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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.
 
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! Nation
! Title (native)
! Title (translation)
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| [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Afghanistan}}
| [[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>
| Founder of the Afghan [[Durrani Empire]].
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| [[IsmailMohammad Zahir KemalShah]]
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|-
|Last and longest-reigning [[List of heads of state of Afghanistan|king of Afghanistan]] (1933–1973)<ref name="Britannica">''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', [https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078202/Mohammad-Zahir-Shah "Mohammad Zahir Shah"]</ref>
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| [[Ismail Qemali|Ismail Kemal]]
| {{Flag|Albania}}
| Babai Kombit
| Father of the Nation
| Led the Albanian national movement against the [[Ottoman Empire]]
|-
| [[Ahmed Ben Bella]]
| {{Flag|BhutanAlgeria}}
|
| Father of the Nation
| First [[President of Algeria]] and first [[Prime Minister of Algeria]]
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| [[V. C. Bird]]
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| Father of the Nation
| First prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
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| [[Agostinho Neto]]
| {{Flag|ChinaAngola}}
|
| Father of the Nation
| Leader of the [[MPLA]] during the [[Angolan War of Independence]] and the first [[President of Angola]].
|-
| [[José de San Martín]]
| {{Flag|Argentina}}<br/>{{Flag|Chile}}<br/>{{Flagicon|Peru}} [[Peru]]
| 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
| Primary leader of the [[Argentine War of Independence]] and the [[Spanish American wars of independence]] in southern South America.
|-
| [[María Remedios del Valle]]
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| Nahapet (Նահապետ)
| Head of the Family<br/>Patriarch
| Legendary founder of the [[Armenians|Armenian nation]].
|-
| [[Henry Parkes|Sir Henry Parkes]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|GCMG}}
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| 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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| [[Heydar Aliyev]]
| {{Flag|North KoreaAzerbaijan}}
| Böyük Lider
| Great Leader
| 3rd [[President of Azerbaijan]] from 1993 to his death in 2003, considered the founder of the modern Azerbaijani state.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3170536.stm</ref>
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| [[Lynden Pindling|Sir Lynden Pindling]]
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| Jatir Janak ({{lang|bn|জাতির জনক}}) <br />Bangabandhu ({{lang|bn|বঙ্গবন্ধু}})
| Father of the Nation <br/>Friend of Bengal
| Founder of Bangladesh, leader during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/27/archives/father-of-bangladesh-mujibur-rahman.html|title='Father' of Bangladesh|date=1975-01-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/706268/Immortal-Bangabandhu | title=Immortal Bangabandhu &#124; Daily Sun &#124; | date=August 2023 }}</ref>
| Founder of Bangladesh, leader during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].
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| [[Errol Barrow]]
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| Father of Independence
| The third and final [[premier of Barbados]], serving from 1961 to 1966, who lead Barbados to [[Barbados Independence Act 1966|independence from the British Empire]] in 1966. He became the first prime minister and served three terms (1966–76, 1986–87) dying in office of illness during his third.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BGIS |date=2024-01-21 |title=Celebrating The Life Of Errol Walton Barrow |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/celebrating-the-life-of-errol-barrow/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=GIS |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Konstanty Kalinowski]]
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{{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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| [[Ugyen Wangchuck]]
| {{Flag|Bhutan}}
| First king of modern Bhutan.
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| [[Simón Bolívar]]
| {{Flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Bolivia]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Colombia}}[[Colombia]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Ecuador]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Peru}} [[Peru]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]]
| Libertador
| Liberator
| Primary leader of the [[Spanish American wars of independence]] in northern [[South America]].
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| [[Seretse Khama]]
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| 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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| [[Thomas Sankara]]
| {{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
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| Father of The Nation and Hero of Burkina Faso
| First president of [[Burkina Faso]]. Renamed the country from [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] to Burkina Faso and writer of the national anthem, [[Ditanyè]].
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| [[Louis Rwagasore]]
| {{Flag|Burundi}}
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| Father of Independence
|Burundi independence movement leader, second and youngest [[Prime Minister of Burundi]] and Crown Prince of the [[Kingdom of Burundi]].
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| [[Asparuh]]
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| Father of the fatherland
| Principal leader of the [[Chilean War of Independence]].
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| [[Mao Zedong]]
| {{Flag|China}}
| 中华人民共和国的缔造者 (''Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó de dìzàozhě'')
| Founder of the [[People's Republic of China]]
| First [[Paramount Leader of China|Paramount Leader]] of China and [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|Chairman]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]].
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| [[Sun Yat-sen]]
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| [[Juan Pablo Duarte]]
| {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
| Padre de la patriaPatria
| Father of the Fatherland
| Foremost of the founding fathers of the [[Dominican Republic]] and the key leader responsible for shaping the modern revolutionary ideology that opposed all foreign rule.
| Defeated Haiti during [[Dominican War of Independence]].
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| [[Ilia Chavchavadze]]
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| President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997.
