What World leaders were up to in their 20s
Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, started his public service way back in his youth. Obama helped rebuild low-income communities in Chicago, soon after graduating from Columbia University. Like most other boys- India’s very own Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the age of 8, came in contact with the RSS and began attending its local shakhas. Modi has helped his father sell tea at Vadnagar railway station and also worked in the staff canteen of Gujarat State
- Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the prime minister of Israel, joined the Israeli military before he even turned 20. He served as part of the Israel Defense Forces' elite unit and even accompanied the force on the rescue 'Operation Isotope'. He later hung
- David Cameron, prime minister of the United Kingdom worked for five years in the research department of the Conservative Party, soon after graduating with a first class honours degree. He was praised as being a 'hardworking and talented researcher
- When Angela Merkel, Germany's first female chancellor was just 20, she married her first husband, Ulrich. They tied the knot only because the German regime allowed people to live together only if they were married. While trying to make ends meet and
- The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin aspired to work in intelligence before he even finished college. Soon after he secured a degree in law, he went on to work with the state security agencies. He then worked his way up to the top ranks in the
- Xi Jinping, son of Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fatherearly spent his twenties working in the remote village of Liangjiahe, something that most 'intellectual youth' did in his time. He also spent time learning peasant virtues
Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, started his public service way back in his youth. Obama helped rebuild low-income communities in Chicago, soon after graduating from Columbia University. Like most other boys
What World leaders were up to in their 20s
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