| OLIVERTAMBO | South African politician after whom Johannesburg's airport is named |
| TRUDEAU | Pierre ___, politician after whom Montreal airport is named (7) |
| HAVEL | Vaclav ___, politician after whom Prague airport is named (5) |
| JOSE | ___ Marti, politician after whom Havana airport is named (4) |
| KENYATTA | Kenyan politician after whom Nairobi airport is named (4,8) |
| ORTAMBO | Politician after whom Johannesburg airport is named (1,1,5) |
| JOMO | Kenyan politician after whom Nairobi airport is named (4,8) |
| YONGE | Sir George __, British politician after whom Toronto's main street is named (5) |
| NEHRU | Indian politician after whom a kind of jacket is named (5) |
| PLIMSOLL | Samuel ___, 19th-century British politician after whom the load line on a ship is named (8) |
| PENN | Sir William ___, politician after whom a US state was named (4) |
| MAGINOT | Politician after whom a line of fortifications on France’s eastern border was named |
| CAESAR | A Roman politician after whom Napoleon styled himself |
| TAMBO | Oliver, South African politician who became acting president of ANC in 1967 (5) |
| SAMPLE | South African politician joins the French representative |
| NELSON | --- Mandela, South African politician (6) |
| ANDRIES | ___ Pretorius, South African politician (7) |
| DEKLERK | F. W. -- --, 1936-2021, South African politician (2,5) |
| THABOMBEKI | South African politician dropped weapon during The King and I (5,5) |
| BUTHELEZI | Mangosuthu, South African politician and Zulu prince, who died in September (9) |
