Which country's presidents can sing

President - is the first face of the country, the person who represents its interests in the international arena. He must be as serious as possible, have an impeccable reputation and a brilliant education. But none of this cancels out the fact that he is also a man person.

So often presidents show their hobbies that are not related to politics. Some like football, some like horse riding or golf. Some presidents have their own blogs, and there are presidents who do everything at once. And there are many who favour music. That's the kind of music presidents we're going to talk about.

Gurbanguly Myalikgulyevich Berdymukhamedov

Former president Turkmenistan he used to sing in public. He sang songs for his fellow citizens on New Year's Eve, congratulated girls on 8 March, and just did what he liked.

He composed some songs himself, wrote music for them himself, but sometimes he would re-sing famous compositions of other musicians. But one of the most popular songs he performed was "My white flowers for you"was written by him. He performed it at a speech in honour of his birthday. The President played and played along with himself on the guitar. Popular Turkmen musicians performed together with him:

A very popular song performed by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was "Karakum". The song was written by the Soviet group Krug, but the former president's cover became quite popular. The politician performed it in honour of 8 March, when he congratulated women:

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ruled Turkmenistan for about 15 years, 13 of which he sang. Recently, the country held elections, and now his son has become president. It is not yet clear whether he will sing like his father, but one thing is certain: he still has a long way to go.

Barack Obama 

The first black president of the United States was also the first president to play a blues song at the White House. It was part of a celebration African-American History Months.

The White House has invited some of the biggest names in music, including Mick Jagger, Jeff Beckham, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo' and the King of the Blues. B.B. King. Influenced by the latter, Obama decided to sing along to the musicians. Here's what happened:

Barack Obama didn't sing for very long, but you could hear right away that he has great vocal potential. And that wasn't the only time Obama sang. A few years after he sang at an African American History Month celebration, he sang during a tribute as well Ray Charles. He came out and started singing along with the musicians:

Rodrigo Duterte 

President of the Philippines - Rodrigo Duterte can also sing. He demonstrated this by singing a duet with a popular Filipino singer - Pilitoy Corrales. After the performance, Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he sang at the request of the US President - Donald Trump:

By the way, there are a huge number of videos on the Internet in which former US President Trump allegedly sings. Some enthusiasts have taken video footage of him and edited his words so that it sounds like music.

Such videos are very popular and many of them have managed to become memes. Here, for example, is a video from the channel Maestro Ziikoswhich has garnered 130 million views. After watching it, it's a little sad that Trump doesn't sing in reality:

Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko

Yes, Belarusian father likes to play music, too. Even at an early age, he learnt to play accordion and used to play it a lot. He doesn't have much time for it now, but you can find old videos of him playing the accordion on the internet. One of the most famous videos is his performance of "of Eastern Songs":

The recording quality is rather poor, but the quality of acting and singing is top-notch. This is not the only example of Lukashenko's singing. The President of Belarus also performed his vocals at one of the concerts of a Ukrainian singer Taisia Povalii.

There the singer approached the president and they sang together. All this happened not so long ago - In 2018.so the president's musical skills haven't gone anywhere:

Many people noticed that during this performance the president's son Nikolai sat with a completely stony face and did not understand what was going on. Probably, musical skills were not passed on from father to son, but we think that for the time being Belarus will have enough musical talent of Lukashenka Sr.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 

Our president can also sing. And this is rather unexpected, because for a long time the image of a serious and strict politician was created around him. But there are quite a few videos on the Internet in which Vladimir Vladimirovich tells jokes, goes hunting or fishing, and also gives musical performances.

One of Putin's most popular speeches took place about 12 years ago, then Vladimir Vladimirovich played at a charity concert. He was Prime Minister at the time, but he probably still has his vocal skills to this day. He began his performance by playing the piano, and then began to perform the song "Blueberry Hill" along with professional musicians:

"Blueberry Hill" is a famous song written back in 1940, and gained its greatest popularity in the middle of the last century. It is now considered one of the classic blues compositions.

Vladimir Putin sang far from perfectly, but the fact that he tried himself in a new field of activity is a huge plus. The audience appreciated the president's courage and supported his musical performances. Putin himself said the following about it:

"I, like the vast majority of people, can't sing or act, but I love doing it."

After that, Putin surprised everyone with another musical performance - he played the "Adana's grief"The song is dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who died during the genocide: