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Karen Bass

1953 - Today

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Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final Assembly term. After attending San Diego State University and California State University, Dominguez Hills, Bass worked as a physician assistant and community organizer, before being elected to represent California's 47th State Assembly district in 2004. In 2008, she was elected to serve as the 67th speaker of the California State Assembly, becoming the first African-American woman in United States history to serve as a speaker of a state legislative body. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Bass is the 12,612th most popular politician (up from 15,827th in 2019), the 5,389th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,675th in 2019) and the 451st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karen Bass ranks 12,613 out of 19,576. Before her are Dục Đức, Mohamed al-Menfi, Shamshi-Adad IV, Alfredo Cristiani, Edmund Randolph, Marduk-apla-iddina I, and Herbert Kickl. After her are Eduard Kokoity, Uhuru Kenyatta, Walery Sławek, Fritz Manteuffel, and Mokgweetsi Masisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Karen Bass ranks 232. Before her are Adel Safar, Russell Mulcahy, Georgina Rizk, Michael Curry, Dominique Perrault, and Robert Parish. After her are Gideon Levy, James Russo, Pavel Vinogradov, Yoko Shimada, Alex Van Halen, and Tamir Pardo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Bass ranks 5,389 out of 20,380. Before her are Olivia Wilde (1984), IShowSpeed (2005), Wendi McLendon-Covey (1969), Tony Danza (1951), George Bellows (1882), and Edmund Randolph (1753). After her are Dennis Meadows (1942), Ann Curtis (1926), Peter Gould (1950), Marilyn Burns (1949), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), and Daniel Kinsey (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Karen Bass ranks 451. Before her are Osceola (1804), Henry Paulson (1946), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ed Lee (1952), Strom Thurmond (1902), and Edmund Randolph (1753). After her are Ishi (1860), John Hay (1838), Fred Thompson (1942), Roger Marshall (1960), Sanford B. Dole (1844), and Jack Sharkey (1902).

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