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Johannes Rau

1931 - 2006

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Johannes Rau (German: [joˈhanəs ˈʁaʊ] ; 16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998. In the latter role, he also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1982/83 and in 1994/95. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Rau is the 1,969th most popular politician (up from 2,051st in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Germany (up from 568th in 2019) and the 145th most popular German Politician.

Johannes Rau was the president of Germany from 1999 to 2004. He is most famous for being the first president of Germany to come from the former East Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johannes Rau ranks 1,969 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert I, Latin Emperor, Shalmaneser III, Publius Quinctilius Varus, Egon Krenz, Gelimer, and Hippias. After him are Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Cleopatra Selene of Syria, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Perseus of Macedon, and Al-Mutawakkil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Johannes Rau ranks 31. Before him are Josef Masopust, Don King, Sofia Gubaidulina, Anatoly Dyatlov, Burton Richter, and Annie Girardot. After him are Alice Munro, Leonard Nimoy, D. B. Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Ian Holm, and James Earl Jones. Among people deceased in 2006, Johannes Rau ranks 20. Before him are Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, Philippe Noiret, Choi Kyu-hah, Mako, and Desmond Doss. After him are Heinrich Harrer, Oriana Fallaci, Ibrahim Rugova, Giacinto Facchetti, Anna Politkovskaya, and Melvin Schwartz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Rau ranks 507 out of 7,253. Before him are Dieter Bohlen (1954), Georg von Küchler (1881), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Heinrich Brüning (1885), and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742). After him are Hans von Aachen (1552), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans Luther (1879), and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johannes Rau ranks 145. Before him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Josef Kramer (1906), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), and Heinrich Brüning (1885). After him are Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans Luther (1879), Robert Ley (1890), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), and Walter Schellenberg (1910).

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