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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

Whaaaaat you don’t love “I’m super articulate and smarmy so it’s fine I’m a dickhead” man?
Not really.

He is a Republican in the show and I thought in a world where the GOP are much less demagogue-y he would be pretty comfortable in there, maybe even as a Ryan-esque “ideas man” who the media thinks gives an acceptable face to destroying people’s welfare lifelines and massive tax cuts for the wealthy. The episode where he interviews that Occupy Wall Street woman, showing her as much contempt as he does for the religious right, is very revealing. I’m glad we never got to see what he thought of Sanders or Ocasio-Cortez.

Here, he’s got his enemies on the right on a muzzle and is this free to go after the real enemies on the left.
 
NO2EU - Yes To Utter Chaos

2010-2018: David Cameron (Conservative)
2010 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2015 (Majority) def. Ed Miliband (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage / George Galloway (NO2EU - Yes To Sovereignty)

2018-2024: Michael Gove (Conservative)
2020 (Majority) def. Andy Burnham (Labour), Russell Brand (Four Nations Movement), Nigel Farage (BPP), Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats)
2024-2027: Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
2025 (Coalition with BPP) def. Tim Aker (Four Nations Movement), Steven Wolfe (BPP), Chuka Umuna (Labour), Aaron Bastani (Left.GB), Layla Moran (Liberal Democrats)
2027-2029: Edward Leigh (Independent Conservative)
2027 (People's Alliance with 4NM, BPP and Independents) def. Penny Mordaunt (Conservative), Ash Sarkar (Left.GB), Annelise Dodds (Labour), Layla Moran (Liberal Democrats)
2029-0000: Zac Goldsmith (Four Nations Movement leading People's Alliance with BPP and British Labour)

The decision, in 2009, to allow UKIP to participate in the NO2EU movement on a provisional basis was met with almost no press coverage, but it arguably led to the reshaping of Britain as we know it. Without the joint left-right Eurosceptic alliance of 2009 (repeated in 2014) we undoubtedly would not have seen the NO2EU parliamentary triumph of 2015 (4 MPs elected, for Clacton, Heywood and Middleton, Thanet South, and Bradford West) or the political movement which this spawned. As the Cameron government triumphed in the 2016 EU membership referendum, the NO2EU movement, ejecting both Farage and Galloway, reconstituted itself as the populist "Four Nations Movement", with Libertarians, Leftists, and 'RedKip' types allying in a new party of protest which pledged to overturn the "elitist" sham democracy which had denied the British people their chance to win back their independence. The most "BlueKip" elements of UKIP, meanwhile, would chip away at the edges of the Tories with the formation of the "British People's Party" in January 2017. By 2018 David Cameron had stepped down, and although Gove would win a majority in 2020, the Four Nations Movement and BPP shot up to third and fourth places, together only narrowly behind Labour. The continuation of austerity under Gove, the perception that his closeness to Clinton, Merkel, and Macron represented a "globalist plot" and Labour's bland centrist leadership meant that, when Gove retired in 2024, the populists would be able to deny Mordaunt a majority. The brief Tory-BPP government of 2025-2027 collapsed when Mordaunt refused to hold a new EU membership referendum, and in 2027 a fresh general election saw the "Peoples' Alliance" sweep a coalition of rogue Eurosceptic Tories, the rebranded "4NM" and the BPP into a two year coalition. With Britain's exit from the EU in 2029 (without a referendum and with only the support from the plurality of voters who backed the Alliance), the ageing Leigh would step down, and his flllowes would fold into the BPP or into the opposition Conservatives, whilst the last of Labour's Eurosceptics would link up with the Four Nations Movement and BPP to form a coalition under Zac Goldsmith. United only by its hatred of "the establishment", this new government is widely expected to lose as it prepares for a general election in 2030, and Greg Clark's Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance seems likely to win on a promise of holding yet another referendum on Europe...
 
