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Alexander Van der Bellen

1944 - Today

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Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen (German pronunciation: [alɛˈksandɐ fan deːɐ̯ ˈbɛlən]; born 18 January 1944), also referred to by the abbreviation VDB, is an Austrian politician serving as the current president of Austria since 2017. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna, and after joining politics, as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party. Van der Bellen was born in Austria to Russian and Estonian parents who were refugees from the occupation of the Baltic states, and he became a naturalized citizen of Austria together with his parents in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Van der Bellen has received more than 1,612,634 page views. Her biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Alexander Van der Bellen is the 655th most popular politician (up from 737th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Germany (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Politician.

Alexander Van der Bellen is a former economics professor and politician who was the President of Austria from January 2017 to December 2018. He is most famous for being the first president of Austria to be elected by popular vote and the first to be elected as an independent.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 655 out of 19,576. Before her are Hassan Rouhani, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Georgi Dimitrov, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Albert I of Belgium, and Béla IV of Hungary. After her are Jadwiga of Poland, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Darius II, Charles IV of Spain, Christian II of Denmark, and Maxentius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 7. Before her are Danny DeVito, Larry Ellison, Gerhard Schröder, Jeff Beck, Michael Douglas, and George Lucas. After her are Jairzinho, Rutger Hauer, Barry White, Reinhold Messner, Ban Ki-moon, and Ernő Rubik.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 176 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714). After her are Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Olaf Scholz (1958), Walter Model (1891), Rudolf Höss (1901), Erich Raeder (1876), and Frederick William II of Prussia (1744).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 47. Before her are Franz von Papen (1879), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), George II of Great Britain (1683), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361). After her are Olaf Scholz (1958), Rudolf Höss (1901), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), and Augustus III of Poland (1696).

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