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Jacques Barrot

1937 - 2014

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Jacques Barrot (French: [ʒak baʁo]; 3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician, who served as European Commissioner for Justice from 2008 to 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport from 2004 to 2008 and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months in 2004. He was also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and was a member of the right-wing political party UMP. He was officially approved in his post by the European Parliament on 18 June 2008 with a vote of 489 to 52 with 19 abstentions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Barrot is the 13,463rd most popular politician (up from 14,703rd in 2019), the 3,993rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,487th in 2019) and the 825th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Barrot ranks 13,463 out of 19,576. Before him are Vaino Väljas, Marcus Titius, Nasrullah Khan, Nouri Abusahmain, José María Castro Madriz, and José Díaz. After him are Abdelsalam Majali, Bob Hawke, Abdullah Ensour, Leila de Lima, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and Alla Kushnir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jacques Barrot ranks 306. Before him are Carlo Mazzone, Mirko Marjanović, Jaime Lerner, Jurek Becker, José Araquistáin, and Ramsewak Shankar. After him are Tatyana Shchelkanova, Coen Moulijn, Sally Kellerman, Hans Cieslarczyk, Mark Donohue, and Marlene Schmidt. Among people deceased in 2014, Jacques Barrot ranks 259. Before him are Harun Farocki, Klas Ingesson, Fiorenzo Angelini, Edmund Szoka, Nadya Nozharova, and Vaçe Zela. After him are Ilija Pantelić, Sue Townsend, Paul England, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Durdy Bayramov, and Warren Clarke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Barrot ranks 3,993 out of 6,770. Before him are Lucas Hernandez (1996), Blondel de Nesle (1155), Gaston Alibert (1878), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Roger Michelot (1912), and Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878). After him are Judith Gautier (1845), Roger Carel (1927), Victor Schœlcher (1804), Robert Herbin (1939), Yvette Chauviré (1917), and François-Jean de la Barre (1745).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jacques Barrot ranks 825. Before him are Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Jacques Soustelle (1912), Gaston Defferre (1910), Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910), and Geoffrey I of Provence (1013). After him are Victor Schœlcher (1804), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Paul Cambon (1843), Louis Aliot (1969), Daniel Morelon (1944), and Florence Arthaud (1957).

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