1959 - Today
Guy Bernard Parmelin (French pronunciation: [ɡi bɛʁnaʁ paʁməlɛ̃]; born 9 November 1959) is a Swiss Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he has been a member of the Federal Council since 2016, and has led the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research since 2019. He previously led the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports between 2016 and 2018. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Parmelin has received more than 425,417 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Guy Parmelin is the 4,762nd most popular politician (up from 11,142nd in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 344th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Politician.
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Among politicians, Guy Parmelin ranks 4,762 out of 15,577. Before him are Al-Mustansir, Shote Galica, Modibo Keïta, László Sólyom, Tzipi Livni, and Michael Shishman of Bulgaria. After him are Feng Yuxiang, Prince Charles of Prussia, Lucius Julius Caesar, Milo Đukanović, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.
1300 - 1261
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,756
1895 - 1927
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,757
1915 - 1977
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,758
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,759
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,760
1280 - 1330
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4,761
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 4,762
1882 - 1948
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 4,763
1801 - 1883
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 4,764
135 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 4,765
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 4,766
1872 - 1938
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 4,767
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 4,768
Among people born in 1959, Guy Parmelin ranks 39. Before him are Milorad Dodik, Frank Darabont, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gerhard Berger, Ramón Díaz, and Christian Wulff. After him are Michel Preud'homme, Kelly Lynch, Per Gessle, Mauricio Macri, Rigoberta Menchú, and Sade.
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 34
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 35
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 36
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 37
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 38
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 39
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 40
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 41
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 42
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 43
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 44
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 45
Among people born in Switzerland, Guy Parmelin ranks 131 out of 876. Before him are Blaise Cendrars (1887), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Ernest Bloch (1880), and Frank Martin (1890). After him are Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Louis Agassiz (1807), Margareta of Romania (1949), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Max Bill (1908), and Alfonsina Storni (1892).
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 125
1908 - 1942
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 126
1773 - 1842
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 127
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 128
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 129
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 130
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 131
1779 - 1869
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 132
1807 - 1873
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 133
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 134
1870 - 1931
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 135
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 136
1892 - 1938
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 137
Among politicians born in Switzerland, Guy Parmelin ranks 9. Before him are Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867), and Judith of Habsburg (1271). After him are Margareta of Romania (1949), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), and Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274).
1298 - 1358
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 3
980 - 1047
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 4
1413 - 1465
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 5
1270 - 1290
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 6
1867 - 1909
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 7
1271 - 1297
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 10
1870 - 1931
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 11
1938 - 2015
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 12
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 13
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 14
1274 - 1319
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 15