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Joop den Uyl

1919 - 1987

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Johannes Marten den Uijl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987), better known as Joop den Uyl (Dutch: [ˈjoːb dɛn ˈœyl] ), was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Den Uyl studied Economics at the University of Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from February 1942 until May 1945 and as a journalist and editor for Het Parool and Vrij Nederland from May 1945 until January 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joop den Uyl has received more than 267,465 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Joop den Uyl is the 6,500th most popular politician (up from 7,282nd in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 291st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joop den Uyl ranks 6,500 out of 19,576Before him are Pierre Werner, Philip I of Macedon, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Verginia, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Jigme Singye Wangchuck. After him are Alexander I of Scotland, Leonor Teles, Mitsumasa Yonai, Domenico Michiel, Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and Anton Korošec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joop den Uyl ranks 76Before him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Kiichi Miyazawa, Pierre Soulages, François Périer, Liberace, and Christoph Probst. After him are George Wallace, Glafcos Clerides, Uta Hagen, Peter Abrahams, Frederik Pohl, and Mario Bunge. Among people deceased in 1987, Joop den Uyl ranks 62Before him are Gordon Gollob, Charan Singh, Federico Mompou, Gretl Braun, Liberace, and Abba Kovner. After him are Carlos José Castilho, Buddy Rich, Maxwell D. Taylor, Gerhard Klopfer, Anny Ondra, and He Yingqin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Joop den Uyl ranks 276 out of 1,646Before him are Frederik Ruysch (1638), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Erik ten Hag (1970), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), and Hendrik Verwoerd (1901). After him are Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Geert Groote (1340), Jan de Bont (1943), Philippa of Guelders (1464), Pieter van Laer (1599), and Frank de Boer (1970).

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