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Gaston Eyskens

1905 - 1988

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Gaston François Marie, Viscount Eyskens (1 April 1905 – 3 January 1988) was a Christian democratic politician and prime minister of Belgium. He was also an economist and member of the Belgian Christian Social Party (CVP-PSC). He served three terms as the prime minister of Belgium, holding the position from 1949 to 1950, 1958 to 1961 and 1968 to 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Eyskens has received more than 119,462 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gaston Eyskens is the 11,175th most popular politician (down from 11,032nd in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 424th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Belgian Politician.

Gaston Eyskens was a Belgian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium for several terms during the 20th century. He is particularly famous for his role in shaping Belgium's post-war economic policy and for his efforts to promote European integration as a means of ensuring peace and prosperity in the region.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaston Eyskens ranks 11,175 out of 19,576. Before him are Gunter Demnig, Li Zhanshu, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Pietro Tribuno, Hoàng Văn Thái, and Sébastien Faure. After him are Hiempsal I, Michael Kahn, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Borna, Spyros Markezinis, and Rhodogune of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Gaston Eyskens ranks 161. Before him are Paul Ariste, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Osvaldo Pugliese, Ferenc Farkas, and Raúl Leoni. After him are Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Eugen Sänger, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Robert Stevenson, Manès Sperber, and Seni Pramoj. Among people deceased in 1988, Gaston Eyskens ranks 110. Before him are Erich Fried, Rose Ausländer, Frank Zamboni, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Hal Ashby, and Pál Titkos. After him are Ulanhu, Pietro Arcari, Son House, Shen Congwen, Roy Buchanan, and Marcel Bozzuffi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaston Eyskens ranks 448 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), Georges Heylens (1941), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Perkin Warbeck (1474), Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938), and Caspar Barlaeus (1584). After him are Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490), René Vandereycken (1953), Katherine Swynford (1350), Maurice Peeters (1882), Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), and Louis Gallait (1810).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Gaston Eyskens ranks 99. Before him are Alof de Wignacourt (1547), Mark Eyskens (1933), Hubert Pierlot (1883), Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), Joseph Decaisne (1807), and Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938). After him are Hélène Dutrieu (1877), Ferdinand de Marsin (1656), Jean Duvieusart (1900), Joseph Lebeau (1794), Sophie Wilmès (1975), and Andrei Kozyrev (1951).

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