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Ali Abdullah Saleh

Dictator of Yemen 1990-2012


Power transferred to vice president

Ali Khameini

The current Supreme Leader of Iran


Elected president in 1981


Took over as Supreme Leader following Ayatollah Khomeini's death in 1989

Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran's first Supreme Leader


(Started as religious leader in exile)



Bani Sadr

Iran's first president under the Ayatollah

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.

Colons/Pied Noirs

French immigrants in Algeria

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.

Ferdinand Marcos

Philippine dictator. Established martial law. Backed by the US, support disappeared soon after the regime was challenged.

FLN

National Liberation Front (Algeria)`

Free Syrian Army

An "army" formed by deserters of the Syrian Army

Glasnost

A policy of "openness" within the USSR, allowing for greater transparency and freedom of speech.

Hosni Mubarak

Egypt's Dictator before Arab Spring

Jaime Sin

Catholic bishop who helped topple the presidency of Marcos through the people's power revolution.

Mansur Hadi

Yemeni general and politician


Current president of Yemen since 2012

Mohamed Bouazizi

Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire--this event spurred the Arab Spring

Mohammed Mossadegh

Prime Minister of Iran until the military coup

Muammar Qaddafi

Libya's dictator

NDF

National Defense Force in Syria


Pro-Syrian government militia

NTC

National Transitional Council in Libya

Perestroika

Political movement to reform Communist party/USSR

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

Revolutions of 1848: France

Removed the Bourbon Monarchy

Revolutions of 1848: Hungary

Attempted independence from Austria

Revolutions of 1848: Germany

Attempts to unify individual German states

SCAF

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Temporary governing body in Egypt between Mubarak and Morsi