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Christian Kern

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Christian Kern (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈkɛrn]; born 4 January 1966) is an Austrian businessman and former politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 17 May 2016 to 18 December 2017 and chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 25 June 2016 to 25 September 2018. A business journalist by profession, the member of Austria's Social Democratic Party served as spokesman of the SPÖ's parliamentary group leader in the mid-1990s, before he became a senior manager in Austria's leading electricity company Verbund AG. In 2010, Kern was appointed CEO of the state-owned Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), chairing the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) from 2014 onwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Kern has received more than 470,457 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Christian Kern is the 13,929th most popular politician (down from 12,969th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from Austria (down from 749th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Austrian Politician.

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  • 470k

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  • 48.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian Kern ranks 13,929 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacob Nena, Neferu II, John Podesta, Robert R. Livingston, Said Mohamed Djohar, and Alexander II of Epirus. After him are Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Constantine, Godfrey Binaisa, Devan Nair, Juan Orlando Hernández, and Ablabius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Christian Kern ranks 160. Before him are Mark Gatiss, Maroš Šefčovič, Matt Reeves, Urs Fischer, Neal McDonough, and Olaf Thon. After him are Ramón Medina Bello, Indira Radić, Trine Hattestad, Linn Ullmann, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, and Jason Patric.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Christian Kern ranks 817 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Moser (1880), Peter Blau (1918), Rodolphe Hiden (1909), Kurt Jara (1950), Elise Richter (1865), and Johann Nepomuk David (1895). After him are Mick Blue (1976), Karl Wendlinger (1968), Fritz Wotruba (1907), Heidi Schmid (1938), Baron Karl von Hasenauer (1833), and Helena Rasiowa (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Christian Kern ranks 201. Before him are Dénes Berinkey (1871), Karl Gruber (1909), Carl Vaugoin (1873), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948), Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), and Elise Richter (1865). After him are Christian Schwarz-Schilling (1930), Felix Lichnowsky (1814), Johannes Hahn (1957), Helmut Zilk (1927), Norbert Hofer (1971), and Heinz-Christian Strache (1969).

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