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Joseph Laniel

1889 - 1975

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Joseph Laniel (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzɛf lanjɛl]; 12 October 1889 – 8 April 1975) was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty. Laniel was born at Vimoutiers in Normandy to a family that ran a successful textile factory.On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Laniel has received more than 60,605 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joseph Laniel is the 9,488th most popular politician (up from 11,314th in 2019), the 2,828th most popular biography from France (up from 3,353rd in 2019) and the 650th most popular French Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

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  • 54.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Joseph Laniel has had the most page views in the with 8,586 views, followed by French (7,990), and German (2,056). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (116.11%), Ido (105.24%), and Latin (85.33%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Laniel ranks 9,488 out of 19,576. Before him are Louise, Princess Royal, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, Prince Munetaka, Eutharic, Pietro Ziani, and Gautamiputra Satakarni. After him are Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Eudoxia Streshneva, Matsudaira Katamori, José Bonifácio de Andrada, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, and Kurt Schmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Joseph Laniel ranks 113. Before him are John B. Kelly Sr., Isak Samokovlija, Bella Rosenfeld, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Richard Boleslawski, and Warner Baxter. After him are Musidora, Charles Kay Ogden, Lev Karakhan, Ludwig Kübler, Azem Galica, and Henri Pélissier. Among people deceased in 1975, Joseph Laniel ranks 92. Before him are K. Kamaraj, Richard Conte, Boris Blacher, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sam Giancana, and Kazimierz Fajans. After him are Alvin Hansen, Virginio Rosetta, Michał Sopoćko, Jan Mukařovský, Shojiro Sugimura, and Mina Witkojc.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Laniel ranks 2,828 out of 6,770. Before him are Achille Richard (1794), John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638), Pierre Séguier (1588), Jean Patou (1887), Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000), and Jean-Jacques Henner (1829). After him are Marie of Lorraine (1674), Michel Constantin (1924), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Jules Jamin (1818), Mélanie Laurent (1983), and Adolphe Alphand (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joseph Laniel ranks 650. Before him are François Hanriot (1761), Conon de Béthune (1150), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638), Pierre Séguier (1588), and Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000). After him are Léon Flameng (1877), Princess Anne of Orléans (1906), Renaud de Vichiers (1198), Adolf Wagner (1890), William Waddington (1826), and Guillaume de Sonnac (1200).

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