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Jennifer Granholm

1959 - Today

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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician who was the 16th United States Secretary of Energy from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011 and as the 51st Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003, the first woman to hold either office. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Granholm moved to California at age four. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Jennifer Granholm is the 17,262nd most popular politician (down from 15,849th in 2024), the 688th most popular biography from Canada (down from 481st in 2019) and the 65th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among people born in 1959, Jennifer Granholm ranks 493. Before her are Steve Bauer, David Hyde Pierce, John Allen Nelson, Neal H. Moritz, Ronald Weigel, and Mario Martone. After her are Alejandro Mayorkas, Yves Rossy, Chung Hae-won, Adele Neuhauser, Thierry Rey, and Dennis Chambers.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jennifer Granholm ranks 688 out of 1,622. Before her are Beatrice Lillie (1894), Colin Ferguson (1972), Steve Bauer (1959), Sid Abel (1918), Ted Lindsay (1925), and Bernie Geoffrion (1931). After her are Michael Mando (1981), Will Kymlicka (1962), Annie Murphy (1986), Tara Strong (1973), Deryck Whibley (1980), and Shalom Harlow (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jennifer Granholm ranks 65. Before her are Patrick Roy (1965), Chrystia Freeland (1968), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Tom Mulcair (1954), Stéphane Dion (1955), and Ted Lindsay (1925). After her are Jean Charest (1958), Gilles Duceppe (1947), Beattie Ramsay (1895), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), Hazel McCallion (1921), and Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901).

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