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Sheikh Hamad, viewed as the modernizer of Qatar during his 18 years as ruler, further delighted the crowd by autographing an official World Cup shirt handed to him by his son.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2022

The crown prince holds himself out as a modernizer, enabling women’s rights.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022

A modernizer with a taste for haute couture, he is called the “Baron of Bonavista.”

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021

“As someone who sees himself as a young modernizer, he has a reformist side, which was the ‘early’ Abiy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2020

Modernization and Reform Putin is considerably less of an economic modernizer than was Napoleon III.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel