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Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Israel Emanuel (; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician, diplomat, and former investment banker who served as United States ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2009. He was the White House chief of staff from 2009 to 2010 under President Barack Obama, and served as mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019. Born in Chicago, Emanuel is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Northwestern University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Rahm Emanuel is the 16,338th most popular politician (down from 14,620th in 2024), the 9,602nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,944th in 2019) and the 728th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rahm Emanuel ranks 16,338 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick Muhlenberg, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Cecilio Báez, Galina Shamrai, Marguerite Pindling, and Florin Cîțu. After him are Jerzy Szmajdziński, Cuspius Fadus, Paulo Kassoma, Joe Arpaio, Les Aspin, and Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Rahm Emanuel ranks 384. Before him are Luis Fernando Suárez, Joe Elliott, Abdelhak Achik, Holger Hieronymus, Richard Baawobr, and Charles Scicluna. After him are Eric Verdonk, Beth Broderick, Heather Oakes, Mats Näslund, Rick Carlisle, and David Frankel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rahm Emanuel ranks 9,602 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Hackett (1878), Derrick Green (1971), Gary Kurtz (1940), and John Cassin (1813). After him are Babyface (1958), Molly Shannon (1964), Judy Greer (1975), Joe Arpaio (1932), Edith Abbott (1876), Les Aspin (1938), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Haskell Wexler (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rahm Emanuel ranks 728. Before him are Tipper Gore (1948), Philander C. Knox (1853), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Harlow Curtice (1893), Charles Sumner (1811), and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750). After him are Joe Arpaio (1932), Les Aspin (1938), Anthony W. Gardiner (1820), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), and Edward Givens (1930).

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