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Samuel Schmid

1947 - Today

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Samuel Schmid (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense minister for Switzerland). Schmid was born in Rüti bei Büren, Canton of Bern. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Schmid has received more than 51,718 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Samuel Schmid is the 12,523rd most popular politician (down from 11,792nd in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 359th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Schmid ranks 12,523 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernardo Berro, Edén Pastora, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Qiao Shi, Lucius Marcius Philippus, and Abdullah al-Thani. After him are Gary Hocking, Alexius Slav, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Berthar, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, and Banharn Silpa-archa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Samuel Schmid ranks 374. Before him are Linda Thorson, Vladimir Petrov, Michael S. Hart, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Roy Raymond, and Bill Richardson. After him are Svetlana Toma, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Peer Steinbrück, Alan Thicke, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and Frank J. Tipler.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid ranks 390 out of 1,015. Before him are Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921), Didier Queloz (1966), Alfred Newton (1829), Werner Bischof (1916), Jules Gilliéron (1854), and René Burri (1933). After him are Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Robert Pinget (1919), Thomas Bickel (1963), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), and Robert Ballaman (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid ranks 68. Before him are Alphons Egli (1924), Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889), Bernhard Hammer (1822), Karin Keller-Sutter (1963), Adolf Ogi (1942), and Emil Frey (1838). After him are Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Elisabeth Kopp (1936), Corina Casanova (1956), Walter Thurnherr (1963), Albert Meyer (1870), and Aegidius Tschudi (1505).

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