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Didier Burkhalter

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Didier Eric Burkhalter (born 17 April 1960) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2014. Burkhalter was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 September 2009; he succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didier Burkhalter has received more than 146,373 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Didier Burkhalter is the 10,415th most popular politician (down from 9,884th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 276th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Swiss Politician.

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  • 150k

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  • 53.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Didier Burkhalter ranks 10,415 out of 19,576. Before him are Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, Robert Zoellick, Dorcas, Gupta, and Julian Marchlewski. After him are Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Kleitias, Hanna Suchocka, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, and John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Didier Burkhalter ranks 129. Before him are Jane Lynch, Saif al-Adel, Elena Mukhina, Carlos Mozer, Thomas Haden Church, and Pia Sundhage. After him are Tony Robbins, Timothy Hutton, Maryam d'Abo, Agim Çeku, Hiam Abbass, and Boris Pistorius.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter ranks 291 out of 1,015. Before him are Kurt Koch (1950), Henri Druey (1799), Carl Lutz (1895), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Joseph Deiss (1946), and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672). After him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), Edmond Privat (1889), Max Abegglen (1902), Henri Colpi (1921), Paul Grüninger (1891), and Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter ranks 48. Before him are Numa Droz (1844), Karl Schenk (1823), Jakob Dubs (1822), Henri Druey (1799), Carl Lutz (1895), and Joseph Deiss (1946). After him are Paul Grüninger (1891), Fritz Platten (1883), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Doris Leuthard (1963), Orgetorix (null), and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950).

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