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First People - Who were the first to do something?

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First/Last Heads of State

The first woman Prime Minister of a country	Mrs. S. Bandaraike (Sri Lanka)
The first President of the U.S.A.	George Washington
The first President of the Chinese Republic	Sun Yet Sen
The first Governor-General of Pakistan	Mohammad Ali Jinnah
The last king of France	Napolean III
Iraq’s first freely elected President	Jalal Talabani (April 6, 2005)
The first elected woman President of an African country	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia elected in Nov. 2005)
The first woman Chancellor of Germany	Angela Merkel (Took over in November, 2005)
The first woman President of Argentina	Ms. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Elected on October 29, 2007)
The first European to visit China	Marco Polo
The first Chinese pilgrim to visit India	Fahien
The first European invader on Indian soil	Alexander, the Great