Yōichi Masuzoe (1948)
Yōichi Masuzoe is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds. He was previously a member of the…
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Ishmael Reed (1938)
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