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We’ve covered the young presidents of USA already, but let’s broaden the scope now and take a rare glimpse at the leaders from around the world before they became the almighty God-like figures.

It’s utterly strange to see these people, who shaped the world we live in now, as simple teenagers with all the innocence in the world and, in most cases, cluelessness about what the future is holding for them.

(h/t: vintage.es, demilked)

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Joseph Stalin As A Young Man, 1902

Joseph Stalin As A Young Man, 1902

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Young Bill Clinton Shaking Hands With President John F. Kennedy In The Rose Garden Of The White House. July 24, 1963

Young Bill Clinton Shaking Hands With President John F. Kennedy In The Rose Garden Of The White House. July 24, 1963

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Eighteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth Of England During Her Time In The Auxiliary Territorial Service During WWII Where She Drove And Repaired Heavy Vehicles, 1945

Eighteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth Of England During Her Time In The Auxiliary Territorial Service During WWII Where She Drove And Repaired Heavy Vehicles, 1945

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Vladimir Putin As A Young Teenager, 1966

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not terribly surprising, although it is a bit of a shock that he kept his shirt on

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His face literally looks like he's thinking of all the people he's gonna rule over... in a creepy way

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everybody thinks he looks mean or cold but I think he looks like a really cute, vulnerable kid. I wonder how he became the monster he is now.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He probably just grew up and lost his innocence

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everybody saying he looks like voldemort is literally blind he's kEiR GILCHRiST sKSKS-

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's just about exactly how I pictured the young Gellert Grindelwald.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually he looks like one of those kids who always get beat up in the school yard.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Somehow remind me of Steven Miller... current white house staff. Of course, not a compliment 😂

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still not even a hint of a smile. So disappointing. I was really hoping he would have been the happiest child ever!

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A very suspicious look to him. Seems like nothing's changed...

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He just looks like he would grow up to be that "slimy, undermining, little weasel" that we all knew as a child and no one hung out with them.

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Young Barack Obama Smoking A Joint

Young Barack Obama Smoking A Joint

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John F. Kennedy At Age 10, Hair Slicked Back, 1927

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Richard Nixon Is Shown As A Member Of The Whittier College Football Squad In Whittier, CA, 1930s

Richard Nixon Is Shown As A Member Of The Whittier College Football Squad In Whittier, CA, 1930s

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Young Donald Trump In New York’s Military Academy

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Angela Merkel Prepares A Meal On A Campfire While Camping With Friends In Himmelpfort, German Democratic Republic In July 1973

Angela Merkel Prepares A Meal On A Campfire While Camping With Friends In Himmelpfort, German Democratic Republic In July 1973

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Young Nelson Mandela In 1961

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Young Adolf Hitler

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mustache makes me sick, well actually this whole photo makes me sick.

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George W. Bush In Baseball Garb At Yale University, Ca, 1964-68

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jason Hervey playing Wayne Arnold in The Wonder Years. Is that you!?

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Kim Jong-il With His Father, Kim Il-sung, And His Mother, Kim Jong-suk In 1945

Kim Jong-il With His Father, Kim Il-sung, And His Mother, Kim Jong-suk In 1945

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She looks like she's just realized the terror of what she created...

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Young 14th Dalai Lama

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a tough one ... He knew as a child he was the Dalai Lama. When this photo was taken he knew he was the reincarnated leader of his people.

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Pope John Paul II Shaving

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Pope Francis As A Young Boy

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Young Margaret Thatcher Aka ‘The Iron Lady’, The Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

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Portrait Of Fidel Castro In New York In 1955, During An Interview

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My 87 year-old mother-in-law worked for the Batista gov't back in Cuba in the '50's. She and husband had to flee for their lives coming through Canada first before becoming a citizen of the USA. She has avowed never to return to her homeland b/c of Castro and his policies and my heart hurts for her when she speaks of the old days. Gave me tons of perspective.

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Thin Hugo Chavez In Military Academy

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Bashar al-Assad As A Kid, Now The President Of Syria

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Mugshot Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff In 1970 When She Was Part Of The Guerrilla Movement That Fought Against The Country’s Military Dictatorship

Mugshot Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff In 1970 When She Was Part Of The Guerrilla Movement That Fought Against The Country’s Military Dictatorship

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Mahatma Gandhi In 1887 As A Law Student

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gandhi and I share the same birthday, as well both being INFJs

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King Salman Of Saudi Arabia At 19, In 1954

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A Young Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister (bottom Left) Pictured With His Family In 1956

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Karol Wojtyla, Before He Was Pope John Paul II

Karol Wojtyla, Before He Was Pope John Paul II

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Young Saddam Hussein, The Former President Of Iraq

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Young Nicolae Ceaușescu, The General Secretary Of The Romanian Communist Party

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I detect something in common with young Nixon, but can't name it.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In 1972, Shaking Hands With President Zalman Shazar During His Time In The Israeli Defense Forces

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In 1972, Shaking Hands With President Zalman Shazar During His Time In The Israeli Defense Forces

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani In The Early 1970s While Doing Military Service

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Superfine. I'm getting crushes on all these guys. Based solely on these pictures.

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Ms Park Geun Hye Pictured With Her Parents And Her Two Younger Siblings - Sister Geun Ryong And Brother Ji Man

Ms Park Geun Hye Pictured With Her Parents And Her Two Younger Siblings - Sister Geun Ryong And Brother Ji Man

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her dad was the then dictator, both parents were assassinated. Happy family.

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Young Hillary Clinton Around 1969

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