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Pál Schmitt

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Pál Schmitt (Hungarian: [ˈpaːl ˈʃmitt]; born 13 May 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his youth, winning two gold medals at the Summer Olympics. Later, he served as an ambassador during the 1990s and was a Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pál Schmitt has received more than 189,393 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Pál Schmitt is the 3,632nd most popular politician (up from 3,823rd in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 108th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Hungarian Politician.

Pál Schmitt was the president of Hungary from 2007 to 2010. He is most famous for being the first president to be impeached in Hungary.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pál Schmitt ranks 3,632 out of 19,576. Before him are Sima Shi, Mesud I, Gabriel Narutowicz, Charles II, Duke of Parma, Anna Leopoldovna, and Amine Gemayel. After him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Muyeol of Silla, Sisowath Monivong, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Pál Schmitt ranks 90. Before him are Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Valeri Polyakov, George Jung, Donna Leon, Maria Kaczyńska, and Amine Gemayel. After him are Bert Sakmann, Carlos Monzón, Michel Fourniret, Péter Medgyessy, Rose Francine Rogombé, and Milan Milutinović.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Pál Schmitt ranks 107 out of 1,077. Before him are John Corvinus (1473), Margaret Mahler (1897), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), István Szabó (1938), Pál Teleki (1879), and Cornel Wilde (1912). After him are Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), George Pólya (1887), Ján Kollár (1793), Gyula Grosics (1926), and György Cziffra (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Pál Schmitt ranks 42. Before him are Mihály Károlyi (1875), Samuel Aba (990), János Áder (1959), John Corvinus (1473), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), and Pál Teleki (1879). After him are Döme Sztójay (1883), Orestes (420), Bayan I (600), Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131), Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872), and Péter Medgyessy (1942).

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