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Alberto Gonzales

1955 - Today

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Alberto R. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Gonzales has received more than 1,421,149 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Gonzales is the 17,904th most popular politician (down from 16,033rd in 2019), the 13,632nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,496th in 2019) and the 956th most popular American Politician.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 46.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alberto Gonzales ranks 17,904 out of 19,576. Before him are William Blount, Luca Zaia, Isabella Lövin, David McAllister, Simon Cameron, and Hubertus Heil. After him are Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Don McKinnon, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Zilya Valeeva, and Manohar Parrikar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Alberto Gonzales ranks 636. Before him are Jan Versleijen, Steve Roach, Susie Essman, Wolfgang Tiefensee, Serge Vohor, and Oscar Wirth. After him are Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Jaime Duarte, Manohar Parrikar, Ray Ozzie, Mike Parson, and Gustavo Moscoso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alberto Gonzales ranks 13,632 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexa Demie (1990), Jane Rosenthal (1956), King Moody (1929), Mark Cerny (1964), Simon Cameron (1799), and Dolores Gray (1924). After him are John Bellamy Foster (1953), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), Joy Behar (1942), Birdman (1969), Judith Miller (1948), and Susan Lindquist (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alberto Gonzales ranks 956. Before him are Phil Murphy (1957), Al D'Amato (1937), Richard Grenell (1966), Israel Pickens (1780), William Blount (1749), and Simon Cameron (1799). After him are Marion Barry (1936), Tom Ridge (1945), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), Bill Clements (1917), Mike Parson (1955), and Muriel Bowser (1972).

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