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Anker Jørgensen

1922 - 2016

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Anker Henrik Jørgensen (13 July 1922 – 20 March 2016) was a Danish politician who served at various times as prime minister and foreign minister of Denmark. Between 1972 and 1982 he led five cabinets as prime minister. Jørgensen was president of the Nordic Council in 1986 and 1991. He led or represented the Social Democratic Party for well over 30 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anker Jørgensen is the 6,670th most popular politician (up from 8,457th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 231st in 2019) and the 69th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anker Jørgensen ranks 6,670 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Bona of Savoy, Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, Sidónio Pais, Henry Pelham, and Matvei Zakharov. After him are Samori Ture, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, King Kang of Zhou, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, and Frederick William, Duke of Courland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Anker Jørgensen ranks 104. Before him are George Blake, Kim Hunter, Rajko Mitić, Elmer Bernstein, Ralph H. Baer, and Yvonne De Carlo. After him are José Froilán González, Patrick Macnee, Serge Reggiani, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Yuri Lotman, and Eleanor Parker. Among people deceased in 2016, Anker Jørgensen ranks 108. Before him are Gordie Howe, Thomas Luckmann, Andrei Karlov, David Hamilton, Loris Francesco Capovilla, and Maria Teresa de Filippis. After him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Roger Y. Tsien, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Edward Albee, Bata Živojinović, and Carmen Pereira.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anker Jørgensen ranks 181 out of 1,032. Before him are Carl Værnet (1893), Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Erik Pontoppidan (1698), and August Bournonville (1805). After him are Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Ole Nydahl (1941), Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Anker Jørgensen ranks 69. Before him are Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), Thorvald Stauning (1873), Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Gudfred (800), Icel of Mercia (501), and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912). After him are Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887), Edvard Eriksen (1876), Guthrum (830), Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (1946), and Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532).

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