Ronald reagan dwight d. eisenhower margaret thatcher nikita khrushchev harry s. truman josef stalin mikhail gorbachev from among them, select the one who you think did the most to de-escalate or end the cold war. remember, the person you select should exemplify the leadership qualities of negotiation and restraint.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born in1931 and is a Russian former Soviet politician. He was the last leader of the Soviet Union, from 1985 to 1991. He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991.
He is most remembered for his policies of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring") that are indicated by many historians as the major contributed to the end of the Cold War.