List of actor-politicians

This is a list of politicians who also worked as actors:

Argentina

Eva Perón, (Justicialist Party and Female Peronist Party), (President of the Female Peronist Party)

Bangladesh

Kabori Sarwar

Brazil

Bete Mendes

Canada

Tyrone Benskin, (New Democratic Party) (Member of Parliament)
Andrée Champagne, (Conservative) (Member of Parliament, Minister of State, Senator)
Jean Lapointe, (Liberal) (Appointed senator (liberal), Member of Parliament)
Jean-Louis Roux (Liberal) (Member of Parliament, appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec)
Lenore Zann, (Nova Scotia New Democratic Party) (Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly)
Pierre Curzi, (Parti Québécois) (Elected Member of Assemblée nationale du Québec)
Tina Keeper, (Liberal) (Member of Parliament)
Viola Léger, (Liberal) (Appointed senator (liberal), Member of Parliament)

Germany

Peter Sodann (Left Party) (presidential candidate)

India

The alphabetical list is

Ambarish
Amitabh Bachchan (Ex-MP)
Saksham Adhikari (cm)
Ananth Nag
Arun Govil - played Ram in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, lost Lok Sabha elections for Congress in late 1980s
Nitish Bharadwaj - played Lord Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's Mahabharat was MP.
Arvind Trivedi - played Ravan in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, won Lok Sabha elections for Member of Parliament from Sabarkatha district in 1991 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
Babu Mohan (MLA)
Bappi Lahiri BJP candidate as MP in 2014
Chiranjeevi (Founder Praja Rajyam, A New Political Party) Ex-Ministry of Tourism
Dara Singh nominated member of Rajya Sabha and elected president of the Jat Mahasabha
Deepika Chikhalia - played Sita in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, won Lok Sabha elections for Member of Parliament from Baroda constituency in 1991 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
Dev won Lok Sabha elections for Member of Parliament from Ghatal constituency in 2014 as a All India Trinamool Congress member
Dharmendra (MP)
Govinda (MP)(Indian National Congress)
Gul Panag (MP Candidate)
Hema Malini (MP)
Jaggesh
Jaya Bachchan (MP)
Jayalalithaa Jayaram Late (Ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)
Jayaprada (MP)
Javed Jaffrey (MP Candidate)
K. B. Ganesh Kumar (Minister of Forests, Sports and Cinema, Kerala)
Karunas (MLA)
Kiran Kher (MP)
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Mahesh Manjrekar - lost as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections
M.G. Ramachandran Late (Ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)
Mithun Chakraborty (MP) - won election to Rajya Sabha as All India Trinamool Congress candidate in 2014
Mohan Babu (Ex-MP)
Moon Moon Sen - won 2014 Lok Sabha polls for Trinamool Congress
Napoleon (actor) ( Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment)(DMK-TN)
Nandamuri Balakrishna
N. T. Rama Rao Late(Ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)
Paresh Rawal (MP) - BJP
Pawan Kalyan (Founder of Jana Sena Party ]
S. S. Rajendran Former MLA, DMK and AIADMK, MP, Rajya Sabha. First actor to be elected to Legislative Assembly
R. Sarath Kumar
Raj Babbar
Rajesh Khanna - Congress Lok Sabha MP from 1992–96
Rajinikanth - To launch a party in Jan 2018
Rakhi Sawant - lost her deposit as independent candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha elections
Ramya (MP, CONGRESS, MANDYA)
Rekha (MP, NOMINEE, CONGRESS)
Sanjay Dutt (Samajwadi party-UP)
Shabana Azmi (MP)
Shatrughan Sinha (MP) BJP
Shekhar Suman - lost elections to Lok Sabha in 2009 as Congress candidate
Smriti Irani (MP) BJP [Former HRD minister] current Textile minister.
Sunil Dutt Late ex-Member of Parliament Congress
Suresh Gopi (MP of Rajya Sabha, BJP, Kerala)
Suresh Oberoi
Upendra Rao
Vijayakanth (Founder of DMDK)
Vinod Khanna (MP)
Rajpal Yadav (Founder of Sarva Sambhav Party, State Party-UP)
Vijayashanti (MP)

