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Friedrich Merz

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Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31 January 2022 and as leader of the Union parliamentary group as well as the Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since 15 February 2022.Merz joined the Young Union in 1972 and is reputed to be a member of the Andean Pact, a powerful network formed by politically ambitious members of the Young Union in 1979 during a trip to the Andes. After finishing law school in 1985, he worked as a judge and corporate lawyer before entering full-time politics in 1989 when he was elected to the European Parliament. After serving one term he was elected to the Bundestag, where he established himself as the leading financial policy expert in the CDU. He was elected chairman of the CDU/CSU group in the same year as Angela Merkel was elected chairwoman of the CDU, and at the time they were chief rivals for the leadership of the party.In 2002, he stepped down as leader of the opposition in favour of Merkel and gradually withdrew from politics, focusing on his legal career and leaving parliament entirely in 2009, until his return to parliament in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Merz has received more than 671,204 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Friedrich Merz is the 9,309th 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 769th most popular German Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Friedrich Merzs by language

Over the past year Friedrich Merz has had the most page views in the with 572,248 views, followed by English (139,587), and Russian (13,011). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (792.79%), Hebrew (532.26%), and Chuvash (85.29%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Friedrich Merz ranks 9,309 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 769. 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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