Guitar Heroes and Disco Dancers: World Politicians and Their Hobbies

Apart from shaping global politics, a lot of world leaders are gifted musicians and avid performers. President Barack Obama stunned the world with his tango skills in Cuba while Secretary of State John Kerry brought his favorite guitar to Moscow. Former president Bill Clinton is a saxophone virtuoso whereas Vladimir Putin can play the piano. Let’s look at politicians from an unusual angle.

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US President Barack Obama dances tango during a state dinner hosted by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at the Centro Cultural Kirchner as part of President Obama's two-day visit to Argentina, in Buenos Aires, March 23, 2016.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting the Master City entertainment fair in Saransk, July 19, 2007.

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Former US President George W. Bush and then First Lady Laura Bush dance with Assane Konte and the Kankouran West African Dance Company following a speech on Malaria Awareness Day on April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) practices her dance moves with DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss during a break in the taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, September 8, 2015, at Rockefeller Center in New York.

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Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing on Day of Slavic Script and Culture in a museum of folk art during his working trip to Arkhangelsk.

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Former Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner, Uruguay's Jose Mujica, Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff applaud during the Mercosur Summit in Caracas, on July 29, 2014.

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Former President Bill Clinton and current Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton dance on stage during a "Get-Out-The-Vote" rally at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. Sunday night, November 1, 1992.

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Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts plays his guitar on his campaign plane during a March 9, 2004 flight from Tampa, Florida, to Chicago, Illinois.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (then Prime Minister) plays the piano at a charity concert for children stricken with cancer and eye diseases held at St. Petersburg's Ice Palace, December 10, 2010.

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov dances in front of the Government building during celebrations of Chechen Language Day.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with children at an open day for the public at the Chancellery garden, in Berlin, August 23, 2009.

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Bill Clinton plays the saxophone as host Arsenio Hall stands by during a campaign stop on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in Los Angeles, June 3, 1992.