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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. Kroes became a Member of the House of Representatives shortly after the election of 1971 on 3 August 1971, and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Transport and Education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neelie Kroes has received more than 200,352 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Neelie Kroes is the 12,202nd most popular politician (down from 10,670th in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Neelie Kroes ranks 12,202 out of 15,577Before her are John I de la Roche, László Kövér, Jamshid Amouzegar, Quanah Parker, Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Nihat Erim. After her are Juraj Dobrila, Kálmán Darányi, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Anton Seidl, and Carlos Veiga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Neelie Kroes ranks 310Before her are Dr. John, Alexander Ragulin, Maurice Piat, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Ricardo Piglia, and Helen Reddy. After her are Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Bo Svenson, Hipólito Mejía, Ewa Demarczyk, and Ibrahim Babangida.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 568 out of 1,427Before her are Barry Hulshoff (1946), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and Kees Kist (1952). After her are Elly Ameling (1933), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Sandra Roelofs (1968), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Estella Agsteribbe (1909).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 90Before her are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), and Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821). After her are Sandra Roelofs (1968), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Alexander Rueb (1882), Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1761), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Jan de Quay (1901).

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