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Ed Lee

1952 - 2017

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Edwin Mah Lee (May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017. Born in Seattle to Chinese American parents, Lee was a member of the Democratic Party. He took office as San Francisco city administrator in 2005 and was appointed on January 11, 2011, by the Board of Supervisors to serve out the remaining term of former mayor Gavin Newsom after Newsom resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California. On November 8, 2011, he won the election to serve a full term as mayor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Lee is the 12,573rd most popular politician (up from 17,207th in 2019), the 5,352nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,671st in 2019) and the 448th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ed Lee ranks 12,573 out of 19,576. Before him are Filippos Karvelas, Henry of Scotland, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Uesugi Harunori, Tengiz Kitovani, and José Joaquín Pérez. After him are Walter Sisulu, Lowell Weicker, Ċensu Tabone, Zhou Fohai, Lea Ahlborn, and Zoe Zaoutzaina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ed Lee ranks 263. Before him are Zoltán Kocsis, Tony Brise, Oliver Mtukudzi, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Roseanne Barr, and Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai. After him are Kim Stanley Robinson, Benito Floro, Jan Raas, Gabriele Oriali, Robledo Puch, and Delroy Lindo. Among people deceased in 2017, Ed Lee ranks 259. Before him are Brunhilde Pomsel, Armando Calderón Sol, Georgy Grechko, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Attilio Nicora, and Angry Grandpa. After him are Lennart Nilsson, Ludmila Belousova, Kim Young-ae, Alois Mock, Octavio Lepage, and Spencer Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Lee ranks 5,352 out of 20,380. Before him are Ward Bond (1903), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Francis Scott Key (1779), Sumner Paine (1868), and Angry Grandpa (1950). After him are Art Carney (1918), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Roger Sessions (1896), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Hal Roach (1892), and Michael Curry (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ed Lee ranks 448. Before him are Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Susana Martinez (1959), Osceola (1804), Henry Paulson (1946), and Kaʻahumanu (1768). After him are Strom Thurmond (1902), Edmund Randolph (1753), Karen Bass (1953), Ishi (1860), John Hay (1838), and Fred Thompson (1942).

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