afghanistan is ab islamic republic lead by president Hamid Karzai. he emerged as a resistance leader under taliban rule and worked to undermina the regime




brazil is a federal republic headed by president Dilma Rousseff.


She opposed Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960s and ‘70s, and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured.




China is a communist state, ruled by President Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.






France is a republic headed by Francois Hollande.


The mother of his four children is Ségolène Royal, with whom he shared a 30-year relationship.




Germany is a federal republic headed by



President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel




India is a federal republic headed by

President Pranab Mukherjee. He had a conflict withRajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party – Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.




Mexico is a federal republic

headed by President Enrique Pena Pieto.




Saudi Arabia is a kingdom ruled by

Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud,



who is both King and Prime Minister




Venezuela is a federal republic headed by President Nicolas Maduro Moros




After President Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president, serving as one of his closest advisers as well as a loyal spokesman, until Chávez's death at 58 on March 5, 2013, from cancer.