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Robert Gates

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Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and retained by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Council, and was director of central intelligence under President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Gates is the 9,987th most popular politician (down from 7,830th in 2019), the 3,814th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,587th in 2019) and the 325th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Gates ranks 9,987 out of 19,576. Before him are Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Diego Martínez Barrio, Constantine Ypsilantis, and John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen. After him are Leonor Teles, Judith of Thuringia, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Abraham Zapruder, and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.

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Among people born in 1943, Robert Gates ranks 242. Before him are Sirajuddin of Perlis, Joanna Shimkus, Domenico Calcagno, Mike Leigh, Ramón Sampedro, and Rashid Sunyaev. After him are Frederick Chiluba, Crescenzio Sepe, Sani Abacha, Don Simpson, Michael Ondaatje, and Mustafa Nadarević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Gates ranks 3,814 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Bausch (1906), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Alexandra Breckenridge (1982), Michael Buffer (1944), and Sam Loyd (1841). After him are Richard Estes (1932), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Sung Kang (1972), Jack Johnson (1878), Cherry Jones (1956), and Ed Begley (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Gates ranks 325. Before him are Marie Smith Jones (1918), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Jim Garrison (1921), William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), and Ignacio Zaragoza (1829). After him are Dolley Madison (1768), William P. Clark Jr. (1931), Daniel Inouye (1924), Leon Panetta (1938), Augustine Washington (1694), and Cecil Andrus (1931).

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