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Ségolène Royal

1953 - Today

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Ségolène Royal (French: [seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal] ; born Marie-Ségolène Royal; 22 September 1953) is a French politician who took part in the 2007 French presidential election, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round. She was the first woman in France's history to reach the second round in a presidential election. Royal was president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 2014. She won the 2006 Socialist Party primary, becoming the first woman in France to be nominated as a presidential candidate by a major party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ségolène Royal has received more than 1,207,646 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Ségolène Royal is the 2,680th most popular politician (up from 4,389th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Senegal (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ségolène Royal ranks 2,680 out of 19,576. Before her are Reccared I, Michael Bloomberg, Apries, Chaghri Beg, Empress Genmei, and Choe Ryong-hae. After her are Palamedes, Gim Yu-sin, Richard I of Normandy, Ahmed Qurei, Zhang Liang, and Robert I, Duke of Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ségolène Royal ranks 31. Before her are Daniel Passarella, Cyndi Lauper, Mike Oldfield, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paulo Roberto Falcão, and Malcolm Young. After her are Peter Stormare, Manuel Pellegrini, Hulk Hogan, Nigel Mansell, Ben Bernanke, and Thomas Bach.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Ségolène Royal ranks 2 out of 138. Before her are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906). After her are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Patrick Vieira (1976), Macky Sall (1961), Abdou Diouf (1935), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), and Mariama Bâ (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Ségolène Royal ranks 1. After her are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Macky Sall (1961), Abdou Diouf (1935), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Habib Thiam (1933), Fatma Samoura (1962), Mahammed Dionne (1959), and Aminata Touré (1962).

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