Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations/Set Nominations/20th Century post-colonial leaders

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[edit] 20th Century post-colonial leaders

Africa (excluding Middle East)
  • On hold, pending addressing of neutrality issues. John Carter (talk) 23:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Caribbean
Asia (excluding Middle East)
Middle East
  • On hold pending neutrality tag. John Carter (talk) 00:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Europe
  • Lech Wałęsa Weak B, Polish leader, in the Time 100
  • Josip Broz Tito B, VA, Communist leader of Yugoslavia who held the country together for 40 years, and stood up to Stalin.
  • Václav Havel B, led Czechoslovakia out of communism (already nominated separately)
  • Ion Iliescu The main Romanian politician after communism
South America

I wanted to call this set "Nation builders" (a bit snappier!) but for some people like Mobutu or Papa Doc this might have been something of a misnomer! This list tries to cover all of the major figures from the post-colonial era who arose during and after the decline of imperial powers such as the Britain. I tried to limit it - e.g., I've excluded communist leaders from the former Soviet bloc because they are a set to themselves (and were perhaps imperialists like the West). Some were great leaders who are now called "father of the nation" while others simply plundered the nation for their own self aggrandisement. Either way, all were important figures in the 20th century, and we should have them in. Note: We are very short of decent articles on developing nations - our listing currently has a bias towards USA/UK/Canada etc., and this list helps to counter that. Walkerma 05:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

No real objections to any, although I do note some neutrality and other tags on some of them, which might be problematic, depending on how much of a challenge there is to the neutrality in each specific case. John Carter 15:15, 12 November 2007 (UTC)