Citations:politainer

Noun: "a politician who is or used to be an entertainer"

 * 1999 — Rob Morse, "We hold the remote", The San Francisco Examiner, 20 December 1999:
 * San Francisco has two of the nation's cutting edge politainers running for mayor.
 * 2000 — Ann Conley & David Schultz, "Jesse Ventura and the Brave New World of Politainer Politics", Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, 23 (3), Fall 2000, pages 49-59:
 * In its desire to be entertained, the public is willing to leave its critical faculties at the door and accept behavior from the politainer that it would not accept from another elected official.
 * 2003 — Gregory Korte, "Ventura won — could Springer?", The Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 August 2003:
 * Both [Jesse Ventura and Jerry Springer] are famous, populist politicians with a history of outlandish behavior. They are both "politainers."
 * 2010 — Kwon Mee-yoo, "Will star marketing help win votes?", The Korea Times, 31 May 2010:
 * Moon Sung-keun, another well-known "politainer," the combination of politician and entertainer, who strongly supported the late President Roh Moo-hyun and his party, joined the campaign team for Han Myung-sook, the former prime minister currently running for Seoul Mayor.