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G4 nations

The G4 nations, also known as the Group of Four, are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan, a coalition backing each other's bids for permanent UN Security Council seats.

G5 Sahel

The G5 Sahel was a cooperation framework of five Sahel countries founded in 2014 to coordinate security and development policies, and it collapsed after withdrawals in 2022 and 2023.

G8

G8, Group of Eight: informal annual summit of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, the USA, plus the EU; founded at Rambouillet 1975 as G6, Russia joined 1998 and was suspended after the 2014 Crimea annexation, since then G7.

Gaafar Nimeiry

Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (جعفر محمد النميري, 1930–2009) was a Sudanese military officer who ruled Sudan 1969–1985 after a coup, signed the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, imposed Sharia in 1983, and was overthrown in 1985.

Gabby Giffords

Gabby Giffords (Gabrielle Dee Giffords), born 1970, is a former Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona (2007-2012) who survived a 2011 assassination attempt in Tucson and later co-founded the gun violence prevention organization GIFFORDS.

Gabe Amo

Gabe Amo is an American Democratic politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since 2023, the first person of color to represent the district.

Gabe Evans

Gabe Evans (born 1986) is an American Republican politician, a former Army officer and Arvada police officer serving as U.S. Representative for Colorado's 8th district since 2025.

Gabe Firment

Gabe Firment is a Republican Louisiana state representative for District 22, first elected in 2019, now running for the U.S. House in Louisiana's 5th District in 2026.

Gabe Rodriguez

Gabe Rodriguez, also known as Gabriel Rodriguez, is an American Democratic politician serving in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represents District 33 and sponsored the 2026 KARIM Act.

Gabe Vasquez

Gabe Vasquez, born 1984, is an American Democratic politician and former Las Cruces city councilor who has represented New Mexico's 2nd district in the U.S. House since 2023.

Gábor Baross

Gábor Baross de Bellus (1848–1892) was a Hungarian politician and transport minister known as the "iron minister" who nationalized railways and created the 1889 zone tariff.

Gábor Kemény

Baron Gábor Kemény (báró Kemény Gábor, 1830–1888) was a Hungarian politician and publicist who served as minister of agriculture, industry and trade from 1878 to 1882.

Gábor Pósfai

Gábor Pósfai is a Hungarian politician and business executive, Minister of Interior since 2026, who was operative director of the Tisza Párt and formerly led Decathlon in Hungary.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal (born 1989), French Renaissance politician, youngest-ever and first openly gay Prime Minister of France (January to September 2024), now party leader and 2027 presidential candidate.

Gabriel Boric

Gabriel Boric Font (born 1986, Punta Arenas), Chilean president 2022-2026, Broad Front leader and former student federation chief; won 2021 runoff with 55.87%, passed pension reform Law 21.735, saw constitution rejected in 2022, left office with 34% approval.

Gabriel Bornoroni

Gabriel Bornoroni is an Argentine politician of La Libertad Avanza who serves as National Deputy for Córdoba and leads the party's bloc in the Chamber of Deputies.

Gabriel d'Arboussier

Gabriel d'Arboussier (1908–1976) was a French and African politician, born in Djenné, who co-founded and led the Rassemblement démocratique africain and later served as Senegal's first minister of justice.

Gabriel Denwang Wangsu

Gabriel Denwang Wangsu is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a minister in the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, holding agriculture, horticulture, and fisheries portfolios.

Gabriel González Videla

Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean Radical Party politician who served as President of Chile from 1946 to 1952, granting women full suffrage in 1949 and outlawing the Communist Party in 1948.

Gabriel Hanotaux

Gabriel Hanotaux (1853–1944) was a French diplomat, historian, and member of the Académie française who twice served as foreign minister and directed French policy at the Fashoda crisis of 1898.

Gabriel Mato

Gabriel Mato Adrover is a Spanish People's Party politician, a Member of the European Parliament since 2009 who chairs the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Gabriel Podoski

Gabriel Jan Podoski (1719–1777) was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland from 1767 to 1777, appointed at the demand of Russian ambassador Nikolai Repnin.

Gabriel Serville

Gabriel Serville is a French politician serving as President of the Collectivité territoriale de Guyane, previously a deputy for Guyane's first constituency and a mathematics teacher and headmaster.

Gabriel Terra

Gabriel Terra was a Uruguayan Colorado Party politician elected president in 1931 who dissolved democratic institutions in a 1933 self-coup, ruled until 1938, and imposed the 1934 constitution.

Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele

Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele, also Gabriela Roberta Rodríguez Perezalonso, is the First Lady of El Salvador (since 1 June 2019), wife of Nayib Bukele; prenatal psychologist and founder of Prepare; leads the Crecer Juntos early-childhood policy and Born with Love law.

Gabriele Bischoff

Gabriele Bischoff (born 1961, in Bad Wildungen) is a German Social Democratic politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Gabrielius Landsbergis

Gabrielius Landsbergis, grandson of independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis, served as Lithuania's foreign minister 2020–2024 and chaired the Homeland Union party; known for the Taiwan office decision, Ukraine advocacy, and a values-driven foreign policy.

Gabriella Romero

Gabriella A. Romero is an American Democratic politician representing New York's 109th Assembly district, covering Albany, elected in 2024 after serving on the Albany Common Council.

Gadaa

Gadaa, also spelled Gada, is the traditional democratic governance system of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, regulating political, social, and religious life and inscribed on UNESCO's heritage list in 2016.

Gaddam Prasad Kumar

Gaddam Prasad Kumar is an Indian National Congress politician who has been Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly since 2023, representing Vikarabad, and earlier served as a minister in united Andhra Pradesh.