Father of the Nation

Short description: Honorific title

The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation. Pater Patriae (plural Patres Patriae), also seen as Parens Patriae, was a Roman honorific meaning the "Father of the Fatherland", bestowed by the Senate on heroes, and later on emperors. In monarchies, the monarch is often considered the "father/mother of the nation" or as a patriarch to guide his family. This concept is expressed in the divine right of kings espoused in some monarchies, while in others it is codified into constitutional law.

In Spain, the monarch is considered the personification and embodiment, the symbol of unity and permanence of the nation. In Thailand, the monarch is given the same recognition, and any person who expresses disrespect toward the reigning monarch faces severe criminal penalties.

Many dictators bestow titles upon themselves, which rarely survive the end of their regime. Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo's titles included "father of the nation", "older brother", and "Guide of the People".[1] Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire's included "Father of the nation", "the Guide", "the Messiah", "the Leopard", "the Sun-President", and "the Cock who Jumps on Anything That Moves".[2] In postcolonial Africa, "father of the nation" was a title used by many leaders both to refer to their role in the independence movement as a source of legitimacy, and to use paternalist symbolism as a source of continued popularity.[3] On Joseph Stalin 's seventieth birthday in 1949, he was bestowed with the title "Father of Nations" for his establishment of "people's democracies" in countries occupied by the USSR after World War II.[4]

The title "Father of the Nation" is sometimes politically contested. The 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh declared Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be "father of the nation".[5] A motion in the Parliament of Slovakia to proclaim controversial pre-war leader Andrej Hlinka "father of the nation" barely failed in September 2007.[6]

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 References
* 2.1 Works cited
* 3 See also

## List

The following people are still often called the "Father" or "Mother" of their respective nations.

