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António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations since 2017. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

The secretary-general of the United Nations is the Head of International Organization of the United Nations who Oversees the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022.

Deborah Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district, first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2011 until her resignation in 2016.

Ding Xuexiang is a Chinese politician who is currently the first-ranked vice premier of China and the sixth-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.

Corruption in Iran is widespread, especially in the government. According to a report in 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran ranks close to the bottom on the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International. While Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claims corruption in the country is "occasional rather than systemic," independent observers generally view corruption in Iran as an instrument of national strategy and a core feature of the political order.

Bayelsa State, located in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, has been led by colonial, military, and civilian administrations. Before Nigeria's independence in 1960, the territory that now constitutes Bayelsa was part of the Eastern Region, one of Nigeria's original administrative divisions. During the colonial era, British officials governed the Eastern Region, which included the area now known as Bayelsa State, until Nigeria's independence in 1960. Thereafter, Nigerian officials, including Francis Akanu Ibiam as governor and Michael Okpara as premier, administered the region until the first military coup in 1966 which led to the abolition of the regional system. In 1967, Nigeria's military leader Yakubu Gowon split the Eastern Region into three new states: East-Central State, South-Eastern State, and Rivers State. Bayelsa remained part of Rivers State for nearly three decades, under both military and civilian rule. In 1996, the Nigerian military government under Sani Abacha created Bayelsa State, carving it out of Rivers State.

Douye Diri is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Bayelsa State since 2020. He was the senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District from 2019 to 2020 in the 9th National Assembly.

This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. Those with a one-word stage name are listed in a separate article.