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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 235,087 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Santer is the 2,756th most popular politician (up from 3,010th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 10th 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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  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Santer ranks 2,756 out of 19,576. Before him are Yevgeny Primakov, César Gaviria, Liu Bian, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, King Xiaowen of Qin, and Hayme Hatun. After him are Urukagina, Georg Michaelis, Yamato Takeru, Ramsay MacDonald, Emperor Qianshao of Han, and Dương Văn Minh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jacques Santer ranks 43. Before him are Gennady Yanayev, Sajida Talfah, Avram Hershko, Philip Glass, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Claude Lelouch. After him are Colleen McCullough, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Angelo Badalamenti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Roger Zelazny, and Robert Huber.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 7 out of 95. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), Gabriel Lippmann (1845), John of Bohemia (1296), Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896). After him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), Hugo Gernsback (1884), and Joseph Bech (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 5. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896). After him are Gaston Thorn (1928), Joseph Bech (1887), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Xavier Bettel (1973), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Michel Théato (1878), and Viviane Reding (1951).

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