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Harold Holt

1908 - 1967

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Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and held various ministerial positions from 1949 to 1966 in the governments of Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. Holt was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne in childhood, studying law at the University of Melbourne. Before entering politics he practised law and was a lobbyist for cinema operators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Holt is the 8,163rd most popular politician (down from 8,031st in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harold Holt ranks 8,163 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexandros Zaimis, Fang Xuanling, Nikolay Shvernik, Clarice de' Medici, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, and Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara. After him are Zu Jia, Heinz Jost, Anote Tong, Eurybiades, Afonso Pena, and Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Harold Holt ranks 106. Before him are Arturo Frondizi, Alejandro Scopelli, Fritz Witt, Teizo Takeuchi, Carlo Abarth, and Fyodor Okhlopkov. After him are Sergei Sobolev, Bengt Strömgren, Jean Delannoy, Bernard Lee, Edgar Faure, and Salo Flohr. Among people deceased in 1967, Harold Holt ranks 90. Before him are Walter A. Shewhart, David Burliuk, H. H. Kung, Langston Hughes, Joseph Boxhall, and Ernst Niekisch. After him are Carl Sandburg, Eddie Eagan, Miklós Kállay, Alphonse Juin, Ernst Wollweber, and Pierre Jeanneret.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Harold Holt ranks 82 out of 1,143. Before him are Kerry Melville (1947), Bryan Brown (1947), David Bruce (1855), Cassandra Harris (1948), John Noble (1948), and Phil Rudd (1954). After him are Rhonda Byrne (1945), Angela White (1985), Bob Brown (1944), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Germaine Greer (1939), and Flea (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Harold Holt ranks 4. Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), Scott Morrison (1968), and Michael Jeffery (1937). After him are Bob Brown (1944), John Howard (1939), Anthony Albanese (1963), Edmund Barton (1849), Kevin Rudd (1957), John Curtin (1885), Alfred Deakin (1856), and Robert Menzies (1894).

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