Random foreign politicians you admire

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Avoiding anybody who became PM or President of their nations:

-Don Luigi Sturzo (Italy) whose politics parallel my own. He opposed Communism and Fascism, supporting instead a Catholic-inspired third way known as Popularismo. Europe would have been much better off following Sturzo's lead.
-Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles (Portugal), a left-leaning monarchist and architect who was a pioneer of environmentalism in Portugal.
-Lord David Alton (UK) for his leadership on behalf of consistently pro-life causes. I got to meet him just before COVID-19 and was very impressed.
-Helen Suzman (South Africa) fought against Apartheid for decades and is not talked about often enough today.
-Jean-Pierre Chevènement (France), David Orchard (Canada), and Peter Shore (UK) for similar reasons. I like their brand of principled yet cranky left-wing patriotism.
-John Diefenbaker and Tommy Douglas(Canada), both party leaders in the early 1960s, were remarkable men whose Red Tory and prairie socialist ideas respectively could use some dusting off today.
-Jon Cruddas (UK) because he's basically the Parliamentary leader of Blue Labour.
-B.A. Santamaria (Australia) for working against Communist influence and towards a more Catholic labor movement. Race Matthews (Australia) too as a more modern distributist Laborite.
-In a weird way, Dov Khenin (Israel) because he managed to be both radical and yet effective as an MK. I don't often agree with Hadash but I respect his ability to work with others on various issues.
-Giorgio La Pira (Italy) was an amazing Mayor of Florence and a true leader for peace. I consider him an important figure in the social Catholic realm.
-A politically diverse handful of Canadian MPs I admire include Charlie Angus, Wayne Long, and Garnett Genius. Provincially, Mike Schreiner (Ontario) is one of my favorites.