Name  | Nation  | Title (native)  | Title (translation)  | Notes

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Ahmad Shah Durrani  |  Afghanistan  | Ahmad Shah Baba  | Ahmad Shah the Father[7][8][9] | Founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire.
Ismail Kemal  |  Albania  | Babai Kombit  | Father of the Nation  | Led the Albanian national movement against the Ottoman Empire
V. C. Bird  |  Antigua and Barbuda  |  | Father of the Nation  | First prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
José de San Martín  |  Argentina
Peru  | Padre de la Patria /
Fundador de la República y Protector del Perú[10] | Father of the Fatherland /
Founder of the Republic and Protector of Peru  | Primary leader of the Argentine War of Independence and the Spanish American wars of independence in southern South America.
María Remedios del Valle  |  Argentina  | Madre de la Patria  | Mother of the Homeland  | Important officer in the Argentine Army during the War of Independence, referred to as the "Mother of the Homeland" since her lifetime. In 1829, the Chamber of Representatives of the province of Buenos Aires named her "Mother of the Homeland" and granted her the position of sergeant major.[11][12]
Hayk (Հայկ)  |  Armenia  | Nahapet (Նահապետ)  | Head of the Family
Patriarch  | Legendary founder of the Armenian nation.
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG |  Australia  |  | Father of Federation  | Gave the Tenterfield Oration, which is believed to be pivotal in the process of the Federation of Australia.
Sir Lynden Pindling  |  The Bahamas  |  | Father of the Nation  | Leader at independence in 1973.[13]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman  |  Bangladesh  | Jatir Janak (জাতির জনক)
Bangabandhu (বঙ্গবন্ধু)  | Father of the Nation
Friend of Bengal  | Founder of Bangladesh, leader during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Errol Barrow  |  Barbados  |  | Father of Independence  | The third and last premier of Barbados (1961–1966) who lead Barbados to independence from the British Empire in 1966. He became the first prime minister and served three terms (1966–76, 1986–87) dying in office during his third.
Konstanty Kalinowski  |  Belarus  | Stvaralnik bielaruskaha narodu (Стваральнік беларускага народу)  | Creator of the Belarusian Nation  | Used among other titles. Military and political leader during the January Uprising.[14][15] Usage opposed by those who view Kalinowski's nationality as Polish, rather than Belarusian.[16]
George Cadle Price  |  Belize  |  | Father of the Nation  | Former Chief Minister, Premier and two-term Prime Minister before retiring in 1997.[17]Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; refs with no name must have content
Ugyen Wangchuck  |  Bhutan  | First king of modern Bhutan.
Simón Bolívar  |  Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Venezuela  | Libertador  | Liberator  | Primary leader of the Spanish American wars of independence in northern South America.
Seretse Khama  |  Botswana  |  | Father of Independence  | Leader of the independence movement and first President of Botswana. Creator of democracy in Botswana
Dom Pedro I, Maria Leopoldina of Austria and José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva  |  Brazil  | Pai da Nação e Patriarca da Independência  | Father of the Nation and Patriarch of Independence  | Founder and the first Emperor of Brazil (1822) during the independence of Brazil. Maria Leopoldina was the first Empress of Brazil. Bonifácio was the advisor of Pedro I.
Omar Ali Saifuddien III  |  Brunei  |  | Architect of Modern Brunei. Builder of the Modern Nation and Father of Independence  | 28th Sultan of Brunei and First Minister of Defence (1914–1986).
Asparuh  |  Bulgaria  | Kanasubigi (Кан)  |  | Founder and first ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Norodom Sihanouk  |  Cambodia  | សម្តេចឪ (Sâmdéch Âu)  | King Father  | Secured independence from France.
John A. Macdonald and the other Fathers of Confederation  |  Canada  | Father of Confederation
Pères de la Confédération  | Father of Confederation  | The 36 Canadian politicians who negotiated Canadian Confederation
Bernardo O'Higgins  |  Chile  | Padre de la patria  | Father of the fatherland  | Principal leader of the Chilean War of Independence.
Sun Yat-sen  |  Republic of China  | 國父 (Guófù)  | Father of the Nation  | Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. The Nationalist government decreed the title in 1940.[18] Sun is more widely known in the China as the "Forerunner of the Revolution".[19]
José María Castro Madriz  |  Costa Rica  | Fundador de la República  | Founder of the Republic  | First President of the Republic of Costa Rica.[20]
