1960 - Today
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 142,667 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Didier Burkhalter is the 9,912th most popular politician (down from 9,260th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 260th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Swiss Politician.
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Among politicians, Didier Burkhalter ranks 9,912 out of 15,577. Before him are Paul van Zeeland, Jacques Poos, Paolo Boselli, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias. After him are Constans II, Anote Tong, Fyodor Rostopchin, Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, and Ben-Hadad I.
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 9,906
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,907
1838 - 1932
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,908
1944 - 2020
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,909
1686 - 1752
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,910
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,911
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,912
400 - 411
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,913
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,914
1763 - 1826
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,915
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,916
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,917
1000 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,918
Among people born in 1960, Didier Burkhalter ranks 112. Before him are Greta Scacchi, Mauro Tassotti, J. Christopher Stevens, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Timothy Hutton, and Hiroshi Amano. After him are Jane Lynch, Julio César Romero, Hong Sang-soo, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Jürgen Schult, and Elena Mukhina.
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 106
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 107
1960 - 2012
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 108
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 109
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 110
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 111
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 113
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 114
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 115
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 116
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 117
1960 - 2006
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 118
Among people born in Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter ranks 276 out of 876. Before him are Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Walther Ritz (1878), Didier Queloz (1966), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), and Josef Hügi (1930). After him are Christoph Blocher (1940), Robert Maillart (1872), Georges Cottier (1922), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Edmond Privat (1889), and Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818).
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 270
1878 - 1909
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 271
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 272
1828 - 1905
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 273
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 274
1930 - 1995
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 275
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 276
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 277
1872 - 1940
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 278
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 279
1919 - 2012
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 280
1889 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 281
1818 - 1889
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 282
Among politicians born in Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter ranks 38. Before him are Louis of Cyprus (1436), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Flavio Cotti (1939), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Carl Lutz (1895), and Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952). After him are Christoph Blocher (1940), Doris Leuthard (1963), Giuseppe Motta (1871), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), Joseph Deiss (1946), and Gustave Ador (1845).
1436 - 1482
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 32
1253 - 1304
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 33
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 34
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 35
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 36
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 37
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 38
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 39
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 40
1871 - 1940
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 41
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 43
1845 - 1928
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 44