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Friedrich Merz

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Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef "Friedrich" Merz (German: [mɛɐts]; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31 January 2022 and led the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as well as been Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since 15 February 2022. In September 2024, Merz became the Union's designated candidate for Chancellor of Germany ahead of the 2025 federal election. Merz was born in Brilon, and is of French Huguenot descent on his mother's side. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Merz has received more than 969,226 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Friedrich Merz is the 9,307th most popular politician (down from 9,247th in 2019), the 2,680th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,658th in 2019) and the 768th most popular German Politician.

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  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Friedrich Merz ranks 9,307 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Huning, Charles D. B. King, Georges Catroux, Ken Tyrrell, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, and Alimardan Topchubashov. After him are Andrew Bertie, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Alexander Novikov, Atsuko Ikeda, Georgios Kondylis, and James Michel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Friedrich Merz ranks 140. Before him are Edwin Moses, Matti Vanhanen, Jean-Hugues Anglade, James Gosling, Wang Huning, and Laurie Metcalf. After him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Vladimir Sorokin, Judy Davis, Alberto Tarantini, Khalid al-Islambouli, and Kelsey Grammer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Merz ranks 2,680 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Karl-Josef Rauber (1934), Pam Ferris (1948), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), George Dzundza (1945), and Valerius Cordus (1515). After him are Artur Fischer (1919), Ferdinand David (1810), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1128), and Fritz Müller (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Friedrich Merz ranks 768. Before him are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882), Neidhart von Reuental (1180), Peter Högl (1897), John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp (1719), and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871). After him are Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1128), Hans Delbrück (1848), Bernhard Förster (1843), Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1115), Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907), and Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686).

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