Attorneys in the head of state

Abstract

This article is devoted to the heads of state who at some point in their lives were engaged in advocacy. Among the lawyers who ruled states in the 19th century: Abraham Lincoln, Prudente Jose de MoraisBarrus, Miguel Angel Juarez Selman, John Alexander MacDonald. In the XX century: Kerensky Alexander Fedorovich, Mohandas Gandhi, Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Robert Gordon Menzies, Muhammad Ali Jin- nah, Fidel Castro, Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Gerch Kurt Schroeder. The study of the biographies of the heads of state in the context of their legal profession allows us to consider the paths leading to power from a special angle. A long-standing and traditional career scheme for the United States of America: «lawyer — senator — president» exists not only there, it has become standard for many countries of the modern world, not only which are the standard of democracy and freedom, but also others that are still striving to become such. The conducted research popularizes the legal profession, destroying the dogma prevailing in society about lawyers, the legal profession and its appointment. The purpose of the article is, within the framework of the aspect of the development of democracy in diff erent states, to tell about people who have left their mark on history and to declare that their profession is a lawyer.