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François Fillon

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François Charles Amand Fillon (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʃaʁl amɑ̃ fijɔ̃]; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union for a Popular Movement), the country's largest centre-right political party, for the 2017 presidential election in which he ranked third in the first round of voting. Fillon became Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Minister of Labour in 2002 and undertook controversial reforms of the 35-hour working week law and of the French retirement system. In 2004, as Minister of National Education he proposed the much debated Fillon law on Education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Fillon is the 4,587th most popular politician (up from 5,541st in 2019), the 1,334th most popular biography from France (up from 1,680th in 2019) and the 324th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François Fillon ranks 4,588 out of 19,576Before him are Aaron Burr, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Theodemir, Arsaces II of Parthia, Markos Vafeiadis, Anatoly Sobchak, and Plectrude. After him are Emperor Buretsu, Shahrbaraz, Garegin Nzhdeh, Manuel Belgrano, and Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, François Fillon ranks 57Before him are David Grossman, Andrej Babiš, Harald Schumacher, Filip Vujanović, Robert Kocharyan, and Anthony Head. After him are Eric Johnson, Kathleen Turner, Shuji Nakamura, Rene Russo, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and Bernard Hinault.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Fillon ranks 1,334 out of 6,770Before him are Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), Yves Tanguy (1900), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Jean Bart (1650), and René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451). After him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Georges Auric (1899), Odo the Great (650), Georges Duby (1919), James Tissot (1836), and Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François Fillon ranks 324Before him are Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346), Carausius (300), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Gérard Genette (1930), Jean Bart (1650), and René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451). After him are Odo the Great (650), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), and Jane Avril (1868).