1914 - 1971
Jozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966.Cals studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Master of Laws degree and worked as a lawyer and prosecutor in Nijmegen from November 1940 until August 1948 and as researcher at his alma mater from February 1941 until May 1949. Cals also worked as a legal and economics teacher in Roermond from October 1943 until June 1945. Cals became a member of the House of Representatives shortly after 1948 general election taking office on 19 August 1948 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for education and social work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jo Cals has received more than 62,189 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jo Cals is the 13,414th most popular politician (down from 11,992nd in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 579th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Jo Cals ranks 13,414 out of 15,577. Before him are Adad-shuma-iddina, Irakli Garibashvili, Edith of Wessex, Victor Marijnen, Sergey Kiriyenko, and Ramón Emeterio Betances. After him are Tomás Villalba, Mamadou Dia, Ulisses Correia e Silva, Kadashman-harbe I, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Badri Patarkatsishvili.
1300 BC - 1217 BC
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 13,408
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 13,409
1025 - 1075
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,410
1917 - 1975
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,411
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,412
1827 - 1898
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,413
1914 - 1971
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,414
1805 - 1886
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,415
1910 - 2009
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,416
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,417
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 13,418
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 13,419
1955 - 2008
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 13,420
Among people born in 1914, Jo Cals ranks 250. Before him are Giuseppe Baldo, Victor Sen Yung, Jack Parsons, Viljo Heino, Oscar Heisserer, and William Castle. After him are Elfriede Kaun, Julián Marías, R. A. Lafferty, Jack LaLanne, Kaisa Parviainen, and Hamo Sahyan. Among people deceased in 1971, Jo Cals ranks 148. Before him are Carlos P. Garcia, Jacques Ochs, Jean Vilar, Juhan Smuul, Nikola Kotkov, and Gunnar Sköld. After him are Sofia Yablonska, Ramón Villeda Morales, Romeu Pellicciari, Emerich Vogl, Carl Blegen, and Tor Johnson.
1914 - 2007
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 244
1914 - 1980
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 245
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 246
1914 - 1998
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 247
1914 - 2004
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 248
1914 - 1977
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 249
1914 - 1971
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 250
1914 - 2008
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 251
1914 - 2005
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 252
1914 - 2002
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 253
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 254
1914 - 2002
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 255
1914 - 1993
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 256
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 142
1883 - 1971
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 143
1912 - 1971
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 144
1922 - 1971
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 145
1938 - 1971
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 146
1894 - 1971
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 147
1914 - 1971
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 148
1907 - 1971
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 149
1909 - 1971
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 150
1911 - 1971
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 151
1905 - 1971
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 152
1887 - 1971
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 153
1902 - 1971
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 154
Among people born in Netherlands, Jo Cals ranks 662 out of 1,427. Before him are Gerrit Voorting (1923), Max van der Stoel (1924), Aagje Deken (1741), Adrian Vandenberg (1954), Hans van Mierlo (1931), and Victor Marijnen (1917). After him are Kees Verkerk (1942), Gerben Karstens (1942), Thomas van Erpe (1584), Pim Doesburg (1943), Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612), and Wim Jonk (1966).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 656
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 657
1741 - 1804
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 658
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 659
1931 - 2010
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 660
1917 - 1975
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 661
1914 - 1971
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 662
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 663
1942 - 2022
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 664
1584 - 1624
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 665
1943 - 2020
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 666
1612 - 1653
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 667
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 668
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jo Cals ranks 103. Before him are Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797), Sigrid Kaag (1961), Ramon Dekkers (1969), Max van der Stoel (1924), Hans van Mierlo (1931), and Victor Marijnen (1917). After him are Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Job Cohen (1947), Els Borst (1932), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Femke Halsema (1966), and Theo Heemskerk (1852).
1797 - 1871
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 97
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 98
1969 - 2013
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 99
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 100
1931 - 2010
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 101
1917 - 1975
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 102
1914 - 1971
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 103
1873 - 1936
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 104
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 105
1932 - 2014
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 106
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 107
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 108
1852 - 1932
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 109