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Dick Quax

1948 - 2018

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Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician. Quax stood for Parliament for the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002. He was a Manukau City councillor from 2001 to 2007, when he stood unsuccessfully for mayor, and was a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2011 until his death in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Quax is the 16,841st most popular politician (up from 17,653rd in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,078th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dick Quax ranks 16,841 out of 19,576Before him are Mike Mansfield, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Anna Fotyga, and Dietrich Stobbe. After him are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Othmar Karas, María Fernanda Espinosa, Reginald McKenna, Milojko Spajić, and José María de Achá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Dick Quax ranks 643Before him are Lynsey de Paul, Richard Masur, Alf Hansen, Rudy Tomjanovich, Peggy Fleming, and Charles Bradley. After him are Vassilios Skouris, Horace Engdahl, Robert Ouko, Élie Doté, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and István Tarlós. Among people deceased in 2018, Dick Quax ranks 489Before him are László Fábián, Emil Wolf, Anatoly Lein, Reg E. Cathey, Branko Grünbaum, and Bud Luckey. After him are Maurane, Randy Weston, Stanley Anderson, Ray Thomas, James Dunbar, and Rafael Amador.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dick Quax ranks 953 out of 1,646Before him are John Metgod (1958), Annie Borckink (1951), Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (1928), Sander Boschker (1970), Kevin Strootman (1990), and Wim Crusio (1954). After him are Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Andy van der Meyde (1979), Bertha Brouwer (1930), Erik Breukink (1964), Paul Haarhuis (1966), and John van den Brom (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Dick Quax ranks 125Before him are Joan Röell (1844), Els Borst (1932), Theo de Meester (1851), George van Rossem (1882), Jeroen Dijsselbloem (1966), and Johan van Hulst (1911). After him are Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Maxime Verhagen (1956), Rita Verdonk (1955), Anky van Grunsven (1968), Hans van Baalen (1960), and Ronald Plasterk (1957).