RAH-boh mahn-SOOR HAD-ee)
United Nations
Secretary General BAN Ki-moon
(BAHN GHEE-MOON)
Ukraine
President Viktor YANUKOVYCH
(VIK-TOR YA-NU-KOV-ITCH)
Al-Qaeda
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri
(AY-MAN Al ZA-WA-HEE-REE)