Ante Starčević  |  Croatia  | Otac domovine  | Father of the Homeland  | His diverse activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.[21]
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes  |  Cuba  | Padre de la Patria  | Father of the Fatherland[22] | Leader of the first Cuban independence movement which fought the Ten Years' War.
Archbishop Makarios III  |  Cyprus  | Εθνάρχης | Leader of the Nation  | First and longest President of Cyprus, leader of Greek Cypriot nationalist movement during Cypriot intercommunal violence
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor  |  Czech Republic  | Otec vlasti  | Father of the Homeland  | King of Bohemia. Title coined by the rector of the Charles University of Prague at the emperor's funeral.[23]
František Palacký  | Otec národa  | Father of the Nation  | Politician and historian, influential in Czech National Revival movement.[23] Whereas vlast "homeland" included all inhabitants, národ "nation" comprised only Czech people.[24]
Tomáš Masaryk  | Tatíček /
Prezident Osvoboditel  | Father of the Fatherland / President Liberator  | First President of Czechoslovakia, helped negotiate establishment of Czechoslovakia with the Allies of World War I.[23][25]
Juan Pablo Duarte  |  Dominican Republic  | Padre de la patria  | Father of the Fatherland  | Defeated Haiti during Dominican War of Independence.
Ilia Chavchavadze  |  Georgia  | უგვირგვინო მეფე / ერის მამა  | The Crownless King / Father of the Nation  |
Members of the Parlamentarischer Rat  |  Germany  | Väter und Mütter des Grundgesetzes  | Fathers and mothers of the Basic Law  | Drafted the Basic Law, the constitution of (then West) Germany
Kwame Nkrumah  |  Ghana  | Osagyefo  | Father of the nation  | First president and prime minister of Ghana during decolonization, the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve full independence.
Alexander the Great  |  Greece  | Πατέρας των Ελλήνων  | Father of the Greeks  | Founder of the Macedonian Empire responsible for spreading Greek culture during the Hellenistic period.
Cheddi Jagan  |  Guyana  |  | Father of the Nation  | President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines  |  Haiti  | Père de la patrie  | Father of the Fatherland  | Primary leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Dionisio de Herrera  |  Honduras  |  |  | First Head of State of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America
Árpád  |  Hungary  | Honalapító  | Founder of the Homeland  | Second Grand Prince of the Hungarians, leader of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian basin.
Mahatma Gandhi |  India  | राष्ट्रपिता (Rashtrapita)
Bapu (Father)  | Father of the Nation[26][27] | Leader of the Indian independence movement from British Raj.
Sukarno
Mohammad Hatta  |  Indonesia  | Bung Karno and Bung Hatta  | The Founding Fathers (Bapak Bangsa Indonesia), Duumvirate (Dwitunggal)  | Main leaders in the independence of Indonesia, wrote and signed the Independence Proclamation Text.
Cyrus the Great  |  Iran (Persia)  | Shahanshah  | King of Kings  | The founder of the first Persian Empire
Abraham |  Israel  | אַבְרָהָם (Avraham)  | Father of Many Nations  | The patriarch of the Hebrews, also considered the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Camillo Benso
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia  |  Italy  | Padre della Patria  | Father of the Fatherland  | Authors of Italian unification[28][29][30]
Emperor Jimmu  |  Japan  | 神武天皇 (Jinmu Ten-noh)  |  | Legendary first Emperor of Japan
Kerei Khan and Janibek Khan  |  Kazakhstan  | Негізін қалаушылар (Negızın qalauşylar)  | Founders  | Founders and first rulers of the Kazakh Khanate, who led the Kazakh War of Independence against the Uzbek Khanate and established the first independent Kazakh state.[31]
Members of the Alash  |  |  | Kazakh intellectuals who took part in the national liberation movement and formed the Alash Orda provisional government during the Russian Revolution.
Jomo Kenyatta  |  Kenya  | Baba wa Taifa  | Father of the Nation/Freedom Fighter  | First President of Kenya from 1963 to his death in 1978 who helped create the Kenyan Constitution.
Ibrahim Rugova  |  Kosovo  | Ati i Kombit  | Father of the Nation  | First president of the First Republic of Kosovo. President of Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metochia under UN after the Kosovo War.
Jonas Basanavičius  |  Lithuania  | Tautos patriarchas  | Patriarch of the Nation  | Various cultural activities during the Lithuanian National Revival.[32]
Tunku Abdul Rahman  |  Malaysia  | Bapa Kemerdekaan

