Historical Political Figures

Vintage portraits of notable political figures in early 20th century attire, featuring formal clothing and serious expressions, highlighting key moments in history.

Vajiravudh or Rama VI (1 January 1881 25 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death

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Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008) aged 30 in 1951. Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1976 - 1981

Mao Zedong (1893-1976), from Xiangtan, Hunan Province. During the May Fourth Movement, he led the Patriotic Movement in Hunan. Pictured is Mao in 1919.

Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 元培; pinyin: Cài Yuánpéi; Wade-Giles: Ts'ai Yüan-p'ei) (January 11, 1868 - March 5, 1940) was a Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University. He was known for his critical evaluation of the Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement. In his thinking, Cai was heavily influenced by Anarchism.

Vajiravudh or Rama VI (1 January 1881 25 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death

President Ngo Dinh Diem. March 10, 1950.

Zhu De (1886 - 1976), Chinese general, politician, and revolutionary of the Communist Party of China. He ascended through the ranks of the Chinese Red Army as it closed in on securing the nation. By the time China was under Mao's control, Zhu was a high-ranking official within the Communist Party of China. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1955 he became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army. Zhu remained a prominent political figure until his death in 1976. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1975 to 1976, Zhu was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.

n Yi, Prince of Korea, 1897-1970

Yang Tseng-hsin, Governor of Sinkiang 1911-28, in the mid-1920s.

Prince Imperial Yeong, the Crown Prince Uimin (also Euimin), also known as Yi Un, Yi Eun, Lee Eun, and Un Yi (20 October 1897 - 1 May 1970), was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last crown prince of Korea.

Anefo photo collection. New ambassador from China arrived at Schiphol; Ambassador Chen Hsin Jen after arrival (head). January 20, 1975. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Prince Souphanouvong (July 13, 1909 - January 9, 1995), also known as the 'Red Prince' because of his political views, was President of Laos from December 1975 to August 1991. Souphanouvong was one of the sons of Prince Bounkhong, the last vice-king of Luang Prabang.

Leaders of Communist China: Chu Teh Vice-Chairman of the People's Government of China. November 8, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Lu Xun (or Lu Hsun), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (Chou Shu-jen), September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936. One of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in baihua (the vernacular) as well as classical Chinese. Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, critic, essayist and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the Chinese League of the Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.

South Korea's ambassador to the United States, Dr. John Myun Chang (center). July 12, 1950.

Mr. Tadakatsu Suzuki, a former Japanese Ambassador to Australia, yesterday urged Australia and Japan to establish "neighbourhood relationship" on a solid foundation.Mr. Tadakatsu Suzuki, Ambassador to Australia, will be appointed Ambassador to Italy, the Japanese Foreign Office said yesterday.Mr Suzuki has been Ambassador to Australia since June, 1955.Japanese newspapers say his successor will be Mr. katsuhiro Narito, now Ambassafor Pakistan. July 29, 1955. (Photo by A.A.P.-Reuter).

H.I.H. Prince Nagahisa, Kitashirakawanomiya. November 5, 1936.

Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) 1893-1976, Chinese Communist leader. Mao at Yanan during the resistance to the Japanese invasion.Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945

Prince Souvanna Phouma (Souvannaphouma) (1901-1984), leader of the neutralist faction in Laos during the Second Indochina War and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos 1951-52, 1956-58, 1960 and 1962-75.

An Jung-geun, (1879 - 1910), Korean-independence activist, and pan-Asianist. On 26 October 1909, he assassinated Prince Ito Hirobumi, a four-time Prime Minister of Japan, former Resident-General of Korea, and then President of the Privy Council of Japan, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan. He was imprisoned and later executed by Japanese authorities on 26 March 1910.

Kang Youwei (March 19, 1858-March 31, 1927), was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing Dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy and was an ardent Chinese nationalist. His ideas inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu Emperor but loathed by Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he continued to advocate for constitutional monarchy after the foundation of the Republic of China, Kang's political ideology was never put into practical application.

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Schiphol from Mr Van Thinh, Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam. Portraits, politicians, arrival and departure. October 12, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008) aged 28 in 1949. Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1976 - 1981

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Schiphol from Mr Van Thinh, Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam. Portraits, politicians, visits. October 12, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Professor K. L. Chau. April 29, 1944.

12/31/1933. Mr. Adatci, who has been elected president of the permanent court of international justice in The Hague.

