Top 10 Rock and Metal Musicians Who Would Make Great Politicians

Lets create the best government ever.

This list is inspired by Fretto list "Top Ten Metal and Rock Musicians that Would Be Good Presidents".

I am enlarging the idea because some people may not be the best choices for presidents but would be great ministers or other types of political leaders.
The Top Ten
1 Bruce Dickinson - Prime Minister Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number of other activities. He undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company, Cardiff Aviation, in 2012. Dickinson presented his own radio show ...read more.

He's done so many things outside of his music career. He does public speaking and is also the pilot for the band's plane. He would be totally awesome as prime minister.

Theme song of the government: Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Personal motto: "You'll take my life but I'll take yours, too" (The Trooper, Iron Maiden)
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So potential assassinators, think again!
Note: Some countries have a Prime Minister and President / King / Queen.
Monarchies have a Prime Minister and a King / Queen. Republics have a Prime Minister and a President. In the US President has also functions of a Prime Minister.

2 Matt Barlow - Minister Of Internal Affairs Matthew 'Matt' Barlow is an American heavy metal singer and police officer. He was the lead singer for Iced Earth in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently the lead singer for Ashes of Ares. After the September 11 terrorist attacks Matt Barlow decided to become a police officer and contribute to the "real world" instead of living the illusion of a "rock star." In 2007 he returned to music.

Theme song of the Ministry: Burnt Offerings (Iced Earth).
Personal motto: “A beast resides in me, deep down I always knew" (Damien, Iced Earth)
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This amazing singer is also a policeman. He left Iced Earth after the September 11 terrorist attacks and became a cop to help the national security.
He can be responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters.

This list is awesome! And I admit mine was not that good. Matt Barlow is such a great guy who'd be a great minister of internal affairs.

(Thanks for mentioning me)

3 Brian May - Minister Of Science Brian Harold May is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.

He has got talent to be a minister

Sure. He is an astrophysics.

Theme song of the Ministry: Under Pressure (Queen)
Personal motto: “I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky" (Don't Stop Me Now, Queen).
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He's got a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London. Thesis: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud. He began his research into the subject in 1970, and was finally awarded his PhD in 2007, after a hiatus of 37 years.

4 Hansi Kürsch - King Hansi Kürsch, born Hans Jürgen Kürsch, is the lead singer, lyricist, co-composer and bassist for German power metal band Blind Guardian . Heavily influenced by Freddie Mercury, he creates a huge choir effect by overdubbing his own voice multiple times in complex, overlapping vocal harmonies. He records each vocal track individually because harmonizers and "perfect pitch" programs don't work with his voice due to distortion and the natural double layer effects his vocal cords have .
His early technique made use of a more aggressive and harsher, "screaming" technique . ...read more.
5 Joakim Broden - Defense Minister Joakim "Jocke" Brodén is a Swedish-Czech singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and occasional guitarist of heavy metal band Sabaton. He and bassist Pär Sundström formed the band in 1999.

Theme song of the Ministry: Screaming Eagles (Sabaton)
Personal motto: "Victory is ours, their forces will fall" (Primo Victoria, Sabaton)

6 Rob Halford - Minister of Health Care Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice.
7 James Hetfield - Minister of Justice James Alan Hetfield was born on August 3, 1963. He is an American musician, singer and songwriter known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica.
8 Mike Mangini - Minister Of Education and Culture Mike Mangini is an American drummer. Since 2010, he has been a member of progressive metal band Dream Theater, following the departure of founding drummer Mike Portnoy.

Theme song of the Ministry: Illumination Theory (Dream Theater)
Personal motto: “Noble and brave lay down our lives for the cause" (Illumination Theory, Dream Theater).
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He was a full-time associate professor at Berklee College of Music, Percussion Department. He's got a computer science diploma, he programmed software and worked on a program about the links between the human brain and body.

9 Rick Allen - Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Richard John Cyril "Rick" Allen is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation of his left arm in 1985 and continued to play with the band, which subsequently went on to its most commercially successful phase.

