Politics and government

Ferenc Gyurcsány

Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and Socialist politician, prime minister 2004–2009; won the 2006 re-election, launched austerity after the leaked Őszöd speech, resigned in 2009, then led the Democratic Coalition.

Ferenc Szálasi

Ferenc Szálasi was a Hungarian far-right politician and leader of the Arrow Cross Party. He served as prime minister from 1944 to 1945 and was executed for war crimes.

Ferenc Wesselényi

Ferenc Wesselényi (Hungarian: Wesselényi Ferenc; 1605–March 1667) was a Hungarian magnate, soldier, and statesman who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1655 and led the anti-Habsburg magnate conspiracy of 1664–1671 named after him.

Fergie Chambers

James Cox "Fergie" Chambers Jr. (born 1985), American Cox Enterprises heir and self-described Marxist-Leninist activist, arrested in Ibiza July 2026 on a US extradition request for alleged money laundering and Hamas-linked funding, held in Madrid.

Ferhat Abbas

Ferhat Abbas (فرحات عباس) was an Algerian pharmacist and politician who served as the first president of the GPRA, the Algerian provisional government, from 1958 to 1961.

Ferit Hoxha

Ferit Hoxha is an Albanian career diplomat and politician serving as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Edi Rama, after serving as Albania's ambassador to the European Union.

Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Fermanagh and South Tyrone is a constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament in Northern Ireland. It is geographically the largest Northern Irish constituency and has a history of closely contested elections. Pat.

Fernando Alexandre (Portuguese politician)

Fernando Alexandre is a Portuguese politician and economist who serves as Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, having held the same post in the XXIV Constitutional Government.

Fernando Barros

Fernando Barros Tocornal, born in 1957 in Santiago, is a Chilean lawyer and politician serving as Minister of National Defense under President José Antonio Kast since 2026.

Fernando Belaúnde

Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1912–2002), Peruvian architect and founder of Acción Popular, president 1963–1968 and 1980–1985; housing and highway programs, deposed by Velasco's 1968 IPC-linked coup, restored democracy in 1980.

Fernando Cheung (张超雄)

Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung (張超雄), born 1957 in Macau, is a Hong Kong social worker, Berkeley PhD, and former Legislative Council member (2004–2008 Social Welfare seat; 2012–2020 New Territories East) and Labour Party vice-chairman, now teaching social work in Toronto.

Fernando Clavijo Batlle

Fernando Clavijo Batlle is a Spanish politician of Coalición Canaria who has served as President of the Canary Islands since 2023, after holding the office from 2015 to 2019.

Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez

Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez is a Spanish politician serving as Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of Spain, after serving as a judge at the National Court.

Fernando José de Portugal e Castro

Fernando José de Portugal e Castro, Marquis of Aguiar (1752–1817), was a Portuguese magistrate who governed Bahia and served as the penultimate viceroy of Brazil.

Fernando López Miras

Fernando López Miras is a Spanish politician of the Partido Popular who has served as President of the Region of Murcia since 2017 and leads the party's regional branch.

Fernando Rabat

Fernando Rabat is a Chilean lawyer and Independent politician who has served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights under President José Antonio Kast since March 2026.

Fernão Gomes de Lemos

Fernão Gomes de Lemos, Portuguese diplomat, was Afonso de Albuquerque's third ambassador to Safavid Shah Esmāʿīl I, sent from Hormuz in May 1515 to negotiate an anti-Mamluk treaty; the audience near Tabriz produced no agreement.

Feroze Gandhi

Feroze Gandhi, born Feroze Jehangir Ghandy (1912-1960), Parsi freedom fighter, journalist, and Rae Bareli MP; husband of Indira Gandhi, exposed the 1957 LIC-Mundhra scandal, forcing Finance Minister T.T. Krishnamachari's resignation.

Ferrell Haile

Ferrell Haile is an American politician and pharmacist who serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 18th district, appointed in 2010 and elected in 2012.

Festus Mogae

Festus Gontebanye Mogae was a Botswana economist and politician who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008, leading the fight against HIV and AIDS.

FET y de las JONS

FET y de las JONS (Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS) was Franco's single legal state party, created by the Unification Decree of 19 April 1937 by merging Falange with the Carlist Comunión Tradicionalista; it lasted until 1977 as the Movimiento Nacional.

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil, the Republican Party, is an Irish centrist party founded by Éamon de Valera in 1926, long dominant in government, now leading a 2025 coalition with Fine Gael under Micheál Martin.

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, 1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary who overthrew Batista in 1959, ruled Cuba as prime minister then president for nearly five decades, built a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, and left a polarized legacy of social gains and repression.

Fidel V. Ramos

Fidel V. Ramos (FVR, 1928–2022), 12th president of the Philippines 1992–1998, career general and 1986 EDSA defector; led Philippines 2000 reforms, ended the power crisis, and signed the 1996 MNLF peace agreement.

Fidesz

Fidesz (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, later Fidesz–Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is Viktor Orbán's Hungarian national-conservative party, founded as a liberal youth movement in 1988, governing 1998–2002 and 2010–2026, defeated by Tisza in April 2026.

Fifth Pan-African Congress

The Fifth Pan-African Congress was a meeting of delegates from Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain, held in Manchester in October 1945 to demand independence for African colonies.

Fifth Party System

Fifth Party System, or New Deal party system, the 1932 to mid-1960s era of American politics defined by Franklin Roosevelt's Democratic New Deal coalition and its civil-rights-era fracture.

Fifth Republic of Korea (제5공화국)

Fifth Republic of Korea (제5공화국), South Korea under the 1980 constitution and Chun Doo-hwan, 1981–1987: indirect presidential election, seven-year term, stabilization policy, and collapse after the June 1987 uprising into the Sixth Republic.

Fight Club (U.S. Senate)

Senate "Fight Club" is an informal coalition of eight left-leaning Democratic senators, including Sanders and Warren, formed after the November 2025 shutdown to pressure Minority Leader Chuck Schumer into harder opposition to Trump and populist 2026 endorsements.