Jimmy Hoffa

American labor union leader (born 1913; disappeared 1975)

James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975; declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to have ties to organized crime, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975. From an early age, Hoffa was a union activist; he became an important regional figure with the IBT by his mid-20s.

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