Theme song of the Ministry: Rock Rock Till You Drop (definitely Leppard)

10 Angus Young - Minister of Youth Affairs Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian guitarist of Scottish origin, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and sole constant member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. When performing live he does his own version of Chuck Berry's "duck walk" and has also spun on his side while ...read more.
The Contenders
11 Jon Schaffer - Defense Minister Jon Ryan Schaffer is an American heavy metal musician. He is best known as the guitarist and last remaining original member of the Florida-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name "Purgatory".
12 Tobias Sammet - Minister Of Employment Tobias Sammet is a German metal musician, best known as the vocalist and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, as well as the founder, main singer and bassist of the metal opera Avantasia.

Theme song of the Ministry: New Age Messiah (Edguy)
Personal motto: "Oh, I'm not only singer in a band, you know. Back at home in Germany I was a famous porn star, haha" (Trinidad, Edguy)
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Of course, he was joking. He works hard - formed Edguy at 14 and Avantasia at 21. Since 1998 he's been running 2 bands - writing songs for 2 bands, singing for 2 bands, touring with 2 bands. And he employed many guest singers for Avantasia, I think over 50 singers.

13 Alissa White-Gluz - Minister of Family, Women, Children and Pets Alissa White-Gluz is a Canadian vocalist, best known as the former lead vocalist and one of the founding members of the Canadian metal band, The Agonist, and current lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal group, Arch Enemy.

Theme song of the Ministry: War Eternal (Arch Enemy)
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She is an animal rights activist and has been a vegan since 1998. She received a Libby award from PETA for her work in an international campaign advocating against the hunting of Canadian seals.

14 Steven Wilson - Foreign Minister Steven John Wilson is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, most closely associated with the progressive rock genre. He is best known for his band Porcupine Tree.

Intelligent and balanced. He does not smoke and does not use recreational drugs, except for an occasional drink.

15 Robert Plant - Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Theme song of the Ministry: Immigrant Song

16 Klaus Meine - Minister of Environment and Climate Change Klaus Meine is a German vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the hard rock band Scorpions. He and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album.

Theme song of the Ministry: Wind Of Change (Scorpions).
Personal Theme song: Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpions).

17 Billie Joe Armstrong - President Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt. He's also in side-project groups such as The Network, Foxboro HotTubs, Pinhead Gunpowder, ...read more.

Billie is so passionate about his country and he has a lot of great political ideas

I would vote 4 him

18 Ian Gillan - Minister of Transport Ian Gillan is an English singer and songwriter. He originally found success as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple, and the original singer on the rock opera concept album Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber, where Gillan had the leading role (Jesus Christ).

Theme song of the Ministry: Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Personal motto: "Listen, surely I've exceeded expectations" (I Only Want To Say / Gethsemane, Jesus Christ Superstar)
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He was the original Jesus Christ in the rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (1970), selected for the role personally by its authors - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

19 Marilyn Manson - President Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist.
20 Bruce Dickinson - Defense Minister Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number of other activities. He undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company, Cardiff Aviation, in 2012. Dickinson presented his own radio show ...read more.

Theme song of the Ministry: Aces High (Iron Maiden)

21 Arjen Lucassen - Minister Of Space Programs, Aliens and Teleportation Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960, Netherlands) is a Dutch progressive rock/metal songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive opera project Ayreon.

Theme song of the Ministry: To the Quasar (The Taurus Pulsar - Quasar 3C273) by Ayreon.
Personal Theme song: Age Of Shadows (Ayreon)
Almost all Ayreon songs are about space / science fiction.

22 Devin Townsend - Absolute Monarch Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has an extensive career as a solo artist.

Wow, thanks to whoever added this. Made my day.

23 Bono - Minister of Foreign Affairs

He would be good.

24 Ozzy Osbourne - Minister of Education John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was born on December 3, 1948. He is also known as ''The Prince of Darkness''. Ozzy is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and has since had a successful solo career, releasing 11 studio albums.

Wasn't he the ex-Minister of Transport who resigned because of that horrible accident with a Crazy Train?

25 Udo Dirkschneider - Minister of Economic Development and Construction Udo"Hassan"Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept.
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