# Hottest Leader, Dignitary, Potentate, what have you... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309 "2005-08-02T14:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/21 "2005-08-03T17:19:25Z")
[Cleveland] Madeline Albright…what, none of you find power sexy? [/Cleveland] Wisconsin’s own [Russ Feingold](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/199/000026121/feinhead.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/199/000026121/&h=266&w=150&sz=9&tbnid=v_2DPCOqmVkJ:&tbnh=108&tbnw=60&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Druss%2Bfeingold%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG) (who if I had my druthers would be President Russ Feingold come 1/20/09) is mighty attractive, and in the process of becoming single. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/22 "2005-08-03T17:48:53Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > [Was it this one?](http://ww2.tymoshenko.com.ua/ukr/photo/?fid=1&recnum=169) Sadly, no. I tried to look up the article on the Tribune’s website, and I think it was the Washington Post/Chicago Tribune article of January 25, called “Ukranian firebrand chosen as premier.” Unfortunately, the article is text-only and ends with “[Illustration] PHOTO; Caption: PHOTO: (Yulia) Tymoshenko” Grr. It’s pretty close to [this one](http://ww2.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/photo/?fid=1&recnum=258) (correct outfit and setting), but she was holding the flowers (one of those bouquets of roses, I’m sure) to her and smiling, I think her eyes were closed. It was just such a sublime expression on her face and a lovely composition of the photo. I suspect the photos on that site, however, are from her supporters, and the one I’m looking for was probably a news agency photographer’s work. **Otto** : Seconded (I voted for him in his first senatorial election!), and I’ll add Sen. [Barack Obama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama), (D-IL). ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/23 "2005-08-03T17:59:57Z")
I will step out of the closet and say: I’ve always wanted to bone [Janet Reno](http://www.cnn.com/US/9807/23/cia.cocaine/link.reno.jpg). She is the fire that ignites my loins. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/24 "2005-08-03T19:27:25Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > I’ve always wanted to bone Janet Reno. She is the fire that ignites my loins. Poetry. My eyes well up with tears of romantic sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/25 "2005-08-03T20:14:26Z")
Queen Rania of Jordan. She’s unreasonably beautiful. Here’s one more. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/26 "2005-08-03T21:54:51Z")
I’ve got something of a thing for Michigan’s [Governor Jennifer Granholm](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.msnbc.msn.com/j/msnbc/1734000/1734453.hsmall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3067728/site/newsweek/&h=273&w=264&sz=15&tbnid=McTO-Ok_V8MJ:&tbnh=108&tbnw=104&hl=en&start=7&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Jennifer%2BGranholm%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN). It’s hard to find photos of politicians looking hot, though. I guess they themselves discourage it. But I have to say this Yulia Tymoshenko is… um… wow. No one holds a candle, no one at all. If I were gay I’m sure I’d be into Kunichiro Koizumi. And Ohio’s [Representative Tim Ryan](http://slapnose.com/images/blog/1004/1004_timryan_318x255.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/27 "2005-08-03T21:58:13Z")
I would like to second the Queen of Jordan. I saw her being interviewed once: smart, beautiful, poised, well spoken. I would also like to nominate El ex Presidente Clinton. I never really found him terribly attractive until I met him- that is a pretty man, damnit. Of course, then I was all skeeved out because I was all hot for a guy a year younger than my dad (who had me in his mid thirties). ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/28 "2005-08-04T03:47:36Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Queen Rania of Jordan. She’s unreasonably beautiful. Here’s one more. Good Og. I’m in love. ---
**Author:** ![mza662](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mza662](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mza662)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/29 "2005-08-04T04:45:10Z")
i cant imagine having a prime minister that HOT. closest thing we have in Australia is [Natasha Stott-Despoja](http://www.republic.org.au/images/election/natasha_stott-despoja.jpg). but if a prime minister in ukraine is that hot, and you compare most countries prime ministerial babe-a-licious rating with their general population rating, imagine the ukraine women!! ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/30 "2005-08-04T06:12:46Z")
