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Frits Bolkestein

1933 - Today

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Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfreːdərɪk frɪts ˈbɔlkəstɛin] ; born 4 April 1933) is a Dutch retired politician and energy executive who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 1999 until 2004 under Romano Prodi. Bolkestein worked as a corporate director for Royal Dutch Shell from May 1960 until July 1976 and as a manager for an engineering company in Amsterdam from September 1976 until January 1978. Bolkestein became a member of the House of Representatives shortly after election of 1977 taking office on 16 January 1978 serving as a frontbencher and spokesman for Economic Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frits Bolkestein has received more than 239,336 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Frits Bolkestein is the 9,537th most popular politician (up from 11,389th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 520th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Dutch Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frits Bolkestein ranks 9,537 out of 19,576. Before him are An-Nasir Hasan, Cleomenes of Naucratis, Joyce Banda, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine. After him are Hudjefa I, Pharasmanes I of Iberia, Sergej Kraigher, Renaud de Vichiers, Louisa Adams, and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Frits Bolkestein ranks 173. Before him are Donald E. Westlake, Will Sampson, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Egil Danielsen, Michel Camdessus, and Aleksandr Privalov. After him are Joachim Meisner, Alan Stacey, Christian Ferras, Sabah Fakhri, Humberto Maschio, and Yevgeny Khrunov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frits Bolkestein ranks 421 out of 1,646. Before him are Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Jordi Cruyff (1974), Jan Janssonius (1588), Co Adriaanse (1947), George Knobel (1922), and Adriaan Blaauw (1914). After him are Matthias Stom (1600), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Virgil van Dijk (1991), and Pieter Both (1568).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Frits Bolkestein ranks 64. Before him are Piet de Jong (1915), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Joseph Luns (1911), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), and Herman Willem Daendels (1762). After him are Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Pieter Both (1568), Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Louis Beel (1902), and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710).

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