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List of Christian clergy in politics

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Background

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There are existing sub-sections on religious denominations to deal with Christian lay people in politics, e.g. List of LDS politicians. This list is for politicians who also do Christian pastoral work, both ordained clergy and evangelists or theologians. It is therefore not appropriate to add Christian lay people to the list, although some noted theologians in the laity are included as relational.

List

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  • John Bani – President and head of state of Vanuatu from 25 March 1998 until 24 March 2004; Anglican priest
  • Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley – UK politician; first member of the House of Lords to sit as a member of the Green Party; Anglican priest
  • Dennis Drainville - New Democratic MPP for Ontario from 1990-1993. Later Anglican Bishop of Quebec from 2009-2017.
  • Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint - Conservative Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2011-2013, Member of House of Lords Temporal since 2010, Church of England priest
  • Lee Jae-joung – National Assembly member and Unification Minister of South Korea; Anglican priest
  • Walter Lini – founding Prime Minister of Vanuatu (succeeded by Bani); Anglican priest
  • Peter Douglas Koon - Hong Kong Anglican Priest, provincial secretary general of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council
  • J. G. MacManaway  – British Unionist who was disqualified from sitting on Parliament due to his status as a priest; Church of Ireland priest
  • Jacob Mountain - Canadian Politician. Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1793 - 1825 and a Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada from 1793-1825. 1st Anglican Bishop of Quebec.
  • Wavel Ramkalawan - Anglican priest and 5th President of the Seychelles
  • John Terris - Anglican priest, Labour politician, Deputy Speaker (hence also Acting Speaker), and Chairman of Committees of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. Mayor of Lower Hutt City 1995-2004.
  • K.H. Ting -Anglican priest, Bishop of Chekiang, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1989–2008), and a member of the National People's Congress, China's legislature.
  • Charles Colson – chief counsel for President of the United States Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and was one of the Watergate Seven; maintains a variety of media channels which discuss contemporary issues from an Evangelical Christian worldview; his views are typically consistent with a politically conservative interpretation of evangelical Christianity
  • Marcelo Crivella Evangelical pastor, mayor of Rio de Janeiro
  • Eduardo Villanueva (born 6 October 1946) – known as Bro. Eddie;[1] religious and political leader in the Philippines; 2010 Philippine presidential candidate; founder and leader of the Jesus is Lord Church[2]
  • Dan Johnson (1960-2017) – known as the "Pope;" Elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 49th District; Committed suicide after allegations and investigations for child molestation

Other

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Bro. Eddie
  2. ^ "Jesus is Lord Church". Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.