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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 112,474 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans van Baalen is the 16,089th most popular politician, the 937th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 124th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 110k

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  • 39.01

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans van Baalen ranks 16,089 out of 15,577Before him are Mike Mansfield, Ram Jethmalani, Ron Klain, Nika Gilauri, Jaime Mayor Oreja, and Aleksandar Vulin. After him are Edward Rutledge, Alberto Gonzales, Parviz Davoodi, Björn Höcke, Choi Yo-sam, and P. J. Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hans van Baalen ranks 490Before him are Takeshi Koshida, Stéphane Le Foll, Luis Gabelo Conejo, Bruce Baumgartner, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, and Aécio Neves. After him are Franz Viehböck, Mirko Bašić, Pablo Larios, Ioan Andone, Fritz Walter, and Carlos Alberto Santos. Among people deceased in 2021, Hans van Baalen ranks 596Before him are Francesc Arnau, Bertie Auld, Samuel E. Wright, John Konrads, Georgi Dimitrov, and Mike Enzi. After him are Marília Mendonça, Zizinho, Vladimir Vysotsky, Buta Singh, T. B. Joshua, and Vadim Khamuttskikh.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hans van Baalen ranks 937 out of 1,427Before him are Davy Klaassen (1993), Carry Geijssen (1947), Peter Houtman (1957), Petra Burka (1946), Edsilia Rombley (1978), and Sylvie Meis (1978). After him are Lieke Martens (1992), Remko Pasveer (1983), Yvonne van Gennip (1964), Renate Dorrestein (1954), Joop Hiele (1958), and Patrick van Aanholt (1990).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Hans van Baalen ranks 124Before him are Anky van Grunsven (1968), Jeroen Dijsselbloem (1966), Rita Verdonk (1955), Maxime Verhagen (1956), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (1973), and Kajsa Ollongren (1967). After him are Dick Quax (1948), Bert Koenders (1958), Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Pete Hoekstra (1953), Emile Roemer (1962), and Wouter Bos (1963).

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