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Betsy DeVos

1958 - Today

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Elisabeth Dee DeVos ( də-VOSS; née Prince; born January 8, 1958) is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her conservative political activism, and particularly her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican national committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, and again from 2003 to 2005. She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Betsy DeVos is the 17,344th most popular politician (up from 17,425th in 2024), the 11,717th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,292nd in 2019) and the 887th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Betsy DeVos ranks 17,338 out of 19,576. After her are Rita Verdonk, Paul Boffa, Tulsi Giri, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, John Cornyn, Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, Andrey Lugovoy, Bruno Tshibala, Augusto Santos Silva, Feargus O'Connor, Barbara Mikulski, and Akejan Kajegeldin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Betsy DeVos ranks 517. Before her are José Luis Clerc, Jean Charest, Victor Salva, John Aldridge, Neville Southall, and Louise Ritter. After her are Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Boris Kagarlitsky, James Wilby, Christian Brando, Edevaldo de Freitas, and Roberto Guerrero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy DeVos ranks 11,713 out of 20,380. After her are Lamar Hunt (1932), David Darling (1941), Ellen Glasgow (1873), Scott Fahlman (1948), George Alec Effinger (1947), Bob Kulick (1950), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Sonny Fortune (1939), Grady Booch (1955), Dinah Manoff (1956), Sunny Lane (1980), and Peter David (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Betsy DeVos ranks 887. Before her are Lamar Alexander (1940), David Perdue (1949), Isidore Mankofsky (1931), Margaret Chase Smith (1897), Rodney Mullen (1966), and Bob Avakian (1943). After her are John Cornyn (1952), Barbara Mikulski (1936), Jon Kyl (1942), Joe Walsh (1961), Henry M. Jackson (1912), and Mike Gravel (1930).

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