Chairman Mao in Yenan (1937), Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

May, 1949, Chairman Mao at the Chinese Communist Party's Seventh Plenary Session. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Photographic portrait of Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940) a Japanese politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan. Dated 20th Century

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Anefo photo collection. Chiang Kai-shek portrait. November 4, 1948

New Chinese Ambassador Arrives -- A close-up of Dr. F.T. Cheng (Cheng Tien-hsi taken on his arrival at London Airport to-day, Saturday. The new Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, His Excellency Dr. F.T. Cheng, arrived at London Airport to-day (Saturday). He succeeds His Excellency Dr. T.V. Wellington Kod and was formerly judge of the International Court at the Hague. July 27, 1946. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Photographic portrait of Chairman Mao (1893-1976) a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China.

Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-1963), leader of the Republic of Vietnam who was assassinated in a military coup

Photographic print of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) a Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China, and medical practitioner. Dated 20th Century

Anefo photo collection. VI Kyuin Wellington Koo Chinese-Taiwanese politician, diplomat and judge. Co-founder of the United Nations in 1945. 1945

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua or Rama VII (8 November 1893-30 May 1941) was the seventh monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of the country. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to huge political and social changes during the Revolution of 1932. Also he was the only Siamese monarch to abdicate.

1906. Marquis Saionji Kinmochi, new prime minister of the Empire of Japan. Photo: Filip Kester And/or Brown Brothers.

Guo joined the Communist Party of China in 1927. He was involved in the Communist Nanchang Uprising and fled to Japan after its failure. He stayed there for 10 years studying Chinese ancient history. In the summer of 1937, soon after the Marco Polo Bridge incident, Guo returned to China to join the anti-Japanese resistance. Along with holding important government offices in the People's Republic of China, Guo was a prolific writer, not just of poetry but also fiction, plays, autobiographies, translations, and historical and philosophical treatises. He was the first President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and remained so from its founding in 1949 until his death in 1978.

Emperor Taisho of japan, 1879 1926. the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 30 July 1912, until his death in 1926.

Sun Yat-sen (1866 - 1925) Chinese politician, physician, and political philosopher, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China). He is referred as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China

Pu Yi, Henry (& Wife) The Last Emperor - Chinese Royalty. January 01, 1934.

Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008), Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The designated successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai.

Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008) aged 30 in 1951. Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1976 - 1981

Heng Samrin (born 1934) is a Cambodian politician. He was the chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia (1979-1993), and later vice chairman (1998-2006) and chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia since 2006.

Syngman Rhee (1875 - 1965) South Korean politician who served as the first President of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 to his impeachment in 1925 and from 1947 to 1948.

Truong Chinh (pseudonym meaning Long March, born dang Xuan Khu (1907-1988) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked communist leader (after Ho Chi Minh). Following the death of Le Duan in 1986, he was briefly Vietnam's top leader. He is remembered as a communist hard liner.

Burma/Myanmar: Sao Ohn Kya (1893-1938), saopha or Shan feudal lord of Hsipaw (1928-1938), 10 November 1931

Cai Hesen (1895-1931), was an important early leader of the Chinese Communist Party, outstanding communist fighter, proletarian revolutionist, theorist, and propagandist.

Chairman Mao during the Cultural Revolution. 1966. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Gensui Count Terauchi Masatake (5 February 1852 - 3 November 1919), was a Japanese military officer, proconsul and politician. He was a Gensui (or Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1916 to 1918

A photograph of Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Ai Quoc ). Born 1890 and lived until 1969. A key figure in the founding of the democratic republic of Vietnam, as well as the peoples army of Vietnam. A communist leader who was both prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

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Ieng Sary, Khmer Rouge 'Brother No 2', was born Kim Trang in Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam, in 1924. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979 and held several senior positions in the Khmer Rouge until his defection in 1996. He is married to Ieng Thirith, former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister.

Gen. Chang Hsun

China: Prince Zaixun (1885-1949), courtesy name Zhongquan, art name Chiyun, was a Manchu noble of the late Qing dynasty. He also served as a Navy Minister in the Imperial Cabinet of Prince Qing, c. 1910

Prince Birabongse of Siam. October 04, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Portrait of Oda Nobunaga, by Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo, 1583-1590. Oda Nobunaga (June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the rule of the shogun in the late 16th century, a rule that ended only with the opening of Japan to the Western world in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His work was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holdings in Owari Province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. His successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a loyal Oda supporter, would eventually become the first man to conquer all of Japan and the first ruler of all Japan since the Ōnin War.

Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 - December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II. He assumed several more positions including Chief of Staff of the Imperial Army before ultimately being removed from office in July 1944. During his years in power, his leadership was marked by extreme state-perpetrated violence in the name of Japanese ultranationalism

Kim Il-sung 1912 1994, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994

Vladimir Lenin on May 1, 1920 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1920/Photograph/Russia/History

Norodom Sihanouk (born 31 October 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favour of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. Following his abdication he was known as The King-Father of Cambodia, a position in which he retained many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch. He died of a heart attack in Beijing, China, on October 15, 2012.

Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Bunkichi Hayashi. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

Photograph of Emperor Bo i (1913-1997) emperor of Vietnam. Dated 20th Century

Pu Yi, Henry (& Wife) The Last Emperor - Chinese Royalty. January 06, 1932. (Photo by International Newsreel Ltd.)

Syngman Rhee (1875 - 1965) South Korean politician who served as the first President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 to his impeachment in 1925 and from 1947 to 1948.

Keisuke Okada or Okada Keisuke (20 January 1868 - 7 October 1952) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936

Copy of a portrait of a man, circa 1940s, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

Anefo photo collection. Mr. T. Dzulkarnah (member of the Federal Government of Indonesia). January 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Ye Jianying (1897 - 1986) was a Chinese communist general. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983, Ye was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.

Japan: Japanese artist Okada Saburosuke (1869-1939), 1906. Okada Saburosuke (12 January 1869 - 23 September, 1939) was a Japanese yoga (Western-style) painter. He was influenced by great yoga painters such as Kuroda Seiki and Kume Keiichiro, and became one of the founding members of Hakuba-kai (White Horse Society), an artists' association. He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1937, the highest honour in the Japanese cultural world.

Man, 1930s, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

Katayama Sen (1859-1933). Sen was an early Japanese Marxist political activist and journalist, one of the original members of the American Communist Party and co-founder, in 1922, of the Japanese Communist Party.

Cambodia: Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, 1983

Pham Van Dong (March 1, 1906-April 29, 2000) was a Vietnamese nationalist and communist. He served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 through 1976, and was Prime Minister of reunified Vietnam from 1976 until he retired in 1987.

Kim Il Sung's father, Kim Hyun Jik.Kim Hyong-jik (1894 - 1926) was a Korean independence activist. He was the father of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung,

Xu Zhimo (Chinese: 志摩; pinyin: Xú Zhìmó; Wade-Giles: Hsü Chih-mo, January 15, 1897 - November 19, 1931) was an early 20th century Chinese poet. He was given the name of Zhangxu (章垿) and the courtesy name of Yousen (槱森). He later changed his courtesy name to Zhimo (志摩). He is romanticized as pursuing love, freedom, and beauty all his life (from the words of Hu Shi). He promoted the form of modern Chinese poetry, and therefore made tremendous contributions to modern Chinese literature. To commemorate Xu Zhimo, in July, 2008, a white marble stone has been installed at the back of King's College, University of Cambridge, on which is inscribed a verse from Xu's best-known poem, 'Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again'.

U Thant ( January 22, 1909 - November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at Rangoon University. In the days of tense political climate in Burma, he held moderate views positioning himself between fervent nationalists and British loyalists. He was a close friend of Burma's first Prime Minister U Nu and served various positions in Nu's cabinet from 1948 to 1961. He was appointed as Secretary-General in 1961 when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld died in an air crash. In his first term, Thant facilitated negotiations between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, thereby narrowly averting the possibility of a global catastrophe. In December 1962, Thant ordered the Operation Grand Slam which ended secessionist insurgency in Congo. He was reappointed as Secretary-General on 2nd December 1

Shi Cuntong (1899-1970), one of the earliest members of the Chinese Communist Party, participated in the formation of the Tokyo Communist Group.

