1947 - Today
Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrmɑɱ vɑn ˈrɔmpœy]; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician, who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009, and then as the first permanent president of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. A politician from Belgium's Christian Democratic and Flemish party, Van Rompuy served as the 49th prime minister of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until Yves Leterme (who was also his predecessor) succeeded him on 25 November 2009. On 19 November 2009, Van Rompuy was selected by the members of the European Council, which is the institution of the European Union (EU) comprising the heads of state or government of the EU member states, as the first full-time President of that Council under the Treaty of Lisbon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Van Rompuy has received more than 674,628 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Herman Van Rompuy is the 1,835th most popular politician (down from 1,759th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 71st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Belgian Politician.
Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician who served as the first President of the European Council.
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Among politicians, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 1,835 out of 15,577. Before him are Boris Johnson, Kenan Evren, Andrey Vyshinsky, Edward, King of Portugal, Nikolai Podgorny, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. After him are Naram-Sin of Akkad, King Wen of Zhou, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Jean Jaurès, and Tony Blair.
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,829
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,830
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,831
1391 - 1438
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,832
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,833
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,834
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,835
2254 BC - 2118 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,836
1112 BC - 1050 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,837
1939 - 2001
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,838
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,839
1859 - 1914
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,840
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,841
Among people born in 1947, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 35. Before him are Sam Neill, Dick Advocaat, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, France Gall, and Farrah Fawcett. After him are Meat Loaf, Gloria Gaynor, Gigliola Cinquetti, Michio Kaku, Ronnie Wood, and Richard Griffiths.
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 29
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 31
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 32
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 33
1947 - 2009
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 34
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 35
1947 - 2022
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 36
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 37
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 38
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 39
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 40
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 41
Among people born in Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 72 out of 1,019. Before him are Father Damien (1840), Petrus Christus (1410), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Maxime Weygand (1867), Dominique Pire (1910), and Quentin Matsys (1466). After him are François Englert (1932), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ambiorix (-100), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Jacky Ickx (1945), and Ernest Solvay (1838).
1840 - 1889
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 66
1410 - 1475
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 67
1559 - 1632
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 68
1867 - 1965
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 69
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 70
1466 - 1530
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 71
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 72
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 73
1796 - 1874
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 74
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 75
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 76
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 77
1838 - 1922
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 78
Among politicians born in Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 22. Before him are Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Samo (600), and Léon Degrelle (1906). After him are Ambiorix (-100), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), and Anne of France (1461).
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 16
635 - 714
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 17
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 18
1864 - 1945
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 19
600 - 658
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 20
1906 - 1994
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 22
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 23
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 24
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 25
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 26
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 27
1461 - 1522
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 28