WASHINGTON, DC Iran s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has never been happy about the status of the Iranian presidency neither during his own tenure, from 1981 1989, nor during the terms of his three successors.

The stagnation that had begun during Leonid Brezhnev s rule deepened after his death in 1982.

The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars.

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During Berlusconi s tenure in office, his enormous personal assets have tripled.

The buildings of the royal residences were built mainly during the reign of Frederick the Great.

Horror stories of all types have emerged in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Historian Leopold von Ranke estimated that during his reign, Urban's immediate family amassed 105 million scudi in personal wealth.

Here he describes prison life in Libya during the rule of the old regime

During the reign of Boniface IX two jubilees were celebrated at Rome.

Under his rule, Libya has supported terrorist organizations worldwide from the IRA to various Palestinian extremist groups.

During Saddam s reign, no effort was made to raise living standards for the poor.

The role of the Fourth Estate was particularly important during the administration of President George W Bush.

A protester holds a poster against the alleged extrajudicial killings that occurred during the term of Philippine President Aquino.

In the absence of the two kings, the situation became more and more tense in the capital.

Samrat Samprati, the grandson of the emperor Asoka, built many temples here during his empire.

On a trip through India, early in his reign as king, he was asked by an Indian journalist about the Bhutanese GDP, the size of the Bhutanese GDP.

These reforms had broad political support and were, in fact, initiated during a social democratic government.

What many saw, instead, was the start of a wave of political engagement unprecedented under the rule of Vladimir Putin.

During the Kirata era, a settlement called Yambu existed in the northern half of old Kathmandu.

His predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, knew how to seize power but not how to consolidate it, which partly explains why power seeped away throughout his presidency.

A strange incident happened during his speech.

The media, silent during Fujimori's reign, contribute to the feverish political climate.

Two tons of heroin per month passed from Asia to Europe through Kosovo during the rule of Slobodan Milosevic.

Some of these postcards featured Vietnam during the French colonial rule in the early 1900s.

But can our society really return to Mao's era?

In fact, most scholars believe that Abu Nuwas wrote most of his poems during the reign of al Amin (809 813).

During the reign of Vakhtang Gorgasali (5th century) Rustavi took an important part in the political life of Georgia.

The French Revolution began during Louis XVI's reign.

During their tenures, neither post communist party rocked the reform boat very much, nor did they threaten democracy.

Let's live in khroushchobas (five story uniform buildings built in the 1950 1960s during Khrushchev's leadership).

At the Lima meeting, the traditionalist counterview came from Benoît Cœuré of the European Central Bank.

I see him also during underground meetings of Solidarity and during the 1989 Round Table negotiations

His mother, of the house of Visconti, died in childbirth.

Several texts proposed for his approval had to be changed.

Taiwan succeeded, China under Mao Zedong didn't.

Moreover, unlike during Ahmadinejad s first term, non state media now publicly criticize his economic and political agenda.

Moreover, during the political standoff, Calderon has worked behind the scenes to form an administration and to settle on a governing strategy.

In the roaring 1990's, it was almost impossible to find qualified restaurant staff to fill vacant jobs. During the stagnant economic years of the Bush administration, such workers were plentiful.

He also visited the country in the late 1970s during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

He held six consulships during Vespasian's reign but only one of these, in 73, was an ordinary consulship.

As Putin's tenure as head of state approaches more than 15 years (including his time as prime minister under Dmitry Medvedev), obsession with Putin's death is palpable.

My father made false papers for the dissidents against Franco in Spain, Salazar in Portugal, against the colonels' dictatorship in Greece, and even in France.

His authoritarianism, fashioned over a reign of almost three decades, was the no frills kind, and heavy on repression.

Although President Bill Clinton made strong efforts to promote peace, a massive increase of settlers occurred during his administration, to 225,000, mostly while Ehud Barak was prime minister.