Political Autograph Collectors

[TheORKINMan]

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and Austrian President Heinz Fischer

[Theone30]

Today I got Mayor Dave Bronconnier (Calgary). He signed a buisness card for me...Pretty cool success.

[TheORKINMan]

PP from Irish President Mary McAleese

Got real autographs from Irish Taoseach Bertie Ahern and Australian Prime Minister John Howard

[mgwatson]

I just got former Secretary of Defense William Cohen today. I'll post a picture in the feedback forum soon.

[bilbert]

My list (only presidents/prime ministers):

HAMID KARZAI AFGHANISTAN
SALI BERISHA ALBANIA
ALBERT PINTAT SANTOLARIA ANDORA
JOHN HOWARD AUSTRALIA
WERNER FAYMANN AUSTRIA
HEINZ FISHER AUSTRIA
ALFRED GUSENBAUER AUSTRIA
WOLFGANG SCHUSSEL AUSTRIA
FRANZ VRANITZKY AUSTRIA
RUDOLF KIRCHSCHLAGER AUSTRIA
ILHAM ALIYEV AZERBAIJAN
ARTHUR OWEN BARBADOS
YVES LETERME BELGIUM
WILFRIED MARTENS BELGIUM
HERMAN VAN ROMPUY BELGIUM
LUIZ DA SILVA BRAZIL
GEORGI PYRWANOW BULGARIA
STEPHEN HARPER CANADA
MICHAELLE JEAN CANADA
PAUL MARTIN CANADA
BRIAN MULRONEY CANADA
STJEPAN MESIC CROATIA
VACLAV HAVEL CZECH REPUBLIC
VACLAV KLAUS CZECH REPUBLIC
JIRI PAROUSEK CZECH REPUBLIC
VLADIMIR SPIDLA CZECH REPUBLIC
MIREK TOPOLANEK CZECH REPUBLIC
JOSEF TOSOVSKY CZECH REPUBLIC
SABINE BERGMANN-POHL DDR
HANS MODROW DDR
LARS LOKKE RASMUSSEN DENNMARK
ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN DENNMARK
POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN DENNMARK
TOOMAS ILVES ESTONIA
SIIM KALLAS ESTONIA
EDGAR SAVISAAR ESTONIA
MART SIIMANN ESTONIA
JOANNES EIDESGAARD FAROE ISLAND
KAJ JOHANNESEN FAROE ISLAND
MARTTI AHTISAARI FINLAND
TARJA HALONEN FINLAND
ANNELI JAATTEENMAKI FINLAND
MAUNO KOUVISTO FINLAND
MATTI VANHANEN FINLAND
JACQUES CHIRAC FRANCE
FRANCOIS FILLON FRANCE
LIONEL JOSPIN FRANCE
ALAIN JUPPE FRANCE
NICOLAS SARKOZY FRANCE
HELMUT KOHL GERMANY
HORST KOHLER GERMANY
ANGELA MERKEL GERMANY
WALTER SCHEEL GERMANY
GERHARD SCHROEDER GERMANY
RICHARD VON WEIZSACKER GERMANY
JOHANNES RAU GERMANY
TONY BLAIR GREAT BRITAIN
GORDON BROWN GREAT BRITAIN
JOHN MAJOR GREAT BRITAIN
KAROLOS PAPOULIAS GREECE
HANS ENOKSEN GRENLAND
JAN PETER BALKENENDE HOLLAND
GORDON BAJNAI HUNGARY
PETER MEDGYESSY HUNGARY
VIKTOR ORBAN HUNGARY
LASZLO SOLYOM HUNGARY
FARAH PAHLAVI IRAN
BRIAN COWEN IRLAND
MARY MCALEESE IRLAND
BERTIE AHERN IRLAND
DAVID ODDSON IRLAND
MOSHE KATSAV ISRAEL
SHIMON PERES ISRAEL
EZER WEIZMAN ISRAEL
GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ITALY
SILVIO BERLUSCONI ITALY
KURMANBEK BAKIJEW KIRGISTAN
VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS LATVIA
AIGARS KALVITIS LATVIA
VAIRA VIKE-FREIBERGA LATVIA
VALDIS ZALTERS LATVIA
EMILE LAHOUD LEBANON
HANS ADAMI LICHTENSTEIN
OTMAR HASLER LICHTENSTEIN
VALDAS ADAMKUS LITHUANIA
ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS LITHUANIA
DALIA GRYBAUSKAITE LITHUANIA
JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER LUXEMBOURG
EDWARD ADAMI MALTA
LAWRENCE GONZI MALTA
GEORGE ABELA MALTA
VASILE TARLEV MOLDAVIA
HELEN CLARK NEW ZELAND
ANAND SATYANAND NEW ZELAND
MEHMET TALAT NORTH CYPRUS
THORBJORN JAGLAND NORWEY
JENS STOLTENBERG NORWEY
GRO HARLEM-BRUNDTLAND NORWEY
GLORIA ARROYO PHILIPPINES
JAN KRZYSZTOF BIELECKI POLAND
MAREK BOROWSKI POLAND
JERZY BUZEK POLAND
WOJCIECH JARUZELSKI POLAND
JAROS?AW KACZY?SKI POLAND
LECH KACZY?SKI POLAND
LECH KACZY?SKI POLAND
ALEKSANDER KWA?NIEWSKI POLAND
TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI POLAND
ZBIGNIEW MESSNER POLAND
LESZEK MILLER POLAND
WALDEMAR PAWLAK POLAND
MIECZYS?AW RAKOWSKI POLAND
HANNA SUCHOCKA POLAND
DONALD TUSK POLAND
LECH WA??SA POLAND
JÓZEF ZYCH POLAND
W?ODZIMIERZ CIMOSZEWICZ POLAND
JÓZEF OLEKSY POLAND
JOSE BARROSO PORTUGAL
JORGE SAMPAIO PORTUGAL
ANIBAL SILVA PORTUGAL
FREDERIK WILHELM DE KLERK RSA
NELSON MANDELA RSA
THABO MBEKI RSA
EMIL CONSTANTINESCU RUMUNIA
ION ILIESCU RUMUNIA
VALENTINA MATVIYENKO RUSSIA
MINTIMER SHAYMIYEV RUSSIA
JACK MCCONNEL SCOTLAND
ALEX SALMOND SCOTLAND
JANEZ DRNOVSEK SLOVENIA
JANEZ JANSA SLOVENIA
DANILO TURK SLOVENIA
MIKULAS DZURANDA SLOVAKIA
IVAN GASPAROVIC SLOVAKIA
JOSE ZAPATERO SPAIN
CARL BILDT SWEDEN
FREDRIK REINFELDT SWEDEN
MICHELINE CALMY-REY SWITZERLAND
MORITZ LEUENBERGER SWITZERLAND
HANS-RUDOLF MERZ SWITZERLAND
CHEN SHUI-BIAN TAIWAN
MA YING-JEOU TAIWAN
WIKTOR JUSZCZENKO UKRAINE
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT USA
GEORGE BUSH USA
DICK CHENEY USA
BILL CLINTON USA

[mgwatson]

bilbert:
What address did you use for Hamid Karzai? How long ago did you get his autograph?

[bilbert]

I've got this one by letter to his palace in Kabul in 2008.

[rocksoldier]

My list (only presidents/prime ministers):

HAMID KARZAI AFGHANISTAN
SALI BERISHA ALBANIA
ALBERT PINTAT SANTOLARIA ANDORA
....
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT USA
GEORGE BUSH USA
DICK CHENEY USA
BILL CLINTON USA

can I ask what you get them to autograph?

[Theone30]

Got a few new authentic ones the past few days;

Governor Brian Schwitzer
Governor Bob Riley
Governor Mark Parkinson
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Alan Shapiro
Senator Bob Grahm

[mgwatson]

Got former Panamanian military dictator Manuel Noriega today.

He had been held as a prisoner of war since being removed from office by the United States in 1989. He was extradicted to France in April of this year. I wrote to him in prison, and got a very fast reply. His handwriting looks like the scribbles of a madman, which is appropriate, but I checked a reliable source and have determined that it is authentic.