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John Smith

1938 - 1994

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John Smith (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a Scottish politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Monklands East. Smith first entered Parliament in 1970 and, following junior ministerial roles as Minister of State for Energy (1975–1976) and Minister of State for the Privy Council Office (1976–1978), he entered the Cabinet towards the end of James Callaghan's tenure as Prime Minister, as Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade (1978–1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Smith has received more than 389,298 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Smith is the 14,641st most popular politician (up from 15,280th in 2019), the 3,638th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,679th in 2019) and the 481st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Smith ranks 14,641 out of 19,576. Before him are Juan Pereda, Manuel Pardo, Hassan Ali Khayre, Akie Abe, Roger B. Taney, and Kaj Leo Johannesen. After him are Manuel Márquez Sterling, Eduardo López de Romaña, Puzur-Ashur I, Wasim Sajjad, Dinesh Gunawardena, and Ignatius L. Donnelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John Smith ranks 400. Before him are Aleksei Petrenko, Connie Stevens, Richard Benjamin, Gavino Ledda, Verna Bloom, and Hariprasad Chaurasia. After him are Reni Santoni, Eve Kivi, Franco Luambo, Frans van der Lugt, Ron Ely, and Aydin Ibrahimov. Among people deceased in 1994, John Smith ranks 248. Before him are Arati Saha, Gennady Voronov, Willem Jacob Luyten, Alain Daniélou, Bud Houser, and Frank Belknap Long. After him are Mercedes Comaposada, Rosa Chacel, Zoltán Beke, Delio Rodríguez, Hans Jakob, and Lilly Scholz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 3,638 out of 8,785. Before him are Ron Geesin (1943), A. E. Housman (1859), Gerry Anderson (1929), Eddie Colman (1936), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Mary F. Lyon (1925). After him are Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Roger Dean (1944), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 481. Before him are William Huskisson (1770), Roy Jenkins (1920), Stafford Cripps (1889), Jack Straw (1946), Robin Cook (1946), and John Taylor (1808). After him are William Davies Evans (1790), Tony Benn (1925), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Tommy Douglas (1904), and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421).

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