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Elio Di Rupo

1951 - Today

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Elio Di Rupo (French: [eljo di ʁupo]; born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-president of Wallonia for three non-consecutive terms between 1999 and 2024. He was the first francophone to hold the prime ministership since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979, and the country's first socialist prime minister since Edmond Leburton left office in 1974. Di Rupo was also Belgium's first prime minister of non-Belgian descent, and the world's second openly gay person and first openly gay man to be head of government in modern times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elio Di Rupo has received more than 891,250 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Elio Di Rupo is the 3,197th most popular politician (up from 4,227th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 154th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elio Di Rupo ranks 3,197 out of 19,576. Before him are Pim Fortuyn, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Vortigern, Artur Rasizade, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and Emperor Ōjin. After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Mohammed Omar, Constantine III, Muhammad I of Granada, and Concino Concini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Elio Di Rupo ranks 35. Before him are Traian Băsescu, Jill Biden, Kevin Keegan, Sergei Skripal, Blaise Compaoré, and Queen Noor of Jordan. After him are Nikolai Patrushev, Bertie Ahern, Chris Rea, Kenny Dalglish, Johnny Rep, and Nicu Ceaușescu.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Elio Di Rupo ranks 115 out of 1,190. Before him are Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Gilles Binchois (1400), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Karel van Mander (1548), Morris (1923), and Yves Chauvin (1930). After him are Frans Snyders (1579), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), and Paul Deschanel (1855).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Elio Di Rupo ranks 33. Before him are Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Anne of France (1461), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673). After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Paul Deschanel (1855), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Ambiorix (-100), and Jacob Le Maire (1585).

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