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Pierre Mendès France

1907 - 1982

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Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France (French: [pjɛʁ mɑ̃dɛs fʁɑ̃s]; 11 January 1907 – 18 October 1982) was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a coalition of Gaullists (RPF), moderate socialists (UDSR), Christian democrats (MRP) and liberal-conservatives (CNIP). His main priority was ending the Indochina War, which had already cost 92,000 lives, with 114,000 wounded and 28,000 captured on the French side. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Mendès France has received more than 333,051 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Pierre Mendès France is the 5,220th most popular politician (up from 5,718th in 2019), the 1,598th most popular biography from France (up from 1,733rd in 2019) and the 392nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Mendès France ranks 5,220 out of 19,576. Before him are Crateuas of Macedon, Wu Qi, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Al-Muttaqi, Do-Aklin, and Proclus of Constantinople. After him are Emperor Go-Toba, Stevo Pendarovski, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Axayacatl, William of Villehardouin, and André de Montbard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pierre Mendès France ranks 72. Before him are Giovanni Ferrari, Emilie Schindler, Horia Sima, Mehdi Bazargan, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Cesar Romero. After him are Mahadevi Varma, Sisavang Vatthana, Trường Chinh, Nicolaus von Below, Ko Takamoro, and Leonor Fini. Among people deceased in 1982, Pierre Mendès France ranks 67. Before him are Anna German, Otto Hofmann, Colin Chapman, Adolf Heusinger, Kristján Eldjárn, and Leopold Trepper. After him are Patrick Dewaere, Elis Regina, Ville Ritola, Pierre Balmain, Jack Swigert, and Tadj ol-Molouk.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 1,598 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Varignon (1654), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), Armand David (1826), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), and Philippa of Hainault (1314). After him are Patrick Dewaere (1947), André de Montbard (1103), Marcel Renault (1872), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Claude, Duke of Guise (1496), and Joseph Gallieni (1849).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 392. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Edmond Debeaumarché (1906), Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1165), Anne Gonzaga (1616), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), and Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269). After him are André de Montbard (1103), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Isabella of Valois (1389), Laurent Fabius (1946), and Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674).

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