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The '''Father of the Nation''' is an [[honorific]] title given to a person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a [[country]], [[Sovereign state|state]], or [[nation]]. {{lang|la|[[Pater Patriae]]}} (plural {{lang|la|Patres Patriae}}), also seen as {{lang|la|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.

 

 

==List==

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! Nation

! Title (native)

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| [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]

| [[Padishah|Ahmad Shah Baba]]

| Ahmad Shah the Father<ref name="Singh">{{cite book|title=Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father of Modern Afghanistan |last1=Ganḍā |first1=Singh |year=1959|publisher=Asia Pub. House |isbn=978-1-4021-7278-6|page=457|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_A8AAAAMAAJ |access-date=2010-08-25}}</ref><ref name="LoC">{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+af0010) |title=Ahmad Shah and the Durrani Empire |access-date=2010-08-25 |publisher=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]] on [[Afghanistan]] |year=1997 |archive-date=22 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722064857/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+af0010) |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/10162/Ahmad-Shah-Durrani |title=Aḥmad Shah Durrānī |access-date=2010-08-25 |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Online Version |year=2010}}</ref>

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| {{Flag|Albania}}

| Babai Kombit

| Father of the Nation

| Led the Albanian national movement against the [[Ottoman Empire]]

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| [[V. C. Bird]]

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| Father of the Nation

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| [[José de San Martín]]

| Padre de la Patria /<br /> Fundador de la República y Protector del Perú<ref>[http://www.argentina.ar/_es/pais/personalidades/C2390-jose-de-san-martin.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202114854/http://www.argentina.ar/_es/pais/personalidades/C2390-jose-de-san-martin.php|date=2 December 2011}}</ref>

| Father of the Fatherland /<br /> Founder of the Republic and Protector of Peru

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| [[Hayk]] (Հայկ)

| Nahapet (Նահապետ)

| Head of the Family<br/>Patriarch

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| [[Henry Parkes|Sir Henry Parkes]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|GCMG}}

| Father of [[Federation of Australia|Federation]]

| Gave the [[Tenterfield Oration]], which is believed to be pivotal in the process of the [[Federation of Australia]].

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| [[Lynden Pindling|Sir Lynden Pindling]]

| Jatir Janak ({{lang|bn|জাতির জনক}}) <br />Bangabandhu ({{lang|bn|বঙ্গবন্ধু}})

| Father of the Nation <br/>Friend of Bengal

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| [[Errol Barrow]]

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| Father of Independence

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| [[Konstanty Kalinowski]]

| ''Stvaralnik bielaruskaha narodu'' ({{lang|be|Стваральнік беларускага народу}})

| Creator of the Belarusian Nation

{{cite news |url=http://news.mybelize.net/index.php?action=view&id=1875&module=newsmodule&src=%40random4865ef792ff2d |title=The Father of the Nation Turns 90 |date=16 January 2009 |publisher=7 News Belize |access-date=2009-05-13 |quote=Even Prime Minister [[Dean Barrow]] calls George Price the father of the nation }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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| [[Seretse Khama]]

| Architect of Modern Brunei. Builder of the Modern Nation and Father of Independence

| 28th [[List of sultans of Brunei|Sultan of Brunei]] and First [[Ministry of Defence (Brunei)|Minister of Defence]] (1914–1986).

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| [[Asparuh]]

| [[Juan Pablo Duarte]]

| {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

| Father of the Fatherland

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| [[Ilia Chavchavadze]]

| President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997.

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| {{Flag|Haiti}}

| Père de la patrie

| Father of the Fatherland

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|[[Dionisio de Herrera]]

| Second [[Grand Prince of the Hungarians]], leader of the [[Honfoglalás|Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian basin]].

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| {{Flag|Indonesia}}

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| [[Cyrus the Great]]

| The founder of the first [[Persian Empire]]

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| [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour|Camillo Benso]]<br>[[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]<br>[[Giuseppe Mazzini]]<br>[[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia]]

| Legendary first [[Emperor of Japan]]

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| [[Jomo Kenyatta]]

| Patriarch of the Nation

| Various cultural activities during the [[Lithuanian National Revival]].<ref>{{cite book| title=The history of the Baltic States |first=Kevin |last=O'Connor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3b5nU4bnw4C&pg=PA59 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-313-32355-3 |page=59}}</ref>

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| [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]

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| First revolutionary leader in the [[Mexican War of Independence]].

| [[Genghis Khan]]

| {{Flag|Mongolia}}

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| 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 [[Mongol invasions and conquests|conquest of the majority of Eurasia]], and his unified homeland would become Mongolia.

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| [[Aung San]]

| {{Flag|Myanmar}}

| [[Sam Nujoma]]

| {{Flag|Namibia}}

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| First president of [[Nigeria]] when it became a republic on 1 October 1963, and was the last governor general of Nigeria.

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| [[Einar Gerhardsen]]

| Father of the Nation

| First post–[[World War II]] [[Prime Minister of Norway|prime minister]] of [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/tusenarsskiftet/article561221.ece | title = Gratulerer, kjære landsmann! | publisher = [[Aftenposten]] | author = Bjørn Talen | date = 1987-05-09 | access-date = 2007-12-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013134650/http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/tusenarsskiftet/article561221.ece <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-13|language=no}}</ref>

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| [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]

| Father of the Nation/Great Leader

| Led the [[Pakistan Movement]] and served as first [[Governor-General of Pakistan|governor-general of Pakistan]].

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| Sir [[Michael Somare]]

| 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joserizal.com/|title=Jose Rizal|access-date=2014-05-10|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429190455/http://www.joserizal.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Dom (title)|D.]] [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]]

| Fundador da Nação

| Father of the Nation<br/>a.k.a. ''The Conqueror''

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| [[Peter I of Russia]]

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| Father of the Nation

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| [[Dobrica Ćosić]]

| Tata wethu

| Father of the Nation

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| [[Catholic Monarchs]] (Ferdinand and Isabella)

|Tata

| Father of the nation

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