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Contemporary Politicians at Events

Photographs of contemporary politicians at significant moments, such as election victories and public addresses, conveying a sense of modern political life.

London Mayor Boris Johnson at Pride London 2010, Gay Love Parade, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland addresses the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

Ben Brown, presenter for BBC News, attends the Supreme Court in London to report on the hearing to challenge the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019.the prorogation of the Parliament, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan.

Photograph of Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria, attending the NATO Summit, London, December 2019

Sir Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. (Centre , rear row).Seen following the return of Parliament after the Supreme Court annulment of the prorogation of Parliament, September 2019.

Photograph of Grant Shapps (1968-) a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since 2019

Gibraltar, 09/15/2021. Interview with Fabián Picardo, first Minister of Gibraltar. Photo: Sergio Rodríguez. Archsev.

MERYL STREEP in THE IRON LADY (2011), directed by PHYLLIDA LLOYD.

France, Brittany, Trebry on 14/05/2021. The President of the Region of Brittany Loig Chesnais-Girard and candidate for reelection in the regional elections visited the Limousin cow farm Gaec du Bois au Be in Trebry accompanied by members of his list: Philippe Hercouet, Arnaud Lecuyer, Monique Le Clezio, Adeline Yon, Fanny Chappe, Michael Guernez and Dominique Ramard.France, Bretagne, Trebry le 14/05/2021. Le President de la Region Bretagne Loig Chesnais-Girard et candidat à sa reelection pour les elections regionales se rend dans la ferme de vaches limousines Gaec du Bois au Be à Trebry accompagne de membres de sa liste : Philippe Hercouet, Arnaud Lecuyer, Monique Le Clezio, Adeline Yon , Fanny Chappe, Michael Guernez et Dominique Ramard.

Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind (born 1946); British politician who served in various roles as a Cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland (1986-1990), Defence Secretary (1992-1995), and Foreign Secretary (1995-1997).

VIP tribune, SPD candidate for chancellorship Martin Schulz and former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, gesture Schulz tapping his forehead, DFB-Pokalfinale, Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany, Europe

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland addresses the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with students after arriving at St. Antony's College in Oxford, U.K., on May 11, 2016, to attend a luncheon, deliver an address at the Oxford Union, and meet with Rhodes and Marshall scholars at a local pub.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

Windsor, England. UK. 31 March, 2024. King Charles lll attends the traditional Easter Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle . Credit: Anwar Hussein/Alamy Live News

Photograph of Iain Duncan Smith. Sir George Iain Duncan Smith (1954-) a British Conservative politician.

Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964) British broadcaster and former politician who was Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Brexit Party from 2019 to 2021. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron. Saint-Gervais les Bains. France.

Baroness Chakrabarti, British Labour Party politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker, scientist and politician, portrait, pro-Europe demonstration Pulse of Europe, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Photograph of James Cleverly. James Spencer Cleverly (1969-) a British Conservative politician serving as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot since 2019 and as Member of Parliament for Braintree since 2015. He previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019

Madrid, 06/16/2021. Santiago Abascal (Vox), presents an appeal before the Constitutional Court against the Euthanasia Law. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Luciana Berger and Sarah Woolaston, Liberal Democratic Members of the British Parliament return to the House of Commons after the Supreme Court overturned the Prorogation of Parliament in September 2019.

Madrid, 10/06/2015. Abc Deloitte Forum, with the president of the government Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Jaime García Archdc.

President Bush makes a statement to the media with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora

Frank Field and Chris Leslie arrive for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Frank Field (born 1942), British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 1979, serving as a Labour Party MP until August 2018 and thereafter as an Independent. Chris Leslie (born 1972) British politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East since 2010. minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2001 to 2005. In February 2019, Leslie left Labour alongside six other MPs in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn to form The Independent Group, now The Independent Group for Change. He became the group's deputy leader

Ian Paisley Jr, arrives for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Ian Paisley Jr (born 1966) , politician from Northern Ireland. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2010 general election. Paisley, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is the son of the DUP's founder Ian Paisley.

David Dimbleby, veteran British political journalist talks to visitors at the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Prince Harry at a QBE International rugby match between England and Australia, Twickenham, London. 2 November 2013

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, former chief Brexit negotiator and presidential candidate, at the SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, at the Parc des Expositions in Rennes. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, ancien negociateur en chef du Brexit et candidat a l election presidentielle, au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Richard Ferrand, President of the French National Assembly at the SPACE, international animal production exhibition, at the Rennes exhibition centre. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Richard Ferrand, President de l Assemblee Nationale au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Photograph of Emmanuel Macron, President of France, attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019.

