European Politicians After 1945

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

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

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

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 ? Pierre Mendes France Georges Bidault Francois Mitterand 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 Leopold III of the Belgians King Michael of Rumania King Juan Carlos of Spain King Constantine II of Greece

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

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

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