1956 - Today
Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑn ˈpeːtər ˈbɑlkənˌɛndə] , [-ˈbɑlkəˌʔɛndə]; born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010. Balkenende studied History and Law at the Free University Amsterdam obtaining Master of Arts and law degrees and worked as a legal counsel for the academic council of his alma mater before finishing his thesis and graduated as a PhD in governmental studies and worked as a professor of Christian theology at his alma mater from April 1993 until May 2002. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Peter Balkenende has received more than 491,594 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Jan Peter Balkenende is the 6,939th most popular politician (up from 7,213th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 6,939 out of 15,577. Before him are Princess Caroline of Denmark, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Michael II Asen, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria. After him are Margaret of Bourbon, Koča Popović, Gaius Marius the Younger, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Zénaïde Bonaparte, and José Antonio Páez.
1793 - 1881
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,933
1879 - 1948
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,934
1778 - 1841
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,935
1238 - 1256
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,936
1914 - 2006
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,937
1581 - 1597
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,938
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,939
1438 - 1483
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,940
1908 - 1992
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,941
109 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,942
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,943
1801 - 1854
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,944
1790 - 1873
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 6,945
Among people born in 1956, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 70. Before him are Ali Asadov, Patricia Cornwell, Stevie Young, Sela Ward, Sebastian Coe, and Mansour Bahrami. After him are Bidzina Ivanishvili, Milan Babić, Frances Arnold, Adnan Oktar, Maggie Reilly, and Henri Toivonen.
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 64
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 65
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 66
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 67
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 68
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 69
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 70
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 71
1956 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 72
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 73
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 74
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 75
1956 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 76
Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 275 out of 1,427. Before him are Jozef Israëls (1824), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Geert Wilders (1963), William I, Count of Holland (1167), and Emanuel de Witte (1617). After him are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Jacob van Campen (1596), Armin van Buuren (1976), Hercules Seghers (1589), Aert de Gelder (1645), and Henk Sneevliet (1883).
1824 - 1911
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 269
1901 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 270
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 271
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 272
1167 - 1222
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 273
1617 - 1692
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 274
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 275
1851 - 1922
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 276
1596 - 1657
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 277
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 278
1589 - 1638
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 279
1645 - 1727
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 280
1883 - 1942
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 281
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende ranks 42. Before him are Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Geert Wilders (1963), and William I, Count of Holland (1167). After him are Henk Sneevliet (1883), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Dries van Agt (1931), and William, Prince of Orange (1840).
1576 - 1644
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 36
1287 - 1337
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 37
1768 - 1816
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 38
1901 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 39
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 40
1167 - 1222
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 41
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 42
1883 - 1942
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 43
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 44
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 45
1657 - 1696
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 46
1931 - 2024
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 47
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 48