Italy

Gina Lollobrigida (I Democratici) (Unsuccessful candidate to be a Member of the European Parliament)
Alessandra Mussolini (Movimento Sociale Italiano & Azione Sociale) (Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies & Member of the European Parliament)
Ilona Staller AKA la Cicciolina, (Lista del Sole, Partito Radicale & Partito dell'Amore) (Member of the Parliament of Italy)

Israel

Yair Lapid

México

Netherlands

Boris van der Ham

Pakistan

Poland

Lech Kaczyński (formerly Law and Justice; later Independent) (President of Poland)
Jarosław Kaczyński (Law and Justice) (Prime Minister of Poland)
Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Paweł Kukiz

Philippines

Julian Trono (One of the Sk Chairmans in Quezon City)
Aga Muhlach (Unsuccessful congressional candidate 4th dist. Cam Sur)
Aiko Melendez (Former Councilor of Quezon City)
Alfred Vargas (incumbent Representative for the 5th District of Quezon City; Former Councilor for the 2nd District of Quezon City)
Alma Moreno (Former Councilor, 1st District of Parañaque; Unsuccessful Senatorial candidate)
Andrea del Rosario (Incumbent Vice Mayor, Calatagan, Batangas)
Angelica Jones (incumbent Board Member 3rd district of Laguna)
Anjo Yllana (Former Vice Mayor of Paranaque)
Cesar Montano (Unsuccessful senatorial candidate)
Christopher de Leon (Former Board Member, 2nd District of Batangas)
Cita Astals (Former Councillor of Manila)
Cristina Gonzales Romualdez (Incumbent Mayor, Tacloban, Leyte)
Dan Fernandez (Former Representative 1st District of Laguna)
Daniel Fernando (incumbent Vice-Governor of Bulacan)
Dennis Roldan (Former Representative of Quezon City)
Edu Manzano (Former Vice-Mayor of Makati City)
Fernando Poe Jr. (Unsuccessful presidential candidate)
Freddie Webb (former Senator)
Gary Estrada (former Board Member, 2nd District of Quezon City)
George Estregan, Jr. (former Governor of Laguna; former Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna)
Guia Gomez (incumbent Mayor, San Juan)
Girlie "Maita" Javier-Ejercito (incumbent Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna)
Herbert Bautista (incumbent Mayor of Quezon City; former Vice Mayor of Quezon City)
Imelda Papin (Former Vice-Governor of Camarines Sur, Bicol)
Isko Moreno (Former Vice Mayor of Manila)
Jestoni Alarcon (Board Member 1st District of Rizal; former Councilor, Antipolo; Former Vice Governor, Rizal)
Jinggoy Estrada (Senator)
Joey Marquez (Former Mayor of Paranaque)
Jolo Revilla (incumbent Vice Governor of Cavite)
Joseph Estrada (13th President of the 2nd Republic; incumbent Mayor of Manila; former Mayor of San Juan)
Lani Mercado-Revilla (incumbent Representatives, 2nd District of Cavite; former Mayor Bacoor, Cavite)
Lito Lapid (Former Senator and former Governor of Pampangga)
Lou Veloso (former Councillor for the 6th District of Manila)
Lucy Torres-Gomez (incumbent Representative Leyte 4th District)
Manny Pacquiao (Former Representative Sarangani District; Incumbent Senator)
Maricel Morales (former Councilor, Angeles City)
Marjorie Barretto (former Councilor, 2nd District of Caloocan)
Monsour del Rosario (incumbent Representatives, 1st District of Makati)
Nora Aunor (Unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate for Camarines Sur)
Ramon Revilla Sr. (Former Senator)
Bong Revilla Jr. (Senator and former Governor of Cavite)
Rey Malonzo (former Mayor, Caloocan City)
Richard Gomez (incumbent Mayor in Ormoc City and Unsuccessful senatorial candidate)
Rico J. Puno (former Councilor, 1st District of Makati)
Robin Padilla (Unsuccessful Vice Gubernatorial candidate of Nueva Ecija)
Roderick Paulate (incumbent Councilor 2nd District QC)
Rogelio de la Rosa (Former Senator)
Rommel Padilla (incumbent Board Member in Nueva Ecija's 1st district)
Roselle Nava (Councilor 1st District of Paranaque)
Rudy Fernandez (Unsuccessful mayoral candidate for Quezon City)
Sonny Parsons (Former Councilor of Marikina City)
Tito Sotto (Incumbent Senator and former Vice Mayor of Quezon City)
Vandolph Quizon (incumbent Councilor, 1st District of Parañaque)
Vilma Santos (Former Governor of Batangas; Incumbent Representative Batangas 6th District)
Yoyong Martirez (former Vice Mayor, Pasig)

