Data

The Political Leaders' Affiliation Database (PLAD)

The Political Leaders' Affiliation Database contains information on the birthplaces and ethnic affiliation of effective national leaders around the globe that have been in office during 1989 - 2022. You can download the dataset here.

The database is regularly updated. We welcome comments and hints to improve the dataset further. 

When using the data, please cite “Bomprezzi, Pietro; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hailer, Teresa; Kammerlander, Andreas; Kaplan, Lennart; Marchesi, Silvia; Masi, Tania; Robert, Charlotte; Unfried, Kerstin (2023). Light of Their Lives: Country Leaders’ Spouses and Regional Favoritism. Mimeo."