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Michael Hayden

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Michael Vincent Hayden (born March 17, 1945) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He currently works as a visiting professor at the George Mason University – Schar School of Policy and Government and co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative. He was Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1999 to 2005. There he initiated and oversaw the NSA surveillance of digital communications between persons in the United States and foreign citizens who allegedly had ties to terrorist groups, which resulted in the NSA warrantless surveillance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Hayden is the 16,108th most popular politician (up from 16,290th in 2019), the 9,227th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,504th in 2019) and the 706th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Michael Hayden ranks 16,108 out of 19,576. Before him are Marielle de Sarnez, Dietmar Bartsch, Bob Menendez, Panagiotis Poulitsas, Teoctist Arăpașu, and Gijsbert van Tienhoven. After him are Igor Plotnitsky, Maggie De Block, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Alexandra Marinina, Ashur-nirari II, and Raoul Cédras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Michael Hayden ranks 529. Before him are Aldo Poy, Robin Trower, Zurab Sakandelidze, Cristina Rota, Muriel Casals i Couturier, and Katya Paskaleva. After him are César Maluco, Vladimir Nazlymov, Margrete Auken, József Csermely, Kibonge Mafu, and Hugh Hopper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Hayden ranks 9,229 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Haywood (1869), Booth Tarkington (1869), Betty Bronson (1906), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Meg Whitman (1956), and Robert Brandom (1950). After him are Don Patinkin (1922), Jimmy Hart (1943), William Hopper (1915), Gil Gerard (1943), Charles Sheeler (1883), and Bill Hader (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Michael Hayden ranks 706. Before him are Gouverneur Morris (1752), Frank Murkowski (1933), Daniel Noboa (1987), Ron Wright (1953), John W. Snow (1939), and Bob Menendez (1954). After him are William J. Casey (1913), Richard Blumenthal (1946), Clark Clifford (1906), George J. Mitchell (1933), Daniel Akaka (1924), and Marvin Hart (1876).

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