reformist
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Appointed vice premier under then-leader Jiang Zemin in 1991, he found himself nicknamed China's Mikhail Gorbachev after the reformist former president of the Soviet Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
His recent successors failed to learn the lessons of the great reformist mayoralty of the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and later became a reformist politician pushing for environmental protections and women’s rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
But Iran's newly elected reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, convinced him that their dire economic straits gave them no other choice but to do everything they could to lift crippling international sanctions.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
While we were not yet ready to announce such a suspension, we wanted to provide Mr. de Klerk with enough encouragement to pursue his reformist strategies.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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