Mohammad Pahlavi
1919 – 1980
Iranian

Shah. Whether held back by U.S. President Jimmy Carter or reluctant on his own, his refusal to use harsh repression cost him his throne.

Contemporaries
1874–1952Chaim Weizmann
1922–1995Itzhak Rabin
1947–1996Mohammed Najibullah
1898–1978Golda Meir
1892–1960Amanullah Khan
1937–2006Saddam Hussein
1886–1973David Ben-Gurion
1884–1963Itzhak Ben-Zvi
1928–2000Hafez al Asad
1929–2004Yasser Arafat