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Kshama Sawant

1973 - Today

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Kshama Sawant ( kə-SHUM-ah sah-WUNT; born October 17, 1973) is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative as the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office, until part of the party split to found Revolutionary Workers. A former software engineer, Sawant became an economics instructor in Seattle after immigrating to the United States from her native India. She ran unsuccessfully for the Washington House of Representatives in 2012 before winning her seat on the Seattle City Council in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kshama Sawant is the 394th most popular economist (up from 416th in 2019), the 1,117th most popular biography from India (up from 1,710th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Kshama Sawant ranks 394 out of 414. Before her are Lee Ju-ho, Andrei Shleifer, László Andor, Sławomir Skrzypek, Carlos Moedas, and Corinne Maier. After her are Axel Kicillof, Laura Tyson, Sajid Javid, Paul Collier, Steve Keen, and Eric Lander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Kshama Sawant ranks 545. Before her are Fran Healy, Andrea Gaudenzi, Aurela Gaçe, Yoon Kyung-shin, Kaoru Asano, and Rob Morgan. After her are Bridget Marquardt, Ahmed Best, Bokeem Woodbine, Jesse Marsch, Sulim Yamadayev, and Dario Franchitti.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kshama Sawant ranks 1,117 out of 1,861. Before her are Mohanlal (1960), Randhir Singh Gentle (1922), Manasi Pradhan (1962), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), and Reema Lagoo (1958). After her are VVS Laxman (1974), Khushbu (1970), Vikas Swarup (1961), Irfan Habib (1931), Rajiv Kapoor (1962), and Simran (1976).

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Among ECONOMISTS In India

Among economists born in India, Kshama Sawant ranks 6. Before her are Amartya Sen (1933), Mahbub ul Haq (1934), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), and Avinash Dixit (1944). After her are Bina Agarwal (1951), Raghuram Rajan (1963), and Gita Gopinath (1971).

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