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Bob Menendez

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Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer, former politician, and convicted felon who served as a United States senator from New Jersey from 2006 until his resignation in 2024 following his conviction on 16 counts in a political corruption case. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party and the Cuban–American lobby, he was first appointed to the Senate by Governor Jon Corzine, and chaired the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 2013 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023. In 1974, at age 20, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bob Menendez is the 14,849th most popular politician (down from 14,338th in 2019), the 7,213th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,730th in 2019) and the 468th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Bob Menendez ranks 14,849 out of 19,576. Before him are Uri Ariel, Ragna Nielsen, Mia Mottley, Pik Botha, Jules de Trooz, and Mykolas Biržiška. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, José María de Achá, Álvaro Magaña, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, and Lyudmila Pakhomova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Bob Menendez ranks 352. Before him are Robert Carradine, Rahim Ademi, Michael Badalucco, Guy Kawasaki, Alex Salmond, and Graziano Rossi. After him are Einar Már Guðmundsson, Medha Patkar, Piero Gros, Brother Alois, Patrick St. Esprit, and Jeffrey Combs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Menendez ranks 7,213 out of 20,380. Before him are Elaine May (1932), Gloria Jones (1945), Michael E. Brown (1965), Slim Harpo (1924), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), and Lucinda Williams (1937). After him are Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Kevin Tighe (1944), Robert Armstrong (1890), and Duane Hanson (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bob Menendez ranks 468. Before him are Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Larry O'Brien (1917), Lucien Carr (1925), Little Crow (1810), Richard H. Truly (1937), and Harry Reid (1939). After him are Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Oliver Ellsworth (1745), William J. Casey (1913), Jane Pierce (1806), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), and James Spriggs Payne (1819).

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