1972 - Today
Victor Viorel Ponta (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor ˈponta]; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its leader from 2010 to 2015, he was also joint leader (2012–2014) of the then-governing Social Liberal Union (USL), an alliance with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Ponta was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County from 2004 to 2020. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Ponta has received more than 452,480 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Ponta is the 13,289th most popular politician (down from 12,378th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Romania (down from 309th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Romanian Politician.
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Among politicians, Victor Ponta ranks 13,289 out of 15,577. Before him are Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Pamba, Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Philipp Etter, Lawrence Gonzi, and Miguel Ángel Moratinos. After him are Alfredo Copello, Milan Panić, Al-Musta'in I, Judah P. Benjamin, Henri Laurent, and Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus.
1905 - 1985
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,283
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,284
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,285
1891 - 1977
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,286
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,287
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13,288
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 13,289
1903 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 13,290
1929 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 13,291
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 13,292
1811 - 1884
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 13,293
1881 - 1954
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 13,294
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 13,295
Among people born in 1972, Victor Ponta ranks 127. Before him are Severina, Poppy Montgomery, Beth Hart, Nina Badrić, Evan Williams, and James Dashner. After him are Lhasa de Sela, Sergey Aksyonov, Elissa, Paula Hawkins, Jang Dong-gun, and Bang Si-hyuk.
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 121
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 122
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 123
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 124
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 125
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 126
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 127
1972 - 2010
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 128
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 129
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 130
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 131
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 132
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 133
Among people born in Romania, Victor Ponta ranks 319 out of 665. Before him are István Somodi (1885), Júlia Sigmond (1929), Gheorghe Mureșan (1971), Dimitrie Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), and Spiru Haret (1851). After him are Mario Livio (1945), Ion Andreescu (1850), Rodion Cămătaru (1958), Gáspár Heltai (1510), Neagu Djuvara (1916), and Cosmin Contra (1975).
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 313
1929 - 2020
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 314
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 315
1816 - 1897
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 316
1895 - 1961
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 317
1851 - 1912
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 318
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 319
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 320
1850 - 1882
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 321
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 322
1510 - 1574
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 323
1916 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 324
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 325
Among politicians born in Romania, Victor Ponta ranks 114. Before him are Vintilă Brătianu (1867), Constantin Coandă (1857), Mugur Isărescu (1949), Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Dacian Cioloș (1969), and Dimitrie Ghica (1816). After him are László Lukács (1850), Constantin Argetoianu (1871), Constantin Angelescu (1869), Corneliu Mănescu (1916), Petre P. Carp (1837), and Mircea Geoană (1958).
1867 - 1930
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 108
1857 - 1932
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 109
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 110
1823 - 1899
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 111
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 112
1816 - 1897
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 113
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 114
1850 - 1932
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 115
1871 - 1955
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 116
1869 - 1948
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 117
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 118
1837 - 1919
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 119
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 120