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Pete Hoekstra

1953 - Today

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Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011. Born in the Netherlands, Hoekstra immigrated to the United States as a child. In 1992, Hoekstra ran for the U.S. House, defeating thirteen-term incumbent Guy Vander Jagt in the Republican primary and Democratic opponent John H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Hoekstra has received more than 419,626 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Hoekstra is the 18,688th most popular politician (down from 16,389th in 2019), the 1,264th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 986th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Dutch Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pete Hoekstras by language

Over the past year Pete Hoekstra has had the most page views in the with 49,355 views, followed by Dutch (4,773), and Chinese (1,149). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (70.36%), Southern Azerbaijani (54.55%), and Finnish (54.29%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pete Hoekstra ranks 18,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Olene Walker, Mary Landrieu, Sergei Aschwanden, Martin O'Malley, Ambika Soni, and Terrance Drew. After him are John Kitzhaber, Doug Jones, Seth Moulton, Aida Hadzialic, Eva Bowring, and Hadia Tajik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Pete Hoekstra ranks 687. Before him are Ian Ferguson, Gus Williams, Pippa Norris, Reggie Lucas, Michael Chertoff, and William Malone. After him are Kevin Beattie, Michael Curry, Karen Moe, Dipak Misra, Mihalis Yannakakis, and Lionel Hollins.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra ranks 1,264 out of 1,646. Before him are Micky van de Ven (2001), Bob de Jong (1976), Rintje Ritsma (1970), Uğur Yıldırım (1982), Mitchel Bakker (2000), and Wesley Koolhof (1989). After him are Bert Konterman (1971), Theo Snelders (1963), Jordan Larsson (1997), Tyrell Malacia (1999), Jos van Emden (1985), and Arno van Zwam (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra ranks 150. Before him are Marianne Thieme (1972), Leo Peelen (1968), Joram van Klaveren (1979), Ingrid Haringa (1964), Halbe Zijlstra (1969), and Jesse Klaver (1986). After him are Lodewijk Asscher (1974), Carola Schouten (1977), Lilian Marijnissen (1985), Hugo de Jonge (1977), Gert-Jan Segers (1969), and Jutta Leerdam (1998).

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