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Alain Poher

1909 - 1996

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Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (French: [alɛ̃ pɔɛʁ]; 17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. Under this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Poher has received more than 272,544 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Alain Poher is the 3,998th most popular politician (up from 4,708th in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from France (up from 1,470th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular French Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alain Poher ranks 3,998 out of 19,576. Before him are Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Ban Kulin, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Omar Torrijos, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Marie Anne de Mailly. After him are Petru Groza, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Sancho I of León, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Emperor Go-Komatsu, and Gérard Genette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Alain Poher ranks 40. Before him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Edward Tatum, Miep Gies, Matt Busby, Ernst vom Rath, and Leo Fender. After him are Hélder Câmara, Vicente Feola, László Rajk, Colonel Tom Parker, Yiannis Ritsos, and Alexander Pechersky. Among people deceased in 1996, Alain Poher ranks 44. Before him are Victor Ambartsumian, William Vickrey, António de Spínola, Shūsaku Endō, Claudette Colbert, and Georges Duby. After him are Fujiko Fujio, Timothy Leary, P. L. Travers, Ernesto Geisel, Nevill Francis Mott, and Martin Balsam.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Poher ranks 1,244 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), Georges Auric (1899), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Michel Fourniret (1942), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), and Jean Giono (1895). After him are Gérard Genette (1930), Charles Boyer (1899), Lúcio Costa (1902), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Victor Noir (1848), and Robert Badinter (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Alain Poher ranks 302. Before him are Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), and Marie Anne de Mailly (1717). After him are Gérard Genette (1930), Robert Badinter (1928), Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Élisabeth Borne (1961), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936).

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