Bapa Malaysia

| Father of Independence

Father of Malaysia

| The first Prime Minister of Malaysia. A prince from the Kedah Sultanate, the Cambridge-educated Tunku led the negotiated independence of Federation of Malaya from the British Empire in 1957. Later formed Malaysia through the union of Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak in 1963.
Muhammad Fareed Didi  |  Maldives  | Founder of modern Maldives and last sultan of Maldives.
Giorgio Borġ Olivier  |  Malta  | Missier Malta Indipendenti  | Father of Independent Malta  | First post-independence Prime Minister of Malta between 1950–1955 and 1962–1971.
Dom Mintoff  | Missier Malta Repubblika,

Missier Malta Hielsa

| Father of Republican Malta,

Father of Free Malta

| A Maltese statesman and leading politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Malta (from 1955 to 1958, and from 1974 to 1984) as the Leader of the Labour Party, a position he held from 1949 to 1984. In 1974, with him as Prime Minister, Malta negotiated a series of constitutional reforms leading to the establishment of the Maltese Republic and the removal of the British monarch as head of state. In 1979, the last Royal Navy ships left Malta, marking the country's transformation into a fully independent nation. Mintoff is also credited with the establishment of the Maltese welfare state and the socialist-style nationalisation and collectivisation of various key industries.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam  |  Mauritius  |  | Father of the Nation[33] | First post-independence Prime Minister, in 1968.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla  |  Mexico  | Padre de la patria mexicana[34] | Father of the Mexican Nation[35] | First revolutionary leader in the Mexican War of Independence.
Genghis Khan  |  Mongolia  | Монголчуудын эцэг  | Father of the Mongols, Founding Father of Mongolia[36] | After unifying the many nomadic tribes of northeastern Asian steppe peoples, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire and became the first Great Khan and Emperor. He eventually led a conquest of the majority of Eurasia, and his unified homeland would become Mongolia.
Mohammed V  |  Morocco  | أب الوطن المغربي / ⵉⴱⴱⴰ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⵜⵜⵉ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ | Father of the Moroccan Nation[37] | King of Morocco during its independence in 1956, seen by most Moroccans as Father of the Nation.[38]
Aung San  |  Myanmar  | နိုင်ငံ‌တော်၏ဖခင်၊
လွတ်လပ်ရေးဖခင်၊
တပ်မတော်၏ဖခင်  | Father of Nation,[39][40]
Father of Independence,
Father of Tatmadaw (Burmese Army)  | He was the founder of Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) and he was the 5th Prime Minister of Burma in British Era from 1946 to 1947. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized.
Sam Nujoma  |  Namibia  |  | Founding Father of the Namibian Nation  | Primary leader of SWAPO during the South African Border War and first President of Namibia, 1990–2005; title conferred by Act of Parliament in 2005.Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; refs with no name must have content
Prithvi Narayan Shah  |  Nepal  | श्री ५ बडामहाराजधिराज पृथ्वी नारायण शाह  | Father of the Nation  | King of Nepal during the Unification of Nepal.
William the Silent  |  Netherlands  | Vader des Vaderlands  | Father of the Fatherland  | Leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire, which led to the Dutch Republic, the first independent Dutch state.[41]
Diriangén[42] |  Nicaragua  | Padre de la Patria Nicaragüense  | Father of the Nicaraguan Fatherland  | Native Nicaraguan tribal leader
Nnamdi Azikiwe  |  Nigeria  | Father of Nigerian Nationalism  |  | First president of Nigeria when it became a republic on 1 October 1963, and was the last governor general of Nigeria.
Krste Misirkov  |  North Macedonia  | Татко на нацијата  | Father of the Nation  | Prominent linguist, writer and activist.
Einar Gerhardsen  |  Norway  | Landsfaderen  | Father of the Nation  | First post–World War II prime minister of Norway .[43]
Muhammad Ali Jinnah  |  Pakistan  | Baba-e-Qaum[44]/Quaid-e-Azam[45] | Father of the Nation/Great Leader  | Led the Pakistan Movement and served as first governor-general of Pakistan.
Sir Michael Somare  |  Papua New Guinea  | Papa Blo Kantri[46] | Father of the Nation  | Leader at independence in 1975; also known as "the chief" and "the old man".[47]
Emilio Aguinaldo  |  Philippines  | Kauna-unahang Pangulo ng Pilipinas  | First President of the Philippines  | Military Leader of the Philippine Revolution and the First President of the Philippines through the 1899 Malolos Congress, which oversaw the promulgation of the Malolos Constitution. His birthday, 22 March 1869, is celebrated as Emilio Aguinaldo Day.
