1962 - Today
Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (Catalan: [ˈkaɾləs ˌpudʒðəˈmon i ˌkazəməˈʒo] (listen); born 29 December 1962) is a Catalan pro-independence politician and journalist from Spain. Since 2019 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). A former Mayor of Girona, Puigdemont served as the 130th President of Catalonia from 2016 to 2017 when he was removed from office by the Spanish Government following the unilateral Catalan declaration of independence. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carles Puigdemont has received more than 2,275,499 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Carles Puigdemont is the 30th most popular politician (up from 3,475th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Spain and the most popular Spanish Politician.
Carles Puigdemont is the current president of Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain. He was elected president in January 2016, and his term is expected to end in 2020.
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Among politicians, Carles Puigdemont ranks 30 out of 15,710. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Cicero, Commodus, Umar, Abraham Lincoln, and Queen Victoria. After him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Nero, Louis XVI of France, Justinian I, Marcus Aurelius, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
1822 - 1885
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 24
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 89.25
Rank: 25
161 - 192
HPI: 89.25
Rank: 26
585 - 644
HPI: 89.18
Rank: 27
1809 - 1865
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 28
1819 - 1901
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 29
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 30
1931 - Present
HPI: 89.08
Rank: 31
37 - 68
HPI: 89.02
Rank: 32
1754 - 1793
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 33
482 - 565
HPI: 88.45
Rank: 34
121 - 180
HPI: 88.39
Rank: 35
1500 - 1558
HPI: 88.24
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1962, Carles Puigdemont ranks 1. After him are Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Ruud Gullit, Cliff Burton, Frank Rijkaard, Demi Moore, Jodie Foster, Nicolás Maduro, Ralph Fiennes, Abdullah II of Jordan, and Steve Irwin.
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 1
1962 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 4
1962 - 1986
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 5
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 11
1962 - 2006
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Carles Puigdemont ranks 3 out of 2,595. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881) and Salvador Dalí (1904). After him are Francisco Goya (1746), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Trajan (53), Seneca the Younger (-4), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Franco (1892), Diego Velázquez (1599), Averroes (1126), and Hernán Cortés (1485).
1881 - 1973
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 1
1904 - 1989
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 3
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.78
Rank: 4
1852 - 1926
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 5
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 6
4 BC - 65
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 7
1547 - 1616
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 8
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 9
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.67
Rank: 10
1126 - 1198
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 11
1485 - 1547
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Spain, Carles Puigdemont ranks 1. After him are Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Theodosius I (340), Hadrian (76), Philip II of Spain (1527), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), and Charles II of Spain (1661).
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 1
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 2
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 3
340 - 395
HPI: 86.42
Rank: 4
76 - 138
HPI: 85.89
Rank: 5
1527 - 1598
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 6
1451 - 1504
HPI: 85.19
Rank: 7
1503 - 1564
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 8
1479 - 1555
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 9
1452 - 1516
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 10
1605 - 1665
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 11
1661 - 1700
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 12