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Edward Seaga

1930 - 2019

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Edward Philip George Seaga ( SEE-ah-gə; 28 May 1930 – 28 May 2019) was a Jamaican politician and record producer. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1974 to 1980, and again from 1989 until January 2005. His retirement from political life marked the end of Jamaica's founding generation in active politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Edward Seaga is the 16,661st most popular politician (down from 16,316th in 2024), the 10,201st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,584th in 2019) and the 767th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Edward Seaga ranks 16,659 out of 19,576. Before him are Péter Magyar, Albert Reynolds, Hennadiy Kernes, and Barbara Hendricks. After him are Khalid Skah, Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, Juliet Mitchell, Anton Rop, Andrei Sannikov, Josiah Bartlett, Robert Morris, and Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Edward Seaga ranks 543. Before him are José Jiménez Lozano, Derek Bailey, Rolf Harris, Gun Röring, Blue Mitchell, and Yevgeny Maskinskov. After him are Ardalion Ignatyev, Terence Bayler, Geoffrey Holder, Violetta Ferrari, F. Albert Cotton, and Douglas Hurd. Among people deceased in 2019, Edward Seaga ranks 486. Before him are W. S. Merwin, Sheila Dikshit, Clive Swift, Bruno Nicolè, Aleksey Buldakov, and Basil Heatley. After him are Raymond Leppard, Žarko Varajić, Napoleon Chagnon, Roky Erickson, Djimrangar Dadnadji, and Gennadi Manakov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Seaga ranks 10,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Jay Lerner (1918), Richard B. Spencer (1978), Robert O'Brien (1908), Carl Shy (1908), Jimmy Heath (1926), and Bella Thorne (1997). After him are Abigail Johnson (1961), James J. Martin (1960), Fantasia Barrino (1984), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Gail Russell (1924), and Theresa Randle (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward Seaga ranks 767. Before him are Jim Risch (1943), George Hearst (1820), Corine Mauch (1960), Ann Richards (1933), Ted Stevens (1923), and Karl Rove (1950). After him are Josiah Bartlett (1729), John Kasich (1952), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), Philip Schuyler (1733), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), and Marcia Fudge (1952).

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