Russia

Mikhail Yevdokimov (Governor of the Altai Krai region of Russia)

Sri Lanka

Gerald Camilo III (MP, Deputy Speaker)
TB Ilangaratne (MP, Cabinet Minister)
Vijaya Kumaratunga (Founder, Sri Lanka Mahajana Party)
Mahinda Rajapaksa (President)
NM Perera (MP, Cabinet Minister) - Sri Lanka's first star
Rohitha Abeygunawardena (MP, Cabinet Minister)
T. B. Ekanayake (MP, Cabinet Minister)
Malini Fonseka (MP)
Jeewan Kumaranatunga (MP, Cabinet Minister)
Ranjan Ramanayake (MP)
Upeksha Swarnamali (MP)
Geetha Kumarasinghe (Provincial Councillor)
Anarkali Akarsha (Provincial Councillor)

Thailand

Yuranunt Pamornmontri
Sombat Metanee
Nattakorn Devakula
Danuporn Punnakant
Songkran Tejanarong
Nattaya Dangbunga
Seri Wongmontha
Leelavadee Vajropala

UK

Tracy Brabin (Labour) (Member of Parliament)
Michael Cashman (Labour) (Member of the European Parliament)
Andrew Faulds (Labour) (Member of Parliament)
Richard Franklin (UKIP) (Stood in the 2001 General election for UKIP, has stood in 4 general elections for 4 different parties)
Cheryl Hall (Labour) (Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in 1997)
Glenda Jackson (Labour) (Member of Parliament)
Al Murray (Independent) (Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in 2015)

USA

Al Franken (Democrat) (U.S. Senator, Minnesota)
Alan Autry (Republican) (Mayor of Fresno, California)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican) (Governor of California)
Ben Jones (Democrat) (U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Georgia)
Clay Aiken (Democrat) (lost congressional election in 2nd District of North Carolina)
Clint Eastwood (Independent) (Mayor of Carmel, California)
Cynthia Nixon (Democrat), (Primary candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York, 2018)
Fred Grandy (Republican) (U.S. Representative, Iowa)
Fred Thompson (Republican) (U.S. Senator, Tennessee and unsuccessful presidential candidate)
George Murphy (Republican) (U.S. Senator, California)
Glenn Jacobs (Republican) (Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee)
Helen Gahagan (Democrat) (U.S. Representative, 14th District of California)
Jack Kelly (Republican) (Mayor of Huntington Beach, Calif)
Jerry Springer (Democrat) (Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jesse Ventura (formerly Reform; currently Independence Party of Minnesota) (Governor of Minnesota)
Joe Flynn (Republican) (unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate, 1950)
John Davis Lodge (Republican) (Governor of Connecticut)
Melissa Gilbert (Democrat) (won party nomination for Michigan Congressional seat but dropped out for medical reasons)
Nancy Kulp (Democrat) (unsuccessful nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania)
Park Overall Democrat) (unsuccessful primary candidate for U.S. Senate, Tennessee)
Ralph Waite (Democrat) (unsuccessful nominee for U.S. House of Representatives)
Ronald Reagan (Republican) (Governor of California, President of the United States)
Sheila Kuehl (Democrat) (California State Senator)
Shirley Temple (Republican) (unsuccessful primary candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, California)
Sonny Bono (Republican) (U.S. Representative, 44th District of California)
Stephen Peace (Democrat) (California State Senator)
Wendell Corey (Republican), (City councilman of Santa Monica, California), (unsuccessful candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, California), 1966

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