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John Podesta

1949 - Today

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John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as the Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2024. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Podesta is the 14,941st most popular politician (down from 13,922nd in 2019), the 7,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,163rd in 2019) and the 589th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Podesta ranks 14,941 out of 19,576. Before him are Carla Marangoni, Carrie Chapman Catt, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Andrzej Lepper, Jacques Cheminade, and Sextus Julius Caesar. After him are Themba Masuku, Georgi Kyoseivanov, Fujiwara no Koretada, Mehdi Frashëri, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, and Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Podesta ranks 463. Before him are Viktor Kolotov, Bob Ezrin, Luigi Serafini, Christos Papadimitriou, Jean-Michel Aulas, and Rudy Hartono. After him are Emma Kirkby, Vladimír Martinec, Jamaica Kincaid, Carlo Petrini, Fred Frith, and Hildegard Falck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Podesta ranks 7,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Freed (1921), Elisabeth Moss (1982), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), Jack Dongarra (1950), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), and Edward Lawry Norton (1898). After him are Richard D. Wolff (1942), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Robert Carradine (1954), Kenny Dorham (1924), Will Geer (1902), and Jimmy Reed (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Podesta ranks 589. Before him are Debbie Rowe (1958), Mary E. Peters (1948), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Louis McLane (1786), Wilford Woodruff (1807), and Carrie Chapman Catt (1859). After him are Joe Kennedy III (1980), Wilbur Ross (1937), Charles Lang (1902), Roger B. Taney (1777), Gary Locke (1950), and Mary Arthur McElroy (1841).

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