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Michelle Bachelet

1951 - Today

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Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Spanish: [beˈɾonika miˈʃel βaʃeˈle ˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December 2013 with over 62% of the vote, having previously received 54% in 2006, making her the first President of Chile to be re-elected since 1932. After her second term, she served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Bachelet has received more than 2,178,069 page views. Her biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Michelle Bachelet is the 1,481st most popular politician (down from 1,277th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Chile (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Politician.

Michelle Bachelet is most famous for being the first female president of Chile. She was president from 2006-2010 and from 2014-2018.

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  • 102

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.59

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  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michelle Bachelet ranks 1,481 out of 19,576Before her are Anthemius, Millard Fillmore, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Theodore I Laskaris, Avitus, and Asparuh of Bulgaria. After her are Marcus Furius Camillus, Manasseh of Judah, Javier Milei, Emperor Xian of Han, Halford Mackinder, and Vladimir II Monomakh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Michelle Bachelet ranks 17Before her are Stellan Skarsgård, John Deacon, Romina Power, Geoffrey Rush, Claudio Ranieri, and Bonnie Tyler. After her are Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, Akhmad Kadyrov, Paul Breitner, Aslan Maskhadov, and Gordon Brown.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Michelle Bachelet ranks 7 out of 321Before her are Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), Pablo Neruda (1904), Víctor Jara (1932), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), and Gabriela Mistral (1889). After her are Sebastián Piñera (1949), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Patricio Aylwin (1918), and Claudio Arrau (1903).

Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Michelle Bachelet ranks 3Before her are Augusto Pinochet (1915), and Salvador Allende (1908). After her are Sebastián Piñera (1949), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Patricio Aylwin (1918), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), Luis Corvalán (1916), Jorge Alessandri (1896), and Orlando Letelier (1932).