Profiles Index

Biography of Than Shwe
Biography of Than Shwe, military dictator and head of the ruling junta in Burma (Myanmar), including his life story and a description of his rule.

Tamerlane - Timur the Lame Biography
Biography of Tamerlane, more properly known as Timur, the Central Asian conqueror. His empire stretched from Turkey to the border of Tibet, and from southern Russia to Oman.

Biography of Genghis Khan
Biography of Genghis Khan, leader of Mongolia, who conquered most of Eurasia in the early thirteenth century.

Biography of Kim Jong-il
A brief description of the life and times of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's eccentric communist dictator and "Dear Leader."

Biography of Hu Jintao
Biography of Chinese Premiere Hu Jintao, from his early childhood through his tenure as head of the People's Republic of China.

Biography of Islam Karimov
Profile of Islam Karimov, the Soviet-era premiere of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and the founding president of the independent Republic of Uzbekistan.

Biography of Saudi King Abdullah
Biography of Saudi King Abdullah, the sixth and current ruler of Saudi Arabia.

Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi
Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and opposition leader of Burma (Myanmar), who was jailed by the military junta after winning a democratic election in 1990 by an overwhelming majority.