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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     San Francisco City Administrator   San Francisco     Gavin Newsom Jun 22, 2005  
Michela Alioto-Pier Michela Alioto-Pier
Michela Alioto-Pier (born 1968) is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She represents District 2, encompassing the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. She previously served as a member of the San Francisco Port Commission. She...
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...
San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco   San Francisco District 3   Jan 8, 2001  
Ugyen Wangchuck UgyenWangchuck
Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck (or Deb Nagpo) (Dzongkha: , Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 1862-1926) was the first Maharaja of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was born in 1862 to Jigme Namgyal, Penlop (governor) of Trongsa and Ashi Pema Choki. He succeeded the...
King of Bhutan   Bhutan       Dec 17, 1907 Aug 21, 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,...
Lyonpo Lhengye Zhungtshog Bhutan          
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 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 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. Arnott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid...
Member of Provincial Parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario   Waterloo—Wellington   1999  
Dalton McGuinty  
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, premier of the Canadian province of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and the second...
Member of Provincial Parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario   Ottawa South   Sep 6, 1990  
Dalton McGuinty  
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, premier of the Canadian province of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and the second...
Premier of Ontario   Ontario       Oct 23, 2003  
Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao (simplified Chinese: 温家宝; traditional Chinese: 温家寶; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao; born 15 September 1942) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as the country's head of...
Premier of the People's Republic of China   China       Mar 16, 2003  
Zhu Rongji Chu Dung Cơ
Zhū Róngjī (simplified Chinese: 朱镕基; traditional Chinese: 朱鎔基; pinyin: Zhū Róngjī; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi; born October 1, 1928 in Changsha, Hunan) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987...
Premier of the People's Republic of China   China       Mar 17, 1998 Mar 16, 2003
Wu Yi Vice-premier Wu Yi
Wu Yi (simplified Chinese: 吴仪; traditional Chinese: 吳儀; pinyin: Wú Yí; 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...
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...
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council of the People's Republic of China China          
John Howard John Howard May 2006
John Winston Howard, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the Australian...
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, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the Australian...
Treasurer of Australia Australian House of Representatives Australia   Division of Bennelong Malcolm Fraser 1977 1983
John Howard John Howard May 2006
John Winston Howard, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the Australian...
Leader of the Opposition Australian House of Representatives Australia   Division of Bennelong   1983 1989
Peter Garrett 9202a8c04000641f800000000a9a4c92.jpg
Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October...
Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives   41st Australian Parliament Division of Kingsford Smith   Oct 9, 2004  
42nd Australian Parliament
Peter Garrett 9202a8c04000641f800000000a9a4c92.jpg
Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October...
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts           Jun 2005  
Peter Garrett 9202a8c04000641f800000000a9a4c92.jpg
Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October...
Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts Australian House of Representatives Australia     Kevin Rudd 2006  
Julie Bishop 83P.jpg
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 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 member of the Australian House of Representatives, and later an Independent, who represented the blue-ribbon Liberal Division of Curtin in Western...
Member of the Australian Parliament Australian House of Representatives     Division of Curtin   Feb 21, 1981 Oct 3, 1998
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa Felipe_Calderon_H.jpg
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe kaldeˈɾon], born on August 18, 1962) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will end in 2012 without...
President of Mexico   Mexico       Dec 1, 2006  
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born November 13, 1952) 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 July 2005 to contend the 2006...
Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City   Mexico City      
Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Ebrard being interviewed by Televisa
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (born on October 10, 1959 in Mexico City) 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...
Head of Government of the Federal District   Mexico City   Mexico City   2006  
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary Clinton 8x10 2400 1
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (pronounced /ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving within the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York...
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 an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Alabama's 4th congressional district (map). The district includes most of the far...
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
107th United States Congress
108th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
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Spencer Bachus Bachus.jpg
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district. The district includes the whiter,...
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), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 1st congressional district. Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama...
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
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 an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 7th congressional district. It encompasses the counties of...
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, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 2nd congressional district. On September 26, 2007, Everett...
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 American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 3rd congressional district. A fifth generation resident of Calhoun...
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
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 member on the Senate Judiciary...
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
108th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
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Richard Shelby Richard Shelby official portrait
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the majority in Congress. Shelby was born in Birmingham,...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 100th United States Congress Alabama   Jan 6, 1987  
101st United States Congress
102nd United States Congress
103rd United States Congress
104th United States Congress
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Lisa Murkowski Murkowski.jpg
Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican, is the only woman ever elected to Congress from her state, in addition to being the first Senator born in Alaska. Murkowski was born...
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
Theodore Stevens Stevens.jpg
Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is a former United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009. Stevens was President pro tempore in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003, to...
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) has been the sole Representative from Alaska in the United States House of Representatives since 1973. He is a Republican. Currently Young is the 7th 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
95th United States Congress
96th United States Congress
97th United States Congress
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Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf
General (ret) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt, was the 10th President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army,. He took power on 12 October 1999, following a nonviolent military coup d'état...
President of Pakistan              
    United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Massachusetts   1962  
John Kerry John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by 34 electoral votes...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 99th United States Congress Massachusetts   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 nominee for president in the 2008 United States election. McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into...
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 (born April 5, 1942) is the Republican junior U.S. Senator representing Arizona. He is currently the Senate Minority Whip, tasked with maintaining party discipline. Jon Kyl was born in the Midwest and moved to Arizona for College...
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 Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1998, at 38, Lincoln became the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She is the second female...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 106th United States Congress Arkansas   Jan 1999  
107th United States Congress
108th United States Congress
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Jo Leinen Leinen Jo
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten) is a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group. He obtained a law degree in Germany in 1972 and a Certificate of Advanced...
Minister       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 (see...
Member of the European Commission European Commission            
Mark Pryor Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the same seat in the U.S. Senate once held by his father, David...
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
Barbara Boxer Barbara Boxer
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California,...
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 (pronounced /ˈfinestine/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San...
San Francisco Supervisor San Francisco Board of Supervisors San Francisco       1969 1978
        San Francisco       1978 1987
Dianne Feinstein Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (pronounced /ˈfinestine/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 102nd United States Congress California   Nov 10, 1992  
103rd United States Congress
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Wayne Allard Wayne Allard
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 to Sibyl Jean Stewart and Amos Wilson Allard...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Colorado   1997  
    United States Senator United States Senate United States of America   Colorado   Jan 3, 2005  
Christopher Dodd Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Dodd is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 97th United States Congress Connecticut   Jan 5, 1981  
98th United States Congress
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Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman official portrait
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. First elected to the Senate in 1988, Lieberman was elected to a fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 United States presidential...
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. (pronounced /ˈdʒoʊzɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942), is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States under the administration of President Barack Obama. 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 an American politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the Democratic Party, who served five terms as United States...
United States Senator United States Senate United States of America 107th United States Congress Delaware   Jan 3, 2001  
108th United States Congress
109th United States Congress
110th United States Congress
111th United States Congress
Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich (pronounced /kuːˈsɪnɪtʃ/; born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008...
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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