List of actor-politicians
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Partial list of politicians who also worked as actors:
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[edit] Canada
- Andrée P. Champagne, Conservative Party MP
- Tina Keeper, Liberal Party MP
- Jean Lapointe, Liberal Party MP
- Viola Léger, Liberal Party MP
- Jean-Louis Roux, Liberal Party MP
[edit] USA
- Alan Autry (Mayor of Fresno, California)
- Raj Bhakta (Candidate for U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania)
- Sonny Bono (U.S. Representative, California)
- Shirley Temple Black (U.S. diplomat)
- Clint Eastwood (Mayor of Carmel, California)
- Helen Gahagan (U.S. Representative, California)
- John Gavin (U.S. diplomat)
- Fred Grandy (U.S. Representative, Iowa)
- Ben Jones (U.S. Congressman, Fourth District of Georgia; Two terms)
- Sheila Kuehl (California State Senator)
- Nancy Kulp (unsuccessful Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania)
- Robert Montgomery
- George Murphy (U.S. Senator, California)
- Steve Peace (actor, often billed as J. Stephen Peace; former California senator; Appeared in several films including 1978's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes)
- Ronald Reagan (Governor of California, U.S. President)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor of California)
- Fred Thompson (U.S. Senator, Tennessee)
- Jesse Ventura (Governor of Minnesota)
- Frank Britton Wenzel (Mayor of Malverne, New York)
[edit] UK
- Michael Cashman (UK Labour MEP)
- Andrew Faulds (UK Labour MP)
- Glenda Jackson (UK Labour MP)
[edit] India
- Shabana Azmi (MP)
- Amitabh Bachchan (MP)
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)
- Jayalalitha (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)
- Karunanidhi (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)
- M.G.Ramachandran (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)
- Jaya Bachchan(MP)
[edit] Poland
- Lech Kaczyński (President)
- Jarosław Kaczyński (Prime Minister)
