Leaders of Government

By Jakeiya Barnes
  • 522

    King Darius I

    King Darius I
    September 1 522 BCE to October 1 486 BCE
    During his reign, Darius completed the work of his predecessors, and not only did he “hold together the empire,” but he also extended it in all directions.
    Achaemenian Persia became the largest empire in the world.
    Darius was responsible for more than just the expansion of the empire.
    He also centralized the administration of the empire, encouraged cultural and artistic pursuits, introduced legal reforms, and developed juridical systems.
  • Apr 2, 742

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Ruled April 2 742/747/748 – January 28 814
    King of Italy
    Became the first Holy Roman Emperor.
    Known as Charles the Great or Charles I.
    King of the Franks .
    United most of Western Europe.
    Laid foundations for modern France and Germany.
    Spent most of his reign engaged in warfare in order to accomplish his goals.
    Crowned by Pope Leo III in 800.
    Encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance .
  • Sep 15, 1533

    Queen Elizabeth I

    Queen Elizabeth I
    September 7,1533-March 24,1603
    England
    The daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558 and ruled England for almost 45 years.
    Her reign is known as The Golden Age, a time that saw the birth of Shakespeare, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the emergence of England as a world power.
    She was committed above all else to preserving English peace and stability; her genuine love for her subjects was legendary.

  • Hammurabi

    Hammurabi
    Southern Mesopotamia
    Jan 1 1792 - 1750 BC
    He created the first code of laws.
    Hammurabi’s code of laws was a collection of 282 laws and standards, stipulated rules for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to the requirements of justice.
    He was the sixth king in the Babylonian dynasty.

  • Prime Minister Winston Churchill

    Prime Minister Winston Churchill
    Nov 30,1874-Jan 24,1965
    Former British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    As Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill rallied the British people during WW2, and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
    Winston Churchill's life was a trajectory of events leading to his stand against Adolf Hitler's threat to control Europe.
    Churchill helped lead a successful Allied strategy with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General Secretary Joseph Stalin during WWII to defeat the Axis powers

  • President Vincente Fox

    President Vincente Fox
    July 2, 1942.
    Mexico City, Mexico
    In 2000 Fox ran for president on a platform that focused on ending government corruption and improving the economy.
    He joined the National Action Party (PAN) in 1987 and the following year was elected to the national Chamber of Deputies.
    At the polls he easily defeated PRI candidate Francisco Labastida Ochoa, and on December 1, 2000, he succeeded Ernesto Zedillo as president of Mexico.

  • President Hugo Chavez

    President Hugo Chavez
    Chavez took office in February 1,1999 -March 5, 2013
    Venezuela.
    He was the President of Venezuela he style himself as Bolivarian Revolution, a socialist political program for much of Latin America.

  • Cyrus the Great

    Cyrus the Great
    Jan 1 580-529 BC
    He founded Persia by uniting the two original Iranian Tribes- the Medes and the Persians.
    Cyrus became king of Anshan after his father's death in 559 BCE, and initially reigned as Median vassal king of the Persian tribes.
    He established his residence at Pasargadae in Pars province, the centre of the Pasargadae tribe, to which the Achaemenid clan belonged.
    Little is known of Cyrus' early life as the few known sources have been damaged or lost. According to the ancient historia