I mean holy crap. I was reading about the coup d’etat in Mauritania on some blog (I think Publius) with a picture of Yuliya Tymoshenko in the banner at the top. I hadn’t thought about her since the events in the Ukraine and wondered if anyone had done a thread in IMHO (which I rarely check) about hottest world leaders. So I come here and it is like 3 from the top with Tymoshenko in the OP. Holy crap. FTR, Tymoshenko. And her [hot daughter](http://ww2.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/photo/leisure/family/). In terms of captains of industry, I’ve never understood why [Anousheh Ansari](http://www.siliconiran.com/company_profiles/top_officers/officers/anousheh_ansari.shtml) doesn’t get more press. Iranian expatriate, now CEO of a large telecom company, innovator of telecommunications, sponsor of the X prize, IEEE member and beautiful to boot. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/31 "2005-08-04T13:42:21Z")
> [@Chance the Gardener](#): > > I’ve got something of a thing for Michigan’s [Governor Jennifer Granholm](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.msnbc.msn.com/j/msnbc/1734000/1734453.hsmall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3067728/site/newsweek/&h=273&w=264&sz=15&tbnid=McTO-Ok_V8MJ:&tbnh=108&tbnw=104&hl=en&start=7&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Jennifer%2BGranholm%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN). I’ve heard she is way beautiful in person. > [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > Good Og. I’m in love. Yeah, I about plotzed when I first saw her on the television. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/32 "2005-08-04T13:59:52Z")
Baltimore’s mayor [Martin O’Malley](http://www.showbizireland.com/images/stars2/gigs-9-mayorbaltimore.jpg). That’s him playing in his band. [This](http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/US/South/09/20/cnna.omalley/story.omalley.jpg) is him looking tough. He’s going to be Maryland’s next governor (without a doubt). Some gals think he’s a hunk. ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/33 "2005-08-04T18:25:08Z")
Oh my word, the Prince of Asturias… **matt\_mcl** , clicking on that link opened up a terribly attractive can of worms in my otherwise relatively ho-hum life. Specifically, in the Mooning & Pining Division. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/34 "2005-08-04T20:34:53Z")
May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm)? And, I’ll second the votes for Yulia Timoschenko and Queen Noor. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/35 "2005-08-04T20:50:10Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm) Mmmmm. Nice…umm…figure! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/36 "2005-08-04T23:09:05Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm)? > > And, I’ll second the votes for Yulia Timoschenko and Queen Noor. Dynastic marriages would be advantageous, as she has huge…tracts of land. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/37 "2005-08-04T23:56:35Z")
From the pictures I’ve seen in the past couple of days, Canada’s nexy Governor General, [Michaëlle Jean](http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/jean_michaelle050803.jpg) is pretty easy on the eyes, too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/38 "2005-08-05T00:10:01Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Queen Rania of Jordan. She’s unreasonably beautiful. Here’s one more. She’s got a real ‘Mrs. Robinson’ thing going on in that first photo. > [@carlb](#): > > May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm)? It’s almost cheating to mention the Scandanavians, if you think about it. > [@edwino](#): > > FTR, Tymoshenko. And her [hot daughter](http://ww2.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/photo/leisure/family/). Yow! > [@edwino](#): > > In terms of captains of industry, I’ve never understood why [Anousheh Ansari](http://www.siliconiran.com/company_profiles/top_officers/officers/anousheh_ansari.shtml) doesn’t get more press. Persian women are something, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/39 "2005-08-05T02:33:00Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm)? Actually, all three children in that family are pretty smokin’: her older siblings are [Crown Princess Victoria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Victoria%2C_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden.jpg) and [Prince Carl Philip](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HRH-Prince-Carl-Philip-of-Sweden.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309/40 "2005-08-05T13:12:49Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > May I present [Princess Madeleine of Sweden](http://64.27.98.23/users/madde/site/madeleine/gallery/2002/nobel/pages/pic17.htm)? Even the big zit on her boob looks good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-leader-dignitary-potentate-what-have-you/315309.md?page=3)