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Hannah Pingree

Hannah Pingree is an American Democratic politician and the party's nominee for governor of Maine in 2026, previously Speaker of the Maine House from 2008 to 2010.

Hannah Spencer

Hannah Spencer is the Green Party MP for Gorton and Denton, elected at the 26 February 2026 by-election with 14,980 votes (40.7%). A plumber and Trafford councillor, she is the Greens' first northern MP, first by-election winner, and fifth MP.

Hannatu Musa Musawa

Hannatu Musa Musawa is a Nigerian politician appointed by President Bola Tinubu in 2023 as Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, taking on tourism in 2024.

Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine lawyer and politician, 15th U.S. vice president under Lincoln (1861-1865); former Democrat, Republican governor of Maine, later senator and minister to Spain.

Hans Jacob Horst

Hans Jacob Horst, also written Hans Jakob Horst, was a Norwegian schoolteacher and Liberal parliamentarian, born in 1848, who led school reform and served on the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Hans Luther

Hans Luther (1879 to 1962) was a German administrator who served twice as Weimar chancellor in 1925 and 1926, later leading the Reichsbank and serving as ambassador to the United States.

Hans Morgenthau

Hans J. Morgenthau (1904–1980), German-born American political scientist, University of Chicago; author of Politics Among Nations (1948) and six principles of political realism; founder of classical realism, later contrasted with Waltz's neorealism.

Hans Scholl

Hans Scholl (1918–1943), German medical student and co-founder with Alexander Schmorell of the White Rose resistance group; wrote and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, arrested 18 February 1943, executed 22 February 1943.

Hans Vijlbrief

Hans Vijlbrief (born 1963) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party who serves as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Jetten government.

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Hans-Adam II (born 1945, Zürich), Reigning Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989, head of the House of Liechtenstein; won the 2003 constitutional referendum expanding princely powers, delegated duties to Alois in 2004, owns LGT bank.

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016), FDP politician: West German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor 1974–1992, longest-serving in that office, Interior Minister 1969–74, architect of détente and German reunification, namesake of "Genscherism".

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Hans-Hermann Hoppe (born 1949, Peine, West Germany) is a German-American Austrian-school economist and anarcho-capitalist philosopher, creator of argumentation ethics, author of Democracy – the God that Failed, UNLV professor emeritus, and Rothbard's leading intellectual heir.

Hans-Thomas Tillschneider

Hans-Thomas Tillschneider (born 1978, Timișoara) is a German AfD Islamic-studies scholar, Landtag deputy in Saxony-Anhalt since 2016, its Vice President since October 2026, Patriotic Platform speaker, named in Verfassungsschutz reports, and a pro-Russia figure.

Hanseongbu

Hanseongbu (漢城府) was the administrative district and governing office of the capital of Korea's Joseon dynasty, corresponding to today's Seoul, established in 1395 and lasting until 1910.

Hanuman Beniwal (हनुमान बेनीवाल)

Hanuman Beniwal (हनुमान बेनीवाल), Jat leader from Nagaur, Rajasthan; founder of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (2018); three-time Khinvsar MLA and Nagaur MP since 2019; left the NDA in 2020 over farm laws, later an INDIA bloc ally.

Happy Rockefeller

Happy Rockefeller (Margaretta Large Fitler, 1926–2015), philanthropist, Second Lady of the United States as wife of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller; her 1963 marriage hurt his 1964 presidential bid, and her 1974 breast cancer disclosure with Betty Ford advanced early-detection awareness.

Harald V of Norway

Harald V (1937–2026), King of Norway from 17 January 1991 to 28 August 2026; first prince born in Norway in 567 years, WWII exile in the US, married Queen Sonja, succeeded by Haakon VIII.

Harald Vilimsky

Harald Vilimsky (born 1966) is an Austrian politician of the Freedom Party of Austria who has sat in the European Parliament since 2014 and leads its FPÖ delegation.

Haraz Ghanbari

Haraz N. Ghanbari is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 75th district, appointed in March 2019.

Harbhajan Singh ETO

Harbhajan Singh ETO is an Indian Aam Aadmi Party politician, MLA from Jandiala, and Punjab minister for Power and Public Works since 2022, formerly an Excise and Taxation Officer.

Hardeep Singh Mundian

Hardeep Singh Mundian is an Indian Aam Aadmi Party politician who represents Sahnewal in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and serves as a Punjab cabinet minister.

Hardeep Singh Puri (ਹਰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੁਰੀ)

Hardeep Singh Puri, an Indian politician and former diplomat, was India's Permanent Representative to the UN and President of the Security Council before serving as a minister.

Hare–Clark electoral system

Hare–Clark is a single transferable vote proportional representation system used for the Tasmanian House of Assembly and ACT Legislative Assembly, named for Thomas Hare and Andrew Inglis Clark, first trialled in 1896 and statewide since 1907, with a Droop quota and Robson rotation.

Haren Pandya

Haren Pandya, Gujarat BJP minister of state for home (1998-2001) and Ellis Bridge MLA, murdered in Ahmedabad on 26 March 2003; CBI-POTA trial convictions of 12 were acquitted in 2011 and restored by the Supreme Court in 2019.

Harendra Singh Malik

Harendra Singh Malik is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician who has represented Muzaffarnagar in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving in the Rajya Sabha and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Haribhai Patel

Haribhai Patel, born in 1961, is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has represented the Mahesana constituency of Gujarat in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Harikant Ahluwalia

Harikant Ahluwalia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Mayor of Meerut from 2012 to 2017 and was reelected in 2023.

Harini Amarasuriya

Harini Amarasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician and social anthropologist serving as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Minister of Education, and the country's third female Prime Minister.

Haris Beeran

Haris Beeran is an Indian Union Muslim League politician and Supreme Court advocate who was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala in 2024, serving until 2030.

Harish Meena

Harish Chandra Meena, born 1954 in Bamanwas, Rajasthan, is a retired IPS 1976-batch officer and former Rajasthan DGP (2009), now an INC Lok Sabha MP from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (18th Lok Sabha) after a 16th Lok Sabha term from Dausa as a BJP candidate.