| MELONI | Giorgia, Italian politician elected Prime Minister of her country in 2022 (6) |
| ANGELA | German stateswoman who became chancellor of her country in 2005 (6,6) |
| MERKEL | German stateswoman who became chancellor of her country in 2005 (6,6) |
| ADOLFO | ____ Suarez was Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the Franco era |
| MEMBER | - of Parliament; any one of 650 politicians elected to serve in the House of Commons (6) |
| URSULA | ____ von der Leyen, German politician elected President of the European Commission in 2019 (6) |
| SARWAR | Anas, politician elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2021 (6) |
| SILVIO | First name of Italian politician and businessman Berlusconi (6) |
| SANGAY | Although a non-monk, not born in the country, he was elected prime minister of the Tibetan government in-exile in 2011 (6) |
| POWELL | Lucy ___, Labour politician elected deputy leader in 2025 (6) |
| INDIRA | Was she first ruler in her country? (6) |
| TAKAICHI | Sanae elected prime minister of Japan in October 2025 |
| LOUISA | Alcott? See her country embracing independence (6) |
| LABOURPARTY | This group's Keir Starmer was elected prime minister of the U.K. on July 4 |
| ALBANESE | Who was recently re-elected prime minister of Australia? (8) |
| DAVIDLANGE | New Zealand's youngest elected Prime Minister of the 20th Century (5,5) |
| HUNGARY | Country of which Peter Magyar was elected prime minister in 2026 (7) |
| ITALY | Country that elected PM Giorgia Meloni in 2022 (5) |
| MARIODRAGHI | Prime minister of Italy succeeded by Giorgia Meloni in 2022 (5,6) |
| ICEDVOVOS | Iconic Australian biscuits - newly elected prime minister, Kevin Rudd, suggested they be part of the |