Post-Communist Mafia State

Presidents of the Russian Federation:

1991-1996: Boris Yeltsin (Independent)
1996-1998: Boris Nemtsov (Independent)
1996: Def: Gennady Zyuganov (Communist)
1998: Sergei Stepashin (Independent)(Acting President)
1998-2006: Alexander Voloshin (Oborona)
1998: def: Yevgeny Primakov (Fatherland-All Russia)
2002: def: Gennady Zyuganov (Communist), Sergei Shoygu (Unity), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Liberal Democrats).

2006-2014: Alexander Lebedev (Oborona)
2006: def: Gennady Zyuganov (Communist), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2010: def: Lyudmila Narusova (Unity), Nikolai Kharitonov (Communist), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR)

2014-present: Alexander Voloshin (Oborona)
2014: def: Sergei Glazyev (Solidarnost)


In 1996 Boris Yeltsin decided that he was done being Russia's President, a decision motivated in large part by his deep unpopularity and failing health. His chosen successor was Boris Nemtsov, who managed to narrowly defeat Gennady Zyuganov and the Communists in the second round of the 1996 election. When Nemtsov took office many saw him as the person who could bring Russia out of its crisis, in large part because of his success as governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Unfortunately, Nemtsov also set out to limit the power and privilege of the oligarchs. Despite their disputes with each other the oligarchs united to bring down Nemtsov. Using their control over the media and the political system they attacked Nemtsov relentlessly, making it difficult for him to govern. This made it impossible for Nemtsov to govern, and when the financial crisis of 1998 hit his opponents struck the killing blow. Nemtsov's opponents brought impeachment charges against him, and his low popularity (along with pressure from the oligarchs) meant that the Duma and the Federation Council narrowly voted for his removal. After his fall Nemtsov fled to Britain, where he became a prominent critic of the government.

Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin became Acting President, but with no real political constituency of his own he was easily persuaded to stand aside in the election. The man who succeeded him was Alexander Voloshin, head of the newly created Oborona party. Voloshin was an associate of Berezovsky, who became the grey eminence grise of Russian politics (which unsurprisingly earned him the nickname "Rasputin"). By 2000 however relations between Berezovsky and Voloshin entered a deep freeze, as Voloshin began to assert more and more independence. Voloshin was well aware of what Berezovsky could do, so he sought alliances with the other oligarchs and in 2001 charges were brought against Berezovsky for embezzling money from Aeroflot. Berezovsky fled, and his inner circle (most notably Prime Minister Valentin Yumashev and FSB Head Vladimir Putin) were purged.

Under Voloshin the economy recovered from disaster of the 1990s and the power and capacity of the Russian state greatly increased. For this reason he became the first Russian President to serve two terms, easily winning reelection in 2002. The major failing of Voloshin's presidency was that he didn't challenge the power of the oligarchs after defeating Berezovsky. This became a problem for his successor, Alexander Lebedev (who was himself an oligarch). Lebedev attempted to remove several of the oligarchs and replace them with men close to him. This began an all-out war similar to the one that Nemtsov had faced, except this time the government was powerful enough to put up a fight. Multiple oligarchs were taken out, while others saw the writing on the wall and decided to leave politics. The Lebedev years also saw Oborona solidify its control over Russian life. Lebedev wanted Sergei Glazyev to succeed him, but Alexander Voloshin decided that he wished to be President again. Voloshin won the party contest, but Glazyev split off and formed his own party, Solidarnost. After his victory Voloshin purged the oligarchs that supported Lebedev and extended the Presidential term to 6 years. However, rumors are swirling that Lebedev plans to bring down Voloshin, and has constructed an alliance with oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Unity party leader Vladimir Putin.
 
Instead of going into coalition with Fine Gael in 1948, the centre-left parties hold off for a bit to wait for Fianna Fail to move fully to the centre-right and take all but the hardcore FG support, leaving them to take the disillusioned radicals from FF.

