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Porter Goss

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Porter Johnston Goss (; born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and government official who served as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006. He was the last Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 2004 to 2005, then became the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position and replaced it with the Director of National Intelligence on December 17, 2004 Before taking over the CIA, Goss was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 14th congressional district from 1989 to 2004. His district, numbered as the 13th District from 1989 to 1993, included Fort Myers, Naples and part of Port Charlotte. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Porter Goss has received more than 545,319 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Porter Goss is the 15,088th most popular politician (down from 13,529th in 2019), the 9,024th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,309th in 2019) and the 559th most popular American Politician.

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  • 42.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Porter Goss ranks 15,088 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexander Volkov, Karel De Gucht, Israel Katz, Herman Gref, Osric of Deira, and Jim Ross. After him are Muiz ud din Bahram, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Tino Chrupalla, Nizar Rayan, and Bonfoh Abass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Porter Goss ranks 453. Before him are Eugene J. Martin, Armando Tobar, Shuji Tsurumi, Geoff Murphy, Johnny Tillotson, and David Owen. After him are Stephen F. Cohen, Michael Ritchie, Aleksandar Kostov, Neil Abercrombie, Jimmy Carl Black, and Jean-Marie Doré.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Porter Goss ranks 9,024 out of 18,182. Before him are Ben Feldman (1980), Jeff Stryker (1962), Corin Nemec (1971), Leon Shamroy (1901), Jim Ross (1952), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960). After him are Jack Casady (1944), Noble Johnson (1881), Mary Oliver (1935), Philip Agee (1935), Steve Anderson (1906), and Albert Ammons (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Porter Goss ranks 559. Before him are Alfred Francis Russell (1817), John F. Kelly (1950), John Adair (1757), Ken Salazar (1955), Robert M. La Follette (1855), and Jim Ross (1952). After him are Eric Adams (1960), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Michael D. Griffin (1949), Robert Elswit (1950), Gouverneur Morris (1752), and William R. Day (1849).

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