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Geoffrey Howe

1926 - 2015

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Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of chancellor of the Exchequer, foreign secretary, and finally leader of the House of Commons, deputy prime minister and lord president of the Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Howe has received more than 1,516,621 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 28 in 2019). Geoffrey Howe is the 12,153rd most popular politician (down from 12,129th in 2019), the 2,808th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,176th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geoffrey Howe ranks 12,153 out of 15,577. Before him are Fernand Bouisson, Enoch Powell, Prince Toneri, Tony Abbott, Acrotatus II, and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo. After him are Jaan Teemant, Elias I, Count of Maine, Esau de' Buondelmonti, Ottokar II of Styria, Khin Nyunt, and Rosamund Clifford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Geoffrey Howe ranks 250. Before him are Stanley Cavell, Shinichi Hoshi, Alfred Pfaff, Julio César Britos, Juan Hohberg, and Pascual Pérez. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Lino Aldani, Kerwin Mathews, Maneca, Dharamvir Bharati, and Yehuda Bauer. Among people deceased in 2015, Geoffrey Howe ranks 220. Before him are Daevid Allen, Alex Rocco, Giacomo Biffi, Geoff Duke, Dinkha IV, and László Paskai. After him are Karl Josef Becker, Nora Brockstedt, Lizabeth Scott, Betsy Palmer, Nicolae Rainea, and Karl-Erik Palmér.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 2,808 out of 7,765. Before him are Enoch Powell (1912), Tony Abbott (1957), Anne Hutchinson (1591), Chris Barber (1930), Rita Tushingham (1942), and George Gissing (1857). After him are Hubert Parry (1848), Brian Blessed (1936), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Peter Banks (1947), Arthur Aikin (1773), and Henry de Bracton (1210).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 423. Before him are Ian Paisley (1926), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), Lambert Simnel (1477), Nevile Henderson (1882), Enoch Powell (1912), and Tony Abbott (1957). After him are Rosamund Clifford (1150), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Matthew Hopkins (1620), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), and Frederick North, Lord North (1732).

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