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United States 1/13/1990 First Elected Black Governor in the US The first black person to be elected governor of an American state, Douglas Wilder, took office in Virginia. American President George H W Bush (1/20/1989-1/20/1993) Argentine President Carlos Menem (7/8/1989-12/10/1999) Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke (3/11/1983-12/20/1991) Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (7/8/1986-7/8/1992) Bahamian Premier Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens (12/17/1981-3/7/1992) Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello (3/15/1990-10/2/1992) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (5/4/1979-11/28/1990) Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (9/17/1984-6/24/1993) East German Chairman of the State Council Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (4/5/1990-10/2/1990) German President Richard von Weizsäcker (7/1/1984-6/30/1994) Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (8/10/1989-11/5/1991)