Jiang Qing (Chiang Ch'ing, March 1914 - May 14, 1991) was the pseudonym that was used by Chinese leader Mao Zedong's last wife, a major Communist Party of China power figure. She went by the stage name Lan Ping during her acting career, and was known by various other names during her life. She married Mao in Yan'an in November 1938, and is sometimes referred to as Madame Mao in Western literature, serving as Communist China's first first lady. Jiang Qing was most well-known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and for forming the radical political alliance known as the 'Gang of Four'. When Mao died in 1976, Jiang lost the support and justification for her political activities. She was arrested in October 1976 by Hua Guofeng and his allies, and was subsequently accused of being counter-revolutionary. Though initially sentenced to death, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983, however, and in May 1991 she was released for medical treatment. Before

Chairman Mao. (1962). Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Deng Xiaoping (1904 1997); Chinese revolutionary and statesman. He was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1989

Pibulsongkram was one of the leaders of the military branch of the People's Party that staged a coup d'état and overthrew Thailand's absolute monarchy in 1932. In 1938, Pibulsonggram replaced Phraya Phahol as Prime Minister. Pibulsonggram began to increase the pace of modernisation in Thailand. By manipulating the mass media, Pibulsonggram supported fascism and nationalism. In 1939, Pibulsonggram changed the country's name from Siam to Thailand. In 1941, in the midst of World War II, he decreed January 1 the official start of the new year instead of the traditional April 13. When the Japanese invaded Thailand on December 8, 1941, Pibulsonggram was reluctantly forced to order a general ceasefire after just one day of resistance. On December 12, Pibulsongkram signed a military alliance with Japan. The following month, on January 25, 1942, Pibulsongkram declared war on the allied powers. At the war's end, Pibulsonggram was put on trial at Allied insistence. However, he was acquitted amids

Portrait of Prince Saionji Kinmochi, a Japanese politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.

Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969), Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and President from 1945 to 1969.

Chairman Mao in Yenan, in 1936. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Sisavang Phoulivong (or Sisavangvong) (14 July 1885 - 29 October 1959), was King of Luang Phrabang and later the Kingdom of Laos from 28 April 1904 until his death on 20 October 1959. His father was King Zakarine and his mother was Queen Thongsy. He was educated at Lycee Chasseloup-Laubat, Saigon, and at l'ecole Coloniale in Paris. He was known as a 'playboy' king with up to 50 children by as many as 15 wives.

Siam's Boy's King - His Majesty, King Ananda Mahidol, age 13, lives in Switzerland while his kingdom of Siam is Administered by a regency. At the helm of his country is primer Col. Phya Phahol, an Army man who Eliminated much of the Royal Payroll and created constitutional government. King Anada, however, will assume the throne when the late Prince Mahidol, his father, was a Harvard Student, Anada lived at Cambridge, Mass., 1926 to 1928. October 05, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Black and white photo from a book of Kim Koo leader of the Korean Independence Movement. Kim Gu (August 29, 1876 - June 26, 1949), also known by his pen name Baekbeom, was a Korean statesman politician. He was the sixth, ninth and later the last President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Japanese Empire, and a reunification activist after 1945. He was assassinated by Korean lieutenant Ahn Doo-hee in 1949.

Thailand: Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs (1863-1947) in later years

Vietnamese refugees receive visitors in the US. Claudia Cardinale, Nguyen Cao Ky, Rosemary Clooney, and Betty Ford visit to offer support. This photograph captures a moment on May 9, 1975, demonstrating American military activities during the Vietnam War.

Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Portrait of Prince Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese politician, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIX, No 3, January 19, 1902.

The modern Chinese tunic suit is a style of male attire known in China as the Zhongshan suit (simplified Chinese: 山装; traditional Chinese: 山裝; pinyin: Zhōngshān zhuāng) (after Sun Yat-Sen), also known in the West as the Mao suit (after Mao Zedong). Sun Yat-sen introduced the style shortly after the founding of the Republic of China as a form of national dress although with a distinctly political and later governmental implication. After the end of the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the suit became widely worn by males and government leaders as a symbol of proletarian unity and an Eastern counterpart to the Western business suit. The name 'Mao suit' comes from Chinese leader Mao Zedong's affinity for wearing them in public, thus tying the garment closely to him and Chinese communism in general in the Western imagination. Although they fell into disuse among the general public in the 1990s due to increasing Western influences, they ar

The Japanese In Mongolia. A Portrait of Prince Teh, leader of the autonomous movement in lnner Mongolia, who has been compelled to accept Overlordship of the Japanese. The Prince, a descendent of Chinghhis Khan, is now Virtually a prisoner in his own territory. November 30, 1936.

Aruta Sugihara - New Japanese Minister of Defence in Hatoyama Cabinet. April 26, 1955.

Wang Guangmei (26 September 1921 - 13 October 2006) was a respected Chinese politician, philanthropist, and First Lady, the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic from 1959-1968.

