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Rick Perry

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James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the first administration of Donald Trump. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections. Born into a family of cotton farmers in Haskell, Texas, Perry graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 and entered into the United States Air Force, serving a five-year stint and achieving the rank of captain. After leaving the Air Force in 1977, Perry returned to Texas and entered politics, serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Perry is the 14,243rd most popular politician (down from 12,113th in 2019), the 6,709th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,628th in 2019) and the 538th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rick Perry ranks 14,243 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrés Quintana Roo, Li Changchun, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Joseph De Combe, Emil Frey, and José Serra. After him are Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Jakob Stämpfli, Gaius Licinius Stolo, Otto Schily, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, and Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Rick Perry ranks 361. Before him are Natalya Bondarchuk, Ahmet Altan, Tina Weymouth, Neil Murray, Om Puri, and Kurt Jara. After him are Dann Florek, Dieter Burdenski, Billy Ocean, András Adorján, Mike Starr, and Omer Beriziky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Perry ranks 6,711 out of 20,380. Before him are Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Martha Jefferson (1748), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Cathy Carr (1954), and Gene Tunney (1897). After him are David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), John Abercrombie (1944), Demi Lovato (1992), Chloë Sevigny (1974), and Linden Ashby (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rick Perry ranks 538. Before him are Jim Jordan (1964), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Carolyn Maloney (1946), Samuel Dexter (1761), and James G. Blaine (1830). After him are Josh Hawley (1979), Timothy Pickering (1745), Edward Livingston (1764), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Juan Trippe (1899), and Richard Helms (1913).

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