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*[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of [[Great Britain]] before it became [[atheistic]] | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of [[Great Britain]] before it became [[atheistic]] | ||
*Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]] | *Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Stephane Dion]] Professor of Political Science at Université de Moncton and Université de Montreal. |
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor | ||
*[[Stephen Harper]] - attorney. | *[[Stephen Harper]] - attorney. | ||
Revision as of 22:02, August 8, 2011
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
- Jim Bunning - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending
- Winston Churchill - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of Great Britain before it became atheistic
- Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana
- Stephane Dion Professor of Political Science at Université de Moncton and Université de Montreal.
- Benjamin Franklin - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
- Stephen Harper - attorney.
- Denis Healey - UK Chancellor, soldier (beach-master at Anzio)
- Michael Ignatieff Professor at the Kennedy School of Government, author, television host.
- Ron Johnson - was CEO of PACUS, a plastics Mfg, before becoming U.S. Senator for Wisconsin; rejected Obama judicial nominees for his area soon after taking office
- Jack Kemp - star professional football player (quarterback) and architect of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in the 1980s
- René Lévesque - Journalist.
- Brian Mulroney Truck driver, head of Iron Ore Corporation.
- Jacques Parizeau Economist.
- Rand Paul - physician (ophthalmologist), now a major influence in the U.S. Senate for cutting spending
- Ron Paul - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade
- Ronald Reagan - actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and spokesman for General Electric; architect for the defeat of communism
- Alex Salmond - First Minister of Scotland, economist and banker
- Rick Scott - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the innovative Governor of Florida
- Pierre Trudeau, lawyer, professor at Université de Montréal.
- George Washington - successful military general, land surveyor [1] and real estate investor
- Margaret Thatcher - industrial chemist.
- John Key - before becoming New Zealander Prime Minister Key was a succesful businessman and broker for Merril Lynch.
No clear influence in politics
- Maria Cantwell - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
- Clint Eastwood - actor, film director
- Mike Enzi - accountant
- Bill Foster - physicist at the government-subsidized Fermilab
- Al Franken - comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- John Glenn - Marine Corps pilot, astronaut
- Herbert Hoover - geologist, mining engineer
- Rush Holt - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Barack Obama (see also below)
- Condoleeza Rice - professor and Provost at Stanford University, served on the boards of several large corporations, senior fellow at the Institute of International Studies
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - professional bodybuilder based on steroid use, actor
- Rick Snyder - President and COO of Gateway during the 1990s, later elected Governor of Michigan in 2010
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - 19th century soldier. Defeated Napoleon. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Careers outside of government that need further discussion
- Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer ... or was it mostly administrative work and local government positions?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - military general
- Barack Obama - claimed to organize church community groups, while not attending church himself; was a non-tenure-track part-time instructor in law at the University of Chicago.
- Rick Santorum - attorney
- George W. Bush - oil business, co-owner and managing general partner of the Texas Rangers
Obscure or otherwise inept Brits
- Michael Heseltine - UK Deputy Prime Minister, publisher
- John Major - Prime Minister, bank executive
- Harold Macmillan - Prime Minister, soldier, printer.
- Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister, accountant, businessman (metal trade).
- Stanley Baldwin - Prime Minister, businessman (metal trade), industrialist.
(please add examples)