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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 (up from 15 in 2019). Pete Hoekstra is the 16,450th most popular politician (down from 13,878th in 2019), the 988th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 755th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 16

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  • 2.22

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  • 2.83

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pete Hoekstra ranks 16,450 out of 15,577Before him are Ronald Gamarra Herrera, Alen Simonyan, Dana Rohrabacher, George Borg Olivier, Mitch Daniels, and Kathleen Blanco. After him are Al D'Amato, Denis Voronenkov, Magdalena Álvarez, Jan Björklund, Sophia Duleep Singh, and David Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Pete Hoekstra ranks 549Before him are Krzysztof Krauze, Dennis Miller, Diane Schuur, Marcolino Moco, Sharon Robinson, and Linda Lingle. After him are Tom DiCillo, Nikolay Bazhukov, Naoto Satō, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Sebastian Faulks, and Betty Wright.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra ranks 988 out of 1,427Before him are Hendrie Krüzen (1964), Rogier Blokland (1971), Anna van der Breggen (1990), Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Fabio Jakobsen (1996), and Wout Weghorst (1992). After him are Jan Smit (1985), Lara van Ruijven (1992), Niki Terpstra (1984), Noa Lang (1999), Wilbert Suvrijn (1962), and Sofyan Amrabat (1996).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra ranks 128Before him are Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (1973), Kajsa Ollongren (1967), Hans van Baalen (1960), Dick Quax (1948), Bert Koenders (1958), and Wopke Hoekstra (1975). After him are Emile Roemer (1962), Wouter Bos (1963), Marianne Thieme (1972), Loek van Wely (1972), Jutta Leerdam (1998), and Ingrid Haringa (1964).

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