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Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Dictator of Yemen 1990-2012 Power transferred to vice president |
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Ali Khameini |
The current Supreme Leader of Iran Elected president in 1981 Took over as Supreme Leader following Ayatollah Khomeini's death in 1989 |
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Ayatollah Khomeini |
Iran's first Supreme Leader (Started as religious leader in exile) |
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Bani Sadr |
Iran's first president under the Ayatollah |
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Benigno Aquino |
Marco's main opposition. Exiled and assassinated when re-entered the country. His death rallied the people to take to the streets and provoke the Yellow Revolution. His wife, Cory Aquino, first president after Marcos. |
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Colons/Pied Noirs |
French immigrants in Algeria |
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Evian Accords |
Agreement between the French gov and the Algerian provincial gov. Gave a variety of rights to the Algerians and provided aid to the algerian gov from the french. |
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Ferdinand Marcos |
Philippine dictator. Established martial law. Backed by the US, support disappeared soon after the regime was challenged. |
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FLN |
National Liberation Front (Algeria)` |
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Free Syrian Army |
An "army" formed by deserters of the Syrian Army |
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Glasnost |
A policy of "openness" within the USSR, allowing for greater transparency and freedom of speech. |
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Hosni Mubarak |
Egypt's Dictator before Arab Spring |
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Jaime Sin |
Catholic bishop who helped topple the presidency of Marcos through the people's power revolution. |
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Mansur Hadi |
Yemeni general and politician Current president of Yemen since 2012 |
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Mohamed Bouazizi |
Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire--this event spurred the Arab Spring |
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Mohammed Mossadegh |
Prime Minister of Iran until the military coup |
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Muammar Qaddafi |
Libya's dictator |
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NDF |
National Defense Force in Syria Pro-Syrian government militia |
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NTC |
National Transitional Council in Libya |
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Perestroika |
Political movement to reform Communist party/USSR |
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Revolutions of 1848 |
Series of Republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy and the Austrian Empire. They all ended in failure and repression and were followed by widespread disillusionment among liberals |
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Revolutions of 1848: France |
Removed the Bourbon Monarchy |
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Revolutions of 1848: Hungary |
Attempted independence from Austria |
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Revolutions of 1848: Germany |
Attempts to unify individual German states |
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SCAF |
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Temporary governing body in Egypt between Mubarak and Morsi |