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Leo Varadkar

1979 - Today

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Leo Eric Varadkar ( və-RAD-kər; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. A TD for the Dublin West constituency from 2007 to 2024, he held a range of other ministerial positions during his time in government. Described as centre-right economically, he advocated free markets, lower taxes, and welfare reform. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Varadkar has received more than 8,164,511 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Leo Varadkar is the 14,962nd most popular politician (up from 16,323rd in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 364th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 8.2M

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  • 54.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leo Varadkar ranks 14,962 out of 19,576. Before him are Pomponius Secundus, Þorsteinn Pálsson, Nadia Calviño, Manuel Merino, Thoros III, King of Armenia, and Josef Tošovský. After him are Noli de Castro, Robert A. Taft, Ecgfrith of Mercia, Nazi-Maruttash, Luísa Diogo, and Nikolay Milyutin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Leo Varadkar ranks 107. Before him are Jessica Jaymes, Kasia Smutniak, Christian Wilhelmsson, Ildefons Lima, Andriy Voronin, and Phil Heath. After him are Māris Verpakovskis, Shawn Ashmore, Cote de Pablo, Jennifer Carpenter, Shinji Ono, and Tim Cahill.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Leo Varadkar ranks 229 out of 549. Before him are John Philip Holland (1840), Ray McAnally (1926), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), Rex Ingram (1892), and Philip Pettit (1945). After him are Lena Rice (1866), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), William Quan Judge (1851), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Mabel Cahill (1863), and Edward Donovan (1768).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Leo Varadkar ranks 38. Before him are Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Micheál Martin (1960), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and W. T. Cosgrave (1880). After him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Charles Haughey (1925), Cathal Brugha (1874), Jack Lynch (1917), and John A. Costello (1891).

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