Daily Quiz | People who led nation states

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Before becoming a statesman, A was perhaps most well known for leading Ottoman forces to victory at the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. After the war, A was instrumental in abolishing the Ottoman sultanate in 1922 and founding the Turkish republic in 1923. Name A.

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B was Kenya’s Prime Minister from 1963-1964 and its first President in 1964-1978, and a man credited with establishing Kenya as an independent state. While his government was accused of being corrupt and neocolonialist, he’s also remembered for his messages of reconciliation. Name B.

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C was a politician and revolutionary known for his pan-Africanist agenda and for leading Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957. A violent coup in 1966 overthrew his government and undid his humanitarian efforts. Name C.

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Nguyễn Sinh Cung, sometimes colloquially addressed as Uncle Ho, is credited with founding the Democratic Republic of D in 1945. He was also a founding member of the French Communist Party in 1920. Name D.

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Camillo Benso di Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II, Giuseppe Mazzini, and E are together considered the “fathers of the fatherland” of Italy. E also essayed a central role in the reconstitution of Uruguay, when he was in South America in exile. Many historians consider him Italy’s greatest national hero. Name E.