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John R. Bolton

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John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States national security advisor from 2018 to 2019. Bolton served as a United States assistant attorney general for President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. He served in the State Department as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs from 1989 to 1993, and the under secretary of state for arms control and international security affairs from 2001 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John R. Bolton is the 10th most popular diplomat (up from 15th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from United States (up from 425th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Diplomat.

John R. Bolton is most famous for being the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and for being the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2001 to 2005.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, John R. Bolton ranks 10 out of 90Before him are Gaius Marius, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, John Jay, Ban Ki-moon, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Alexandra Kollontai. After him are Raoul Wallenberg, Antony Blinken, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adlai Stevenson II, Mohamed ElBaradei, and Madeleine Albright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John R. Bolton ranks 14Before him are Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, Cat Stevens, Samuel L. Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Eckhart Tolle. After him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hassan Rouhani, Eddie Jordan, Maurizio Gucci, Linda McMahon, and Jan Palach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John R. Bolton ranks 314 out of 20,380Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Orson Welles (1915), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Billy the Kid (1859), and Steve Bannon (1953). After him are Jay-Z (1969), Walt Whitman (1819), Paul Auster (1947), Donald A. Glaser (1926), Paulette Goddard (1910), and John Young (1930).

Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, John R. Bolton ranks 3Before him are Pocahontas (1595), and John Jay (1745). After him are Antony Blinken (1962), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and Richard Armitage (1945).