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Peter Altmaier

1958 - Today

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Peter Altmaier (born 18 June 1958) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from May 2012 to December 2013 and Head of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs from December 2013 to March 2018. Altmaier is widely seen as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted advisors and advocates for her more centrist wing of the CDU. He is known for his "compromising style" and was described in 2017 as "the most powerful man in Berlin". Peter Altmaier coined the German term "Altmaier-Delle", which describes the poor development of renewable energies in Germany during his time in office. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Altmaier has received more than 265,193 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Peter Altmaier is the 15,787th most popular politician (down from 13,468th in 2019), the 5,097th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,096th in 2019) and the 1,237th most popular German Politician.

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  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Altmaier ranks 15,787 out of 19,576. Before him are Augusto Santos Silva, Mamady Doumbouya, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Diosdado Cabello, Aníbal Torres, and Emily Donelson. After him are Františka Plamínková, José Posada Herrera, Isak Saba, Frances Perkins, Nikolai Golitsyn, and Khalid Skah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Peter Altmaier ranks 345. Before him are Chris Buck, Tim Kaine, Lisa Fischer, Franco Forini, Kuupik Kleist, and David O'Leary. After him are Henrik Svensmark, Stephan Weil, You Xie, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Thierry Tusseau, and Babyface.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Altmaier ranks 5,097 out of 7,253. Before him are Therese Zenz (1932), Willi Holdorf (1940), Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862), Tim Wiese (1981), Peter Wohlleben (1964), and Otto Bütschli (1848). After him are Heiner Lauterbach (1953), Peter Armbruster (1931), Ilona Gusenbauer (1947), Franz Pfnür (1908), Leni Junker (1905), and Matthias Herget (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Peter Altmaier ranks 1,237. Before him are Max Streibl (1932), Michael Müller (1964), Henriette Reker (1956), Bernhard Vogel (1932), Volker Bouffier (1951), and Hans Eichel (1941). After him are Stephan Weil (1958), Christine Lambrecht (1965), Malu Dreyer (1961), Klaus Schütz (1926), Heiko Maas (1966), and Rainer Brüderle (1945).

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