Mikhail Gorbachev From 1985 to 1991, Gorbachev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. PHOTO CREDIT: NIKOLAI IGNATIEV-MATRIX Gyula Horn A onetime Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs Minister of Hungary, Horn is now the Prime Minister PHOTO CREDIT: PHILIP HORVAT-SABA Wojciech Jaruzelski Premier of Poland from 1981 to 1989, General Jaruzelski served as President from 1989 to 1990 PHOTO CREDIT: CHRIS NIEDENTHAL FOR TIME Mary Robinson In 1990 Robinson, a member of the Labour Party, was elected the first woman President of Ireland PHOTO CREDIT: ALAN O'CONNOR-KATZ FOR TIME