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Dries van Agt

1931 - 2024

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Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (Dutch: [ˈdris fɑn ˈɑxt] ; 2 February 1931 – 5 February 2024) was a Dutch politician, jurist and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977 until 4 November 1982. He was a prominent leader of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later its successor party, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Van Agt was known for his abilities as a skilful debater and negotiator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dries van Agt has received more than 354,101 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Dries van Agt is the 2,041st most popular politician (up from 7,374th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 296th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 65.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dries van Agt ranks 2,041 out of 19,576. Before him are Manfred, King of Sicily, Rajiv Gandhi, Afonso IV of Portugal, Ali al-Sistani, Maharana Pratap, and Nguyễn Phú Trọng. After him are Ahaziah of Israel, Peter III of Portugal, Robert Fico, Fahri Korutürk, Yoshihide Suga, and Weneg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dries van Agt ranks 30. Before him are Desmond Tutu, Rupert Murdoch, Guy Debord, Leonard Nimoy, Ian Holm, and João Gilberto. After him are Johannes Rau, D. B. Cooper, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Khieu Samphan, Anne Bancroft, and Aldo Rossi. Among people deceased in 2024, Dries van Agt ranks 34. Before him are Frank Farian, Carl Weathers, Quincy Jones, Roger Guillemin, Kurt Hamrin, and Nguyễn Phú Trọng. After him are Tsung-Dao Lee, Andreas Brehme, Ebrahim Raisi, Zvi Zamir, Hage Geingob, and Herbert Kroemer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dries van Agt ranks 73 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dieric Bouts (1415), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), and Rob Rensenbrink (1947). After him are Dick Advocaat (1947), Peter Canisius (1521), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), Hugo de Vries (1848), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), and Petrus Christus (1410).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Dries van Agt ranks 11. Before him are William I of the Netherlands (1772), William III of England (1650), William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Johan de Witt (1625), and William V, Prince of Orange (1748). After him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Geert Wilders (1963), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), and Pim Fortuyn (1948).

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