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| [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] & [[Toussaint Louverture]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lamrani |first=Salim |date=2021-04-30 |title=Toussaint Louverture, In the Name of Dignity. A Look at the Trajectory of the Precursor of Independence of Haiti |url=https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22675#tocto1n2 |journal=Études caribéennes |language=en |issue=48 |doi=10.4000/etudescaribeennes.22675 |s2cid=245041866 |issn=1779-0980|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mocombe |first=Paul C. |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326109707 |title=Identity and Ideology in Haiti: The Children of Sans Souci, Dessalines/Toussaint, and Pétion |publisher=Routledge |year=2018 |pages=1 |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815022353/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Mocombe/publication/326109707_Identity_and_Ideology_in_Haiti_The_Children_of_Sans_Souci_DessalinesToussaint_and_Petion/links/5b4101cf458515f71cb114a1/Identity-and-Ideology-in-Haiti-The-Children-of-Sans-Souci-Dessalines-Toussaint-and-Petion.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]]
| {{Flag|Haiti}}
| Père de la patrie
| Father of the Fatherland
| Primary leaderleaders of the [[Haitian Revolution]].
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|[[Dionisio de Herrera]]
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|{{Flag|India}}
|राष्ट्रपिता (Rashtrapita)<br>Bapu (Father)
|Father of the Nation<ref>{{cite news|title=Gandhi Jayanti 2021: Inspirational quotes by 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/gandhi-jayanti-2021-inspirational-quotes-by-father-of-the-nation-mahatma-gandhi-10016461.html|access-date=15 October 2021|work=Firstpost|date=2 October 2021|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003150745/https://www.firstpost.com/india/gandhi-jayanti-2021-inspirational-quotes-by-father-of-the-nation-mahatma-gandhi-10016461.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia-20Jan20">{{Cite news|title=Mahatma Gandhi was never declared 'Father of Nation', reveals RTI reply |url=https://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mahatma-gandhi-was-never-declared-father-of-nation-reveals-rti-reply/articleshow/73446044.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |first1=Anuja |last1=Jaiswal |language=en|date=20 January 2020|quotation=Mahatma Gandhi was never accorded the 'Father of the Nation' title by Government of India and no rule or ordinance was ever passed in this regard. ... Article 18 (1) of the Constitution does not permit any titles except education and military ones. ... a bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, had observed, 'Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the Nation and people hold him in high esteem, beyond any formal recognition'.}}</ref>
| Leader of the [[Indian independence movement]] from [[British Raj]].
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| [[David Ben-Gurion]]
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Israel}}
| Israel's [[founding father]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/1/newsid_2492000/2492775.stm|title=1973: Israel's founding father dies|date=1 December 1973|access-date=31 August 2018|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
| Father of the Nation
| formallyFormally proclaimed the establishment of Israel and served as its first [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister]].
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|[[Theodor Herzl]]
|{{transliteration|he|Chozeh HaMedinah}} ({{lang|he|חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה}}), {{lit|Visionary of the State}}
|Spiritual Father of the Jewish State<ref name="declaration">{{cite web |date=May 14, 1948 |title=Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/peace/guide/pages/declaration%20of%20establishment%20of%20state%20of%20israel.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228134825/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/peace/guide/pages/declaration%20of%20establishment%20of%20state%20of%20israel.aspx |archive-date=Dec 28, 2015 |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
|Father of modern [[Types of Zionism#Political Zionism|political Zionism]]
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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]]
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| Father of the Nation/Freedom Fighter
| First President of Kenya from 1963 to his death in 1978 who helped create the [[Constitution of Kenya|Kenyan Constitution]].
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| [[Kim Il Sung]]
| {{Flag|North Korea}}
| 주체조선의 영원한 수령 (''Juchejoseonui Yeongwonhan Suryeong'')
| [[Eternal leaders of North Korea|Eternal Leader]]
| Founder of the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]].
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| [[Ibrahim Rugova]]
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| 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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| [[MaoKim ZedongIl Sung]]
| {{Flag|North Korea}}
| 주체조선의 영원한 수령 (''Juchejoseonui Yeongwonhan Suryeong'')
| [[Eternal leaders of North Korea|Eternal Leader]]
| Founder of the North Korean state, progenitor of [[Juche]], and [[General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea]] from 1949 to 1994<ref>https://www.cfr.org/north-korea-power-structure</ref>
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| [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
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| Father of the Nation
| First [[First Minister of Scotland]] following the reconvening of the [[Scottish Parliament]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18781330.remembering-donald-dewar-glasgow-politician-became-father-nation/|title=RemeberingRemembering Donad Dewar: the Glasgow politician who became 'Father of the Nation'|work=Glasgow Times|date=12 October 2020|access-date=11 April 2023|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212092723/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18781330.remembering-donald-dewar-glasgow-politician-became-father-nation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Dobrica Ćosić]]
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|Tata
| Father of the nation
| First president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He founded the [[Zambian African National Congress]] (ANC), later becoming the head of the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) which led to attaining independence.
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