Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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dysoco · Accepted Answer

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

SonOfKyuss · Answer

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

rocketpastsix · Answer

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

alberto_ol · Answer

Not exactly a programmer, but a professor of computer science. He was the mayor of the city where I livedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furio_Honsell

superdeeda · Answer

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

hotpotamus · Answer

Thomas Massie would be the example that comes to mind.

tshirttime · Answer

The perl6 brosephina for sure.