Official websites for heads of state

While role playing with international politics I often ask myself what a head of state’s next political move will be. As with any competitive game, it is imperative to know your opponent. I’ve recently come across a few official websites (and even blogs) of heads of state for various countries. These websites contain everything from photos of political leaders, to information on their upbringing, to (in the case of Ahmadinejad) blog posts containing their individual thoughts and aspirations. This is not an ongoing project but rather a compilation of resources for those like me who enjoy political psychology.

• Brazil – President Elect Dilma Rousseff: official campaign biography (English, Spanish & Portuguese), full profile by VotoCerto.com (Portuguese), profile by BBC News, biography at UOL Educação (Portuguese), profile at O Globo (Portuguese), profile at Telegraph.co.uk, long list of promisesRousseff made on her electoral campaign
  • Incumbent: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: official website (Portuguese), photo/bio (Portuguese)
• China (People’s Republic of) – Premier Wen Jiabao: unknown official website, bio at China Vitae
• France – President Nicolas Sarkozy: official website (French), bio by CIDOB Foundation (Spanish)
• Germany – Chancellor Angela Merkel: official website, personal website (German)
• India – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: official website, official profile, CV
• Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: official website, unofficial bio
• Iran – Supreme Leader (Ayatollah) Ali Khamenei: official website, official bio, profile at BBC News, video archive
• Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: official website, personal blog
• Japan – Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama: official website (Japanese)
• Mexico – President Felipe Calderón: official website (Spanish)
• North Korea (DPRK) – Kim Jong-il: official bio, publications by Kim Jong-Il, bio at About.com, profile at BBC News, profile at The Guardian, bio and photos at GlobalSecurity.org. The DPRK government also maintains an official website here.
• Panama – President Ricardo Martinelli: official website (Spanish), bio by CIDOB Foundation (Spanish), bio at tupolitica.com (Spanish)
• Russia – President Dmitry Medvedev: official website, photos/bio
• Russia – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: official website, bio
• United Kingdom – Prime Minister Gordon Brown: official website
• United States – President Barack Obama: profile at whitehouse.gov, biography at senate.gov campaign website
• Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez: official website (Spanish), Aló Presidente (Spanish), profile at BBC News, FRONTLINE documentary: The Hugo Chavez Show

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