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Alberto Gonzales

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Alberto Reynaldo Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General from 2005 to 2007 and was the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government in American history until the appointment of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State in 2025. He previously served as Secretary of State of Texas, as a Texas Supreme Court Justice, and as White House Counsel, becoming the first Hispanic to hold that office. Gonzales's tenure as U.S. Attorney General was marked by controversy regarding warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legal authorization of "enhanced interrogation techniques", later generally acknowledged as constituting torture, in the U.S. government's post-9/11 "war on terror". Gonzales had also presided over the firings of several U.S. Attorneys who had refused back-channel White House directives to prosecute political enemies, allegedly causing the office of Attorney General to become improperly politicized. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Gonzales is the 18,176th most popular politician (down from 17,877th in 2024), the 14,179th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,627th in 2019) and the 1,093rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Alberto Gonzales ranks 18,176 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Martin, Viktor Lukashenko, John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Svenja Schulze, Stephanie Murphy, and Nicky Morgan. After him are Eka Tkeshelashvili, Hakeem Jeffries, Magdalena Álvarez, Peter Fitzgerald, Grete Faremo, and Sam Rayburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Alberto Gonzales ranks 646. Before him are Manohar Parrikar, Galina Murašova, Sarah English, Oscar Wirth, Steve Coppell, and Fathi Kameel. After him are Grete Faremo, Roberto Rojas, Tracy Hickman, Susie Essman, Christopher Lawford, and Anthony Dod Mantle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alberto Gonzales ranks 14,183 out of 20,380. Before him are Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), Tim Witherspoon (1957), Peter Del Vecho (1958), Buddy Jeannette (1917), Tory Belleci (1970), and Gus Hutchison (1937). After him are Justin Berfield (1986), Michael J. McCulley (1943), Drew Fuller (1980), Sam Kinison (1953), Paul Dini (1957), and Hakeem Jeffries (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alberto Gonzales ranks 1,093. Before him are Albert B. Fall (1861), Joaquin Castro (1974), Craig L. Thomas (1933), Tommy Thompson (1941), Russell A. Alger (1836), and Alexander Martin (1740). After him are Hakeem Jeffries (1970), Peter Fitzgerald (1960), Sam Rayburn (1882), Lincoln Chafee (1953), Robert Smalls (1839), and Shelley Moore Capito (1953).

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