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Ueli Maurer

1950 - Today

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Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (Swiss Standard German: [ˈʊlrɪç ˈmaʊrər]; born 1 December 1950) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2022. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2013 and 2019. Formerly head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (2009–2015), Maurer has headed the Federal Department of Finance from 2016 to 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ueli Maurer has received more than 542,916 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Ueli Maurer is the 6,371st most popular politician (down from 5,969th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 155th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ueli Maurer ranks 6,371 out of 19,576Before him are Isabella of Villehardouin, Al-Muqtafi, Paul Bremer, Langdarma, Puabi, and Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon. After him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Abul Khair Khan, Kaykaus I, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Simko Shikak, and Pharnabazus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ueli Maurer ranks 93Before him are Michael Ironside, Jeffery Deaver, Moshe Ya'alon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Javier Clemente, and Hiroshi Kanazawa. After him are Julius Erving, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Alexander Lebed, Mory Kanté, Anghel Iordănescu, and Ubaldo Fillol.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Ueli Maurer ranks 167 out of 1,015Before him are Édouard Claparède (1873), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Robert Frank (1924), Walter H. Schottky (1886), and Marc Allégret (1900). After him are Peter Sauber (1943), Grock (1880), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Bernard Tschumi (1944), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), and Michel Simon (1895).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Ueli Maurer ranks 18Before him are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), and Kurt Huber (1893). After him are Viola Amherd (1962), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Jonas Furrer (1805), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), and Simonetta Sommaruga (1960).