Great Humanitarians in History

Even by restricting the length of our study in few years, we should however face the facts that the number of individuals worthy of our attention all over their efforts to ameliorate conditions in their communities, in their country or on worldwide plan, as for him, does not have borders. This newsletter pays tribute to the accomplishment of some humanitarian leaders and civilians of Asia, the Close East and North Africa influence of which, during twentieth century, was internationally acknowledged.

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Eisaku Sato was Prime minister of Japan from 1964 till 1972. It is broadly acknowledged for its diplomacy to construct relations of international peace within Asia, but also with the rest of the world. His rejection of the nuclear weapon, which drove to an agreement of not proliferation of the nuclear weaponry, was worth him the Nobel prize of Peace in 1974.

In China, Sun Yat-sen (Dr. Sun Yixian) was a revolutionary leader whose political objective was to overturn the throne of Dynasty Qing in China and to establish a Republic. His ambition consisted of an important industrialization of China. It served as Interim President of the Republic of China in 1911 and later, aimed China from 1923 till 1925. Many people consider him to be the modern Pere of China.

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In 1991, the Nobel commission awarded its Price of Peace to Aung San Suu Kyi, a peaceful Protestant for democracy and the right human beings in Myanmar, then called Burma. For this actions, it was supported under house arrest during six years (from 1989 till 1995). It was always supported isolated when she accepted Nobel prize.

Golda Meir was a fine political leader, devoted in Israel and to her independence. She was Prime minister of Israel from 1969 till 1974 and acknowledged for her efforts to support peace in the Close East during these years. It is only after his death in 1978 that the public discovered that she had struggled against leukemia during the twelve years which preceded his death.

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Anwar el-Sadat, an officer of the Egyptian army, was president of Egypt  from 1970 till 1981. He worked with the Israeli Prime minister Manachem Begin to establish links of peace between their two countries. Both leaders accepted the Nobel prize of Peace in 1978 for their negotiations. In 1979, peace was attained between both countries.

In India, Mohandas Gandhi (commonly called Mahatma Gandhi) is respected in a international manner for the principles of passive resistance and of not violent protests towards British laws in India. His campaigns for civil rights inspired and touched the whole world, giving hope in a lot, including Albert Einstein who wished that encouragement of nonviolence of Ghandi can prevent the violence generated by the atomic bomb.

It is possible that these figures of modern history are already familiar to you. At any rate, we hope that you enjoyed in the look carried someone of our big leaders and, which knows, having discovered something once again!

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