Andrés Bonifacio  | Amá ng Himagsikan  | Father of the Revolution  | Political Leader of the Philippine Revolution, which saw armed resistance against the Spanish Empire. His birthday, 30 November 1863, is a national holiday.
José Rizal  | Pambansáng Bayani  | National Hero  | Colloquially known as the "National Hero". Rizal's works and writings–which helped start the Philippine Revolution–are part of the national curriculum as mandated by Republic Act No. 1425. The anniversary of his 30 December 1896 execution by the Spanish colonial government is a national holiday.[48]
Ignacy Daszyński, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Józef Piłsudski, Wincenty Witos  |  Poland  | Ojcowie Niepodległości, Ojcowie Polski Odrodzonej  | Fathers of Independence, Fathers of Reborn Poland  | After World War I six fathers of independence jointly took advantage of the favorable conditions and led to the birth of the Second Polish Republic.[49]
Mieszko I  | Twórca państwa polskiego  | Founder of the Polish state  | Mieszko I united slavic tribes of Poland, baptized the country and became the first historical ruler of Poland.
D. Afonso Henriques  |  Portugal  | Fundador da Nação  | Father of the Nation
a.k.a. The Conqueror | Founder and first King of Portugal (1139), recognized by the Holy See in 1179.
Peter I of Russia  |  Russia  | Отец Отечества (Otets Otechestva)  | Father of the Fatherland  | Was granted the title in 1721 by the Governing Senate, along with "Emperor of Russia" and "The Great".[50]
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed  |  Western Sahara  |  | Father of the Nation  | Leader of the Polisario Front, First President of the SADR. Fought against Spanish colonial army & against the invasion of the Moroccan and Mauritanian armies in the Western Sahara conflict.
Sir John Compton  |  Saint Lucia  |  | Father of the Nation  | Prime Minister at independence in 1979. Also known as "Daddy Compton".[51]
Saint Marinus  |  San Marino  |  |  | Founder of a chapel and monastery in central Italy, in 301 (traditional date: 3 September). From this initial community the state of San Marino later grew.[52]
Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia  |  Saudi Arabia  | والد الأمة (Waalid Al Ummah)/ المؤسس (Al-Moa'sis)  | Father of the Nation/ The Founder  | Unified the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula and established the modern Saudi state. He descended from the noble House of Saud, the dynasty which had ruled most of Arabia in the 18th century. His son King Salman is the current head of state of Saudi Arabia. Five other older sons – Saud, Faisal, Khalid, Fahd and Abdullah – served as former heads of state.
Donald Dewar  |  Scotland  |  | Father of the Nation  | First First Minister of Scotland following the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.[53]
Dobrica Ćosić  |  Serbia  | Отац нације[54][55] | Father of the Nation  | Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist.
Karađorđe and Miloš the Great  | Отац нације[56][57] | Father of the Nation  | Leaders of the First and Second Serbian Uprising during the Serbian Revolution.
Saint Sava | Отац отаџбине[58] | Father of the Fatherland  | Founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Lee Kuan Yew  |  Singapore  |  | Father of Singapore  | First Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for over 30 years. Leading figure throughout Singapore's time as a part of Malaysia and its later independence.
Primož Trubar  |  Slovenia  | Oče naroda  | Father of the Nation  | A consolidator of Slovene and the author of the first Slovene printed book.
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan  |  Somalia  |  | Father of the fatherland  | The emir of Dervish and Diiriye Guure.[59]
Nelson Mandela |  South Africa  | Tata wethu  | Father of the Nation  | Primary leader of internal resistance to apartheid as chairman of the African National Congress, and President of post-apartheid South Africa.[60]
Catholic Monarchs (Ferdinand and Isabella)  |  Spain  | Reyes Católicos de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón  | Catholic Monarchs of the Kingdoms of Castille and Aragon  | The unifiers of Spain. They unified the territories of Castille, Aragon and Al-Andalus, all the territories of the Iberian Peninsula, except Portugal. During their reign America was discovered and started the Spanish Empire.
Don Stephen Senanayake  |  Sri Lanka  | ජාතියේ පියා (Jathiyay Piya)  | Father of the Nation  | First Prime Minister, from 1947 to 1952.[61]
Johan Ferrier  |  Suriname  | Vader des Vaderlands  | Father of the Nation  | First president after the independence of the country in 1975 (the term Vader des Vaderlands has its roots in the Netherlands).
Gustav I of Sweden  |  Sweden  | Landsfader  | Father of the Nation  | Broke Sweden from Danish rule under Christian II.
