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United States, 2016
Elected leader: Donald Trump; Political shift: Rightward shift, Republican victory
Germany, 2005
Elected leader: Angela Merkel; Political shift: Moderate rightward shift, CDU/CSU coalition with SPD
Russia, 2000
Elected leader: Vladimir Putin; Political shift: Continued centralization of power, United Russia Party dominance
United Kingdom, 1997
Elected leader: Tony Blair; Political shift: Leftward shift, Labour Party victory after 18 years of Conservative rule
India, 1984
Elected leader: Rajiv Gandhi; Political shift: Continued Congress party dominance
South Africa, 1994
Elected leader: Nelson Mandela; Political shift: End of apartheid, ANC (African National Congress) victory
Iran, 1979
Elected leader: Abolhassan Banisadr; Political shift: Establishment of the Islamic Republic, shift away from secular monarchy
France, 1958
Elected leader: Charles de Gaulle; Political shift: Establishment of the French Fifth Republic
Mexico, 2000
Elected leader: Vicente Fox; Political shift: End of 71-year PRI dominance, PAN victory
Brazil, 2002
Elected leader: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Political shift: Leftward shift, Workers' Party victory
Japan, 2009
Elected leader: Yukio Hatoyama; Political shift: Leftward shift, Democratic Party of Japan ends Liberal Democratic Party long-term rule
Zimbabwe, 1980
Elected leader: Robert Mugabe; Political shift: From white-minority rule to independence, ZANU-PF victory
Canada, 2015
Elected leader: Justin Trudeau; Political shift: Leftward shift, Liberal Party victory
Turkey, 2002
Elected leader: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Political shift: Rightward shift, establishment of AKP dominance
Egypt, 2012
Elected leader: Mohamed Morsi; Political shift: Rightward shift, Freedom and Justice Party (Muslim Brotherhood) victory
Italy, 1994
Elected leader: Silvio Berlusconi; Political shift: Rightward shift, Forza Italia and coalition victory
Venezuela, 1998
Elected leader: Hugo Chávez; Political shift: Leftward shift, Fifth Republic Movement victory
Kenya, 2002
Elected leader: Mwai Kibaki; Political shift: End to KANU party's long-term rule, National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) victory
South Korea, 1997
Elected leader: Kim Dae-jung; Political shift: Leftward shift, first liberal president of South Korea
Spain, 1982
Elected leader: Felipe González; Political shift: Leftward shift, Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) victory
Poland, 1990
Elected leader: Lech Wałęsa; Political shift: End of Communist rule, Solidarity movement victory
Argentina, 2003
Elected leader: Néstor Kirchner; Political shift: Leftward shift, Justicialist Party victory
Nigeria, 1999
Elected leader: Olusegun Obasanjo; Political shift: Return to civilian rule, People's Democratic Party victory
Philippines, 1986
Elected leader: Corazon Aquino; Political shift: End of Marcos dictatorship, return to democracy
Greece, 1981
Elected leader: Andreas Papandreou; Political shift: Leftward shift, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) victory
Chile, 1990
Elected leader: Patricio Aylwin; Political shift: Transition to democracy after Pinochet's dictatorship, Christian Democratic Party victory
Pakistan, 1970
Elected leader: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Political shift: Leftward shift, Pakistan Peoples Party victory
Australia, 2007
Elected leader: Kevin Rudd; Political shift: Leftward shift, Australian Labor Party victory
Hungary, 1990
Elected leader: József Antall; Political shift: Transition from communism, Hungarian Democratic Forum victory
Indonesia, 1999
Elected leader: Abdurrahman Wahid; Political shift: Democratization after Suharto, National Awakening Party (PKB) participation in coalition government
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