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Guy Verhofstadt

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Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (Dutch: [ˈɣi vərˈɦɔfstɑt] , French: [ɡi vəʁɔfstad]; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian liberal and European federalist politician. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium from 2009 until 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Verhofstadt has received more than 1,191,003 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Guy Verhofstadt is the 6,780th most popular politician (down from 5,839th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 198th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Belgian Politician.

Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician and former Prime Minister of Belgium. He is the leader of the liberal group in the European Parliament.

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  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guy Verhofstadt ranks 6,780 out of 19,576. Before him are Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, Bola Tinubu, Danielle Mitterrand, Peire Vidal, Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre, and Benjamin Mkapa. After him are Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Sigobert the Lame, Julius Dorpmüller, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Al-Hakim I, and Hastings Banda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Guy Verhofstadt ranks 90. Before him are Dave Evans, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Allen, David Chipperfield, William Petersen, and András Schiff. After him are Kate Capshaw, Sergei Ivanov, Hussein Arnous, Ivo Sanader, William E. Moerner, and Manfred Kaltz.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt ranks 227 out of 1,190. Before him are Frans Hogenberg (1535), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Ida of Lorraine (1040), Jean Absil (1893), Philippe Thys (1889), and Clemens August of Bavaria (1700). After him are Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Adalard of Corbie (751), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), Georges Leekens (1949), Jodocus Hondius (1563), and Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt ranks 63. Before him are Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), and Ida of Lorraine (1040). After him are Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), Leo Tindemans (1922), Jean Rey (1902), Emile Vandervelde (1866), and Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231).

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