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Bill Lee

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William Byron Lee (born October 9, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 50th governor of Tennessee since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Lee was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Lee Company, a business operated by his family, from 1992 to 2016. In 2017, Lee described himself as a social conservative. As governor, he has signed bills to ban mask mandates and ranked-choice voting; implemented one of the country's strictest abortion bans; allowed guns to be carried without a permit; created school voucher programs; and increased penalties for protest-related offenses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Bill Lee is the 18,122nd most popular politician (down from 17,817th in 2024), the 14,033rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,474th in 2019) and the 1,080th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Lee ranks 18,122 out of 19,576. Before him are Ashok Gehlot, Bajram Kosumi, Varina Davis, Nyamko Sabuni, Mamady Youla, and John Davis Lodge. After him are Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez, Jean-Noël Barrot, Johnny Paul Koroma, Wally Hickel, Dmytro Razumkov, and Jens Seipenbusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Bill Lee ranks 639. Before him are Maxwell Caulfield, Scott Altman, Carlos Salem, Adelaide Ferreira, Eliot Spitzer, and Victoria Hislop. After him are Danny Ainge, Finola Hughes, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo, and Wilmar Cabrera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Lee ranks 14,037 out of 20,380. Before him are Big Cass (1986), Holly Madison (1979), John Davis Lodge (1903), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922), Ethan Carter III (1983), and Tom Everett Scott (1970). After him are Danny Ainge (1959), Josh Zuckerman (1985), Bud Jamison (1894), Sinnamon Love (1973), Dan O'Brien (1966), and Gail O'Grady (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bill Lee ranks 1,080. Before him are Gretchen Whitmer (1971), Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937), Eliot Spitzer (1959), Deval Patrick (1956), Varina Davis (1826), and John Davis Lodge (1903). After him are Wally Hickel (1919), Frank Carlson (1893), Tom Harkin (1939), Harry F. Byrd (1887), Arthur Goldberg (1908), and Thad Cochran (1937).

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