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Harlem Désir

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Harlem Jean-Philippe Désir (French: [aʁ.lɛm de.ziʁ]; born 25 November 1959) is a French politician who served as leader of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2012 to 2014. First widely known as a community activist and as the first president of SOS Racisme in the 1980s, Désir subsequently entered politics in the 1990s, first in Génération Écologie then in the PS. He served as MEP from 1999 to 2014 and then served in the government of France as Secretary of State for European Affairs from 2014 to 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harlem Désir has received more than 107,594 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Harlem Désir is the 17,298th most popular politician (down from 15,948th in 2019), the 5,298th most popular biography from France (down from 4,847th in 2019) and the 919th most popular French Politician.

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  • 110k

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  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harlem Désir ranks 17,298 out of 19,576. Before him are Sergey Menyaylo, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Zsolt Baumgartner, V. K. Sasikala, Ben Wallace, and Hartwig Löger. After him are Louis A. Johnson, Robert Toombs, María Dolores de Cospedal, Philippe Lamberts, Mike Enzi, and Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Harlem Désir ranks 517. Before him are Stanley Jordan, Jean Ravelonarivo, Fernando Álvez, Vladimir Muravyov, Finola Hughes, and Tshering Yangdon. After him are Lydia Lunch, Peter Pacult, Chi Chi LaRue, Dennis Chambers, Rafael Amador, and Georgi Dimitrov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Harlem Désir ranks 5,298 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Castaneda (1957), Hélène de Fougerolles (1973), Jean-Philippe Gatien (1968), Marine Delterme (1970), Wahbi Khazri (1991), and Éric Elmosnino (1964). After him are Luca Zidane (1998), Régine Cavagnoud (1970), Bernard Diomède (1974), Jean-François Bernard (1962), Nora Arnezeder (1989), and Maryvonne Dupureur (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Harlem Désir ranks 919. Before him are Gwendal Peizerat (1972), Gérald Darmanin (1982), Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon (1986), Claude Onesta (1957), Lionel Zinsou (1953), and Marisol Touraine (1959). After him are Sylvie Goulard (1964), Gilles Simeoni (1967), Nicole Bricq (1947), Louis Meznarie (1930), Marion Maréchal (1989), and Corinne Lepage (1951).

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