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Espías, cantantes y dentistas: los extraordinarios primeros empleos de los líderes mundiales

11/02/2017/Lovemoney

Diapositiva 2 de 25: The Gambia’s new president, Adama Barrow, formerly worked as a security guard at UK store Argos before he won votes with his promises of a new start for one of Africa’s poorest countries.

Diapositiva 3 de 25: The ex-prime minister of Iceland once held a job as a flight attendant on Icelandair, before she swiftly moved across to labor rights and worked as a union organizer for the airline. It was this position that helped her fly to the top of the ladder to become Iceland’s leading lady.

Diapositiva 4 de 25: What do you do if your singing career doesn’t set sail? Rule a country. Well, that’s the route Italy’s former prime minister took anyway. Berlusconi used to be a singing sensation on cruise ships, and claims the job taught him “everything he knows about working a crowd”.

Diapositiva 5 de 25: The Irish president might be rich and successful now, but it wasn’t always that way. Higgins was born into a poor family and relocated to England, where he worked as a wine waiter to save money for school. More recently, though, Higgins has also had a career as a poet and a writer of non-fiction. He has published four collections of his own poetry since 1990.

Diapositiva 6 de 25: Medvedev hasn’t always been responsible for such big things. Before making his entrance into politics, Mededev spent time cleaning streets and claimed he made just 120 roubles ($1.53/£1.21), including bonuses, for doing it.

Diapositiva 7 de 25: It probably doesn’t come as much surprise that Abbott, a champion of socially conservative policies, trained to become a Catholic priest at Australia’s leading St. Patrick’s seminary. However, he quit after three years and entered the world of politics, where he has since earned the nickname “The Mad Monk”.

Diapositiva 8 de 25: At the age of 17, the current president of Liberia started off her professional career in a drugstore to help pay for the bills while she signed up for undergraduate classes at a local business school in Wisconsin.

Diapositiva 9 de 25: Sarkozy took part in mandatory military service while he was growing up, and reportedly worked as a cleaner for the French Air Force in Paris. This didn’t last for long though, as he swiftly made a move into law and became increasingly involved with politics.

Diapositiva 10 de 25: Nope – we’re not kidding. The pope of the Roman Catholic Church used to be a bouncer in his hometown, Buenos Aires. He also used to go dancing… with a girlfriend. Who would’ve thought it? But he soon found faith in a religious vocation and the rest is history.

Diapositiva 11 de 25: The Canadian prime minister also has a colorful past, including previous jobs as a bouncer at a British Columbia nightclub, a snowboard instructor and a bartender.

Diapositiva 12 de 25: Before claiming his prime minister title, Stephen Harper wasn’t always in charge. After dropping out of university, Harper landed a job at Imperial Oil, where he checked the cash, delivered mail and acted as a general “office boy” to his boss.

Diapositiva 13 de 25: The prime minister of Bulgaria also knows how to put on his armor, and has been nicknamed Batman in the past for his work as a personal bodyguard for Bulgaria’s former king (his tough image is probably part of it too).

Diapositiva 14 de 25: Meanwhile, Albania’s prime minister was busy putting brush to paper. Rama studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris and made his entrance into politics after becoming the minister of culture when returning to Albania.

Diapositiva 15 de 25: Traian Basescu was all about the sea in his early days, before entering into politics. He studied at a naval academy before he became a marine officer on board an oil tanker in the late 1970s. After this, he landed the position of captain of that same ship and then made a bold transition into the world of politics.

Diapositiva 16 de 25: Before gaining power and ousting the president back in 2009, Madagascar’s former president Rajoelina (pictured left) set up his own radio station, Radio Viva, where he was a DJ. It’s doubtful he’ll be returning to his music days anytime soon.

Diapositiva 17 de 25: In order to pay his way through college, Slovenia’s president reportedly worked as a male model. Of course he doesn’t get to escape this background lightly – reports claim the former communist official gets mocked by his political rivals with the nickname “Barbie Doll”.

Diapositiva 18 de 25: The Turkish president grew up in a poor town and moved to Istanbul as a young teenager in search of a better life. So, to make money, Erdogan reportedly sold lemonade and sesame buns on the streets while he was still at school.

Diapositiva 19 de 25: From writing about politics to being in the midst of it, Stoltenberg used to work as a part-time journalist. He spent around two years working for newspaper Arbeiderbladet before he made the switch by rising through the ranks of the Norwegian Labor Party.

Diapositiva 20 de 25: President Berdymukhamedov was not only a trained dentist before he turned to politics, but he was also the personal dentist for his predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov. What are the chances?

Diapositiva 21 de 25: In his early days, the president of the European Council and Polish politician was indeed a chimney painter. This was despite his love for politics, which developed when he saw riot police fire on working strikers.

Diapositiva 22 de 25: As the daughter of a vicar, it won't come as a surprise that the British prime minister strayed from controversial job roles during the beginning of her career. May worked as a financial consultant for the Bank of England between 1977 and 1983, and as a senior advisor in international affairs at the Association for Payment Clearing Services.

Diapositiva 23 de 25: While she was studying quantum physics at East Germany’s University of Leipzig, Merkel was on the other side of the bar, pouring and serving drinks for punters. She reportedly made around 20-30 pfennig a week ($10-20/£8/16), which just about paid for her dorm room.

Diapositiva 24 de 25: Putin’s first job isn’t a secret, in fact it’s probably the most known on this list. He spent 17 years working for the KGB as a mid-level agent before he pushed his way to the top.

Diapositiva 25 de 25: That’s right, the former US President used to scoop up ice cream at Baskin Robbins prior to ruling the states. In fact, he reportedly shared a kiss for the first time with wife Michelle Obama outside one of the chain’s Chicago branches. Ahh.

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