Kazekage

The are the leaders of Sunagakure. Feared and respected across the world, they are responsible for making Sunagakure a powerful and great village, despite its small size. However, being responsible for raising so many great shinobi seems to come at a heavy price, as all the Kazekage, including the current, so far have met untimely deaths at the hands of assassins. For this reason, the Kazekage lineage is sometimes considered cursed. Statues of all the former Kazekage are kept in the room where Sunagakure's council convenes, similar to the Hokage Monument.

First Kazekage
The was the founder of Sunagakure and was said to have gathered all the desert-dwelling shinobi under his control with his overwhelming power.

Second Kazekage
The was the successor of the First Kazekage. He was the first to research the jinchūriki, in an attempt to greatly enhance the power of the village. He wore a mask that covered the lower half of his face.

Trivia

 * The colour of the Kazekage's garbs were originally depicted as blue in the anime, but was changed to the manga's green colour in Naruto: Shippūden episode 199.
 * In chapter #266, the Kazekage statues show the masked Kazekage as the First, and the bald Kazekage as the Second. However, on page 64 of the third databook, the masked Kazekage is shown as the Second, and the bald Kazekage is shown as the First.