Per Albin Hansson[citation needed] | Landsfader  | Father of the Nation  | Prime Minister 1932–1946 and founder of The People's Home.
Julius Nyerere  |  Tanzania  | Baba wa Taifa  | Father of the Nation  | First President of Tanzania.[62]
Henry Alcazar, Victor Bryan, Tubal Uriah Butler, Rudranath Capildeo, Simbhoonath Capildeo, Arthur Andrew Cipriani, Albert Gomes, Solomon Hochoy, A. P. T. James, Audrey Jeffers, Ranjit Kumar, Emmanuel Mzumbo Lazare, Chanka Maharaj, Bhadase Sagan Maraj, Quintin O'Connor, Michael Pocock, Adrian Cola Rienzi (Krishna Deonarine), Alfred Richards, Harold Robinson, Timothy Roodal, Lionel Seukeran, Ashford Sinanan, Mitra Sinanan, Sarran Teelucksingh, Louis de Verteuil, Gerald Wight, Eric Williams, Hugh Wooding[63] |  Trinidad and Tobago  |  | Moulders of the Nation[63] | They helped shape the country's future as an independent nation and laid the foundation of democracy.[63]
Eric Williams  |  | Father of the Nation  | First and three-term Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to his death in 1981, first Premier of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 to 1966, second Chief Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to 1961, founder of the People's National Movement (PNM) and was instrumental in writing the Trinidad and Tobago constitution and gaining the country independence and republicanism from British rule.[64][65]
Habib Bourguiba  |  Tunisia  | المجاهد الاكبر(Al mujehed al akbar)  | The Supreme Warrior  | Father of the independence of Tunisia and first President of Tunisia. He led the Tunisian national movement against the French colonial empire. After Tunisian independence, he founded a modern state, built schools and hospitals and gave the Tunisian women rights that are still unique in the Arab World today.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |  Turkey  | Atatürk  | Father of the Turks (always used as a last name and not a title proper)  | Founder of the Republic of Turkey and first President of Turkey. He led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence, and enacted the reforms that made Turkey a democratic nation-state. Granted in accordance with the 1934 Surname Law establishing surnames in Turkey.[66]
Bohdan Khmelnytsky  |  Ukraine  |  | Father of the Nation  | Leader of the Khmelnytsky Uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and founder of the Cossack Hetmanate, the first independent Ukrainian state.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan  |  United Arab Emirates  | والد الأمة (Waalid Al Ummah)  | Father of the Nation  | President of the UAE for its first 33 years (1971–2004).[67][68]
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and other Signers and Framers  |  United States  |  | Founding Fathers[69][70] | The Signers signed the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Framers were delegates to the Constitutional Convention and took part in framing or drafting the proposed United States Constitution.
George Washington  |  | Father of his country[71][72] | George Washington is particularly highlighted out of the Founding Fathers of the United States as being the "father of his country"[71][72] for his role as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, his resignation of command at the end of the war, the presidency of the Constitutional Convention and for his tenure (and voluntary retirement) as the first President of the United States.
José Gervasio Artigas  |  Uruguay  | Padre de la independencia uruguaya, Protector de los Pueblos Libres y Jefe de los orientales[73] | Father of Uruguayan independence, Defender of the Free and Chief of the eastern people[74] | Fought against the Spanish Royalists for independence in the Río de la Plata.
Ho Chi Minh |  Vietnam  | Cha già dân tộc  | Father of the people  | Leader of the Viet Minh, who fought for independence from France in the First Indochina War and decisively defeated them at the bloody Battle of Dien Bien Phu, resulting in the establishment of an independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north of the country in 1954. Vietnam would eventually be united under Communist Party of Vietnam rule after his death with the Fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Kenneth Kaunda  |  Zambia  | Tata  | Father of the nation  | First president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He founded the Zambian African National Congress (ANC), later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party (UNIP which led to attaining independence.

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* Family as a model for the state
* Fathers of Confederation
* Founding fathers of the European Union
* Founding Fathers of the United States
* List of national founders
* Pater Patriae
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