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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

1948 - Today

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Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer ([ˈjaːb də ˈɦoːp ˈsxɛfər] ; born 3 April 1948) is a Dutch retired politician, jurist and diplomat who served as the eleventh Secretary General of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), which he led from March 1997 to October 2001, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2002 until December 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. De Hoop Scheffer studied law at Leiden University obtaining a Master of Laws degree before he worked as a civil servant and diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic service from October 1976 until June 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has received more than 278,496 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is the 5,600th most popular politician (down from 4,063rd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 146th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 5,600 out of 19,576. Before him are Doubravka of Bohemia, François Georges-Picot, Athanagild, Marwan Barghouti, Ulpia Marciana, and Helü of Wu. After him are Theodora, Ashur-etil-ilani, Mieszko III the Old, Ugyen Wangchuck, Bonar Law, and Yan Xishan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 111. Before him are Salvador Puig Antich, Akira Yoshino, Mark Phillips, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Hans Rosling. After him are Susan Atkins, Jonathan Hyde, Thierry Mugler, Robert Jordan, Johnny Ramone, and Jimmy Cliff.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 240 out of 1,646. Before him are Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Anton Mussert (1894), Adriaen de Vries (1556), George Blake (1922), Isaac Beeckman (1588), and Wim Suurbier (1945). After him are Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Tiësto (1969), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Ben Feringa (1951), and Hans Kramers (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 37. Before him are Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Joan Blaeu (1596), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), and Anton Mussert (1894). After him are William I, Count of Holland (1167), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), and Hendrik Verwoerd (1901).

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