World Leaders When They Were Young

Hassan Rohani, now president of Iran, during his military service. Rohani later studied in Glasgow, Scotland, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on The Flexibility Of Shari'a (Islamic Law) With Reference To The Iranian Experience. A student group later claimed passages had been lifted.

5 Hassan Rohani, now president of Iran, during his military service. Rohani later studied in Glasgow, Scotland, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on The Flexibility Of Shari'a (Islamic Law) With Reference To The Iranian Experience. A student group later claimed passages had been lifted.

6 Childhood snaps of Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia and now on-again, off-again citizen of Ukraine

7 Future Chancellor Angela Merkel sizzles up some food on a camping trip in 1973, 16 years before German reunification.

Nikita Khrushchev and his first wife, Euphrasinia, dressed in their Sunday best in 1916. Euphrasinia would die of typhus a few years later as Nikita was rising through Communist Party ranks toward eventually heading the Soviet Union.

8 Nikita Khrushchev and his first wife, Euphrasinia, dressed in their Sunday best in 1916. Euphrasinia would die of typhus a few years later as Nikita was rising through Communist Party ranks toward eventually heading the Soviet Union.

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World Leaders When They Were Young