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Garret FitzGerald

1926 - 2011

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Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 1926 – 19 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist, and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garret FitzGerald has received more than 432,215 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Garret FitzGerald is the 15,100th most popular politician (down from 14,641st in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 261st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Garret FitzGerald ranks 15,100 out of 19,576. Before him are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Zenón Noriega Agüero, Zvonimir Serdarušić, Hodierna of Jerusalem, Ricardo Samper, and Yariv Levin. After him are Theodelap of Spoleto, Jadranko Prlić, Greg Louganis, Vjekoslav Bevanda, Nikolai Tanayev, and Renato Ruggiero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Garret FitzGerald ranks 382. Before him are Lucien Sève, Heikki Hasu, Alfreda Markowska, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Emmanuel Wamala, and Günter de Bruyn. After him are Li Han-hsiang, Roberto Goyeneche, Miguel León-Portilla, Evelyn Lear, Sverre Stenersen, and Bill Black. Among people deceased in 2011, Garret FitzGerald ranks 340. Before him are Per Berlin, Joe Morello, Zoltán Berczik, Joe Arroyo, Edmundo Ros, and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. After him are Kiyonori Kikutake, Milton Babbitt, Liviu Ciulei, Walter Giller, Andrija Fuderer, and Shrilal Shukla.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Garret FitzGerald ranks 233 out of 549. Before him are Rex Ingram (1892), Philip Pettit (1945), Leo Varadkar (1979), Lena Rice (1866), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), and William Quan Judge (1851). After him are Mabel Cahill (1863), Edward Donovan (1768), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Wolfe Tone (1763), Stuart Townsend (1972), and Robert McClure (1807).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Garret FitzGerald ranks 39. Before him are Micheál Martin (1960), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), and Leo Varadkar (1979). After him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Charles Haughey (1925), Cathal Brugha (1874), Jack Lynch (1917), John A. Costello (1891), and Peter Sutherland (1946).

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