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Philippe Douste-Blazy

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Philippe Douste-Blazy (French pronunciation: [filip dust blazi]; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the UN and chairman of UNITAID. He previously served as French Minister for Health (1993–1995 and 2004–2005), Minister of Culture (1995–1997) and as Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007). He was mayor of Lourdes 1989–2000 and mayor of Toulouse 2001–2004. Originally a member of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS), the Christian Democrat component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) party, he later joined the Union for a Popular Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Philippe Douste-Blazy is the 16,697th most popular politician (down from 16,620th in 2024), the 5,055th most popular biography from France (up from 5,106th in 2019) and the 904th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philippe Douste-Blazy ranks 16,697 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip Schuyler, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Milton Margai, William Paterson, Kalyan Singh, and Shelly Yachimovich. After him are Rashidi Kawawa, Marcia Fudge, Sergei Ponomarenko, Murat Zyazikov, Miriam A. Ferguson, and Boubou Cissé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Philippe Douste-Blazy ranks 471. Before him are Ellen S. Baker, Mehmed Uzun, Colin Hay, Jay O. Sanders, Geoffrey Oryema, and Ronald Worm. After him are Pavol Biroš, Ludo Peeters, Irene Rosenfeld, Baaba Maal, Franco Selvaggi, and Gianbattista Baronchelli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Douste-Blazy ranks 5,055 out of 6,770. Before him are Lily-Rose Depp (1999), Nicolas Hulot (1955), Olivier Megaton (1965), Jacques Miller (1931), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), and Sami Bouajila (1966). After him are Claire Voisin (1962), Dayot Upamecano (1998), Jean Rouaud (1952), Jean-Marc Gounon (1963), François Nourissier (1927), and Éric Boullier (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philippe Douste-Blazy ranks 904. Before him are Benoît Hamon (1967), Éric Dupond-Moretti (1961), Xavier Darcos (1947), Pierre Joxe (1934), Florence Parly (1963), and Nicolas Hulot (1955). After him are Dominique Baudis (1947), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (1961), James Goldsmith (1933), Arnaud Montebourg (1962), Philippe Riboud (1957), and Karan Singh (1931).

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