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Also Known As Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov
Born September 21, 1936 • Moscow • Russia
Died December 10, 2019 (aged 83) • Munich • Germany
Title / Office mayor (1992-2010), Moscow
Political Affiliation United Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
president of Russia
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Fyodor Vasilyevich, Count Rostopchin
Russian statesman
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev
president of Russia
Kurt Schmoke
American politician
Ernest N. Morial
American politician
Frank Rizzo
American politician
Sidney Webb
British economist
Bob Martinez
American politician
William S. Cohen
United States senator and secretary of defense
Rob Ford
Canadian politician
Bo Xilai
Chinese politician
Kenneth A. Gibson
American politician
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
Richard Lugar
United States senator
Beatrice Webb
British economist
Richard Arrington Jr.
American politician
Francis H. Pierpont
American politician
Montgomery Blair
United States government official