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1. This billionaire from Chiang Mai began his career as a policeman, before going on to build a telecommunications empire and serve as head of the powerful Shin Corporation. Elected in a landslide victory as Prime Minister of Thailand in January 2001, he faced criticism in January 2004 for trying to cover up the outbreak of bird flu in the country.
2. This man, who became King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia in 1982, made his first official state visit to New York to attend the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945. Who is it?
3. This loner and former exile, who became President of the Republic of South Africa in June 1999, is widely criticized for his defense of a small group of scientists who claim that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.
4. This reformer, proponent of legalizing same-sex marriage and critic of the war in Iraq, became Prime Minister of Spain after a surprising showing in the 2004 March elections, which are believed to have been greatly influenced by the Madrid train bombings that occurred three days prior to the vote.
5. This leader won the presidency of Indonesia in September 2004. As Minister for Security and Political Affairs, he oversaw the hunt for and the arrest of those responsible for the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombings.
6. Considered by many to be Europe's last dictator, he qualified as a teacher following his 1985 graduation from the Belorussian Agricultural Academy and was elected as President of Belarus in 1994.
7. This President of Argentina was sworn in on May 25, 2003. He began his presidency of this once prosperous nation at the tail end of the worst economic crisis in Argentina's history that left the country cash-strapped and saddled with over $178 billion in debt. Which of these was it?
8. This man has been the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt since October 14, 1981, having been re-elected by a majority voters in 1987, 1993, and 1999. However, these elections are of questionable validity and no one has ever run against him, possibly for fear of violence.
9. This former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and therefore next in the line of succession, became acting President of Haiti on February 29, 2004 after the resignation of his predecessor.
10. Born February 26, 1954, this man became Prime Minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003 after a 16 year career as a semi-professional footballer.
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