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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

1929 - 2023

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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (French pronunciation: [elɛn kaʁɛːʁ dɑ̃kos]; née Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929 – 5 August 2023) was a French political historian who specialised in Russian history. From 1999 until her death in 2023, she served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française, to which she was first elected in 1990. Carrère d'Encausse was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999, representing the Gaullist-conservative party RPR. She was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal and Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2008 and 2011, respectively. She was a cousin of Salome Zourabichvili, the current President of Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hélène Carrère d'Encausse has received more than 221,343 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hélène Carrère d'Encausse is the 4,836th most popular politician (up from 8,339th in 2019), the 1,475th most popular biography from France (up from 2,515th in 2019) and the 358th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ranks 4,836 out of 19,576. Before her are Josef Bühler, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Emperor Fushimi, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, John Rabe, and Zagan Pasha. After her are Rudolf Diels, Magnus II of Sweden, Fuchai, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, George III of Georgia, and Abu Sa'id Mirza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ranks 102. Before her are Stirling Moss, Michael Atiyah, Chespirito, David Kelly, Paul Lauterbur, and Věra Chytilová. After her are José Santamaría, Alasdair MacIntyre, Bob Denard, Georgi Markov, Vera Miles, and André Previn. Among people deceased in 2023, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ranks 100. Before her are Dariush Mehrjui, Ruud Geels, Dmitry Utkin, Matteo Messina Denaro, Shane MacGowan, and Bo Larsson. After her are Aleksandr Viktorenko, Burt Bacharach, Marouf al-Bakhit, Sixto Rodriguez, Josephine Chaplin, and Sinéad O'Connor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ranks 1,475 out of 6,770. Before her are Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Barbara (1930), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Maurice Bucaille (1920). After her are Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), André Lhote (1885), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Jacques Charrier (1936), and Guy de Chauliac (1300).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ranks 358. Before her are Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), and James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670). After her are Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Yolande of Valois (1434), and François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664).

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