List of Taoisigh
1932-1959:
Eamon de Valera (Fianna Fail)
1932 def: W. T. Cosgrave (Cumann na nGaedheal), T. J. O'Connell (Labour), Michael Heffernan (Farmers' Party)
1933 def: W. T. Cosgrave (Cumann na nGaedheal), Frank MacDermot (National Centre Party), William Norton (Labour)
1937 def: W. T. Cosgrave (Fine Gael), William Norton (Labour)
1938 def: W. T. Cosgrave (Fine Gael), William Norton (Labour)
1943 def: W. T. Cosgrave (Fine Gael), William Norton (Labour), Michael Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Oliver J. Flanagan (Monetary Reform)
1944 def: Richard Mulcahy (Fine Gael), Joseph Blowick (Clann na Talmhan), William Norton (Labour), James Everett (National Labour), Oliver J. Flanagan (Monetary Reform)
1948 def: Richard Mulcahy (Fine Gael), William Norton (Labour), Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta), Joseph Blowick (Clann na Talmhan), James Everett (National Labour), Oliver J. Flanagan (Monetary Reform)
1949 def: Richard Mulcahy (Fine Gael), Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta), William Norton (Labour), Joseph Blowick (Clann na Talmhan), James Everett (National Labour), Oliver J. Flanagan (Monetary Reform)
1953 def: Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta), Richard Mulcahy (Fine Gael), William Norton (Labour), Joseph Blowick (Clann na Talmhan)
1957 def: Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta), Oliver J. Flanagan (Clann na Talmhan), William Norton (Labour), James Dillon (Fine Gael)

1959-1961: Sean Lemass (Fianna Fail)
1961-1964: Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta-Labour-Clann na Talmhan coalition)

1961 def: Sean Lemass (Fianna Fail), Brendan Corish (Labour), Oliver J. Flanagan (Clann na Talmhan), James Dillon (Fine Gael)
1964-1966: Sean Lemass (Fianna Fail)
1964 def: Sean MacBride (Clann na Poblachta), Brendan Corish (Labour), James Dillon (Fine Gael), Oliver J. Flanagan (Clann na Talmhan), Tomas Mac Giolla (Sinn Fein)
1966-1968: Donogh O'Malley (Fianna Fail)
1968 def: Noel Browne (Clann na Poblachta), Brendan Corish (Labour), Oliver J. Flanagan (Clann na Talmhan), Mark Clinton (Fine Gael)
1968-1971: George Colley (Fianna Fail)
1971-1973: Noel Browne (Clann na Poblachta-Labour-Clann na Talmhan coalition)

1971 def: George Colley (Fianna Fail), Brendan Corish (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Mark Clinton (Fine Gael)
1973-1983: George Colley (Fianna Fail)
1973 def: Noel Browne (Clann na Poblachta), Brendan Corish (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Peter Barry (Fine Gael)
1977 def: Noel Browne (Clann na Poblachta), Garret FitzGerald (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Peter Barry (Fine Gael)
1979 def: Charles Haughey (Clann na Poblachta), Garret FitzGerald (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Patrick Donegan (Fine Gael)

1983-1984: Desmond O'Malley (Fianna Fail)
1984-1985: Charles Haughey (Clann na Poblachta-Labour-Clann na Talmhan coalition)

1984 def: Desmond O'Malley (Fianna Fail), Garret FitzGerald (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Tom Fitzpatrick (Fine Gael), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
1985-1989: Desmond O'Malley (Fianna Fail-Fine Gael coalition)
1985 def: Charles Haughey (Clann na Poblachta), Conor Cruise O'Brien (Labour), John Donnellan (Clann na Talmhan), Tom Fitzpatrick (Fine Gael), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
 
With apologies to @Meadow and @Lord Roem

"Seriya Dovolno Udachnykh Sobytiy"

