里奧·瑞恩
| 里奧·瑞恩 | |
|---|---|
 里奧·瑞恩 | |
| 美国众议院议员 来自加州第加州第11選區选区 | |
| 任期 1973年1月3日—1978年11月18日 | |
| 前任 | 新的选区(重划) |
| 继任 | William H. Royer |
| 加利福尼亞州议会议员 来自第加州第27選區选区 | |
| 任期 1962—1972 | |
| 前任 | Glenn E. Coolidge |
| 继任 | Lou Papan |
| 南舊金山 (加利福尼亞州)市長 | |
| 任期 1962—1962 | |
| 个人资料 | |
| 出生 | 1925年5月5日 美国內布拉斯加州林肯 |
| 逝世 | 1978年11月18日（53歲） 圭亚那巴里馬-瓦伊尼區卡提瑪港 |
| 政党 | 民主党 |
| 儿女 | 五位 |
| 职业 | 政治人物 |
| 宗教信仰 | 羅馬天主教[1] |
小里奧·约瑟夫·瑞恩（英語：Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr.、1925年5月5日—1978年11月18日）美國民主黨政治人物，曾任加州第11選區美國眾議員。1978年11月，瑞恩來到圭亚那西北部的瓊斯鎮進行調查，後於11月18日在一座小型機場遭受人民聖殿教的守衛開火襲擊，瑞恩中彈身亡。他成為美國史上第一個因公殉職的眾議員[2][3][4][5] 。他在1983年被追授國會金質獎章。
參考
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078618,00.html
- ^ Cuniberti, Betty; Los Angeles Times News Service: Wire services. Daughter of Congressman Killed in Guyana Explains Why She Joined Commune of Controversial Indian Guru. The Record (Bergen Record Corp.). January 6, 1985: A54.
Six years later, 32-year-old Shannon Jo Ryan joined other family members in the White House Oval Office, where President Reagan presented them with Ryan's posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, honoring the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty.
- ^ Sudol, Karen. Keeping her brother's memory alive : Rep. Ryan's sister won't let people forget him or Jonestown. Asbury Park Press. November 24, 2004.
Ryan is the only member of Congress to have been killed in the line of duty and was posthumously recognized in the 1980s with a congressional award presented by then-President Ronald Reagan.
- ^ Congressman Tom Lantos' Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan (新闻稿). Internet Archive. 2003-11-17 [2010-01-29]. （原始内容存档于2006-09-26）.
Among the victims was Congressman Leo Ryan, the first Member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty.
(, alternate link 互联网档案馆的存檔，存档日期2012-02-16.) - ^ Epstein, Edward. Lantos the master storyteller, communicator. San Francisco Chronicle. January 1, 2007 [2008-09-02]. （原始内容存档于2008-12-08）.
Ryan, the only member of Congress ever killed in the line of duty, was succeeded in a special election by a Republican, but Lantos won a Democratic primary in 1980, beat the GOP incumbent and has never looked back.
文獻
- Ryan, Leo J. Understanding California Government and Politics. Palo Alto, CA: Fearon Publishers. 1966.
- Hall, John R. Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. 1987. ISBN 0-88738-124-3.
- Reiterman, Tim; Jacobs, John. Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People. Dutton. 1982. ISBN 0-525-24136-1.
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