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Terry Branstad

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Terry Edward Branstad (born November 17, 1946) is a retired American politician and U.S. Army veteran who served as the 39th and 42nd governor of Iowa (1983–1999; 2011–2017) and the United States ambassador to China (2017–2020). A member of the Republican Party, Branstad is the longest-serving governor in United States history, with a total gubernatorial tenure of 22 years, 4 months, and 13 days. Branstad served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives and one term as the 40th lieutenant governor of Iowa before he was elected governor in 1982. At age 36, he was the youngest governor in Iowa history upon taking office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Terry Branstad is the 16,862nd most popular politician (down from 16,151st in 2024), the 10,600th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,282nd in 2019) and the 800th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Terry Branstad ranks 16,857 out of 19,576. Before him are Sabri Boukadoum. After him are Baleka Mbete, Sonny Perdue, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Mike Moore, George Ariyoshi, Howard Baker, Jesse Jackson Jr., José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, Sheikh Abdullah, Gonzalo Córdova, and Errol Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Terry Branstad ranks 696. Before him are Fernando Colomo, Georgi Markov, Dave Mason, Josef Horešovský, Faiza Al-Kharafi, and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford. After him are Sonny Perdue, Howard Kendall, Justin Hayward, Valery Muratov, Naomi Judd, and Julia Annas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Branstad ranks 10,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Lee Garmes (1898), Jack Wagner (1959), Frankie Genaro (1901), and Bill Erwin (1914). After him are Jeannie Pepper (1958), Sonny Perdue (1946), Caroline Polachek (1985), Randy Pausch (1960), Elena Kagan (1960), Mackenyu (1996), and Marie Doro (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Terry Branstad ranks 800. Before him are Ben Ray Luján (1972), Frances Perkins (1880), Edward James Roye (1815), Butch Otter (1942), Amy Klobuchar (1960), and Jim Inhofe (1934). After him are Sonny Perdue (1946), George Ariyoshi (1926), Howard Baker (1925), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), David Malpass (1956), and John N. Mitchell (1913).

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