1975 - Today
Charles Michel (French: [ʃaʁl miʃɛl]; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as the president of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the minister of development cooperation in 2007 at age thirty-one, and remained in this position until elected the leader of the Francophone liberal Reformist Movement (MR) in February 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Michel has received more than 1,557,390 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Charles Michel is the 4,475th most popular politician (up from 4,667th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 175th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Belgian Politician.
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Among politicians, Charles Michel ranks 4,475 out of 15,577. Before him are Ahmet Davutoğlu, Petar Mladenov, Marie Anne de Bourbon, False Dmitry II, Princess Sophie of Sweden, and Gesalec. After him are Pausanias of Sparta, Zoe Karbonopsina, António Costa, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Magnus VI of Norway, and Theudis.
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 4,469
1936 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 4,470
1666 - 1739
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 4,471
1600 - 1610
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 4,472
1801 - 1865
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 4,473
450 - 512
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 4,474
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 4,475
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 4,476
900 - 1000
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4,477
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4,478
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4,479
1238 - 1280
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4,480
470 - 548
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4,481
Among people born in 1975, Charles Michel ranks 11. Before him are Enrique Iglesias, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Tobey Maguire, Milla Jovovich, and Marion Cotillard. After him are Sia, Will.i.am, Hernán Crespo, Satoshi Nakamoto, DJ Khaled, and Eiichiro Oda.
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 5
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 10
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 11
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 13
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 14
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 15
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 16
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 17
Among people born in Belgium, Charles Michel ranks 156 out of 1,019. Before him are Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), The Singing Nun (1933), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Elio Di Rupo (1951), and Leo Baekeland (1863). After him are John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Bavo of Ghent (589), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), André Franquin (1924), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 150
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 151
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 152
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 153
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 154
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 155
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 156
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 157
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 158
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 159
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 160
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 161
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 162
Among politicians born in Belgium, Charles Michel ranks 48. Before him are Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Jacob Le Maire (1585), and Elio Di Rupo (1951). After him are John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338).
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 42
1330 - 1384
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 43
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 44
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 45
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 46
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 47
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 48
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 49
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 50
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 51
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 52
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 53
1338 - 1368
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 54