In the court of public opinion, it seems that Steve Rattner is quite corrupt. He is blamed for driving GM into the ground. There was a conspiracy theory going around that Rattner was responsible for closing Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships. That was later disproved by snopes.com.
as "car czar" for the obama admin. rattner earned $220,000.00 per year with bonuses, plus expenses of $150,000.00 per year , plus a staff of twelve who were paid an avg. of $85,000.00 ea. for the term of his appointment.
First, it should be noted there is really no such thing: this is a political and media term that has been used for about five decades to refer to men (and later women) from the private sector who were brought in by a president to work in the administration because they could offer special expertise. These "czars" were experts in the automobile industry or in green energy or in social media or some other interesting area of policy. Contrary to internet myths, President Obama has used about the same number of "czars" as President Bush did. Every president uses experts, and Mr. Obama is no exception. One example in the Obama administration is Steve Rattner, who signed on as the "car czar" due to his experience with finance (especially with bank loans to corporations); Rattner helped to structure and then supervise the president's rescue of the auto industry.
Czar Nicholas II
Czar Nicholas III
Many people want to downplay the number of Czars that Bush appointed, due to the controversy being created over President Obama's use of Czars. Actually, Bush used many Czars! Here is a partial list of the czars that he appointed during his administration: Cyber Security Czar Regulatory Czar AIDS Czar Bird Flu Czar Intelligence Czar Health IT Czar Katrina Czar Manufacturing Czar Drug Czar Domestic Policy Czar War Czar Copyright Czar Abstinence Czar Mine Safety Czar Latin American Czar WTO Czar Corruption Czar Privacy Czar Sudan Czar and Health Czar, to name more than a few.
Ivan was the Czar of Russia.
Czar Alexander I
In Anastasia, the father is a czar.
The Adjutant of the Czar was created in 1929.
Impressing the Czar was created in 1988.
The Czar's Madman was created in 1978.
Russia. Before the revolution in Russia, the emperor was called the czar. The last czar was czar Nicolas II