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Georges Pompidou

1911 - 1974

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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( POMP-id-oo; French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) pɔ̃pidu] ; 5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously served as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 1968, a longevity record under the Fifth Republic. In the context of the strong growth of the last years of the Trente Glorieuses, Pompidou continued De Gaulle's policy of modernisation, which was symbolised by the presidential use of the Concorde, the creation of large industrial groups and the launch of the high-speed train project (TGV). The government invested heavily in the automobile, agribusiness, steel, telecommunications, nuclear and aerospace sectors and also created the minimum wage (SMIC) and the Ministry of the Environment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Pompidou is the 431st most popular politician (down from 390th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from France (down from 158th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Politician.

Georges Pompidou was a French politician who served as the President of France from 1969 to 1974. He was the Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968.

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Among politicians, Georges Pompidou ranks 431 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahmoud Abbas, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Suleiman II, Mahmud II, Constans, and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Temür Khan, Charles XII of Sweden, Godfrey of Bouillon, Charles II of Spain, Didius Julianus, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Among people born in 1911, Georges Pompidou ranks 6. Before him are Ronald Reagan, Josef Mengele, Baba Vanga, Konstantin Chernenko, and Naguib Mahfouz. After him are Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Władysław Szpilman, Luis Walter Alvarez, Todor Zhivkov, and Czesław Miłosz. Among people deceased in 1974, Georges Pompidou ranks 4. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, Oskar Schindler, and Georgy Zhukov. After him are Amin al-Husseini, Juan Perón, Ayub Khan, Patrick Blackett, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Pompidou ranks 162 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Callixtus II (1065), Georges Braque (1882), Charles V of France (1338), Pope Urban IV (1185), Marcel Duchamp (1887), and Pope Leo IX (1002). After him are Roman Polanski (1933), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), Pope Martin IV (1220), and François Viète (1540).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Pompidou ranks 41. Before him are Charles IX of France (1550), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis II of France (1544), Charles VI of France (1368), and Charles V of France (1338). After him are Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Philip V of Spain (1683), Joachim Murat (1767), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), and Guy of Lusignan (1150).

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