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• Aung San — Burmese general and nationalist leader, revered as the father of modern Myanmar's independence. He was a brilliant strategist who negotiated the country's liberation from British colonial rule and Japanese occupation, and was assassinated in 1947, shortly before the official proclamation of the republic, remaining an absolute symbol of national unity and dignity.
• To self-administer — To administer a medication, substance, or medical treatment to oneself, without the direct intervention or supervision of a medical professional; also, to lead, manage, or govern oneself independently, through one's own efforts and internal resources, applied to a community, institution, or territorial entity.
• Autocrat — An absolute ruler or monarch who holds unlimited power, dictatorial governance, and supreme authority in a state, exercising their prerogatives without constitutional control or legal opposition. As an adjective, it describes an authoritative, tyrannical, and oppressive behavior, person, or management style, characterized by imposing one's own decisions without consulting group members or citizens.
• Autocratic — Belonging to autocracy or an autocrat, relating to this system of government or leadership style; characterized by the total concentration of power and authority in the hands of a single person, with decisions being imposed discretionarily, without consultation and without accepting opposition. In management, it describes a directive and restrictive behavior that limits subordinates' autonomy.
• Autocratically — In an autocratic, authoritarian, despotic, or dictatorial manner; with an attitude specific to an autocrat who imposes unilateral and absolute decisions, without tolerating objections, consultations, or forms of democratic opposition. It describes the way a person exercises power, leads an institution, or behaves in a hierarchical relationship.
• To nominate oneself — To propose oneself as a candidate for an office, dignity, mission, award, or hierarchical position, without waiting to be nominated by another person or a formal group; to consciously and autonomously present one's availability and skills for assuming a leadership role or a structural responsibility. In an organizational context, it reflects a proactive assertive behavior associated with self-efficacy and career management.
• Authoritarian — Imposing one's will in an absolute manner, without accepting counterarguments, discussions, or opposition; based on strict, often tyrannical or dictatorial authority. In politics, it describes a regime or government that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small group, severely limiting political freedoms and pluralism, while in psychology, it defines a rigid parental or leadership style based on control and unconditional obedience.
• Ayatollah — An alternative graphic variant, regional form, or simplified transliteration for the masculine noun 'aiatolah' (ayatollah), designating a high honorary title granted to Shia Islamic religious leaders and jurists in the Middle East. This structural rank grants the bearer absolute authority to interpret Islamic law (sharia), issue fatwas, and guide the spiritual and social decisions of the community in a profound, influential manner.
• Ayatolah — An accepted graphic variant or adapted form in the Romanian lexicon for the Islamic religious title 'ayatollah', designating a high-ranking Shia spiritual leader and theologian recognized as a supreme authority in interpreting sacred texts, Islamic jurisprudence, and Sharia law. This prominent structural status grants him the right to issue fatwas, collect religious taxes, and guide the ethical, social, and political decisions of his community of believers.
• Ayatollah — The international reference orthographic form and the most widespread variant for the ecclesiastical title granted to major jurists and scholars within the Shia branch of Islam. The holder of this supreme rank acts as a structural pillar in the community, having a profound influence on state and social decisions in countries like Iran and Iraq, where his word and religious rulings are considered immutable by millions of followers.
• Guild master — A historical name attributed to the head or warden of the grocers' and colonial merchants' guild in the Romanian Principalities during the Ottoman and Phanariot eras. This administrative and judicial position involved overseeing the quality of food goods, controlling weights and scales, collecting taxes for the princely treasury, and arbitrating commercial disputes within the market town.
• Emmanuel Macron — A French politician and former investment banker who has been serving as the president of the French Republic and co-prince of Andorra since May 14, 2017, having been re-elected for a second constitutional term in the spring of 2022.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt — An American statesman and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945), being the only president elected four times, widely renowned for implementing the New Deal and leading the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
• Giorgia Meloni — An Italian statesman, leader of the Fratelli d'Italia party, who has been serving as the president of the Council of Ministers (prime minister of Italy) since October 22, 2022, being the first woman in the country's history to hold this position.
• Mahatma Gandhi — An Indian spiritual and political leader, the father of independent India, globally renowned for his revolutionary use of non-violent resistance (satyagraha) and peaceful civil disobedience as fundamental weapons against British colonial rule.
• Marcel Ciolacu — A Romanian politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who served as the prime minister of Romania from June 15, 2023, until May 2025, acting as a central figure in the coalition governance of this period.
• Nicolae Ciucă — A retired army general and Romanian politician, president of the National Liberal Party, who served as the prime minister of Romania from November 2021 to June 2023 and as the president of the Senate until the political restructuring in the spring of 2025.
• Olaf Scholz — A German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as the chancellor of Germany from December 8, 2021, until the political restructuring in early 2025, leading a tripartite governing coalition.
• Ursula von der Leyen — A German statesman, member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who has been serving as the President of the European Commission since December 1, 2019, having previously been the first female minister of defense in German history.
• Winston Churchill — A British statesman, military officer, writer, and orator who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II (1940–1945) and again from 1951 to 1955, widely renowned for his crucial role in the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.