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Ruud Lubbers

1939 - 2018

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Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈryt ˈlʏbərs] ; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2001 to 2005. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), which later merged to become the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. Lubbers studied Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics obtaining a Master of Science degree and worked as a corporate director for the manufacturing company Hollandia in Rotterdam from April 1963 until May 1973 and as trade association executive for the Christian Employers' Association (NCW) from January 1965 until May 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud Lubbers has received more than 414,486 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruud Lubbers is the 4,810th most popular politician (down from 3,903rd in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Dutch Politician.

Ruud Lubbers is most famous for being the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994.

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

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  • 4.28

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruud Lubbers ranks 4,810 out of 15,577. Before him are Andriscus, Emperor Tsuchimikado, Şehsuvar Sultan, Julia the Younger, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, and Nino Vaccarella. After him are Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Choe Yong-rim, Nicu Ceaușescu, Karl Nesselrode, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ruud Lubbers ranks 79. Before him are Sidney Altman, Fritjof Capra, Bernard Kouchner, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Ion Țiriac, and Cynthia Lennon. After him are Helmut Haller, Lucia Popp, Joaquim Chissano, John Sculley, Richard Serra, and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira. Among people deceased in 2018, Ruud Lubbers ranks 66. Before him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Steve Ditko, Dorothy Malone, Anthony Bourdain, and Girma Wolde-Giorgis. After him are Thorvald Stoltenberg, Joe Jackson, Samir Amin, Oskar Gröning, Eunice Gayson, and Leon M. Lederman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers ranks 186 out of 1,427. Before him are Guido van Rossum (1956), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Rachel Ruysch (1664), Willem de Sitter (1872), Anton Mauve (1838), and Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606). After him are Willem Mengelberg (1871), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Johann Weyer (1515), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Cees Nooteboom (1933), and Anton Mussert (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers ranks 23. Before him are Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), and Pim Fortuyn (1948). After him are Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Anton Mussert (1894), Joan Blaeu (1596), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Willem Drees (1886), and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824).

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