Chairman Mao in Wuhan. (1963)). Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Duke P. Kahanamoku

Tokuda Kyuichi (September 12, 1894 - October 14, 1953) was a Japanese politician and served as first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953. He was born in Okinawa in 1894, and became a lawyer in 1920 before joining the Japanese Communist Party in 1922. Tokuda was arrested in 1928 on suspicion of violating the government's Peace Preservation Law, spending the next 18 years in prison, occupying a cell next to fellow Communist leader Yoshio Shiga. He was released with the end of World War II and the collapse of Imperial Japan in 1945, and was elected in 1946 to the House of Representatives. While giving a speech in 1948, Tokuda survived an assassination attempt when a dynamite-laden soda bottle was thrown at his feet. He became second-in-command of the Communist Party by 1950, but he was purged from politics under the Allied occupation. He was exiled to China, where he died in 1953.

China, Beijing. Tienanmen Square. Portrait Of Mao Zedong

Anefo photo collection. Mikimoto De Parelkoning at Schiphol, here with his wife. April 28, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Norodom Sihanouk (born 31 October 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favour of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. Since his abdication he has been known as The King-Father of Cambodia, a position in which he retains many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch.

Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi, also spelled Thawal Thamrongnavasawat, (November 21, 1901December 3, 1988) was the 8th Prime Minister of Thailand from 1946-1947. A career naval officer of Chinese ancestry, Admiral Thamrong was a leading member of the anti-Japanese Seri Thai resistance movement during World War II. He became Thailand's elected Prime Minister on August 23, 1946, replacing Khuang Abhaiwongse. However, he was removed from office by a military coup orchestrated by Field Marshall Plaek Pibulsonggram on November 8, 1947. Pibulsonggram then assumed the post of prime minister once more.

Hồ Chí Minh, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 - 3 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1946-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. He lost political power inside North Vietnam in the late 1950s, but remained as the highly visible figurehead president until his death.

Chairman Mao in Yenan. (1944) Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

General Chu Teh. Zhu De (1 December 1886 - 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician, revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Appointed commander of the Combined Fleet in 1939. He contributed to the development of the Japanese naval and air forces and conceived the attack on Pearl Harbour.

Photograph of Sukarno (1901-1970) the first President of Indonesia. Dated 20th Century

Jiang Qing (Chiang Ch'ing, March 1914 - May 14, 1991) was the pseudonym that was used by Chinese leader Mao Zedong's last wife and major Communist Party of China power figure. She went by the stage name Lan Ping during her acting career, and was known by various other names during her life. She married Mao in Yan'an in November 1938, and is sometimes referred to as Madame Mao in Western literature, serving as Communist China's first first lady. Jiang Qing was most well-known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and for forming the radical political alliance known as the 'Gang of Four'. When Mao died in 1976, Jiang lost the support and justification for her political activities. She was arrested in October 1976 by Hua Guofeng and his allies, and was subsequently accused of being counter-revolutionary. Though initially sentenced to death, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983, however, and in May 1991 she was released for medical treatment. Befor

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Phumiphon Adunyadet; born 5 December 1927) is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX (and within the Thai royal family and to close associates simply as Lek. Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he is the world's longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history.

Prajadhipok Phra Pok or Rama VII (8 November 1893 30 May 1941). King of Siam (Thailand from 1925-1935

Li Hongzhang, Li Hung Tschang, 15 February 1823, 7 November 1901, was a Chinese general who ended several major rebellions. As viceroy of Zhili, he was one of the most powerful statesmen in late Qing-era China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date not known

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Secretary General of the World Council of Churches Dr. Carson Blake at Schiphol, Mr. Tahi B. Simatupang (Chairman Indonesian Council of Churches). April 11, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ángel Pestaña (1886-1937). Workers' leader in August 1937. Madrid, Military Historical Archives. Author: GNECCOA J. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID.

Arrest of "Tokyo Rose" Ordered -- Arrest of Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, 32, (above) on a treason charge has been ordered by Atty Gen. Tom Clark. Mrs. D'Aquino, pictured in Tokyo Aug. 17, is alleged to be the "Tokyo Rose" who broadcast Japanese propaganda in the recent war. She is to be brought to the United States for trial. August 20, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

Anefo photo collection. Portraits. October 1, 1968

Deng Xiaoping (1904 - 1997), was a Chinese politician who was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. After Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng led China through far-reaching market-economy reforms and has been called the "Architect of Modern China."

