World Politics Flashcards
Who took over as President of Cuba from his brother Fidel in 2008?
RAUL CASTRO
Which organisation was established in 1945 as a replacement for the League of Nations?
UNITED NATIONS
Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat shared which award following the signing of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in 1979?
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Who was Prime Minister for nine years in total between 1994 and 2011 making him the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy?
SILVIO BERLUSCONI
Released from prison in 1990 who became President of South Africa in 1994?
NELSON MANDELA
Jean-Marie Le Pen led which party in France from its foundation in 1972 until 2011 when he was succeeded by his daughter?
NATIONAL FRONT
Who was third President of Uganda ruling from 1971 to 1979?
IDI AMIN
Donald Tusk resigned as prime minister of Poland in 2014 to become president of which European Union institution?
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
In 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first elected female head of government and the prime minister of which country?
CEYLON (OR SRI LANKA)
Angela Merkel has been the leader of which political party since 2000?
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU)
Who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985?
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Which Prime Minister of India was killed as a result of a suicide bombing in Tamil Nadu in May 1991? (Both names required)
RAJIV GANDHI
The first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections who was overthrown in a coup in Chile in 1973?
SALVADOR ALLENDE
In which country did “Baby Doc” succeed “Papa Doc” as president in 1971?
HAITI
Who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006?
KOFI ANNAN
Which Australian prime minister disappeared in December 1967 and was presumed drowned?
HAROLD HOLT
Alfredo Stroessner served as president of which country from 1954 to 1989? His 35-year-long rule is the longest in modern Latin American history.
PARAGUAY
Which laws in South Africa which were repealed in 1986 were designed to segregate the population and were one of the dominant features of the country’s apartheid system?
PASS LAWS
Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952 following the death of Chaim Weizmann?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Which country gained independence following an agreement signed by MPLA UNITA and the Portuguese government?
ANGOLA
Named after the town in Luxembourg where it was signed which 1985 agreement allows for the abolition of systematic border controls between the participating European countries?
SCHENGEN AGREEMENT
What is the name of the lower house of the parliament of Russia?
(STATE) DUMA
Which prime minister of Sweden was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986 while walking home from a cinema with his wife?
OLOF PALME
Which country was suspended from the Commonwealth in 1999 following a military coup but was readmitted in 2004 and suspended again briefly in 2007?
PAKISTAN
Goodluck Jonathan was president of which African country from 2010 to 2015?
NIGERIA
When Botswana gained independence in 1966 who became the first president of the country?
SERETSE KHAMA
Who was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany serving from 1949 to 1963?
KONRAD ADENAUER
The parliament of which country comprises the upper house called the Rajya Sabha (“Council of States”) and the lower called the Lok Sabha (“House of the People”)?
INDIA
In 1993 who became the first female prime minister of Canada?
KIM CAMPBELL
Which country was added to the government political forum known as the G7 in 1998 which then became the G8 but was suspended from the organisation in 2014?
RUSSIA
Who became the first Chinese leader to visit the United States in 1979 meeting with President Carter at the White House?
DENG XIAOPING
La Casa Rosada (Spanish for “the Pink House”) is the executive mansion and office of the president of which country?
ARGENTINA
Alexander Bustamante served as the first prime minister of which country which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962?
JAMAICA
Who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 until 1987?
CANAAN BANANA
Which writer and dissident served as president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003?
VACLAV HAVEL
Situated in Canberra what is the primary official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia?
THE LODGE
What is the name of the national parliament of Denmark?
FOLKETING
Which 1992 treaty named after a town in the Netherlands led to the creation of the European Union and the euro?
MAASTRICHT TREATY
Known to quizzers as he is mentioned in We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel who was the first president of South Korea?
SYNGMAN RHEE
Which pianist and composer served as Prime Minister of Poland in 1919?
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI
The European Court of Justice is based in which country?
LUXEMBOURG
John Key the former prime minister of New Zealand was the head of which political party from 2006 to 2016?
NATIONAL PARTY
Which is the only country in Africa that is not a member of the African Union (AU) having left the AU’s predecessor the Organisation of African Unity in 1984?
MOROCCO
24 Sussex Drive New Edinburgh (also called Gorffwysfa) is the official residence of the prime minister of which country?
CANADA
From 2003 to 2008 which singer guitarist and songwriter served as Brazil’s Minister of Culture?
GILBERTO GIL
The longest-serving leader in Africa and the longest-serving president in the world Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been president of which country since 1979?
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
In 1907 which country became the first in Europe to elect female members of parliament?
FINLAND
What is the name of the lower house in the National Diet of Japan?
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Althing the national parliament of Iceland was founded in which century?
TENTH (930)
Elected every six months by the Grand and General Council the Captains Regent are the two heads of state of which country?
SAN MARINO