Kay Burley Sky News TV Presenter talking to spectators outside Westminster Abbey during Marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011, London, England

Scotland, Politics, Snp, 'Alex Salmond, First Minister For Scotland And Leader Of The Scottish National Party.'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, recovering from a broken leg, lays down his crutches before addressing an international press corps on July 5, 2015, in Vienna, Austria, during a break in P5+1 negotiations with Iranian leaders about the future of their country's nuclear program.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg speaking on LBC radio. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

11/10/2004 Aermacchi Plant In Venegono Presentation of the New M346 Airplane In the photo Silvio Berlusconi with the chairman of Finmeccanica Guarguaglini Photo

Ruth Smeeth (born 1979), British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North at the 2015 general election

Madrid, 11/11/2019. Talent Garden Space, Arganzuela. Election night meeting of the Más País party. Íñigo Errejón, Inés Sabanés, Rita Maestre and Marta Higueras, among others, appear. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

Palma de Mallorca, 01/11/2016. Trial of the Nóos case. Pedro Horrach in the vicinity of the courts. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Madrid. February 1, 2014. Angel grandson at the La Paz funeral home where the body of Luis Aragonés is. Oscar image from the Archdc well.

Anna Soubry, Member of Parliament, addressing the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers. Anna Soubry is a British politician, barrister and journalist. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire since the 2010 general election, and was first elected as a Conservative before leaving the party to join The Independent Group in February 2019.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, taken at the Europe Festival in Falkensee, 02.06.2023., Falkensee, Germany, Europe

Photograph of James Cleverly. James Spencer Cleverly (1969-) a British Conservative politician serving as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot since 2019 and as Member of Parliament for Braintree since 2015. He previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019

Michael Heseltine, (Lord Heseltine), British Conservative politician, addresses the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

Media coverage of the Ukrainian President Zelenskiys address to the United Kingdom Parliament 8th March 2022, during the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Labour Leader Kier Starmer, and Deputy Labour Leader, Angela Rayner, listen to the speech by Zelensky

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland addresses the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

Scotland, Politics, Snp, Alex Salmond First Minister For Scotland And Leader Of The Scottish National Party.

11/02/2003. Madrid. 02-11-03. Today the news of Prince Felipe's wedding engagement with Letizia Ortiz has been published. Photo Javier Prieto.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, reist nach Kiew. BM Lindner besichtigt zusammen mit dem Vizeverteidigungsminister Andrii Schewtschenko zerstoerte Kriegstechnik. Kiew. 14.08.2023

Welcoming ceremony of the new ZKA President Tino Ingelmann (L) by Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner (not in picture) in Berlin, 03.05.2023. Leon Kuegeler photothek.de, Berlin, Germany, Europe

GERARD DEPARDIEU in WELCOME TO NEW YORK (2014), directed by ABEL FERRARA.

Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister of Finance, photographed during a customs check on the Strasse des 17. Juni in Berlin, 09.02.2021. Berlin, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sips a pint of bitter at the historic King Arms pub in Oxford, U.K., on May 11, 2016, after the Secretary earlier addressed the Oxford Union membership and met with U.S. Rhodes and Marshall scholars attending Oxford University.

France, Paris, 2022-02-15. Portrait of Jack Lang, former Minister of Culture and President of the Arab World Institute. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Paris, le 2022-02-15. Portrait de Jack Lang, ancien Ministre de la Culture et President de l Institut du Monde Arabe. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Scotland, City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond at The Gathering 2009 in Holyrood Park.

Lord Heseltine arrives to give media interviews, after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Michael Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, (born 1933), British politician and businessman. Heseltine served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001, and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including serving as Deputy Prime Minister under the latter.

Symbol photo Bild magazine front page Boris Becker

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, left, and former NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale pose for a photograph shortly after the unveiling of Dale's official portrait on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Dale served as NASA's deputy administrator from Nov. 14, 2005 through January 17, 2009.

Adare Manor Donald Evans

Madrid 11-17-2014/// inauguration of the vargas llosa library on barcelo street with the mayor ana bottle PHOTO..JAIME GARCIA....ARCHDC....in the image.

Madrid, 04/21/2024. League match played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium between Real Madrid and Barcelona with a score of 3 to 2 in favor of Real Madrid. In the image, Florentino Pérez and Joan Laporta. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Caroline Lucas; British; Green Party; politician; Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion, addresses the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

United Kingdom, England, book Harry of Sussex

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, depicted on a paper £5 banknote. This note was replaced in 2016.

CONLETH HILL in HOLDING (2022), directed by KATHY BURKE.

British Newspaper coverage of the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, 19 May 2018

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