Can You Guess the Country From a List of Its Past and Present Leaders?

By: J.P. Naomi
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Can You Guess the Country From a List of Its Past and Present Leaders?
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In every country around the world, there are leaders upon leaders! If we name a few, do you think you have what it takes to name the country? Take this quiz now to try your luck!
Enrique Peña Nieto; Felipe Calderón; and Vicente Fox
Scotland
Mexico
The population of Mexico is more than 123 million people. It is the second-most populous country in Latin America after Brazil.
Sweden
Vietnam

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Donald Trump; Barack Obama; and George W. Bush
United States of America
The official motto of the United States of America is "In God We Trust." The current population is about 325 million people.
Australia
Japan
Ghana

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Prokopis Pavlopoulos; Karolos Papoulias; and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
China
Taiwan
Greece
Greece, known as Hellenic Republic, has a population of about 11 million. The capital city is Athens and the national anthem is "Hymn to Freedom."
Denmark

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Emmanuel Macron; François Hollande; and Nicolas Sarkozy
France
France, officially the French Republic, is located in Europe. It's capital city is Paris which has a population of about 2.2 million people.
Malaysia
Australia
South Korea

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Xi Jinping; Hu Jintao; and Jiang Zemin
United Kingdom
India
China
The People's Republic of China is the world's most populous country with about 1.4 billion people. The country is governed by the Communist Party of China.
Nepal

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Moon Jae-in; Park Geun-hye; and Lee Myung-bak
Bolivia
South Korea
The capital of South Korea is Seoul, which is the world's sixth leading global city. It is the seventh most sustainable city in the world.
Argentina
Canada

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Raúl Castro; Fidel Castro
Cape Verde
Russia
Afghanistan
Cuba
Fidel Castro was in office from 1976 until 2008. Raúl, his brother, succeeded him due to his failing health.

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Justin Trudeau; Stephen Harper; and Paul Martin
New Zealand
Canada
O Canada! Justin Trudeau is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He was born on December 25, 1971 and is married to Sophie Grégoire.
Turkey
Poland

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Benjamin Netanyahu; Ehud Olmert; and Ariel Sharon
Israel
The national anthem of the State of Israel is Hatikvah, meaning "The Hope" in Hebrew. The capital and largest city is Jerusalem.
Germany
Spain
Italy

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Juan Manuel Santos Calderón; Álvaro Uribe Vélez; and Andrés Pastrana Arango
Barbados
Colombia
Colombia is located in South America. The capital and largest city is Bogotá with a population of about 8 million.
Bulgaria
Burundi

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Theresa May; David Cameron; and Gordon Brown
Dominican Republic
Egypt
United Kingdom
Theresa May is the current prime minister of the United Kingdom. The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Grenada

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Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev; and Viktor Zubkov
El Salvador
Russia
Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952. He is the second AND fourth president of Russia.
Finland
Iceland

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Paolo Gentiloni; Matteo Renzi; and Silvio Berlusconi
Scotland
Taiwan
Italy
Italy, or the Italian Republic, shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City. Its national anthem is titled "The Song of the Italians."
Australia

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Ram Nath Kovind; Pranab Mukherjee; and Pratibha Patil
Grenada
Laos
Macedonia
India
India is located in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country in the world and second-most populous with about 1.2 billion people.

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Haider al-Abadi; Nouri al-Maliki; and Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Spain
Iraq
The Republic of Iraq's national anthem is "Mawtini," meaning "My Homeland." The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish.
Norway
Netherlands

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Angela Merkel; Gerhard Schröder; and Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Norway
Germany
Angela Merkel was born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg, Germany. She is a graduate of Leipzig University.
Malta
Madagascar

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Michel Temer; Dilma Rousseff; and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazil
Michel Temer was born on September 23, 1940 in Tietê, Brazil. He is a member of the Democratic Movement Party. He has been in office since August 31, 2016.
Cambodia
Curacao
Cyprus

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Abdullah Gül; and Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Denmark
Fiji
Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 12th President of Turkey. He assumed office on August 28, 2014. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party.
Finland

