ECONOMIST

Carlos Moedas

1970 - Today

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Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas (born 10 August 1970) is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who is the current Mayor of Lisbon. From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European Commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude Juncker. Between 2011 and 2014 he served as Secretary of State in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal. In March 2021, Moedas announced his candidacy as Mayor of Lisbon in the 2021 local elections, and was elected on 26 September of the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Moedas has received more than 164,704 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carlos Moedas is the 384th most popular economist (down from 359th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 435th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Economist.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Carlos Moedas ranks 384 out of 414. Before him are Alberto Alesina, Paul Collier, Axel Kicillof, Thomas Chalmers, Michael Albert, and Sevil Shhaideh. After him are Inger Andersen, Corinne Maier, Sławomir Skrzypek, Gita Gopinath, Paul Douglas, and Guy Standing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Carlos Moedas ranks 489. Before him are Alejandra Barros, Annika Sörenstam, Josh Hopkins, Nico Van Kerckhoven, Kim Taek-soo, and Tim Sweeney. After him are Roger Cicero, Cláudia Abreu, Freddy Loix, Gert Verheyen, Rupert Penry-Jones, and Ricco Groß.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Carlos Moedas ranks 453 out of 633. Before him are Lúcia Moniz (1976), Rúben Semedo (1994), Vieirinha (1986), Bebé (1990), Louis Ferreira (1966), and Hugo Viana (1983). After him are Duda (1980), Marco Caneira (1979), Diogo Dalot (1999), Jonathan Jones (null), Luís Boa Morte (1977), and António Leitão (1960).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Portugal

Among economists born in Portugal, Carlos Moedas ranks 1. 

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