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Othmar Karas

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Othmar Karas (born 24 December 1957) is an Austrian politician who served as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since January 2022, having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which in turn affiliates with the European People's Party. Karas sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Othmar Karas has received more than 97,350 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Othmar Karas is the 16,209th most popular politician (down from 15,050th in 2019), the 998th most popular biography from Austria (down from 900th in 2019) and the 215th most popular Austrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Othmar Karas ranks 16,209 out of 19,576Before him are Gary Hart, Tom Clarke, Hugh Gaitskell, K. Chandrashekar Rao, Rajko Đurić, and Peder Kolstad. After him are Douglas Hurd, Manfred Stolpe, Máximo Tajes, Maria Lvova-Belova, Edward Natapei, and Franco Comotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Othmar Karas ranks 418Before him are Youssef Rzouga, Alexander Dityatin, Clara Ponsatí, Masako Yoshida, Doug Sampson, and Tomoko Ohara. After him are Jacques Gamblin, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Joel Goldsmith, Harald Schmidt, Daína Chaviano, and Vladimir Kiselyov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Othmar Karas ranks 998 out of 1,424Before him are Walter Haummer (1928), Luise Ullrich (1910), Julius von Hann (1839), Felix Gottwald (1976), Regine Heitzer (1944), and Maximilian Raub (1926). After him are Paul Halla (1931), Walter Abish (1931), Matthias Steiner (1982), Eduard Kainberger (1911), Franz Fischler (1946), and Marc Janko (1983).

Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Othmar Karas ranks 215Before him are Alfred Gusenbauer (1960), Hannes Swoboda (1946), Liese Prokop (1941), Margarete Adler (1896), Reinhold Mitterlehner (1955), and Werner Schlager (1972). After him are Franz Fischler (1946), Erhard Busek (1941), Cajetan von Felder (1814), Michael Spindelegger (1959), Johanna Dohnal (1939), and Werner Kogler (1961).