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Nana Akufo-Addo; John Dramani Mahama; and John Atta Mills
Spain
Ghana
The capital of Ghana is Accra and it has many national languages. They include: Asante Twi, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Ewe, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Fante, Akuapem Twi, Nzema, Wasa, Talensi, Frafra, and Hausa.
Singapore
Saint Lucia

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Jorge Carlos Fonseca; Pedro Pires; and António Mascarenhas Monteiro
Cape Verde
Cape Verde is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It's motto "Unidade, Trabalho, Progresso" in Portuguese, is translated to "Unity, Work, Progress" in English.
Pakistan
Nepal
Norway

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Jacob Zuma; Kgalema Motlanthe; and Thabo Mbeki
Ireland
Jordan
Kuwait
South Africa
South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It stretches along both the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Jacob Zuma is its current president.

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Malcolm Turnbull; Tony Abbott; and Kevin Rudd
Romania
Qatar
Australia
Australia is not only a country but also a continent. Its capital city is Canberra and the government functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Andrzej Duda; Bronisław Komorowski and Lech Kaczyński
Estonia
Poland
Andrzej Duda was born on May 16, 1972, in Kraków, Poland. He is the sixth president of Poland.
Bahrain
Bulgaria

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Klaus Iohannis; Traian Băsescu; and Ion Iliescu
Romania
Klaus Iohannis is the sixth president of Romania. He was born on June 13, 1959 in Sibiu, Romania. He is a member of the Independent Party.
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Belgium

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Jovenel Moïse; Jocelerme Privert; and Michel Martelly
Grenada
Georgia
Haiti
Haiti is approximately 27,750 square miles in size. It has a population of about 10 million people.
Guatemala

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Bashar al-Assad; Imad Khamis; and Wael Nader al-Halqi
Mongolia
Syria
Syria, officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic, is located in Western Asia. It borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
Lithuania
Nigeria

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Michael D. Higgins; Mary McAleese; Enda Kenny
Mongolia
Netherlands
Niger
Ireland
Michael D. Higgins is the ninth president of Ireland. He has been in office since November 11, 2011.

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Mahmoud Abbas; Yasser Arafat; Rami Hamdallah
Malaysia
Palestine
Yasser Arafat was born on August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. He died in 2004, at the age of 75, in Clamart, Haut-de-Seine, France.
Nepal
Philippines

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Prayut Chan-o-cha; Yingluck Shinawatra; and Abhisit Vejjajiva
Thailand
Thailand, or the Kingdom of Thailand is the 50th largest country in the world. It is a constitutional monarchy and its capital is Bangkok.
Norway
Peru
Portugal

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Trần Đại Quang; Trương Tấn Sang; and Nguyễn Minh Triết
Egypt
Eritrea
Vietnam
Trần Đại Quang is the eighth president of Vietnam. He assumed office on April 2, 2016, and is a member of the Communist Party.
Ethiopia

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Hassan Rouhani; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; and Mohammad Khatami
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Iran
Iran is also known as Persia. Its motto is "Esteqlāl, Āzādi, Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi," translated to "Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic."
Sudan

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King Felipe VI; King Juan Carlos I; Mariano Rajoy
England
Spain
Spain is officially known as the Kingdom of Spain, or Reino de España. Its country motto is "Plus Ultra," which is Latin for "Further Beyond." The national anthem is the "Royal March."
Scotland
Northern Ireland

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Petro Poroshenko; Viktor Yanukovych; and Leonid Kuchma
Oman
Ukraine
Ukraine is sometimes called The Ukraine. Its anthem is "Shche ne vmerly Ukrainy ni slava ni volya," meaning "The glory and the will of Ukraine has not yet died."
Peru
Qatar

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Doris Leuthard; Johann Schneider-Ammann; and Simonetta Sommaruga
Switzerland
Doris Leuthard is the current president of Switzerland. She is a graduate of the University of Zurich and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.
Seychelles
South Sudan
Sri Lanka

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Karen Karapetyan; Hovik Abrahamyan; and Tigran Sargsyan
Thailand
Slovenia
Armenia
Armenia is a landlocked country on the crossroad between Europe and Asia. It has a population of about 3 million with more than 11 million living around the world.
Ireland

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