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George Simion
George Simion is a Romanian politician who has led the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) since 2019 and lost the 2025 presidential runoff to Nicușor Dan.
George Soros conspiracy theories
George Soros conspiracy theories, also called anti-Sorosism, are antisemitic narratives portraying the Hungarian-American philanthropist as a secret mastermind of migration, protests, and elections, promoted by Fidesz, Orbán, and US right-wing media.
George Soulié de Morant
George Soulié de Morant, born Charles Georges Soulié (Chinese name Su Lie), was a French diplomat and sinologist who popularized acupuncture in France from 1929.
George T. Whitesides
George T. Whitesides is an American Democratic politician and former NASA chief of staff and Virgin Galactic CEO, representing California's 27th district in Congress since 2025.
George Tupou II
George Tupou II, also known as Siaosi Tupou II, was King of Tonga from 1893 to 1918, under whom Tonga became a British protected state in 1900.
George Tupou V
George Tupou V (Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou) was King of Tonga from 2006 until his death in 2012, and ceded most of the monarchy's near-absolute executive powers to a democratically elected government.
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert, 1865–1936), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India 1910–1936, first Windsor monarch; Parliament Act 1911 crisis, 1917 name change, 1911 Delhi Durbar.
George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George, 1895-1952), also called Bertie, was King of the United Kingdom 1936-1952 after Edward VIII's abdication; crowned 12 May 1937, led wartime monarchy, instituted the George Cross, died 6 February 1952, succeeded by Elizabeth II.
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628), English royal favourite of James I and Charles I, Lord High Admiral, created duke in 1623, impeached 1626, assassinated at Portsmouth by John Felton in 1628.
George Voinovich
George Voinovich was an American Republican politician from Ohio who served as mayor of Cleveland, the 65th governor of Ohio, and a US senator from 1999 to 2011.
George W. Bush
George W. Bush (born 1946, New Haven, Connecticut), 43rd U.S. president (2001-2009) and two-term Texas governor, son of George H.W. Bush; led the war on terror, Iraq War, No Child Left Behind, and PEPFAR.
George W. Norris
George W. Norris (1861-1944), Nebraska progressive congressman and senator 1903-1943, led the 1910 revolt against Speaker Cannon, authored the Twentieth Amendment, Norris-La Guardia Act, and TVA, and created Nebraska's unicameral legislature.
George W. Romney
George W. Romney (1907–1995), American automobile executive and politician; chairman and president of American Motors, 43rd governor of Michigan 1963–1969, first-term HUD Secretary 1969–1973, and 1968 Republican presidential contender.
George Wallace
George Wallace (1919-1998), four-time Alabama governor and four-time presidential candidate, symbol of segregationist resistance, famed for his 1963 'segregation forever' speech and later shift toward black-voter-supported politics.
George Washington
George Washington (1732-1799), Virginia surveyor and planter, commander in chief of the Continental Army 1775-1783, and first U.S. President 1789-1797, elected unanimously twice; set the two-term precedent and managed a 7,600-acre plantation with over 300 enslaved workers.
George Washington's Farewell Address
Washington's Farewell Address, also called To the People of the United States, is his September 19, 1796 open letter announcing his retirement after two terms and warning against parties, sectionalism, and permanent foreign alliances.
George William Gordon
George William Gordon (c. 1820–1865) was a Jamaican businessman, magistrate, and member of the House of Assembly hanged after the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion and now a National Hero.
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (George Philip Nicholas Windsor, born 1962), eldest son of the Duke of Kent and heir to that dukedom; former diplomat, Christie's antiquarian books specialist, philanthropist; married Sylvana Tomaselli in 1988; father of Lord Downpatrick, Lady Marina, and Lady Amelia Windsor.
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), 'Le Tigre' and 'Père la Victoire', French radical statesman, journalist, and physician; head of government 1906–1909 and 1917–1920, led France to victory in World War I and negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.
Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1968 and as President from 1969 until 1974. He was the second president of the Fifth Republic.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel (1847–1922), French social theorist, author of Reflections on Violence (1908); theorist of the general strike as myth, proletarian violence, and precursor figure claimed by both Marxist and fascist traditions.
Georges Valois
Georges Valois (Alfred-Georges Gressent, 1878-1945), French militant and writer, founder of the Faisceau (1925), the first French fascist movement; later Resistance member who died at Bergen-Belsen.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Baron Haussmann, French prefect of the Seine 1853-1870 under Napoleon III who rebuilt Paris with boulevards, sewers, parks, and Haussmannian buildings; removed by decree 5 January 1870 over irregular financing.
Georges-Louis Bouchez
Georges-Louis Bouchez is a Belgian politician who has led the francophone liberal party Mouvement Réformateur as its president since 2019 and sits in the federal Chamber of Representatives.
Georgi Dimitrov (Георги Димитров Михайлов)
Georgi Dimitrov (Георги Димитров Михайлов, 1882–1949), Bulgarian communist leader, Reichstag fire trial defendant acquitted at Leipzig 1933, Comintern general secretary 1935–1943, and prime minister of Bulgaria 1946–1949.
Georgi Kyoseivanov
Georgi Kyoseivanov (Георги Кьосеиванов) was a Bulgarian diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Bulgaria from 1935 to 1940, heading four cabinets and declaring neutrality at the start of the Second World War.
Georgi Peev
Georgi Peev is a Bulgarian politician serving as Minister of Transport and Communications, who spent over 20 years in civil aviation, leading the air navigation authority BULATSA from 2014.
Georgi Valchev
Georgi Valchev is a Bulgarian politician and academic serving as Minister of Education and Science since May 2026, after being elected Rector of Sofia University in 2023.
Georgi Valkovich
Georgi Valkovich (Georgi Valkovich Chalukov, 1833–1892) was a Bulgarian physician, surgeon, and politician who served as foreign minister and was assassinated in Constantinople in 1892.
Georgia House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state legislature, led by the Speaker of the House, and meets every January to draft the state's yearly budget.