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*[[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 | *[[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 | *[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) and architect of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in the 1980s | ||
| − | *[[Rand Paul]] - physician (ophthalmologist), now a major influence in the [[U.S. Senate]] for cutting spending | + | *[[Rand Paul]] - physician (non-ABO-certified 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 | *[[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]] | *[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]; architect for the defeat of [[communism]] | ||
Revision as of 23:45, August 8, 2011
Significant politicians with a real former career
This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics):
- Michele Bachmann - homeschooled her five children and also helped raise 23 foster children; now is a major conservative advocate in the presidential race
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin - printer, author, postmaster, inventor
- 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
- Rand Paul - physician (non-ABO-certified 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
- Rick Scott - former CEO of a major hospital network, now the innovative Governor of Florida
- George Washington - successful military general, land surveyor [1] and real estate investor
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - General who defeated Napoleon. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leading conservative politician of second quarter of 19th century. Legislated for emancipation of Roman Catholics in Britain and Ireland.
- Vladimir Putin - former KGB operative who rose to be President of Russia.
No clear influence in politics
- Michael Bloomberg - controls the market for stock quote machines used primarily in Wall Street institutions
- Maria Cantwell - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer)
- Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister of the UK, formerly accountant and businessman (metal trade). His chief claim to fame is how he trusted Hitler, who played Chamberlain for the fool that he was.
- Stephane Dion Professor of Political Science at Université de Moncton and Université de Montreal.
- 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
- Stephen Harper - attorney.
- Denis Healey - UK Chancellor, soldier (beach-master at Anzio)
- Herbert Hoover - geologist, mining engineer
- Rush Holt - assistant director of the government-subsidized Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Chris Huhne - journalist, including roles as business editor of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday*Michael Ignatieff Professor at the Kennedy School of Government, author, television host.
- Glenda Jackson - double Oscar-winning actress who helped force out Tony Blair
- John Key - before becoming New Zealander Prime Minister Key was a succesful businessman and broker for Merril Lynch.
- René Lévesque - Journalist.
- Harold Macmillan - Prime Minister of the UK, previously a soldier and publisher. Ended the British Empire in Africa and strengthened the UK's nuclear defences.
- Brian Mulroney Truck driver, head of Iron Ore Corporation.
- Barack Obama (see also below)
- Jacques Parizeau Economist.
- Condoleeza Rice - professor and Provost at Stanford University, served on the boards of several large corporations, senior fellow at the Institute of International Studies
- Mitt Romney - CEO of Bain & Company, an investment company
- Alex Salmond - First Minister of Scotland, economist and banker
- 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
- Pierre Trudeau, lawyer, professor at Université de Montréal.
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
- Reinhard Heydrich - possibly the most appalling of all the leading Nazi politicians because he planned the Final Solution; previously a naval officer.
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - first dictator of the Soviet Union and arguably the single most influential politician anywhere in the 20th century; previously a lawyer specialising in land ownership.
- 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
- Lech Walesa - Electrician and Trade Union activist who became President of Poland
Obscure or otherwise inept Brits
- Michael Heseltine - UK Deputy Prime Minister, publisher
- John Major - Prime Minister, bank executive
- Stanley Baldwin - Prime Minister, businessman (metal trade), industrialist.
(please add examples)