politician

C67
concept

A politician is a person who seeks or holds public office and engages in activities related to governance, policy-making, and representing the interests of constituents within a political system.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
politician canonical 7,770
British politician 1,302
diplomat 1,219

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: politician
Generated description
A politician is a person who seeks or holds public office and engages in activities related to governance, policy-making, and representing the interests of constituents within a political system.

Instances (17,327)

Instance Via concept surface
Louis Dicken Wilson
Manuel Micheltorena
Diana Harshbarger
George R. Poulos
Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope Conservative Party politician
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield
Malin de Gondreville
Austin Scott
Menasseh ben Israel diplomat
Joseph Lane
Edmund Ludlow English politician
Larry M. Bartels political scientist
David Karol political scientist
Hans Noel political scientist
David R. Mayhew political scientist
President of the States of Deliberation presiding officer
Ahmed Hassan
surface form: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Sir John William Wilson British politician
Edward Stanhope British politician
Hilario G. Davide Jr. statesman
Marie-France Garaud French politician
George Harwood British politician
John Zaller political scientist
Nandan
surface form: Nandan Nilekani
Nilekani
surface form: Nandan Nilekani
Jules Cambon diplomat
Gerry Healy political leader
John Fitzpatrick
Nellie Tayloe Ross governor
Speaker of Parliament presiding officer
Speaker of the National Assembly of Uganda (pre-1995 structures) presiding officer
Andrea Orlando Italian politician
Ardaburius Roman statesman
Charlot
surface form: Louis Charlot
Jorge I. Domínguez political scientist
Matthew S. Collier
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari Pakistani politician
Asle Toje political scientist
Airey Neave British politician
Desmond Boal
Peter Robinson
Thomas Upington
Alex Groesbeck
Marlène Mourier French politician
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair Scottish politician
Ramesh Tawadkar Indian politician
Saleh Omar al-Ali Iraqi politician
Sam Ratulangi
Indonesian national hero Sam Ratulangi
surface form: Sam Ratulangi
Cressida Dick public servant