This Is How Powerful World Leaders Looked When They Were Young

By Jatin Sharma, 22 April 2017

7 Kim Jong-II as a toddler

Kim Jong-il was the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994-2011. He was born in 1941/42 and succeeded his father Kim II Sung, founder of North Korea as the party head. He was a promoter of military first politics and the country suffered from famine due to poor economic management. After his death in 2011, his son Kim Jong-un succeeded him.

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6 Nicolae Ceau?escu

Nicolae Ceau?escu was Romanian country head from 1967-1989. He is known to rule Romania with an iron fist and limited the powers of media. His secret police helped him in keeping eyes on any detractors. He cause extreme food shortage as he ordered export of Romania’s agricultural and industrial products to remove country’s debt. He and his wife were shot by firing squad of armed forces after the Communist government collapsed in 1989.

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5 Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State from 2009-2013 under the Obama administration. She was also First Lady of US from 1993-2001 and ran for the US President in 2016.

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4 14th Dalai Lama

Tenzin Gyatso or as he is better known as the Dalai Lama is the 14th and current Dalai Lama or the leaders of the monks in Tibet are considered holy for followers of Buddhism. The current Dalai Lama was born in 1935 and became the leader in 1939. He has received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and currently lives in India as a refugee after the Tibetan Uprising of 1959.

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