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John Ratcliffe

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John Lee Ratcliffe (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020. After graduating from law school, Ratcliffe worked as a lawyer in private practice until 2004. Ratcliffe served as mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012 and acting United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from May 2007 to April 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ratcliffe is the 6,351st most popular politician (up from 18,994th in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from United States (up from 17,151st in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Ratcliffe ranks 6,351 out of 19,576. Before him are Atticus of Constantinople, Yejong of Goryeo, Constanze Manziarly, Lars Korvald, Takeo Fukuda, and Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Jean-Pierre Boyer, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Al-Hafiz, Paul Masson, and Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger.

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Among people born in 1965, John Ratcliffe ranks 52. Before him are Diane Lane, Hailemariam Desalegn, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Jürgen Kohler, Julia Ormond, and Vinnie Jones. After him are Michael Bay, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Mark Carney, Ange Postecoglou, Moby, and Vahide Perçin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ratcliffe ranks 2,291 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Vai (1960), Sojourner Truth (1797), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Stanley Donen (1924), Solomon Northup (1808), and Hetty Green (1834). After him are Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Lucille Ball (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Ernie Hudson (1945), Jerry West (1938), and Eric Maskin (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Ratcliffe ranks 190. Before him are Kit Bond (1939), Jack Kemp (1935), Harvey Milk (1930), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Chief Seattle (1786), and Samuel Huntington (1731). After him are Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), Leland Stanford (1824), Nell Arthur (1837), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), and Ronald Lauder (1944).

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