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Canada elected genuine heartthrob Justin Trudeau , kicking off what has to be the sexiest political dynasty since the Kennedys.

Justin is the son of former Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau, himself a bit of a hunk with a loyal and devoted following back in the 70s.

Trudeau Jr has luscious brown hair, spellbinding eyes and eyebrows that, we're reliably informed, are "entirely on point."

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And let's face it, he takes care of himself. He's been known to consider his shirt optional, revealing a chiselled physique a very manly tattoo. Not only that, but he once challenged a Conservative senator to a boxing match. Which, of course, he won.

Imagine if Nick Clegg had won the 2010 election, and instead of gradually looking more and more sad and deflated, he challenged Philip Davies to a bare knuckle scrap in the Commons car park.

That's Justin Trudeau.

And then there was the time he did a charity striptease. No big deal.

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But is he the world's most attractive man of the people? Let's take a look at a selection of legislative beefcake from across the globe to find out.

Vladimir Putin

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OK. Let's start with the Great Bear's great bear.

Equally at home wrestling tigers as he is riding a stallion topless through the Russian mountains, Vladimir Putin is perhaps the world's most terrifying political sex symbol.

Even aged 63, he still insists on playing Ice Hockey on his birthday every year.

He looks very good for his age. That said, we've never had the pleasure, but we suspect he might be a bit...gristly in the flesh.

Barack Obama

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When he was elected in 2008, Barack Obama became not only the most powerful man in the world, but probably also the coolest.

That lasted all of about five minutes, until he started going back on his promise to shutter Guantanamo Bay and imprisoning whistleblowers. Not cool, Barry. Not cool,

Still, he plays basketball and does a mean Al Green impression, so he makes the list.

Yanis Varoufakis

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Yannis Varoufakis was, until relatively recently, in charge of the Greek economy.

While that might not be the most impressive thing on his CV, he's possibly the world's only financial rock star.

He used to be the economist in residence at video game developers Valve, who created Half Life.

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And if that wasn't enough, he genuinely showed up for his first meeting with George Osborne on a motorbike. In leathers.

Enrique Pena Nieto

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The 47-year-old president of Mexico has single handedly made his native land sexy again.

He's definitely tall, dark and handsome - but he's also a bit of a dark horse, having admitted to cheating on his late wife and having two illegitimate children...

A journalist once asked him the Mexican equivalent of the "price of milk" question, which in a devastating reinforcement of national stereotypes, involved the price of tortillas.

In his reply, he insisted he was not "the woman of the household", and wouldn't know about such things.

Charmer.

Matteo Renzi

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Less of a dark horse is Matteo Renzi, the Prime Minister of Italy.

Sexy men in Italian politics is a crowded field, but the one thing Renzi is unlikely to do is try to out bunga-bunga Berlusconi.

He's Catholic, clean cut, and a socialist. On the other hand, he used to spend his spare time as a football referee. Nobody's perfect.

Eduardo Leite

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Eduardo Leite is the Mayor of Pelotas, a city in Southern Brazil.

Most people hadn't heard of Eduardo, or Pelotas for that matter - until he posted this picture of himself smoking a bowl of...something... while reading important papers. Topless. On the internet.

It obviously went viral, and secured his place on this list.

Manuel Valls

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No list of foxy politicians would be complete without a Frenchman, and luckily France has Manuel Valls as their Prime Minister. Except that he's not actually French. He was born in Barcelona and is half Spanish, half Swiss.

But he's an honorary Frenchman, having lived in the nation since he was a teenager.

He's relatively right-wing for a socialist - think a Scandinavian Tony Blair - but he speaks four languages and has very deep, dark eyes.

Henrique Capriles Radonski

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Henrique Capriles Radonski, governor of the Miranda region of Venezuela, is probably the least well known on the list.

His most public moment was standing against Hugo Chavez in 2012 and 2013.

He made the list because he basically looks like a tennis player.

Paul Ryan

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Hotly tipped as a future president, US congressman Paul Ryan rose to prominence as the running mate on Mitt Romney's disastrous ticket in 2012.

Republicans are currently trying to coax him into taking a job as House Speaker - something he's presumably eager not to do as it'd likely scupper any future presidential ambitions.

Despite looking slightly like a Muppet from the neck up, there's no denying what he has from the neck down.

He's a big fan of something called PX90, which we understand is a method of getting very ripped, very quickly. Who are we to argue?

So what about our politicians?

I think we can all agree that there are some sexy, sexy politicians hard at work around the world.

From Canada to Venezuela, there's evidence that politics isn't just showbusiness for ugly people.

But British beefcake can't be beaten. We've surely got some home-grown heartthrobs running the country.

Right?

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...right?

...surely...

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Oh, never mind.