Politics and government

Gutha Sukender Reddy

Gutha Sukender Reddy, born in 1954, is an Indian politician of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi who chairs the Telangana Legislative Council and earlier served three terms in the Lok Sabha from Nalgonda.

Guy Christensen, known online as YourFavoriteGuy, is an American pro-Palestinian activist from Pittsburgh with over 3 million TikTok followers, expelled from Ohio State University in 2025 over posts after the Capital Jewish Museum shooting, and won injunctions in Christensen v. Carter.

Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick

Guy David Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick (born 1957), British hereditary peer; succeeded 20 January 1996 as 9th Earl of Warwick, 9th Earl Brooke of Warwick Castle, and 16th Baron Brooke; heir Charles Fulke Chester Greville, Lord Brooke.

Guy Guzzone

Guy Guzzone is an American Democratic politician who has represented District 13 in the Maryland State Senate since 2015 and chairs its Budget and Taxation Committee.

Guy Parmelin

Guy Parmelin, Swiss SVP politician from Bursins, Vaud, Federal Council member 2016–2026, head of EAER, president of Switzerland in 2021 and 2026, signed Bilaterals III and resigned in October 2026.

Guy Reschenthaler

Guy Reschenthaler, Republican U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 14th District since 2019, former Navy JAG officer, state senator, and House Chief Deputy Whip in the 119th Congress.

Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953), Belgian liberal politician, prime minister of Belgium 1999–2008, founder of Open Vld, MEP 2009–2024, ALDE leader and the European Parliament's chief Brexit coordinator and federalist advocate.

Guyana–Venezuela crisis (2023–2024)

The Guyana–Venezuela crisis (2023–2024) over the Essequibo region: Venezuela's December 3, 2023 referendum backing annexation, the ICJ's December 1 status quo order, the Argyle Declaration, and Venezuela's 2024 Guayana Esequiba law.

Gwanda Chakuamba

Gwanda Chakuamba was a prominent Malawian politician who held cabinet positions for nearly 17 years, spent time imprisoned for sedition, and ran for president in 1999 and 2004.

Gwanghaegun's neutral diplomacy

Gwanghaegun's neutral diplomacy (광해군의 중립 외교) was Joseon Korea's policy of balancing Ming China and the rising Later Jin under King Gwanghaegun, from 1608 to 1623.

Gwangju Uprising

Gwangju Uprising (5·18 광주민주화운동, 5.18 Kwang-ju minjung hangjaeng): ten-day May 18–27, 1980 citizen resistance in Gwangju, South Korea, against Chun Doo-hwan's martial-law regime; citizens held the city six days before suppression; 193 official deaths, contested to ~2,000.

Gwangmu Reforms

The Gwangmu Reforms (광무개혁, 光武改革) were modernization reforms of the Korean Empire under Emperor Gojong, run from 1897 to about 1903 and ending with Japan's occupation.

Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore is an American Democratic politician who has represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2005, the first African American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.

Gwilym Lloyd George

Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894-1967), son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George, was a British politician: MP for Pembrokeshire and Newcastle upon Tyne North, Minister of Fuel and Power 1942-45, Minister of Food 1951-54, and Home Secretary 1954-57.

Gwynfor Evans

Gwynfor Evans (1912-2005), Welsh nationalist politician, Plaid Cymru president 1945-1981 and first Plaid MP, winning Carmarthen in July 1966; his 1980 hunger-strike vow secured the Welsh-language television channel S4C, and he wrote Land of My Fathers.

Gyanendra of Nepal

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, last king of Nepal (reigned 2001–2008), acceded after the 2001 Narayanhiti massacre, seized absolute rule in February 2005, yielded to the April 2006 People's Movement II, and saw the monarchy abolished 28 May 2008.

Gyanesh Kumar (ज्ञानेश कुमार)

Gyanesh Kumar (ज्ञानेश कुमार), 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India since February 2025, former 1988-batch Kerala-cadre IAS officer, central figure in the SIR voter-roll controversy and opposition removal demands.

Gyaneswar Patil

Gyaneswar Patil (born 1969) is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented the Khandwa constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the Lok Sabha since 2021.

Gyula Andrássy

Gyula Andrássy the Elder (1823–1890), Hungarian statesman; first prime minister of Dual Monarchy Hungary (1867) and Austro-Hungarian foreign minister 1871–1879; initiator of the Congress of Berlin and the 1879 Dual Alliance.

Gyula Gömbös

Gyula Gömbös (Gömbös Gyula), Hungarian general and radical right-wing Prime Minister 1932–1936; MOVE president from 1918, 95-point Nemzeti Munkaterv, pro-Italian and pro-German orientation; died in office in Munich in 1936.

Gyula Szapáry

Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) was a Hungarian conservative aristocrat and financier, the ninth prime minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892, whose government carried out the gold-based korona currency reform.

H. C. Balakrishna

H. C. Balakrishna (born 1965), Congress MLA from Magadi, Karnataka, five-time legislator first elected in 1994 for the BJP; MBBS by training, son of former minister H. G. Channappa, and Karnataka's Municipal Administration Minister since August 2026.

H. D. Deve Gowda

H. D. Deve Gowda (श्री एच. डी. देवेगौड़ा), born 1933, Karnataka farmer-leader, 14th Karnataka Chief Minister (1994–96) and 11th Prime Minister of India heading the United Front for 325 days in 1996–97; later Janata Dal (Secular) national president.

H. D. Kumaraswamy

H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959), son of H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) leader, twice Chief Minister of Karnataka (2006–07, 2018–19), and since June 2024 India's Union Minister of Heavy Industries, MP from Mandya.

H. Guy Hunt

H. Guy Hunt (Harold Guy Hunt, 1933-2009) was Alabama's 49th governor (1987-1993), the first Republican elected since Reconstruction, removed by a 1993 ethics conviction over $200,000 of inaugural funds and pardoned on innocence grounds in 1998.

H. H. Asquith

H. H. Asquith (1852-1928), 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister 1908-1916; led Britain into World War I, passed old age pensions, the National Insurance Act 1911 and the Parliament Act 1911, and was replaced by Lloyd George in December 1916.

H. R. Haldeman

H. R. (Bob) Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff from January 1969 to his April 30, 1973 resignation, former J. Walter Thompson advertising executive, architect of the voice-activated White House taping system, imprisoned for the Watergate cover-up, author of The Haldeman Diaries.

H. Raja

H. Raja (எச். ராஜா; Hariharan Raja Sharma, born 1957) is a Tamil Nadu BJP leader, chartered accountant, Karaikudi MLA 2001-2006, BJP national secretary 2014-2020; convicted December 2024 over Periyar remarks, acquitted by Madras High Court in September 2026.

Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark, 1872–1957), first king of independent Norway, elected 1905 after a monarchy referendum; refused Quisling in 1940 and led resistance from London exile until 1945.