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Michael Flynn

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Michael Thomas Flynn (born 24 December 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports that he had lied regarding conversations with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and he was given numerous combat arms, conventional, and special operations senior intelligence assignments. He became the 18th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in July 2012 until his forced retirement from the military in August 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Flynn is the 3,757th most popular politician (up from 16,224th in 2019), the 1,365th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,393rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Michael Flynn ranks 3,757 out of 19,576. Before him are François Leclerc du Tremblay, Hayme Hatun, Mahmud I of Great Seljuq, Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, Muyeol of Silla, and Modibo Keïta. After him are Pharnabazus II, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Dred Scott, Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Malcolm IV of Scotland, and François Tombalbaye.

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Among people born in 1958, Michael Flynn ranks 36. Before him are Boris Tadić, Jamal Khashoggi, Mark Milley, Alar Karis, Wong Kar-wai, and Kais Saied. After him are Hugo Sánchez, Anne L'Huillier, Annette Bening, Andie MacDowell, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and Andre Geim.

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Among people born in United States, Michael Flynn ranks 1,365 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Chalfie (1947), James Horner (1953), Mildred Harris (1901), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Rodney King (1965), and Stephen Curry (1988). After him are Dred Scott (1795), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ron Howard (1954), Ben Carson (1951), Peter Agre (1949), and Irving Fisher (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Michael Flynn ranks 127. Before him are Michael Kors (1959), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), William Barr (1950), and Andrew Dickson White (1832). After him are Dred Scott (1795), Ben Carson (1951), John F. Kelly (1950), Paul Bremer (1941), Eric Adams (1960), and Robert M. La Follette (1855).

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