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Sam Brownback

サム・ブラウンバック　/　さむ・ぶらうんばっく

American politician

September 12, 1956 (age 69)　・　Garnett, Kansas, United States

Kansas
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lawyer
diplomat

My Take

Sam Brownback strikes me as a study in sheer political endurance. Senator, then governor of Kansas, and later a diplomat working on international religious freedom, he wore an unusual number of hats across decades in public life. Setting aside the policy debates that followed him, what I find notable is the stamina required to keep stepping back into the arena, election after election, role after role. Recognition like a White House Fellowship and foreign honors suggests he earned trust well beyond Kansas. Conviction-driven careers like his rarely please everyone, but the persistence behind them is real, and I respect the discipline it takes.

Overview

Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sam Brownback
Name (Japanese): サム・ブラウンバック
Reading: さむ・ぶらうんばっく
Born: September 12, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Origin: Garnett, Kansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / lawyer / diplomat / administrator / teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Kansas State University

Awards & achievements

White House Fellows
Dostyk Order of grade I
Order of Diplomatic Service Merit

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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