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Benita Ferrero-Waldner

1948 - Today

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Benita Ferrero-Waldner (born 5 September 1948) is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of the Austrian People's Party in the 2004 Austrian presidential election, which she narrowly lost with 47.6% of the votes. She served as the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2004 to 2009, and as the European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2009 to 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Benita Ferrero-Waldner is the 12,517th most popular politician (up from 13,594th in 2024), the 705th most popular biography from Austria (up from 798th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Austrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benita Ferrero-Waldner ranks 12,517 out of 19,576. Before her are Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, Osceola, Henry Paulson, Michel Le Tellier, Kiyoura Keigo, and John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After her are Gabriela von Habsburg, Ramush Haradinaj, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Juan N. Méndez, Sobekemsaf I, and Rustam Minnikhanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Benita Ferrero-Waldner ranks 348. Before her are Wayne Kramer, Marisol, Tom Scott, Ana Mendieta, Enver Marić, and Pam Ferris. After her are Ted Nugent, Giuseppe Petrocchi, Stefania Casini, Gioconda Belli, Lulu, and Aleksandr Baryshnikov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Benita Ferrero-Waldner ranks 705 out of 1,424. Before her are Egon Wellesz (1885), Richard Heuberger (1850), Marko Arnautović (1989), Natascha Kampusch (1988), Franz Steindachner (1834), and Ursula Ledóchowska (1865). After her are Karl von Blaas (1815), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Herbert Kickl (1968), Erich Leinsdorf (1912), Alfons Gorbach (1898), and Lilia Skala (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Benita Ferrero-Waldner ranks 188. Before her are Karl Buresch (1878), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582), Anton von Schmerling (1805), and Felix Lichnowsky (1814). After her are Herbert Kickl (1968), Erich Leinsdorf (1912), Alfons Gorbach (1898), Elise Richter (1865), Alois Mock (1934), and Dénes Berinkey (1871).

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