1942 - Today
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) until the foundation of FDP.The Liberals in 2009, he headed the Federal Department of Finance during his tenure as a Federal Councillor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans-Rudolf Merz has received more than 61,379 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hans-Rudolf Merz is the 9,375th most popular politician (down from 8,727th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 248th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Swiss Politician.
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Among politicians, Hans-Rudolf Merz ranks 9,375 out of 15,577. Before him are Eriba-Adad I, John II Orsini, Hudjefa I, Lev Karakhan, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, and Ahmad Shah of Pahang. After him are Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Ğazı II Giray, Kaja Kallas, Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio.
1400 BC - 1366 BC
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,369
1300 - 1335
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,370
2800 BC - 2800 BC
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,371
1889 - 1937
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,372
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,373
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,374
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,375
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,376
1551 - 1608
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,377
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,378
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,379
882 - 931
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,380
1877 - 1963
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,381
Among people born in 1942, Hans-Rudolf Merz ranks 238. Before him are Ivan Mládek, Heidi Brühl, Lawrence Weiner, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, Bill Nelson, and Christine Keeler. After him are John Sulston, Tasuku Honjo, Lev Leshchenko, Jerry Garcia, Iolu Abil, and Erica Jong.
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 232
1942 - 1991
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 233
1942 - 2021
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 234
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 235
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 236
1942 - 2017
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 237
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 238
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 239
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 240
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 241
1942 - 1995
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 242
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 243
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 244
Among people born in Switzerland, Hans-Rudolf Merz ranks 257 out of 876. Before him are Domenico Trezzini (1670), Flavio Cotti (1939), R. Norris Williams (1891), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), and François-Alphonse Forel (1841). After him are Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Lucien Favre (1957), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Arthur Cravan (1887), Louis Zutter (1865), and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750).
1670 - 1734
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 251
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 252
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 253
1861 - 1936
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 254
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 255
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 256
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 257
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 258
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 259
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 260
1887 - 1918
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 261
1865 - 1946
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 262
1750 - 1840
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 263
Among politicians born in Switzerland, Hans-Rudolf Merz ranks 35. Before him are Ignazio Cassis (1961), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Ubol Ratana (1951), Louis of Cyprus (1436), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), and Flavio Cotti (1939). After him are Carl Lutz (1895), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Christoph Blocher (1940), Doris Leuthard (1963), and Giuseppe Motta (1871).
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 29
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 30
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 31
1436 - 1482
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 32
1253 - 1304
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 33
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 34
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 35
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 36
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 37
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 38
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 39
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 40
1871 - 1940
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 41