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Hans-Gert Pöttering

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Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945) is a German lawyer, historian and conservative politician (CDU, European People's Party), who served as President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009 and as Chairman of the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017. He served as a Member of the European Parliament continuously since the first elections in 1979 until 2014 and was Chairman of the European People's Party-European Democrats 1999–2007. When he stepped down in 2014 he was the European Parliament's longest-serving member. As president of the European Parliament, he proposed the creation of the House of European History museum in Brussels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Hans-Gert Pöttering is the 5,874th most popular politician (up from 6,863rd in 2024), the 1,561st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,878th in 2019) and the 454th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans-Gert Pöttering ranks 5,874 out of 19,576. Before him are William Lai, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Kim Jong-nam, Andrés Nin Pérez, Emperor Ninmyō, and Stenkil. After him are Ladislaus Hunyadi, Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy, Hermann II, Count of Celje, Fouad Siniora, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, and Adélaïde d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Hans-Gert Pöttering ranks 138. Before him are Khaleda Zia, Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Maud Adams, András Arató, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, and Mahmoud al-Zahar. After him are Brion James, Igor Ivanov, Robert Wyatt, Philippe Ouédraogo, Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, and John Garang.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans-Gert Pöttering ranks 1,561 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Albert of Saxony (1316), Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597), Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), and Florian Schneider (1947). After him are Anton von Werner (1843), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Albert of Aix (1060), Anton Dostler (1891), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), and Adam Olearius (1603).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hans-Gert Pöttering ranks 454. Before him are Karl August von Hardenberg (1750), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Alice Weidel (1979), Rudolf Diels (1900), Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), and Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218). After him are Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), Karl August Wittfogel (1896), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), Walter Warlimont (1894), and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617).

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