European Politicians After 1945

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1. Which of these was the first President of the so-called German Democratic Republic? Walter Ulbricht Otto Grotewohl Wilhelm Pieck Willi Stoph

2. Which of these is the only one NOT born in Germany? Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Henry Kissinger Kurt Waldheim

3. Who was the Italian Prime Minister that was abducted and killed by the Red Brigades in 1978? Alcide de Gasperi Aldo Moro Giulio Andreotti Amintore Fanfani

4. Where did the Hungarian dissident Cardinal Joseph Mindzenty stay during the first 15 years after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956? In the USA Embassy at Budapest In the Vatican In the USA In a Hungarian prison.

5. Which of these was the PM of Greece from 1967 till 73 and became President of the Country in 1973? Giorgios Papandreou Georgios Papadopoulos Andreas Papandreou Alexandros Papagos

6. Who became Prime Minister of France in the aftermath of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in the Indochina War ? Francois Mitterand Pierre Mendes France Georges Bidault Guy Mollet

7. Which European King set up a failed counterputsch in 1967, against the military who had taken over the government of his country? King Michael of Rumania King Leopold III of the Belgians King Constantine II of Greece King Juan Carlos of Spain

8. Which of these was brought down as Prime Minister of Portugal by the Carnations Revolution of April 1974? Otelo de Carvalho Antonio Spinola Antonio de Olivieira Salazar Marcello Caetano

9. What was the first name of Nicholae Ceausescu's wife? Nicoleta Petra Imelda Elena

10. Which of these was the Polish Prime-Minister who was succeeded to by General Jaruzelski in February 1981? Edward Gierek Wladislaw Gomulka Stanislaw Kania Jozef Pinkowski