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POLITICIAN

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 305,934 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Pierre Mendès France is the 5,733rd most popular politician (down from 5,177th in 2019), the 1,739th most popular biography from France (down from 1,640th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Mendès France ranks 5,733 out of 15,577Before him are Amenemope, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Yao Wenyuan, and Paul Painlevé. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Butvydas, Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Abd al-Rahman IV, Álvaro Uribe, and Lazar Branković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pierre Mendès France ranks 82Before him are Cab Calloway, Junji Nishikawa, U Nu, Run Run Shaw, John Mauchly, and Herbert Kappler. After him are Franz Jägerstätter, Trường Chinh, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Anne Desclos, Mehdi Bazargan, and Manfred von Ardenne. Among people deceased in 1982, Pierre Mendès France ranks 68Before him are Giovanni Ferrari, Jack Swigert, Marty Feldman, Pierre Balmain, Bess Truman, and Vic Morrow. After him are Henry King, King Vidor, Tadj ol-Molouk, Elis Regina, Adolf Heusinger, and Roberto Calvi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 1,739 out of 6,011Before him are Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Charles Koechlin (1867), and Paul Painlevé (1863). After him are Jan Asselijn (1610), Vincent of Lérins (400), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Robert Desnos (1900), and Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 432Before him are Beatrice of Provence (1229), Sébastien Érard (1752), Pierre Werner (1913), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), and Paul Painlevé (1863). After him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Michelle of Valois (1395), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), Nicolas Catinat (1637), and Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947).