| SOEHARTO | Military and political leader who was the long-reigning second President of Indonesia |
| NAPOLEON | Military and political leader who was born on Corsica and died on St Helena (8) |
| SUHARTO | The second President of Indonesia, from 1967 to 1998 (7) |
| FREDDAVIS | Toronto-born broadcaster who was the long-time host of #4-Down: 2 wds. |
| IANPAISLEY | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| CORPORAL | The Little ___ , a nickname of the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (8) |
| NORIEGA | Panamanian military and political leader in the 80s, Manuel ... |
| BRIGHAMYOUNG | Religious leader who was the second president of the Mormon Church (7,5) |
| BONAPARTE | Napoleon ___, French military and political leader, 1769-1821 (9) |
| BOLIVAR | Simon ......., Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador (7) |
| ABIGAIL | Adams, wife of the second president of the US and mother of the sixth president of the US (7) |
| IRONDUKE | Nickname of Arthur Wellesley, military and political figure who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 (4,4) |
| MEANY | United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980). |
| YUDHOYONO | In 2004, which army general became the sixth president of Indonesia and founded the Democratic Party of Indonesia? (9) |
| ABISHAI | Old Testament military leader who was the eldest son of King David's sister Zeruiah (7) |
| ADAMS | Surname of the first Vice-President and Second President of the United States - John _ (5) |
| PERICLES | Name the Athenian political leader who initiated the great building program responsible for the Parthenon (8) |
| HESS | Nazi leader who was the last occupant of Berlin's Spandau Prison and died there in 1987 (4) |
| THEMEKON | Treen leader who was the arch-enemy of British comic book character Dan Dare (3,5) |
| CHARLESDEGAULLE | French leader who was the subject of 31 assassination attempts (7,2,6) |
