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Alexander Van der Bellen

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Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen (German: [alɛkˈsandɐ fan deːɐ̯ ˈbɛlən]; born 18 January 1944), also referred to by the abbreviation VdB, is an Austrian politician serving as the president of Austria since 2017. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna, and after joining politics, as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party. Van der Bellen was born in Austria to Russian and Estonian parents who were refugees from the occupied Estonia, and he became a naturalized citizen of Austria together with his parents in 1958. He is a descendant of the former Russian Empire's aristocratic Van der Bellen family of patrilineal Dutch ancestry dating back to the 18th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Van der Bellen is the 982nd most popular politician (down from 655th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Germany (down from 176th in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Politician.

Alexander Van der Bellen is a former economics professor and politician who was the President of Austria from January 2017 to December 2018. He is most famous for being the first president of Austria to be elected by popular vote and the first to be elected as an independent.

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Among politicians, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 982 out of 19,576. Before her are Justinian II, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, John II of Portugal, Abdullah Gül, Giorgio Napolitano, and Emmanuel Macron. After her are Phocas, Bimbisara, Tiberius III, Habib Bourguiba, Steve Bannon, and John VIII Palaiologos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 10. Before her are Michael Douglas, Omar al-Bashir, George Lucas, Ban Ki-moon, Barry White, and John Holmes. After her are Sebastião Salgado, Jairzinho, Reinhold Messner, Rutger Hauer, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Ernő Rubik.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 250 out of 7,253. Before her are Magda Goebbels (1901), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Klaus Barbie (1913), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620). After her are Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Jacob Grimm (1785), and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Alexander Van der Bellen ranks 76. Before her are Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620). After her are Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629).

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