1949 - Today
Charles McCreevy (born 30 September 1949) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services from 2004 to 2010, Minister for Finance from 1997 to 2004, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1993 to 1994 and Minister for Social Welfare from 1992 to 1993. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare constituency (and later the Kildare North constituency) from 1977 to 2004.When McCreevy resigned his Dáil seat on his appointment to the European Commission, his son, Charlie Jr., declined the opportunity to be the Fianna Fáil candidate in the resulting by-election. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie McCreevy has received more than 65,429 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charlie McCreevy is the 15,451st most popular politician (down from 13,779th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 315th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Irish Politician.
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Among politicians, Charlie McCreevy ranks 15,451 out of 15,710. Before him are Luther Strange, Gale Norton, Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, Jérôme Jeannet, Laurent Lamothe, and Denis McDonough. After him are Hadia Tajik, Duncan Hunter, Chris Grayling, Mark Begich, Benjamin Darbelet, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 15,445
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 15,446
2005 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 15,447
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 15,448
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 15,449
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 15,450
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 15,451
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 15,452
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 15,453
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 15,454
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 15,455
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 15,456
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 15,457
Among people born in 1949, Charlie McCreevy ranks 610. Before him are Tom Corbett, Martin Buchan, Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pat Fraley, Joe Royle, and Mo Mowlam. After him are Sammy Nelson and Ilene Graff.
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 604
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 605
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 606
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 607
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 608
1949 - 2005
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 609
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 610
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 611
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 612
Among people born in Ireland, Charlie McCreevy ranks 394 out of 460. Before him are Eve Hewson (1991), Michelle Smith (1969), Stephen Ward (1985), Lisa Hannigan (1981), Ian Harte (1977), and Shane Long (1987). After him are Danny O'Donoghue (1980), Barry Keoghan (1992), Stephen Ireland (1986), Kevin Doyle (1983), Eamonn Coghlan (1952), and Sonia O'Sullivan (1969).
1991 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 388
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 389
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 390
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 391
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 392
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 393
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 394
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 395
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 396
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 397
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 398
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 399
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 400
Among politicians born in Ireland, Charlie McCreevy ranks 61. Before him are Éamonn Ceannt (1881), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), John Redmond (1856), Phil Hogan (1960), William J. Duane (1780), and Mary Lou McDonald (1969). After him are Simon Coveney (1972).
1881 - 1916
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 55
1883 - 1916
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 56
1856 - 1918
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 57
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 58
1780 - 1865
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 60
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 61
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 62