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Eric Shinseki

1942 - Today

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Eric Ken Shinseki (; Japanese: 新関 健, romanized: Shinseki Ken, born 28 November 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States secretary of veterans affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as the 34th chief of staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Shinseki is the 13,947th most popular politician (down from 13,459th in 2019), the 6,451st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,691st in 2019) and the 520th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Eric Shinseki ranks 13,947 out of 19,576. Before him are Vjekoslav Bevanda, Ho Ching, Martin Bangemann, Otilio Ulate Blanco, Kamran Mirza, and Godfrey Binaisa. After him are Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Miroslav of Croatia, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Alfredo Copello, Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, and Leonel Brizola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Eric Shinseki ranks 399. Before him are Leon Russell, Erika Blanc, Lupe Ontiveros, Svetlana Gannushkina, Charmian Carr, and Rosa von Praunheim. After him are Casimir Oyé-Mba, Béla Károlyi, Jerry Sloan, Jean Ping, Susan Anspach, and John Thaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Shinseki ranks 6,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Joss Whedon (1964), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Eudora Welty (1909), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), Greg K. (1965), and Louis Jordan (1908). After him are Stephen Breyer (1938), George Horine (1890), Clarke Scholes (1930), Allen J. Bard (1933), Martha Vickers (1925), and Tony Hawk (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Eric Shinseki ranks 520. Before him are Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Chief Joseph (1840), Edward Douglass White (1845), Edward Everett (1794), and Alger Hiss (1904). After him are Sargent Shriver (1915), Mike Espy (1953), Jane Pierce (1806), Jubal Early (1816), Harry Cohn (1891), and Julian Castro (1974).

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