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Lionel Jospin

1937 - Today

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Lionel Robert Jospin (French: [ljɔnɛl ʁɔbɛʁ ʒɔspɛ̃]; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in the 1995 and 2002 elections. In 1995, he was narrowly defeated in the second round by Jacques Chirac. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Jospin has received more than 530,958 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Lionel Jospin is the 3,623rd most popular politician (up from 3,893rd in 2019), the 1,132nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,248th in 2019) and the 269th most popular French Politician.

Lionel Jospin is most famous for being the Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. He was also the Socialist Party candidate in the 1995 presidential election.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lionel Jospin ranks 3,623 out of 19,576. Before him are Shamshi-Adad V, Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Emperor Houshao of Han, William X, Duke of Aquitaine, Wied, Prince of Albania, and Yisrael Kristal. After him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, Sima Shi, Mesud I, Gabriel Narutowicz, and Charles II, Duke of Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Lionel Jospin ranks 59. Before him are Fernando de la Rúa, Vladimir Arnold, Ferdinand Piëch, Paolo Conte, Robin Warren, and Anatoly Sobchak. After him are George Carlin, Song Hye-rim, Roald Hoffmann, Robert Lucas Jr., Mario Capecchi, and Hélène Cixous.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lionel Jospin ranks 1,132 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Pierre Augereau (1757), Étienne Cabet (1788), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Pierre Mignard (1612), and William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099). After him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Edmond Becquerel (1820), Jacques Ibert (1890), and Pierre Brice (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Lionel Jospin ranks 269. Before him are Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), and William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099). After him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Louise of France (1737), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580).

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