POLITICIAN

Hans van Baalen

1960 - 2021

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Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (17 June 1960 – 29 April 2021) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as a Member of the European Parliament and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. He also was President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party from 21 November 2015 until his death. Van Baalen, a jurist and management consultant by occupation, worked for Deloitte as Director of Public relations from his graduation in 1988 until 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans van Baalen has received more than 115,128 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hans van Baalen is the 16,938th most popular politician (down from 16,031st in 2019), the 990th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 935th in 2019) and the 135th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans van Baalen ranks 16,938 out of 19,576Before him are Ramil Safarov, Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Andrew Holness, Alexandru Athanasiu, and William Samuel Johnson. After him are Gilles Duceppe, Æthelric of Bernicia, Arun Jaitley, Grace Poe, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Thomas Bibb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hans van Baalen ranks 470Before him are David L. Rabinowitz, Al Joyner, Tyrell Biggs, Steven Lindsey, Bjørg Eva Jensen, and Aleksandr Uvarov. After him are Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Stephan Engels, Valerie Bertinelli, Anett Pötzsch, David Miscavige, and P. C. Cast. Among people deceased in 2021, Hans van Baalen ranks 587Before him are Theodore Katsanevas, Graham McRae, Ottorino Sartor, Ekkehard Fasser, Guillermo Sepúlveda, and Andrew Vachss. After him are Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Wayne Thiebaud, Barbara Shelley, Kinza Clodumar, Ron Flowers, and Umberto Colombo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hans van Baalen ranks 990 out of 1,646Before him are Leo Halle (1906), Joseph Smit (1836), Sylvie Meis (1978), Jan Pijnenburg (1906), Hendrik Timmer (1904), and Sophie in 't Veld (1963). After him are Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918), Rudolf Koelman (1959), Jean-Paul van Poppel (1962), Frode Andresen (1973), Gaston Taument (1970), and Jan Kounen (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Hans van Baalen ranks 135Before him are Johan van Hulst (1911), Rita Verdonk (1955), Maxime Verhagen (1956), Caroline van der Plas (1967), Anky van Grunsven (1968), and Sophie in 't Veld (1963). After him are Helen Tanger (1978), Emile Roemer (1962), Dick Quax (1948), Bert Koenders (1958), Thierry Baudet (1983), and Wouter Bos (1963).