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Ruth Ann Minner

1935 - 2021

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Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware General Assembly from 1975 to 1993, and as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first female governor of Delaware. She was originally from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ruth Ann Minner is the 18,409th most popular politician (up from 18,591st in 2024), the 14,805th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,854th in 2019) and the 1,164th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Ruth Ann Minner ranks 18,409 out of 19,576Before her are Rima Hassan, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Roy Blunt, Sandy Berger, Hua Chunying, and Orlando Zapata. After her are Jonas Sjöstedt, Kelly Loeffler, Ali Yerlikaya, Tareck El Aissami, Muriel Bowser, and Mihai Cioc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ruth Ann Minner ranks 544Before her are Anne Reid, Gail Fisher, Harry B. Gray, Mel Charles, John Inman, and Lyle Waggoner. After her are Edward Schreyer, Herb Kohl, Ron Delany, Heather Sears, Dennis Potter, and Eddie Bernice Johnson. Among people deceased in 2021, Ruth Ann Minner ranks 700Before her are Rajiv Kapoor, Carie Graves, Igor Savochkin, Jamal Al-Qabendi, Ruthie Tompson, and Sidharth Shukla. After her are Arthur Dion Hanna, Paul Westphal, Sergey Danilin, Bertie Auld, Joe Lara, and Luca Attanasio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Ann Minner ranks 14,809 out of 20,380Before her are Sandy Berger (1945), Nikki McCray-Penson (1971), William Gilmore Simms (1806), Jenny Thompson (1973), Eric Balfour (1977), and James T. Farrell (1904). After her are Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Joseph Strickland (1958), Lauren Faust (1974), David Shulkin (1959), Don Branson (1920), and David Corenswet (1993).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ruth Ann Minner ranks 1,164Before her are Margaret Heckler (1931), Pat Quinn (1948), Robert Bergland (1928), Alan Cranston (1914), Roy Blunt (1950), and Sandy Berger (1945). After her are Kelly Loeffler (1970), Muriel Bowser (1972), James W. Nye (1815), Haley Barbour (1947), Jeff Bingaman (1943), and John Hoeven (1957).