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Jean Ziegler

1934 - Today

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Jean Ziegler (French: [ziglɛʁ]; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Ziegler is the 247th most popular social activist (up from 271st in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 240th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jean Ziegler ranks 247 out of 840. Before him are Juliana of Stolberg, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Huber Matos, Jan Gotlib Bloch, David Riazanov, and Narges Mohammadi. After him are Abba Kovner, Kate Sheppard, Peter Nguyen Van Hung, Leymah Gbowee, Edward Snowden, and Djamila Bouhired.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jean Ziegler ranks 137. Before him are Alisa Freindlich, Nadine Trintignant, Hank Aaron, John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Audre Lorde, and Lucien Muller. After him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Sarah Kofman, Ken Matthews, Jean Marsh, Kate Millett, and Francesco Monterisi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Ziegler ranks 218 out of 1,015. Before him are Bernard Tschumi (1944), Giuseppe Motta (1871), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jost Amman (1539), and Emma Jung (1882). After him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), André Abegglen (1909), Claude Nicollier (1944), Joseph Deiss (1946), Roberto Di Matteo (1970), and Eugène Grasset (1845).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Switzerland

Among social activists born in Switzerland, Jean Ziegler ranks 5. Before him are Henry Dunant (1828), Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746), Jean-Paul Marat (1743), and Élie Ducommun (1833). After him are Gustave Moynier (1826), Hector Hodler (1887), Felix Manz (1498), and Bruno Manser (1954).

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