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Frans Andriessen

1929 - 2019

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Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph "Frans" Andriessen (2 April 1929 – 22 March 2019) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 6 January 1981 until 6 January 1993. He served as Minister of Finance from 1977 until 1980, and as the Netherlands' European Commissioner from 1981 until 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Andriessen is the 15,497th most popular politician (up from 15,675th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 868th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frans Andriessen ranks 15,497 out of 19,576. Before him are Li Shangfu, José Manuel García-Margallo, Lazarus Salii, Lorenzo Latorre, Hervé de Charette, and Andriy Yermak. After him are George Tenet, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Qiao Guanhua, Magne Thomassen, James M. Cox, and Samuel J. Tilden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Frans Andriessen ranks 413. Before him are Elizabeth Spriggs, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Mateja Matevski, Nathalia Timberg, Audun Boysen, and Velimir Valenta. After him are Acker Bilk, Lode Wouters, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Daphne Hasenjäger, Michael D. Coe, and Gerry Anderson. Among people deceased in 2019, Frans Andriessen ranks 403. Before him are Jürgen Kissner, Mary L. Good, Ayşen Gruda, Ken Kavanagh, Artur Brauner, and Carolee Schneemann. After him are Carlo Maria Abate, Miguel León-Portilla, Anatoly Krutikov, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Ivan Vutsov, and Michael D. Coe.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frans Andriessen ranks 807 out of 1,646. Before him are Harry Steevens (1945), Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), Milly Scott (1933), Thea Beckman (1923), Dirk Coster (1889), and Jan Flinterman (1919). After him are Jan de Hartog (1914), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Catharina Lodders (1942), Ada Kok (1947), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), and Jetze Doorman (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Frans Andriessen ranks 113. Before him are Nicolaas Pierson (1839), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846), Badr Hari (1984), Hans van Mierlo (1931), and Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816). After him are Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1896), Atje Keulen-Deelstra (1938), Wilhelmina Drucker (1847), Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822), Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841), and Joan Röell (1844).

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