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Neelie Kroes

1941 - Today

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Neelie Kroes (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːli ˈkrus]; born 19 July 1941) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 November 2014. Kroes studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree. Kroes worked as a researcher at her alma mater from September 1963 to April 1968, and as a corporate director for a transport company in Delft from April 1968 until August 1971, and for the chamber of commerce of Rotterdam from July 1969 until August 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neelie Kroes has received more than 209,307 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Neelie Kroes is the 12,148th most popular politician (up from 12,160th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 567th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Neelie Kroes ranks 12,148 out of 19,576. Before her are Carlos Vila Nova, Fatima Sheikh, Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Bryachislav of Polotsk, Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg. After her are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain, Krešimir III of Croatia, Haroun Tazieff, Władysław Grabski, and Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Neelie Kroes ranks 289. Before her are Airto Moreira, Félix Rodríguez, Stephen J. Cannell, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Nate Thurmond, and Albert Shesternyov. After her are Sara Nazarbayeva, Arie den Hartog, Renato Corsetti, Peter Brötzmann, Holger Meins, and John Bennett Perry.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 573 out of 1,646. Before her are Max van der Stoel (1924), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Gysbert Japiks (1603), and Maruschka Detmers (1962). After her are Maarten Schmidt (1929), Eise Eisinga (1744), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie van Vliet (1916), Arie den Hartog (1941), and Kees Kist (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 88. Before her are Anna van Egmont (1533), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Max van der Stoel (1924). After her are Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Cornelis Lely (1854), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Victor Marijnen (1917), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), and Jan de Quay (1901).

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