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Wilfried Martens

1936 - 2013

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Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (Dutch: [ˈʋɪlfrit ˈmɑrtə(n)s] ; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership he oversaw the transformation of Belgium into a federal state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilfried Martens has received more than 160,860 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Wilfried Martens is the 5,302nd most popular politician (down from 4,437th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilfried Martens ranks 5,302 out of 15,577Before him are Antilochus, Sergei Ivanov, Aybak, Emperor Go-Toba, Helena of Moscow, and Zhao Mengfu. After him are Psammuthes, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Arsames, Antti Aarne, and Hüma Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Wilfried Martens ranks 92Before him are David Yonggi Cho, Kenneth G. Wilson, Joe D'Amato, Alan Alda, Raymond Poulidor, and Nino Castelnuovo. After him are Hideki Shirakawa, Wolf Biermann, Solomon Burke, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Christine Nöstlinger, and Christiane Martel. Among people deceased in 2013, Wilfried Martens ranks 76Before him are Pierre Mauroy, Bigas Luna, Ovadia Yosef, Arthur Danto, Wojciech Kilar, and Patrice Chéreau. After him are Damiano Damiani, Gyula Horn, Jack Vance, László Csatáry, Ed Lauter, and Antoni Ramallets.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Wilfried Martens ranks 185 out of 1,019Before him are Constantin Meunier (1831), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), Paul Otlet (1868), and Roelant Savery (1576). After him are Theodor de Bry (1528), Hugo Claus (1929), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), and Gudula (646).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Wilfried Martens ranks 53Before him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859). After him are Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), and Willy Claes (1938).