List of de facto leaders of the Soviet Union (actual formal offices held variable)
1922-1924: V. I. Lenin† (Communist)
(1924 power struggle in which both L. Trotsky and J. V. Stalin, amongst other prominent figures, were slain, leading to a compromise troika in which one young Stalin supporter swiftly seized sole power...)
1924-1937: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1937 coup attempt by N. I. Yezhov during Manchuria Crisis, suppressed)
1937-1942: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1942 coup attempt by L. P. Beria during Siege of Moscow, suppressed)
1942-1950: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1950 coup attempt by G. K. Zhukov during Berlin Confrontation, suppressed)
1950-1965: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1965 coup attempt by A. N. Shelepin during Haitian Missile Crisis, suppressed)
1965-1977: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1977 coup attempt by Y. V. Andropov during Warsaw Bread Riots, suppressed)
1977-1984: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1984 coup attempt by N. I. Ryzkhov during Olympic hostage crisis, suppressed)
1984-1986: V. M. Molotov† (Communist)
(1986 power struggle ending with...)
1986-1989: M. S. Gorbachev (Communist)
1989: Soviet Union dissolved


List of Presidents of the Russian Federation
1989-present: V. A. Nikonov (Party of Russian Unity and Accord)
oh, for f--
 
2016: Theresa May (Conservative)

2017: Theresa May (Conservative) [317] Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) [262] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [35] Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) [12] Arlene Foster (DUP) [10] Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) [7] Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) [4] Caroline Lucas and Jon Bartley (Green Party England & Wales) [1] Sylvia Herman (Independent) [1] John Bercow (Speaker) [1]
14 February 2019 realignment: Theresa May (Conservative) [282] Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) [237] Chukka Umunna (People's Voice) [54] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [35] Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat) [11] Arlene Foster (DUP) [9] Independent [8] Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Fein) [7] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [4] Sian Berry and Jon Bartley (Green Party England & Wales) [1] John Bercow (Speaker) [1]
21 February No Confidence Vote: AYE - 348 NAY - 290 Abstain - 4
23 February 2019: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) coalition with Chukka Umunna (People's Voice) Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)
Having failed to form their preferred coalition with a soft Brexit leaning Tory party a deal was struck with Labour.​
Key legislation: Scrapping Universal Credit, end of voter ID requirements, beginning of a 650 seat Periodic Review, PPI contract buy-out.
Prime Minister: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Deputy Prime Minister: Chukka Umunna (People's Voice)
Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office: Ian Blackford (SNP)
Home Secretary: Kenneth Clarke (People's Voice)
Foreign Secretary: Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Chancellor: John McDonnell (Labour)
Brexit: Anna Soubry (People's Voice)
Defence: Keir Starmer (Labour)
Health: Jon Ashworth (Labour)
Lord Chancellor: Diane Abbot (Labour)
Education: Angela Rayner (Labour)
Women and Equality: Dawn Butler (Labour)
International Trade: Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Energy Business and Trade: Rebecca Long-Bailey (Labour)
Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Sue Hayman (Labour)
Transport: Andy McDonald (Labour)
Local Government: Sarah Wollaston (People's Voice)
House of Lords: Baroness Basildon (Labour)
House of Commons: Valerie Vaz (Labour)
Scotland: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Wales: Stephen Kinnock (People's Voice)
Northern Ireland: Tony Lloyd (Labour)\
International Development: Preet Gill (Labour)
Digital Culture Media and Sport: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Work and Pensions: Margaret Greenwood (Labour)
28 February People's Vote Bill: AYE - 338 NAY - 279 Abstain: - 20
27 May EU election: Michael Gove (Conservative) [23] Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) [15] Gerard Batten (UKIP) [13] Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat) [11] Nigel Farage (Brexit Party) [5] Chukka Umunna (People's Voice) [1] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [1] Arlene Foster (DUP) [1] Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Fein) [1] Robin Swann (UUP) [1] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [1]
18 July: Deal or Remain Referendum: Remain - 52.2% Leave - 47.8%
26 September 2019: Michael Gove (Conservative)

2019: Michael Gove (Conservative) [377] Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) [231] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [12] Chukka Umunna (People's Voice) [6] Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat) [4] Arlene Foster (DUP) [9] Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Fein) [8] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [2] Sian Berry and Jon Bartley (Green Party England & Wales) [1] Sylvia Herman (Independent) [1]
Key legislation: Coffee cup charge, Commercial state schooling, gender self-identification, work empowerment programme
2021: Hard Brexit Referendum: Remain - 55.6% Leave - 44.4%
2023: Sajid Javid (Conservative)

