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Gretchen Whitmer

1971 - Today

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Gretchen Esther Whitmer (; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A self-identified progressive Democrat, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1993 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Gretchen Whitmer is the 18,090th most popular politician (down from 17,943rd in 2024), the 13,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,808th in 2019) and the 1,074th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Gretchen Whitmer ranks 18,090 out of 19,576. Before her are Mara Carfagna, Mike Crapo, Henri-Marie Dondra, Andrew Cooper, Petar Lesov, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell. After her are Filippos Petsalnikos, Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Jens Spahn, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kuldip Nayar, and Eliot Spitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Gretchen Whitmer ranks 558. Before her are Daniel Sunjata, Haiducii, Sydney Penny, Håkan Mild, Enrique Romero, and Constanța Burcică. After her are Kâzım Koyuncu, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Robert Kaliňák, Sophie Hannah, Reynald Pedros, and Jonas Karlsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gretchen Whitmer ranks 13,976 out of 20,380. Before her are Pauli Murray (1910), Abigail Spencer (1981), Madeleine Peyroux (1974), Julia Phillips (1944), Jeff Young (1962), and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933). After her are Cliff Hagan (1931), David Giuntoli (1980), Jacoby Shaddix (1976), George Hincapie (1973), Richard A. Muller (1944), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gretchen Whitmer ranks 1,074. Before her are Greg Foster (1958), George Stoneman (1822), P. B. S. Pinchback (1837), George Walton (1741), Mike Crapo (1951), and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933). After her are Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937), Eliot Spitzer (1959), Deval Patrick (1956), Varina Davis (1826), John Davis Lodge (1903), and Bill Lee (1959).

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