Politician

A politician is an individual involved in politics.

In Western democracies, the term is generally restricted to those either holding or seeking elected office for themselves, rather than specialists employed by such people. Such a distinction is less clear in non-democratic forms of government.

Some examples of famous politicians, or people with an important political work:

• Kofi Annan - United Nations Secretary-General
• Dalai Lama - Leader of the Tibetans
• Mohandas Gandhi - Leader of India
• Mikhail Gorbachev - Leader of the Soviet Union
• Thomas Jefferson - President of the United States
• Petra Kelly - Founder of the Greens
• John F. Kennedy - President of the United States
• Robert F. Kennedy - US Attorney General, Senator
• Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights leader
• Olof Palme - Prime Minister of Sweden