27 May 2024 EU election: Keir Hardy (Labour) [27] Sajid Javid (Conservative) [24] Jane Collins (UKIP) [16] Various leaders (Liberal Democrat, People's Voice & WEP Progressive Alliance) [3] Caroline Lucas (Green Party England & Wales) [1] Ian Blackford (SNP) [1] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [1] Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Fein) [1] Margaret Ritche (Fianna Fail) [1] Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) [1]
Key legislation: Encryption ban, non-binary rights, modular interoperable multiplatform degrees, non-binary recognition

2024: Keir Starmer (Labour)

2024: Keir Starmer (Labour) [324] Michael Gove (Conservative) [289] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [12] Sarah Wollaston (Progressive Alliance) [4] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [9] Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Fein) [9] Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) [3] Gerard Batten (UKIP) [1]
 
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Great stuff. Did Gove carry on leading the Tories after stepping down as PM? And you misspelled Keir the first time.
What a chaotic year this will be.....
 
Very nice @Sideways!

Now to tender this one out for general consumption.

2016-2019: Theresa May (Conservative)
2017 (Minority, with DUP confidence and supply) def. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2019-2024: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
2019 (Government of National Unity with SNP, LDP and 'Independent' Tories) def. Theresa May ('Official' Conservative), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat), Dominic Grieve ('Independent' Conservative), Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist), Mary Lou MacDonald (Sinn Fein)
2020 (Majority) def. Gavin Williamson (Conservative), Gina Miller (European Movement), Nicola Sturgeon ('Official' Scottish National), Nigel Farage (Democratic Unionist), Tommy Sheppard ('Independent' Scottish National), Mary Lou MacDonald (Sinn Fein)
2023 Irish unification referendum, YES 68%

2024-2030: Rebecca Long-Bailey (Labour)
2025 (Majority) def. James Cleverley (Conservative), Tom Brake (New Liberal), Patrick O'Flynn (Social Democratic), Ruth Davidson (Progressive Unionist), Tommy Sheppard (Together Scotland!)
2030-2035: Nikki Sinclaire (Conservative)
2030 (Coalition with NLP and PUP) def. Rebecca Long-Bailey (Labour), Sarah Brown (New Liberal), Ruth Davidson (Progressive Unionist), Patrick O'Flynn (Social Democratic)
2035-2040: Lily Madigan (Labour)
2035 (Majority) def. Nikki Sinclair (Conservative), Liam Stokes (Social Democratic), Ruth Davidson (Progressive Unionist), Sarah Brown (New Liberal)

- Theresa finally reaches across the aisle and Jezza does m a n o e u v r e s and forms a Government of National Unity that smashes out a new deal with the EU now that they can decisively reject the DUP and the ERG.
- Once we're out, the Government dissolves and Labour handily wins the snap election, helped in part by the European Movement and Democratic Unionists chewing chunks out of the Tories, and the SNP split.
- With Norn having a soft border with the UK but a rather harder border with the rUK, a referendum on unification passes handily and Corbyn - having achieved one of his lifelong dreams, probably - retires ahead of the 2025 election.
- The mainland DUP takes over the SDP, mostly consensually, while the European Movement dissolves - with a new brand of Liberals, and the Progressive Unionists who are basically the Scottish Tories and a few other non-Scot hangers on which just exacerbates the fall of the SNP and the abstentionist Together Scotland movement doesn't really go anywhere.
- Nikki Sinclaire, having joined the Tories following Brexit, finally overturns Labour albeit only with the European Movement successor parties. This makes for a rather uncomfortable relationship with lots of mutually ties hands, and when the country goes to the polls in 2035 it comes as no surprise that the coalition parties are trounced.
- The SDP surges in the face of the long period of socially liberal governments, especially considering that all of the other significant parties are led by lesbians, and most of them are trans (including the new Prime Minister).
 