Prince Itō Hirobumi, (藤博文, October 16, 1841 - October 26, 1909, also called Hirofumi / Hakubun and Shunsuke in his youth) was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th), genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by Korean independence activist An Jung-geun in 1909.

Portrait of Shigeru Yoshida, circa 1888-1890. Shigeru Yoshida (1878 20 October 1967) Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954

Heng Samrin (born 1934) is a Cambodian politician. He was the chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia (1979-1993), and later vice chairman (1998-2006) and chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia since 2006.

Chinese leaders Mao Zhe Dung and Zhou En Lai confer. 1960

Hồ Chí Minh, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 - 3 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1946-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. He lost political power inside North Vietnam in the late 1950s, but remained as the highly visible figurehead president until his death.

Zhou was born Su Pu (), but was separated from her natural parents at a young age and raised by adoptive parents. She spent her entire life searching for her biological parents but her parentage was never established until after her death. According to later family research, a relative who was an opium addict took her at the age of 3 to another city and sold her to a family named Wang, who named her Wang Xiaohong. She was later adopted by a family named Zhou, changing her name to Zhou Xiaohong. At the age of 13 she took Zhou Xuan as her stage name, 'Xuan' () meaning 'beautiful jade' in Chinese. Zhou started acting in 1935, but she achieved stardom in 1937 in Street Angel, when director Yuan Muzhi cast her as one of the leads as a singing girl. 'Golden Voice' () was Zhou's nickname to commend her singing talents after a singing competition in Shanghai, where she came in second. Zhou rapidly became the most famous and marketable popular singer in the gramophone era up to her death,

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist revolutionary and leader, c1950s(). Artist: Unknown

Elsevier photo collection. Sutan Sjahrir, former Prime Minister Republic Indonesia, adviser Republican Degment Ter R.t.C. 1948. Hague, Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan, born in Tokyo: Executed in 1948

Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines from 1965-1986. Lived between 1917-1989. Was a lawyer, Member of the Senate, President of the senate all before becoming President in 1965.

New Empress Of Manchukuo.***** Striking picture of the beautiful Mrs. Henry Pu-Yi, who, ***** will share with her husband, "the boy-emperor" the honours ***** Emperor and Empress of the new state of Manchukuo. April 11, 1934. (Photo by Keystone)

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of General Nasution of Indonesia at Schiphol. Nasution. May 3, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Japan: The artist Kasho Tatabatake (1888-1966) as a young man, c. 1915

China: Yang Tseng-hsin (1859-1928), Governor of Sinkiang 1911-28, in the mid-1920s

Anefo photo collection. Portrait of guessing adil puradiredjo, Prime Minister of Pasoendan. December 20, 1948

Miss Kay Fukuda, U.S.C.N., Ansel Adams

Still Fight Reds.These Recent Portraits Show Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, whose Anti-Communist Hold out government on Formosa is reported to be growing in strength after years of defeat. February 15, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai during his Report on the Work of the Government at the First Plenary Session of the Fourth National People's Congress in January 1975. He reiterated the realization of the great goal of 'four modernizations' to the people of all nationalities of China at the session.

Zhou Enlai (1898 - 1976), Premier of the People's Republic of China. Zhou was China's head of government, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and later in consolidating its control, forming foreign policy, and developing the Chinese economy.

DARIO, RUBEN ( FELIX RUBEN GARCIA SARMIENTO ) ESCRITOR NICARAGUENSE 1867-1916 REPRODUCCION FOTO COMO DIPLOMATICO.

Japan: Yasunari Kawabata (1899 -1972), novelist and essayist, in his garden c. 1968

China: Pu-Yi (1906-1967), as Japanese puppet 'Emperor of Manchukuo' (1932-1945), in civilian dress, March 1934

Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

General Nobuyuki Abe, retired, photographed as he was about to leave for the Imperial Palace to inform the Emperor that he had completed the organization of his cabinet. He received the Imperial order to form a ***** government on the evening of August 28th. August 01, 1939. (Photo by Japan Photo Library).

Prince Mikasa Of Japan -- Third and youngest brother of Emperor Hirohito, was major in the Jap. Army during war, now a student at Imperial University, Tokyo. Regarded as 'brainiest man in the Imperial family'. July 25, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press).

Mao Zedong with his wife Jiang Qing; 1946. Jiang Qing ( 1914 - 1991), Chinese Communist Revolutionary, actress, and major political figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong. Jiang Qing was best known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution and for forming the radical political alliance known as the "Gang of Four".

