The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major, contemporary political parties in the United States, along with its main historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the current president of Russia. He has been serving in this position since 2012, and he previously held this office from 1999 until 2008. He was also the prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Putin is the second-longest current serving European president after Alexander Lukashenko.
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German retired politician and scientist who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the CDU from 2000 to 2018. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU) and the most powerful woman in the world.
The Indian National Congress, colloquially the Congress Party but often simply Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Due to its enduring history, the Congress is often called the "grand old party".
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 12th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular) party.
Samajwadi Party is a social democratic political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi. It is mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with a significant presence in other states as well.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister to have been born after India's independence in 1947 and the second prime minister not belonging to the Indian National Congress to have won two consecutive majorities in the Lok Sabha, or lower house of Indian of parliament.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada since November 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since April 2013. Trudeau is the second-youngest prime minister in Canadian history after Joe Clark; he is also the first to be the child or other relative of a previous holder of the post, as the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau.
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad.It is the second largest party in Telangana Legislative Assembly.It's aim is to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of Muslims in India.
Pierre Marcel Poilievre is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of Parliament (MP) since 2004. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently represents the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton. Poilievre previously served as minister for democratic reform from 2013 to 2015 and minister of employment and social development in 2015.
Olaf Scholz is a German politician serving as the Chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor of Germany under Angela Merkel and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021. He was also First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018 and deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019. Following the 2021 German federal election, Scholz's federal government is a traffic light coalition composed of his SPD, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
Candice Marie Bergen is a Canadian politician who has served as the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Opposition since February 2, 2022. Originally elected under the name Candice Hoeppner, Bergen has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Portage—Lisgar in Manitoba since 2008.
Aam Aadmi Party is a political party in India, founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and companions. It styles itself as an alternative to the two predominant, mainstream parties of India—the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC). It wants to establish itself as the principal opposition, replacing mainstream INC. AAP currently runs the government of Delhi, the capital territory of India, headed by Kejriwal as Chief Minister. It has held the majority in the Delhi Legislative Assembly since the 2015 election, limiting BJP to a few seats and pushing INC out entirely out of the legislature.
Alternative for Germany is a right-wing populist political party in Germany. A right-wing party, AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union and immigration to Germany. It is positioned on the radical right, a subset of the far-right, within the family of European political parties.
The United Australia Party (UAP), formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP), is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013. It was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017, but revived and re-registered in 2018. It brands itself as a revival of the original United Australia Party, which had been the main non-Labor federal party from 1931 to 1945.
The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first election affected by the redistricting that will follow the 2020 census.
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election, scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024. It will be the first presidential election after electoral votes are redistributed according to the post–2020 census reapportionment. Incumbent president Joe Biden has stated that he intends to run for reelection to a second term, with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Elections are held every four years in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years in Albany, New York to elect the city's mayor.
