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Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

by matthewmueller on 10/23/23, 11:05 PM with 9 comments

• by dysoco on 10/24/23, 12:33 AM

  I believe the former prime minister of Singapore studied Math, CS and worked as a programmer for some time, here is more discussion and some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419035

• by SonOfKyuss on 10/23/23, 11:36 PM

  Will Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd

• by rocketpastsix on 10/24/23, 2:09 AM

  the current mayor of Nashville, TN is a software architect (took a sabbatical to run for office, was a 2 term city council member).

• by alberto_ol on 10/24/23, 2:11 PM

  Not exactly a programmer, but a professor of computer science. He was the mayor of the city where I lived

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furio_Honsell

• by superdeeda on 10/24/23, 2:06 PM

  Aaron Swartz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

• by hotpotamus on 10/24/23, 2:12 PM

  Thomas Massie would be the example that comes to mind.

• by tshirttime on 10/24/23, 1:12 AM

  The perl6 brosephina for sure.