1948 - Today
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer [ˈjaːb də ˈɦoːp ˈsxɛfər] (listen); born 3 April 1948) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Secretary General of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009.De Hoop Scheffer studied Law at the Leiden University obtaining a Master of Laws degree and worked as a civil servant and diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diplomatic service from October 1976 until June 1986. After the election of 1986 De Hoop Scheffer was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986 and served a frontbencher and spokesperson for Foreign and European Affairs. After Party Leader and Parliamentary leader Enneüs Heerma stepped down De Hoop Scheffer was selected as his successor on 27 March 1997. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has received more than 208,396 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is the 4,118th most popular politician (up from 5,886th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 239th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 4,118 out of 15,577. Before him are Agis I, Berenice III of Egypt, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Rumen Radev, and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Eric XII of Sweden, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Ricardo Lagos, Sisygambis, Stefan the First-Crowned, and Franz Josef Strauss.
957 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4,112
120 BC - 80 BC
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4,113
1753 - 1830
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4,114
1417 - 1468
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4,115
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 4,116
1765 - 1796
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,117
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,118
1339 - 1359
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,119
1670 - 1748
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,120
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,121
301 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,122
1166 - 1228
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,123
1915 - 1988
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 4,124
Among people born in 1948, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 70. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ray Kurzweil, Tom Wilkinson, Agnieszka Holland, Arie Haan, and Claude Jade. After him are Hans Rosling, Robert Jordan, Dan Simmons, Nicolae Timofti, René Arnoux, and Nathalie Baye.
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 64
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 65
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 67
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 68
1948 - 2006
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 69
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 70
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 71
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 72
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 73
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 74
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 75
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 76
Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 146 out of 1,427. Before him are Ruud Krol (1949), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Mariska Veres (1947), Zacharias Janssen (1585), Ferdinand Bol (1616), and Arie Haan (1948). After him are Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), George Blake (1922), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Wim Kok (1938), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), and Antonis Mor (1519).
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 140
1778 - 1858
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 141
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 142
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 143
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 144
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 145
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 146
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 147
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 148
1566 - 1651
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 149
1938 - 2018
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 150
1547 - 1619
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 151
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 152
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ranks 16. Before him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), and Wim Duisenberg (1935). After him are Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), and Pim Fortuyn (1948).
1584 - 1647
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 10
1711 - 1751
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 11
1748 - 1806
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 12
1228 - 1256
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 13
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 14
1935 - 2005
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 17
1938 - 2018
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 18
1547 - 1619
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 19
1363 - 1424
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 20
1893 - 1943
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 21
1948 - 2002
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 22