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Gerry Scharfenberger
Gerry Scharfenberger is an American Republican politician, a member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 13th Legislative District since 2020, and a former Middletown mayor.
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering, also called the gerrymander, is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a party or group. Defined by cracking and packing, named after Elbridge Gerry's 1812 Massachusetts map, and largely unreviewable in federal court since Rucho v. Common Cause (2019).
Gerrymandering in the United States
Gerrymandering in the United States is the manipulation of congressional and legislative district maps to favor a party or group, using cracking and packing. Named for 1812 Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry; federal courts cannot police it after Rucho v. Common Cause (2019).
Gertrud Kurz
Gertrud Kurz, née Hohl (1890–1972), was a Swiss Christian pacifist and refugee helper known nationwide as the "Flüchtlingsmutter" for her wartime aid to refugees and protests against Switzerland's border-closure policy.
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a British archaeologist, traveller, and Oriental Secretary in Iraq who helped install King Faisal, shape the borders of modern Iraq, write its Antiquities Law, and found the Iraq Museum.
Get out the vote
Get out the vote (GOTV) is mobilization urging eligible voters to cast ballots, via canvassing, calls, mail, and texts. Field experiments show canvassing adds roughly 2.5–6 points; HAVA funds cannot pay for it.
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is Abraham Lincoln's 272-word speech of November 19, 1863 at the Soldiers' National Cemetery dedication, four and a half months after the battle; five manuscript copies (Nicolay, Hay, Everett, Bancroft, Bliss) survive, with the signed Bliss copy the standard text.
Gevorg Papoyan
Gevorg Papoyan, born 1987 in Ujan, Armenia, is a Civil Contract politician who has served as Armenia's Minister of Economy since March 2024, after chairing a National Assembly committee.
Gex Williams
Gex Williams is an American Republican politician serving in the Kentucky Senate from the 20th district, elected in 2022 after earlier service in the House and the 24th Senate district.
Géza Fejérváry
Géza Fejérváry was a Hungarian general and baron who served as Minister of Defence from 1884 to 1903 and as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1905 to 1906.
Géza Lakatos
Géza Lakatos (Lakatos Géza), Hungarian colonel general and Prime Minister from 29 August to 15 October 1944, led a secret effort to defect from the Axis before the Arrow Cross coup overthrew him; he died in Adelaide in 1967.
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
Géza (c. 940s–997), Grand Prince of the Hungarians (fejedelem), son of Taksony of the Árpád dynasty; ruled from about 972 (possibly 963), accepted Latin Christianity, centralized princely power, and fathered Stephen I, first king of Hungary.
Ghanshyam Tiwari (Rajasthan politician)
Ghanshyam Tiwari is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan, elected for a term running from 2022 to 2028.
Ghaseti Begum
Ghaseti Begum, born Mihrunnisa, was the eldest daughter of Bengal's Nawab Alivardi Khan and a wealthy, politically active figure who helped finance the 1757 British victory at Plassey.
Ghazi of Iraq
Ghazi ibn Faisal (غازي ابن فيصل), 1912–1939, second King of Iraq (1933–1939), son of Faisal I; pan-Arabist who broadcast claims to Kuwait from his palace radio, reigned through the 1936 Bakr Sidqi coup, and died in a disputed 1939 car crash.
Gheorghe Bibescu
Gheorghe Bibescu (1804–1873) was a Wallachian boyar and statesman who reigned as hospodar, or prince, of Wallachia from 1843 until he abdicated during the revolution of June 1848.
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901–1965), Romania's first communist leader: party general secretary from 1945, premier 1952–1955, State Council president 1961–1965, Stalinist ruler who later asserted independence from Moscow.
Gheorghe Piperea
Gheorghe Piperea is a Romanian politician of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024.
Gheorghe Tătărescu
Gheorghe Tătărescu was a Romanian liberal politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Romania, in 1934–1937 and 1939–1940, and later served as foreign minister in the communist-dominated Groza government.
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was the third sultan of the Iliyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal, reigning from 1389 to 1410 and remembered as a just, cultured ruler who corresponded with Hafez.
Ghulam Nabi Azad (غلام نبی آزاد)
Ghulam Nabi Azad (غلام نبی آزاد), born 1949, Indian politician; five-decade Congress career, J&K chief minister 2005-2008, Union health minister, Rajya Sabha Opposition leader; quit Congress 2022, founded DPAP, which won no seats in 2024.
Giancarlo Giorgetti
Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian Lega politician, born in Cazzago Brabbia, Varese, who has been Minister of Economy and Finance since 2022 under Giorgia Meloni.
Gianmarco Mazzi
Gianmarco Mazzi is an Italian politician of Fratelli d'Italia who has served as Minister of Tourism since 2026, after serving as Undersecretary of Culture and a long career in the entertainment industry.
Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem
Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem: impossibility result of Gibbard (1973) and Satterthwaite (1975) that every onto, strategy-proof voting rule over three or more alternatives is dictatorial; central to social choice and mechanism design.
Gibbard's theorem
Gibbard's theorem, also called the Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem in its voting form, is a 1973 social choice impossibility result: every onto, non-dictatorial decision scheme with three or more outcomes is manipulable by strategic misreporting.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka
Gibran Rakabuming Raka (born 1987, Surakarta) is Indonesia's 14th and youngest vice president, inaugurated 20 October 2024 under Prabowo Subianto. Eldest son of Joko Widodo, former Surakarta mayor, culinary entrepreneur, elected after a contested Constitutional Court age ruling.
Gil Cisneros
Gil Cisneros, born Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. in 1971, is a Democratic U.S. Representative for California's 31st district, previously representing the 39th from 2019 to 2021.
Gilbert Teodoro
Gilbert Teodoro, born Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr., is a Filipino lawyer serving as Secretary of National Defense under President Marcos Jr., a post he first held in 2007.
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin is an Italian politician of Forza Italia who serves as Minister of Environment and Energy Security in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Gilles Roth
Gilles Roth, born 1967, is a Luxembourgish lawyer and Christian Social People's Party politician serving as Minister of Finance, leading the 2028 tax reform.