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Jean-Claude Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourgish: [ˈʒɑ̃ːkloːt ˈjuŋkɐ]; born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who was the 23rd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th president of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also was Finance Minister from 1989 to 2009 and President of the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013. By the time Juncker left office as prime minister in 2013, he was the longest-serving head of any national government in the EU and one of the longest-serving democratically elected leaders in the world, with his tenure encompassing the height of the European financial and sovereign debt crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Claude Juncker has received more than 3,192,096 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Jean-Claude Juncker is the 1,420th most popular politician (up from 1,696th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Luxembourger Politician.

Jean-Claude Juncker is the president of the European Commission, a position he has held since 2014. He is also a former Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean-Claude Juncker ranks 1,420 out of 19,576Before him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Masoud Barzani, Justin II, Isaias Afwerki, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and Walther Funk. After him are Constantine X Doukas, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Philip of Swabia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Alexios III Angelos, and Manuel Azaña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jean-Claude Juncker ranks 16Before him are Viktor Yushchenko, Halimah Yacob, James Cameron, Sócrates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Emir Kusturica. After him are Mario Kempes, Fernando Santos, Kazuo Ishiguro, Oprah Winfrey, Dieter Bohlen, and Stieg Larsson.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker ranks 5 out of 95Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), Gabriel Lippmann (1845), John of Bohemia (1296), and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955). After him are Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), and Hugo Gernsback (1884).

Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker ranks 3Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), and John of Bohemia (1296). After him are Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), 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).