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (1907 - 1957) Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zambales after his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales's at-large district before being appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He was elected president under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.

Nguyn Phú Trng (born 14 April 1944) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, elected at the party's 11th National Congress on 19 January 2011. Trong heads the party's Secretariat, as well as the Central Military Commission, the country's two most powerful policymaking bodies. Trng was born in Ðông Hi Commune, Ðông Anh District, Hanoi. His official biography gives his family background only as 'poor peasant'. He studied philology at Vietnam National University, Hanoi from 1963-67. Trng officially joined the Communist Party in December 1968. He worked for the Tp chí Cng Sn (Communist Review), the theoretical and political agency of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the periods of 1967-73, 1976-80, and 1983-96. From 1991-96, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Tp chí Cng Sn. Trng has been member of the Party's Central Committee since January 1994, member of the Party's Political Bureau since December 1997, and deputy to the National Assembly of the Soci

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, or Rama V (20 September 1853 - 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam. His reign was characterized by the modernization of Siam, immense government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina. As Siam was threatened by Western expansionism, Chulalongkorn, through his policies and acts, managed to save Siam from being colonized. All his reforms were dedicated to Siams insurance of survival in the midst of Western colonialism, so that Chulalongkorn earned the epithet Phra Piya Maharat ( Great Beloved King). He is seen here with the Crown Prince, the future King Vajiravudh (1881-1925).

10/31/1908. Prince Choun, father of the late Emperor and current Regent.

Japan: Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969) was a martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as 'Kaiso' (the founder) or Osensei, 'Great Teacher'

Harry i.e., Henry Hanawa, mechanic, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III in Ceremonial Attire on the Occasion of His Return from Osaka at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1793 1788-1798 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Chairman Mao made an important speech at the second meeting of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The 8th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in two sessions, the first 15-27 September 1956 and the second 5-23 May 1958 in Beijing.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival ambassador Indonesia Taswin Natadigrat (head) at Schiphol. January 16, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Red China's Premier Chou En-lai is seen arriving at Bandung to attend the Afro-Asian Conference. Chou is net by Indonesia's Vice-President Hatta (extreme left), at the Bandung Airport, with a large number of press people and airport security guards. May 18, 1955. (Photo by Pan-Asia Photo News).

Chairman Mao with female Red Guard, during the Cultural Revolution. 1966. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek(also known as Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling)(1898- 2003). Date: 1941

Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (born 1960), elder son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, which makes him the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Naruhito is expected to succeed his father as Emperor upon the latter's abdication on 30 April 2019.

U Thant ( January 22, 1909 - November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at Rangoon University. In the days of tense political climate in Burma, he held moderate views positioning himself between fervent nationalists and British loyalists. He was a close friend of Burma's first Prime Minister U Nu and served various positions in Nu's cabinet from 1948 to 1961. He was appointed as Secretary-General in 1961 when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld died in an air crash. In his first term, Thant facilitated negotiations between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, thereby narrowly averting the possibility of a global catastrophe. In December 1962, Thant ordered the Operation Grand Slam which ended secessionist insurgency in Congo. He was reappointed as Secretary-General on 2nd December 1

Mao Zedong, before an enemy plane, seized in the Battle of Zhangzhou 1934. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Hu Shih (17 December 1891 - 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. Hu is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He was influential in the May Fourth Movement, one of the leaders of China's New Culture Movement, was a president of Peking University, and in 1939 was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature. He had a wide range of interests such as literature, history, textual criticism, and pedagogy.

Stamp depicting Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927 2016, King Bhumibol of Thailand 1946 - 2016.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival ambassador Indonesia Taswin Natadigrat (head) at Schiphol. January 16, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Abhisit Vejjajiva (born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Thailand between 2008 and 2011. Born in England, Abhisit attended Eton College and earned bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Oxford. He was elected to the Parliament of Thailand at age 27, and promoted to Democrat Party leader in 2005, after his predecessor resigned following the party's defeat in the 2005 general election. Abhisit was appointed Prime Minister of Thailand on 17 December 2008, following a Parliamentary vote after the Constitutional Court of Thailand removed Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from office. At age 44, he was the country's youngest prime minister in more than 60 years.

Joko Widodo (born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite political or military background. He was previously the mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012 and the governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014. Before his political career, he was an industrialist and businessman