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Gaekwad dynasty
Gaekwad dynasty, Maratha house (also Gaikwad) that ruled Baroda State in Gujarat from Pilaji Rao's conquests in the 1720s until merger into India on 1 May 1949; best known under Sayajirao III (1875–1939) for compulsory education and the Bank of Baroda.
Gail Armstrong (New Mexico politician)
Gail Armstrong is an American Republican politician who serves as Minority Leader of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing rural District 49 since her 2017 appointment.
Gail Davenport
Gail Davenport is an American Democratic politician sworn into the Georgia State Senate in 2007, representing District 44 and now District 17, covering Clayton and Henry counties.
Gail Griffin
Gail Griffin is an American Republican politician representing District 19 in the Arizona House of Representatives, after serving in the Arizona State Senate, and chairs the Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee.
Gail Pellerin
Gail Pellerin is an American Democratic politician representing California's 28th Assembly District, elected in 2022 after 27 years as Santa Cruz County's chief elections official.
Gaj Singh (गज सिंह)
Gaj Singh (गज सिंह), Bapji, born 1948, Maharaja of Jodhpur-Marwar from 1952 after his father's air crash, regency of Krishna Kumari, founder of Mehrangarh Museum Trust and heritage-tourism pioneer.
Gajendra Patel
Gajendra Singh Patel, born 1975 in Barwani, is an Indian BJP politician and national general secretary who has represented Khargone in the Lok Sabha since 2019.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, born in 1967, is an Indian BJP politician serving as Union Cabinet Minister for Culture and Tourism and as the Lok Sabha member for Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Gajendra Yadav
Gajendra Yadav, born in 1978, is an Indian BJP politician who is a minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh and represents Durg in its assembly.
Galab Donev
Galab Donev is a Bulgarian politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, having previously been caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2022 to 2023.
Galba
Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba, 3 BCE to January 69 CE), Roman emperor June 68 to January 69, first of the Year of the Four Emperors, proclaimed by Spanish troops after Nero's fall, murdered by Praetorians bribed by Otho.
Gale Adcock
Gale Adcock is an American Democratic politician and nurse serving in the North Carolina State Senate from the 16th district since 2023, after serving in the state House from 2015 to 2022.
Gale W. McGee
Gale William McGee (1915–1992), Democratic U.S. senator from Wyoming 1959–1977, historian, Vietnam War hawk, and Carter's ambassador to the OAS; last Democrat to hold Wyoming's Senate seat.
Galeazzo Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano (Gian Galeazzo Ciano, Count of Cortellazzo), Italian diplomat and Fascist foreign minister 1936–1943, Mussolini's son-in-law, architect of the Rome-Berlin Axis and Pact of Steel, executed in Verona in 1944; his diaries are a key source.
Galician Russophilia
Galician Russophilia (rusofily or moskvofily) was a sociopolitical movement among nineteenth-century Ruthenians in Austrian Galicia who considered themselves part of the Russian nation and dominated Galician institutions from 1848 until the 1880s.
Galla Jayadev
Galla Jayadev, Indian industrialist and two-term Telugu Desam Party MP for Guntur (2014, 2019), chairman of Amara Raja Energy & Mobility; quit electoral politics in January 2024.
Gallagher index
The Gallagher index, or least squares index (LSq), measures electoral disproportionality between party vote shares and seat shares, devised by Michael Gallagher (1991) as a middle ground between the Rae and Loosemore-Hanby indices; it is the standard measure in comparative electoral studies.
Gallop Franklin
Gallop Franklin is an American politician and pharmacist, a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 8th district, and a clinical pharmacist in Tallahassee.
Galo Plaza
Galo Plaza, also known as Galo Plaza Lasso, was an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952 and as Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر حسين)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر), Egyptian general and president 1956–1970, led the 1952 Free Officers coup, nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, founded the Non-Aligned Movement, and pursued Arab socialism.
Gamosa
The Gamosa (감사), formally the gwanchalsa, was the provincial governor of each of the eight provinces of Joseon Korea until abolition in the 1895 Gabo reforms.
Gan Kim Yong
Gan Kim Yong, born in 1959, is a Singaporean politician of the People's Action Party serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry.
Ganapathi P. Rajkumar
Ganapathi P. Rajkumar, born in 1965, is an Indian DMK politician who has represented Coimbatore in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as Mayor of Coimbatore from 2014 to 2016.
Gandhi–Irwin Pact
Gandhi–Irwin Pact, also the Delhi Pact: 5 March 1931 agreement between Mohandas Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin suspending the Civil Disobedience Movement, releasing political prisoners, and sending Gandhi to the Second Round Table Conference.
Gandhism
Gandhism: the political, economic, and social doctrine derived from Mohandas Gandhi, built on satyagraha (nonviolent truth-force), trusteeship economics, village decentralization, and critique of the modern state, debated as anarchism and still contested in relevance.
Ganesh Gaonkar
Ganesh Gaonkar is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has served as Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly since 2025, representing the Sanvordem constituency since 2012.
Ganesh Godiyal
Ganesh Godiyal is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand and a member of the Indian National Congress who serves as president of the state Congress committee.
Ganesh Joshi
Ganesh Joshi is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a cabinet minister in Uttarakhand and represents Mussoorie in the state Legislative Assembly.
Ganesh Kesarwani
Ganesh Kesarwani, born 1968, in Prayagraj, is an Indian BJP politician elected Mayor of Prayagraj in 2023, after serving as the party's city president there.
Ganesh Naik
Ganesh Naik is an Indian politician and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader serving as forest minister in the Government of Maharashtra, known for disputes over Navi Mumbai redevelopment.