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Joseph Bech

1887 - 1975

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Joseph Bech (17 February 1887 – 8 March 1975) was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer. He was the 15th prime minister of Luxembourg, serving for eleven years, from 16 July 1926 to 5 November 1937. He returned to the position after World War II, and served for another four years as the 17th prime minister, from 29 December 1953 until 29 March 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bech has received more than 115,398 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joseph Bech is the 4,669th most popular politician (up from 5,639th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 16th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Luxembourger Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Bech ranks 4,669 out of 19,576. Before him are Hydatius, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Mohamed Boudiaf, Argishti I of Urartu, Denis Thatcher, and Al-Mustansir Billah. After him are Min Aung Hlaing, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, István Széchenyi, and Quintus Hortensius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Joseph Bech ranks 62. Before him are Arnold Zweig, Boris Karloff, Bernardo Houssay, Blaise Cendrars, Josef Harpe, and Frederick Fleet. After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu, Josef Čapek, Sivananda Saraswati, Marcus Garvey, Conrad Hilton, and Savielly Tartakower. Among people deceased in 1975, Joseph Bech ranks 43. Before him are Erich Kempka, Vicente Feola, Susan Hayward, Ernst Hanfstaengl, François Tombalbaye, and Bernard Herrmann. After him are P. G. Wodehouse, Carlo Levi, Thornton Wilder, Rex Stout, Al Lettieri, and Guy Mollet.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Joseph Bech ranks 13 out of 95. Before him are Jacques Santer (1937), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), and Hugo Gernsback (1884). After him are Edward Steichen (1879), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Charly Gaul (1932), Louis Pilot (1940), Nicolas Frantz (1899), and Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285).

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Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Joseph Bech ranks 7. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), and Gaston Thorn (1928). After him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Xavier Bettel (1973), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Michel Théato (1878), Viviane Reding (1951), and Jean Asselborn (1949).

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