With apologies to @Meadow and @Lord Roem

"Seriya Dovolno Udachnykh Sobytiy"

List of de facto leaders of the Soviet Union (actual formal offices held variable)
1922-1924: V. I. Lenin† (Communist)
(1924 power struggle in which both L. Trotsky and J. V. Stalin, amongst other prominent figures, were slain, leading to a compromise troika in which one young Stalin supporter swiftly seized sole power...)
1924-1937: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1937 coup attempt by N. I. Yezhov during Manchuria Crisis, suppressed)
1937-1942: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1942 coup attempt by L. P. Beria during Siege of Moscow, suppressed)
1942-1950: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1950 coup attempt by G. K. Zhukov during Berlin Confrontation, suppressed)
1950-1965: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1965 coup attempt by A. N. Shelepin during Haitian Missile Crisis, suppressed)
1965-1977: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1977 coup attempt by Y. V. Andropov during Warsaw Bread Riots, suppressed)
1977-1984: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1984 coup attempt by N. I. Ryzkhov during Olympic hostage crisis, suppressed)
1984-1986: V. M. Molotov† (Communist)
(1986 power struggle ending with...)
1986-1989: M. S. Gorbachev (Communist)
1989: Soviet Union dissolved


List of Presidents of the Russian Federation
1989-present: V. A. Nikonov (Party of Russian Unity and Accord)
oh, for f--

The fact that Molotov was so long lived is something that has long baffled me. He joined the Bolsheviks and became a "professional revolutionary" back when Nicholas II was still Tsar and World War I hadn't even started, and yet he lived long enough to see Mikhail Gorbachev become General Secretary. Good idea this list is, really.
 
Somehow the bit in there that scared me the most was the Speaker being head of government.

Arvid Horn of Sweden famously served as both President of the Chancery and Lantmarskalk (Speaker of the Estate of Nobility) for a long time during the 1720s and 1730s. After he fell from power, they changed the constitution to prevent a person from having both those offices at the same time.
 
With apologies to @Meadow and @Lord Roem

"Seriya Dovolno Udachnykh Sobytiy"

List of de facto leaders of the Soviet Union (actual formal offices held variable)
1922-1924: V. I. Lenin† (Communist)
(1924 power struggle in which both L. Trotsky and J. V. Stalin, amongst other prominent figures, were slain, leading to a compromise troika in which one young Stalin supporter swiftly seized sole power...)
1924-1937: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1937 coup attempt by N. I. Yezhov during Manchuria Crisis, suppressed)
1937-1942: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1942 coup attempt by L. P. Beria during Siege of Moscow, suppressed)
1942-1950: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1950 coup attempt by G. K. Zhukov during Berlin Confrontation, suppressed)
1950-1965: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1965 coup attempt by A. N. Shelepin during Haitian Missile Crisis, suppressed)
1965-1977: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1977 coup attempt by Y. V. Andropov during Warsaw Bread Riots, suppressed)
1977-1984: V. M. Molotov (Communist)
(1984 coup attempt by N. I. Ryzkhov during Olympic hostage crisis, suppressed)
1984-1986: V. M. Molotov† (Communist)
(1986 power struggle ending with...)
1986-1989: M. S. Gorbachev (Communist)
1989: Soviet Union dissolved


List of Presidents of the Russian Federation
1989-present: V. A. Nikonov (Party of Russian Unity and Accord)
oh, for f--

I didn't know this about Molotov. Gosh! Had to Google Nikonov. Good idea.
 
一系列幸運事件

Premiers of the Republic of China

1948-1949: Chiang Kai-shek (KMT - Nanjing Clique)
1949-1952: Li Zongren (KMT - National Government)
1952-1959: Ma Hongkui (KMT - Ma Clique)
1959-2003: Ma Dunjing (KMT - Ma Clique)

Inspired by Thande, and thanks to some ideas from my sibling Ed.

