You have just become the 10th postwar leader of the Labour party.

Bettino Craxi, one of Italy's most durable postwar leaders, has held office since 1983.

But he is known for a deep commitment, inherited from mentors who served as Japan's first postwar leaders, to improving relations with the United States.

In office since 1983, he is Italy's most durable postwar leader.

After several months' imprisonment in 1945, he became one of Japan's key postwar leaders.

Given his remarks, it is hard to imagine that the Bush administration has not considered that an ayatollah might be Iraq's first postwar leader.

And we should also be grateful to our postwar leaders.

Mr. Yeltsin may face a more daunting task to earn his aid and keep the peace than Europe's postwar leaders did.

Mr. Tanaka, by contrast, was the only postwar leader who had not earned a university degree.