Leader's Facts

 (Mexico) Enrique Peña Nieto- Unlike many other Mexican Presidents, Enrique didn't study at an American college. 

(China) President Xi Jinping- His father was a communists veteran. HIs father was the founding members of the communists party. 

(France) President François Hollande- He was raised Catholic but transferred to Atheist. 

(Canada) Prime Minister Stephen Harper- He enrolled into University of Toronto but dropped out after two months. A couple years later Harper enrolled into University of Calgary, where he completed his masters. 

(Germany) President Joachim Gauck- Both of his parents were Nazi Party members. 
-Angela Merckle Chancellor of Germany is considered to one of the most powerful women in the world

(United Kingdom) Prime Minister David Cameron- Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Brasenose College, Oxford, gaining a first-class honours degree in 1988. 

(Brazil) President Dilma Rousseff- The first women to ever hold office in Brazil. Between 1970 and 1972 she was captured and jailed for protesting the dictatorship government. In the jail it is told she was tortured. 

(Japan) Emperor Akihito- His family has been in the oldest running hereditary monarchy in the world. 

(India) President Pranab Mukherjee - In 1986, Mukherjee founded another party, the Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress (RSC), in West Bengal. The RSC and INC merged three years later after reaching a compromise with Rajiv Gandhi. 

(Russia) President Vladimir Putin- He joined the KGB right out of university and spent the 1980s helping the Soviets secret recruit people to spy on the West. 

(Syria) President Bachar al-assad- When he was younger he is said that he never showed any interest in politics.  

(Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit.