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This is a compound-value type that connects information about a politician and the offices he or she has held. For a detailed discussion about the properties on this type, see the help topic Entering information about elected officials and public servants. More
   
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Edwin M. Lee Edwin M
Edwin Mah Lee (simplified Chinese: 李孟贤; traditional Chinese: 李孟賢; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngxián; Cantonese Yale: Leih Maahngyìhn; born May 5, 1952) is the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, California. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on January 11,...
Mayor San Francisco City Administrator   San Francisco     Gavin Newsom Jun 22, 2005  
Michela Alioto-Pier Michela Alioto-Pier
Michela Alioto-Pier (born 1968) served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She represented District 2, encompassing the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. She previously served as a member of the San Francisco Port...
Councillor San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco   San Francisco District 2 Gavin Newsom Jan 8, 2004  
Aaron Peskin Aaron Peskin
Aaron Peskin (born 1964) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was first elected to the Board in 2000, and was re-elected in 2004. In January 2005, his colleagues elected him President of the Board. Peskin was born and...
  President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco       Jan 8, 2005 Jan 2009
Aaron Peskin Aaron Peskin
Aaron Peskin (born 1964) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was first elected to the Board in 2000, and was re-elected in 2004. In January 2005, his colleagues elected him President of the Board. Peskin was born and...
Councillor San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco   San Francisco District 3   Jan 8, 2001  
Ugyen Wangchuck UgyenWangchuck
Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: , Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 1862–1926) was the first King of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was born in 1862 to Jigme Namgyal, penlop (governor) of Trongsa and Ashi Pema Choki. He succeeded his father as Penlop of...
Monarch King of Bhutan   Bhutan       Dec 17, 1907 Aug 7, 1926
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk  
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a political figure in Bhutan. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. In September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007,...
Prime minister Prime Minister of Bhutan Lhengye Zhungtshog Bhutan       2001 2002
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk  
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a political figure in Bhutan. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. In September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007,...
Prime minister Prime Minister of Bhutan           Aug 8, 2001 Aug 14, 2002
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk  
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a political figure in Bhutan. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. In September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007,...
Prime minister Prime Minister of Bhutan           Sep 7, 2006 Aug 3, 2007
Ted Arnott  
Theodore Calvin Arnott (born April 8, 1963 in Fergus, Ontario) is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills. The son of Warren Arnott and Jessie Hawkins, Arnott...
  Member of Provincial Parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario   Waterloo—Wellington   1999  
Dalton McGuinty  
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955) is a Canadian politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario. McGuinty is generally regarded as holding moderate views on economic...
Premier Premier of Ontario   Ontario       Oct 23, 2003  
Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao (born 19 September 1942) is the sixth and current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading...
Premier Premier of the People's Republic of China   China       Mar 16, 2003  
Zhu Rongji Chu Dung CÆ¡
Zhū Róngjī (pinyin: Zhū Róngjī; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi; IPA: [tʂú ʐʊ̌ŋtɕí]; born 23 October 1928 in Changsha, Hunan) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987 and 1991, before serving as...
Premier Premier of the People's Republic of China   China       Mar 17, 1998 Mar 16, 2003
Wu Yi Wu Yi
Wu Yi (born November 1938 in Wuhan, Hubei, China) was one of four Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, overseeing the country's economy until March 2008. Known as the "iron lady", Wu is one of the toughest...
Deputy Premier Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council of the People's Republic of China China       Mar 2003 Mar 2008
Zeng Peiyan Zeng Peiyan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008
Zeng Peiyan (Chinese: 曾培炎; pinyin: Zēng Péiyán; born December 1938 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2007 and was a Vice-premier from 2003 to 2008. Zeng...
Deputy Premier Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council of the People's Republic of China China       2003 2008
John Howard John Howard May 2006
John Winston Howard, OM, AC, SSI, (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the...
Prime minister Prime Minister of Australia Australian House of Representatives Australia   Division of Bennelong   Mar 2, 1996 Dec 3, 2007
John Howard John Howard May 2006
John Winston Howard, OM, AC, SSI, (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the...
  Treasurer of Australia Australian House of Representatives Australia   Division of Bennelong Malcolm Fraser 1977 1983
John Howard John Howard May 2006
John Winston Howard, OM, AC, SSI, (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the...
  Leader of the Opposition Australian House of Representatives Australia   Division of Bennelong   1983 1989
Peter Garrett  
Peter Robert Garrett AM, MP (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician. Garrett was lead singer of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the...
Member of Parliament Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives   41st Australian Parliament Division of Kingsford Smith   Oct 9, 2004  
42nd Australian Parliament
Peter Garrett  
Peter Robert Garrett AM, MP (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician. Garrett was lead singer of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the...
  Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts           Jun 2005  
Peter Garrett  
Peter Robert Garrett AM, MP (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician. Garrett was lead singer of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the...
  Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts Australian House of Representatives Australia     Kevin Rudd 2006  
Julie Bishop Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first...
Member of Parliament Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives   39th Australian Parliament Division of Curtin   Oct 3, 1998  
40th Australian Parliament
41st Australian Parliament
42nd Australian Parliament
Allan Rocher  
Allan Rocher (born 16 February 1936), Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia from 1978 to 1981 and member of the Australian House of Representatives Division of Curtin from 1981 to 1998. Up until...
Member of Parliament Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives     Division of Curtin   Feb 21, 1981 Oct 3, 1998
Felipe Calderón Felipe_Calderon_H.jpg
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe kaldeˈɾon] ( listen); born August 18, 1962) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012. He is...
President President of Mexico   Mexico       Dec 1, 2006  
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born November 13, 1952), also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District (roughly, Mayor of Mexico City) from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in...
  Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City   Mexico City      
Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (born October 10, 1959) is the current Head of Government of the Federal District since December 5, 2006. He is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) who served as Secretary...
  Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City   Mexico City   2006  
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary Clinton 8x10 2400 1
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( /ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 107th United States Congress New York   Jan 3, 2001 Jan 21, 2009
108th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
Yossi Sarid Yossi Sarid
Yossi Sarid (Hebrew: יוסי שריד‎, born 24 October 1940) is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006. A former Minister of Education and...
  Member of the Knesset Knesset Israel       1973 2006
Robert Aderholt Aderholt.jpg
Robert Brown Aderholt (born July 22, 1965) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the far northern suburbs of Birmingham, as well...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 105th United States Congress Alabama's 4th congressional district   Jan 3, 1997  
106th United States Congress
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Spencer Bachus Bachus.jpg
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party and the senior member of the Alabama U. S. House delegation. The...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 103rd United States Congress Alabama's 6th congressional district   Jan 3, 1993  
104th United States Congress
105th United States Congress
106th United States Congress
107th United States Congress
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Josiah Bonner Jo Bonner
Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner, Jr. (born November 19, 1959), is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district, having served since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama (but was reared in...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 110th United States Congress Alabama's 1st congressional district   Jan 3, 2003  
111th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
108th United States Congress
112th United States Congress
Robert Cramer Cramer.jpg
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr., (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Alabama's 5th congressional district. On March 13, 2008, Cramer...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives     Alabama House District 5   1991  
Artur Davis Artur Davis
Artur Genestre Davis (born October 9, 1967) is a former Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 7th congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2011. Davis was a candidate for Alabama's Democratic...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 108th United States Congress Alabama's 7th congressional district   Jan 3, 2003  
109th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
111th United States Congress
Terry Everett Everett.jpg
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to 2009. On September 26, 2007,...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives     Alabama House District 2   1993  
Michael D. Rogers Mike D. Rogers
Michael Dennis "Mike" Rogers (born July 16, 1958), is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. A fifth generation resident of Calhoun County in East Alabama, Rogers...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 108th United States Congress Alabama's 3rd congressional district   Jan 3, 2003  
109th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
111th United States Congress
112th United States Congress
Jefferson Sessions Sessions.jpg
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected in 1996, Sessions is a member of the Republican Party. He serves as the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 105th United States Congress Alabama   Jan 1997  
106th United States Congress
107th United States Congress
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Richard Shelby Richard Shelby official portrait
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and was its chairman...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 100th United States Congress Alabama   Jan 6, 1987  
101st United States Congress
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Lisa Murkowski Murkowski.jpg
Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior United States Senator from the State of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. She was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski. After losing a Republican...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 111th United States Congress Alaska   Dec 20, 2002  
108th United States Congress
107th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
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Theodore Stevens Stevens.jpg
Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history. He was President pro...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Alaska   Dec 24, 1968 Jan 3, 2009
Donald Young Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Young (born June 9, 1933) is the U.S. Representative for Alaska's At-large congressional district, serving since 1973. He is a member of the Republican Party. Young is the 6th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 93rd United States Congress Alaska's At-large congressional district   Mar 6, 1973  
94th United States Congress
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Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف, born 11 August 1943) is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and...
President President of Pakistan              
      United States Senator United States Senate United States of America       1962  
John Kerry John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior United States Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 99th United States Congress Massachusetts   Jan 2, 1985  
100th United States Congress
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John McCain John McCain official photo portrait
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States election. McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 100th United States Congress Arizona   Jan 3, 1987  
101st United States Congress
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Jon Kyl Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl (pronounced /ˈkaɪl/; born April 25, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 104th United States Congress Arizona   Jan 1995  
105th United States Congress
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Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lincoln official portrait
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 106th United States Congress Arkansas   Jan 3, 1999 Jan 3, 2011
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Jo Leinen Leinen Jo
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten) is a Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the SPD ticket and acts as a representative within the Party of European Socialists group. He is well known for his support for the European ideal. He...
          Saarland   1985 1994
Altiero Spinelli Altiero Spinelli Briefmarke
Altiero Spinelli (31 August 1907 – 23 May 1986) was an Italian political theorist and a European federalist. Spinelli is referred to as one of the "Founding Fathers of the European Union" due to his co-authorship of the Ventotene Manifesto, his...
  Member of the European Commission European Commission            
Mark Pryor Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is the senior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and former Attorney General of Arkansas. Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pryor is the son of...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 111th United States Congress Arkansas   Jan 7, 2003  
109th United States Congress
108th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
112th United States Congress
Barbara Boxer Barbara Boxer 2005
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from California (since 1993). A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1993). Born in Brooklyn, New York, Boxer...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 103rd United States Congress California   Jan 1993  
104th United States Congress
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Dianne Feinstein Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( /ˈfaɪnstaɪn/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from...
Councillor San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco       1969 1978
          San Francisco       1978 1987
Dianne Feinstein Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( /ˈfaɪnstaɪn/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 102nd United States Congress California   Nov 10, 1992  
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Wayne Allard Wayne Allard official portrait
Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008. Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Sibyl Jean (née Stewart) and...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Colorado   Jan 3, 1997 Jan 3, 2009
Ken Salazar Ken Salazar
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (pronounced /ˈsæləzɑr/; born March 2, 1955) is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Colorado   Jan 3, 2005 Jan 20, 2009
Christopher Dodd Christopher Dodd official portrait 2
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period ending with the 111th United States Congress. Dodd is...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 97th United States Congress Connecticut   Jan 5, 1981 Jan 3, 2011
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Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman official portrait
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 101st United States Congress Connecticut   1989  
102nd United States Congress
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Joe Biden Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from...
  United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Delaware   Jan 3, 1973 Jan 15, 2009
Thomas R. Carper Carper.jpg
Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper (born January 23, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party. He was previously the 71st Governor of Delaware and a member of the House of Representatives from Delaware. A...
Senator United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 107th United States Congress Delaware   Jan 3, 2001  
108th United States Congress
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Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich ( /kuːˈsɪnɪtʃ/; born October 8, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 10th congressional district, serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the...
  United States Representative United States House of Representatives United States of America 105th United States Congress Ohio's 10th congressional district   Jan 3, 1997  
106th United States Congress
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Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich ( /kuːˈsɪnɪtʃ/; born October 8, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 10th congressional district, serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the...
Mayor Mayor of Cleveland   Cleveland       1978 1979
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