Mao dies during the war, and the CCP is divided afterward, not helped by the Soviets muscling in to establish their own man. Despite this the Communists still enjoy the advantages over the Nationalists they had IOTL, in that the Nationalists endured the bulk of casualties fighting the Japanese, and Chiang still resigns after a series of humiliating defeats.

Li Zongren has greater successes as Premier than IOTL, successfully winning over moderate Communist factions and the Civil War essentially freezes under his premiership, helped by the Americans using a nuclear weapon to underline the point to the Soviets - who end up successfully toppling Stalin not long afterwards.

Li's soft touch with the Communists and relative peace does not go together very well and the warlord cliques grow uncomfortable with his move to expand civil rights and civilian institutions. The Ma Clique, having conquered Tibet and pacified Xinjiang are by far one of the most powerful warlords and when they turn on Li, they are able to win round the more virulent anti-communists and warlord cliques who stand to lose out from Zongren's reforms.

Ma Hongkui dies 10 years earlier than IOTL due to stress and the effect of a) having long-term diabets and b) having a long-term relationship with ice cream. Power passes into the hands of Ma Dunjing, who despite numerous coup attempts and plots over the decades was able to maintain his hold on the reins of the Republic until his death in 2003.
 
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23 February 2019: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) coalition with Chukka Umunna (People's Voice) Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)
28 February People's Vote Bill: AYE - 338 NAY - 279 Abstain: - 20
I like the look of this near-future--​
26 September 2019: Michael Gove (Conservative)

2019: Michael Gove (Conservative) [377]
Key legislation: Coffee cup charge, Commercial state schooling, gender self-identification, work empowerment programme

oh no

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Chairmen of Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

May-June 1918: Noe Ramishvili (Menshevik)
1918-1925: Noe Zhordania (Menshevik)
1925-1929: Evgeni Gegechkori (Menshevik)
1929-1931: Iosif Baratov (Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary)

Military Governors of the Tiflis Governate

1931-1937: Alexander Kutepov
1937-1947: Anatoly Pepelyayev

Chairmen of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

1945-1949: Irakli Abashidze (Independent)
1949-1955: Lavrentiy Beria (Democratic Unity)
1955-1977: Kandid Charkviani (Democratic Unity)
1977- : Tengiz Kitovani (Populist)

The collapse of the Bolsheviks proved to be a good thing for Georgia. The Whites were too busy dealing with internal conflicts, mostly between each other, to deal with Georgia. For 11 years the Mensheviks ran Georgia, achieving major success in dealing with the agrarian question and stabilizing the economy. They also made Georgia a successful democracy, as evidenced by the narrow victory of the Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party in the 1929 elections. This success proved to be short-lived however, as a newly resurgent Russia (under the leadership of Pyotr Wrangel) conquered Georgia in a swift offensive. The next 16 years were quite difficult. The Russians put Georgia under military rule, and took great efforts to stamp out Georgian culture (culminating in the massacre of several dozen literary and artistic figures in 1936). In 1940 Russia invaded Turkey in a quest to conquer Istanbul and open up the straights. Britain and France came to Turkey's aid, and thus began the Anatolian War.

In 1945 the British and Turks managed to push Russia out of the South Caucasus, and Georgia was liberated (although this wasn't official until the Treaty of Stockholm was signed in 1947). Turkey was quick to assert control over the region, and forced several political parties (including the right wing of the Mensheviks) to form a united front call the Democratic Unity Party. Lavrentiy Beria ran the country until the 1955 Tbilisi uprising, which nearly toppled the government. In response the Turks removed Beria and replaced him with Kandid Charkviani, who would rule for 22 years. Charkviani presided over the industrialization and miraculous economic growth of Georgia. However, by the mid-70s the economy had entered into a severe recession. Then in 1977 Turkey's military government collapsed and unrest broke out across the country. Unable to get support from the Turks Charkviani was forced to resign in favor of an independent, Tengiz Kitovani. Georgia now faces a difficult situation. It is sandwiched between the turmoil in Turkey, and Russia, which has never forgotten that it once controlled the region.
 
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