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Ed Lee

1952 - 2017

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Edwin Mah Lee (May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017. Born in Seattle to Chinese American parents, Lee was a member of the Democratic Party. He took office as San Francisco city administrator in 2005 and was appointed on January 11, 2011, by the Board of Supervisors to serve out the remaining term of former mayor Gavin Newsom after Newsom resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Lee has received more than 308,890 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Lee is the 15,916th most popular politician (down from 14,011th in 2019), the 11,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,581st in 2019) and the 720th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ed Lee ranks 15,916 out of 15,577Before him are Charles Rosher, Enele Sopoaga, Elisabeta Lipă, Carter Braxton, Vere Bird, and Peter Hardeman Burnett. After him are Arsen Fadzaev, Anton Rop, Asa Hutchinson, Sean Chen, Bharrat Jagdeo, and Jesse Jackson Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ed Lee ranks 556Before him are Reinhard Häfner, Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher, César Cueto, Rosa Díez, Yuriy Kutsenko, and Rudolf Kargus. After him are Maria Damanaki, Bernard de Dryver, Angela Cartwright, Allan Wells, Mathew Knowles, and Jiichiro Date. Among people deceased in 2017, Ed Lee ranks 518Before him are Nicole Bricq, Aleksandr Salnikov, Adolph Kiefer, Stephen Furst, Frank Brian, and Miguel Ángel Loayza. After him are Carme Chacón, Jim Nabors, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Monty Hall, Ricardo Vidal, and Geri Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Lee ranks 11,057 out of 18,182Before him are Jacqueline Obradors (1966), Nick Cannon (1980), George Murphy (1902), S. E. Hinton (1948), Jimmie Johnson (1975), and Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807). After him are Lucy Burns (1879), Kim Greist (1958), Anita Ward (1956), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Abby Mann (1927), and Alan Gilbert (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ed Lee ranks 720Before him are Jay Inslee (1951), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), Samuel Huntington (1731), Carter Braxton (1736), and Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807). After him are Asa Hutchinson (1950), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), William Wirt (1772), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Don Young (1933), and Tip O'Neill (1912).