1947 - Today
Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrmɑɱ vɑn ˈrɔmpœy]; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician, who served as 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 574,567 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Herman Van Rompuy is the 1,763rd most popular politician (down from 1,551st in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 23rd 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 1,763 out of 15,710. Before him are Oruç Reis, Pyotr Stolypin, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ma Chao, Joannes, and Marozia. After him are Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Cemal Gürsel, Dangun, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Pupienus, and Faisal II of Iraq.
1473 - 1518
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 1,757
1862 - 1911
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 1,758
1784 - 1844
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 1,759
176 - 222
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 1,760
400 - 425
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 1,761
890 - 937
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 1,762
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 1,763
1870 - 1949
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 1,764
1895 - 1966
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 1,765
333 BC - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 1,766
1528 - 1580
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 1,767
170 - 238
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 1,768
1935 - 1958
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 1,769
Among people born in 1947, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 29. Before him are Takeshi Kitano, Farrah Fawcett, Paco de Lucía, Salman Rushdie, Glenn Close, and Gigliola Cinquetti. After him are France Gall, Sam Neill, Josep Borrell, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Rob Rensenbrink, and Gloria Gaynor.
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 23
1947 - 2009
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 24
1947 - 2014
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 25
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 26
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 27
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 28
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 29
1947 - 2018
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 31
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 32
1947 - 2017
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 33
1947 - 2020
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 34
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 35
Among people born in Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 71 out of 899. Before him are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Quentin Matsys (1466), Father Damien (1840), and Adolphe Quetelet (1796). After him are François Englert (1932), Maxime Weygand (1867), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Paul Delvaux (1897), Ernest Solvay (1838), and Ambiorix (-100).
1864 - 1945
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 65
1366 - 1426
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 66
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 67
1466 - 1530
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 68
1840 - 1889
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 69
1796 - 1874
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 70
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 71
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 72
1867 - 1965
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 73
1927 - 2005
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 74
1897 - 1994
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 75
1838 - 1922
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 76
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 77
Among politicians born in Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy ranks 23. Before him are Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Margaret of Parma (1522), Samo (600), Léon Degrelle (1906), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), and Paul-Henri Spaak (1899). After him are Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Ambiorix (-100), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Auguste Beernaert (1829), and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673).
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 17
1522 - 1586
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 18
600 - 658
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 19
1906 - 1994
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 20
1864 - 1945
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 21
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 22
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 23
1927 - 2005
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 24
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 25
1522 - 1568
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 26
1350 - 1405
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 27
1829 - 1912
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 28
1673 - 1743
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 29