1937 - Today
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, Jacques Santer ranks 3,019 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1916 - 2007
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 3,013
1209 - 1248
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 3,014
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 3,015
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 3,016
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 3,017
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 3,018
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,019
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,020
693 - 757
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,021
1470 - 1514
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,022
1408 - 1463
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,023
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,024
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,025
Among people born in 1937, Jacques Santer ranks 47. Before 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.
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 41
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 42
1937 - 1994
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 43
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 44
1937 - 2019
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 45
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 46
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48
1937 - 2002
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 49
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 50
1937 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 51
1937 - 2000
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 52
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 53
Among people born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 10 out of 79. Before 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).
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 4
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 5
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 6
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1580 - 1626
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 13
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 14
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Jacques Santer ranks 5. Before 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).
1886 - 1963
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 1
1296 - 1346
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 5
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 6
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 7
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 8
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 9
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 11
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 12