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Jacques Santer

1937 - Today

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Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the ninth president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and the 22nd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which was the leading party in the Luxembourg government between 1979 and 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Santer has received more than 211,081 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Jacques Santer is the 3,019th most popular politician (down from 2,960th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Luxembourger Politician.

Jacques Santer is most famous for being the president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He was the first president of the European Commission to be elected by the Parliament, rather than appointed by the Council.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Santer ranks 3,019 out of 15,577Before him are Abdul Rahman Arif, Sancho II of Portugal, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Chiyou, Antonio José de Sucre, and Nikolai Tikhonov. After him are Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Alfonso I of Asturias, György Dózsa, David of Trebizond, Muhammadu Buhari, and Robert I, Count of Artois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jacques Santer ranks 47Before him are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Claude Lelouch, Juvénal Habyarimana, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ferdinand Piëch, and Thomas Pynchon. After him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Abu Nidal, Paolo Conte, Roger Zelazny, Anatoly Sobchak, and Roald Hoffmann.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 10 out of 79Before him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), and Jules A. Hoffmann (1941). After him are Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), Hugo Gernsback (1884), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Edward Steichen (1879), and Joseph Bech (1887).

Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 5Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), and Jean-Claude Juncker (1954). After him are Gaston Thorn (1928), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Joseph Bech (1887), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Xavier Bettel (1973), Michel Théato (1878), and Jacques Poos (1935).