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Jack Lang

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Jack Mathieu Émile Lang (French pronunciation: [dʒak matjø emil lɑ̃ɡ]; born 2 September 1939) is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, as well as Minister of National Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also Mayor of Blois from 1989 until his resignation in 2000. Lang is best known for originating the Fête de la Musique in 1982 as Culture Minister, an all day public music festival which occurs yearly on 21 June in France and throughout the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Lang is the 10,515th most popular politician (down from 9,704th in 2019), the 3,041st most popular biography from France (down from 2,901st in 2019) and the 707th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jack Lang ranks 10,515 out of 19,576. Before him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Demetrius the Fair, Ashot II of Armenia, Guillermo Rodríguez, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Albert Apponyi. After him are Vasil Radoslavov, Gauda, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Antanas Sniečkus, Domenico I Contarini, and Nicholas II Garai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jack Lang ranks 209. Before him are Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Robert James Waller, Christodoulos of Athens, Michael Gazzaniga, Flavio Cotti, and Paul Winfield. After him are Angelo Sormani, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Elena Obraztsova, Leonid Kanevsky, Patrick Wayne, and Jane Alexander.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jack Lang ranks 3,041 out of 6,770. Before him are François Hanriot (1761), Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845), Michel Audiard (1920), Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874), Antoine Louis (1723), and Joseph de Guignes (1721). After him are Joanni Perronet (1877), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), Jean-Louis Debré (1944), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), and Alain Bombard (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jack Lang ranks 707. Before him are Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), Adolf Wagner (1890), Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831), François Hanriot (1761), Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845), and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874). After him are Jean-Louis Debré (1944), Félix Gaillard (1919), Louis Buffet (1818), Henri Callot (1875), Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), and Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614).

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