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R. James Woolsey Jr.

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Robert James Woolsey Jr. (born September 21, 1941) is an American lawyer who has served in various senior positions. He headed the Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central Intelligence from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. He held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. James Woolsey Jr. is the 9,839th most popular politician (up from 15,940th in 2019), the 3,750th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,859th in 2019) and the 320th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 9,839 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad VI of Granada, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, John II, Duke of Brittany, Prince Koreyasu, Wifred II, Count of Barcelona, and Telerig of Bulgaria. After him are Arybbas of Epirus, Zhang Zhidong, Menzies Campbell, Lu Xiufu, Ilyas Khoja, and Edward Ochab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 222. Before him are David Crystal, Vladimir Lyakhov, Lothar Emmerich, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Bohdan Stupka, and Amir Pnueli. After him are Menzies Campbell, Tom Fogerty, Josep Maria Fusté, Harald Nielsen, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, and Captain Beefheart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 3,750 out of 20,380. Before him are J. J. Abrams (1966), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Tyne Daly (1946), James Rosenquist (1933), Allison Janney (1959), and Melissa McBride (1965). After him are Al Green (1946), Ken Block (1967), Catherine Keener (1959), Clarence Brown (1890), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Ben Webster (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 320. Before him are Edith Head (1897), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Harry Hopkins (1890), Jay Rockefeller (1937), and Marie Smith Jones (1918). After him are Jim Garrison (1921), William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Robert Gates (1943), and Dolley Madison (1768).

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