Father of Nation Nation: Person Name Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Durrani Argentina Don José de San Martín Australia Sir Henry Parkes Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Bolivia Simón Bolívar Brazil Dom Pedro I andJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva Burma Aung San Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk Chile Bernardo O'Higgins Republic of China Sun Yat-sen Colombia Simón Bolívar Sweden Gustav I of Sweden Croatia Ante Starčević Cuba Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Dominican Republic Juan Pablo Duarte Ecuador Simón Bolívar Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Guyana Cheddi Jagan Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Indonesia Sukarno Iran Cyrus the Great Israel Theodor Herzl Italy Victor Emmanuel II Kenya Jomo Kenyatta Republic of Korea Kim Gu Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova Lithuania Jonas Basanavičius Macedonia Krste Misirkov Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Mexico Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mongolia Genghis Khan Namibia Sam Nujoma Netherlands William the Silent Norway Einar Gerhardsen Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah Panama Simón Bolívar Peru Don José de San Martín Portugal Dom Afonso Henriques Russia Peter I of Russia Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia Scotland Donald Dewar Serbia Dobrica Ćosić Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Slovenia Primož Trubar South Africa Nelson Mandela Spain Fernando el Católico Sri Lanka Don Stephen Senanayake Suriname Johan Ferrier Tanzania Julius Nyerere Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan United States George Washington Uruguay José Gervasio Artigas Venezuela Simón Bolívar Vietnam Ho Chi Minh