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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

1926 - 2020

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Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (UK: , US: ; French: [valeʁi ʁəne maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ʒiskaʁ dɛstɛ̃] ; 2 February 1926 – 2 December 2020), also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ministers Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Pierre Messmer, Giscard d'Estaing won the presidential election of 1974 with 50.8% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party. His tenure was marked by a more liberal attitude on social issues—such as divorce, contraception and abortion—and by attempts to modernise the country and the office of the presidency, notably overseeing such far-reaching infrastructure projects as the TGV and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main energy source. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has received more than 2,343,483 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is the 568th most popular politician (up from 632nd in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Germany (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Politician.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is most famous for being the President of France from 1974 to 1981. He was also the President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ranks 568 out of 19,576. Before him are George I of Greece, Mobutu Sese Seko, Ahmose I, Eduard Shevardnadze, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and Oscar II of Sweden. After him are Kim Dae-jung, Lech Kaczyński, George II of Great Britain, Sneferu, Chaim Weizmann, and Xanthippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ranks 8. Before him are Marilyn Monroe, Fidel Castro, Michel Foucault, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ingvar Kamprad, and Jiang Zemin. After him are Leslie Nielsen, Dario Fo, Andrzej Wajda, Svetlana Alliluyeva, René Goscinny, and Klaus Kinski. Among people deceased in 2020, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ranks 6. Before him are Diego Maradona, Sean Connery, Hosni Mubarak, Ennio Morricone, and Kirk Douglas. After him are Pierre Cardin, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Qasem Soleimani, Alan Parker, and Max von Sydow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ranks 160 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz von Papen (1879), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Alfred Jodl (1890), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), and Caroline of Ansbach (1683). After him are George II of Great Britain (1683), Pope Damasus II (1000), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Johann Christian Bach (1735), and Leopold Mozart (1719).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ranks 43. Before him are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Friedrich Ebert (1871), Agrippina the Younger (15), Franz von Papen (1879), and Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795). After him are George II of Great Britain (1683), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Olaf Scholz (1958), and Rudolf Höss (1901).

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