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Margrethe Vestager

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Margrethe Vestager (Danish pronunciation: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə ˈvestˌɛˀjɐ]; born 13 April 1968) is a Danish politician who formerly served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age between December 2019 and November 2024 in the Von Der Leyen Commission and was European Commissioner for Competition between 2014 and 2024 under Commission Presidents Juncker and Von Der Leyen. Vestager is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, and of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) on the European level. Prior to joining the European Commission, she served in the Danish governments of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1998 to 2000 and Minister of Education from 1998 to 2001. She was leader of the Social Liberals from 2007 to 2014, and served as Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior under Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margrethe Vestager is the 12,476th most popular politician (down from 9,934th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 119th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margrethe Vestager ranks 12,476 out of 19,576. Before her are Edward Bernard Raczyński, Hertta Kuusinen, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and György Klapka. After her are Noli de Castro, Richard I of Capua, Victorino de la Plaza, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, and Alois Estermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Margrethe Vestager ranks 123. Before her are Martin Dahlin, Choi Jin-sil, Talant Duyshebaev, Hakan Fidan, Cliff Curtis, and Mauro Silva. After her are Juan Antonio Pizzi, Ramush Haradinaj, Herbert Kickl, Benjamin List, Frédéric Vasseur, and Sidse Babett Knudsen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Margrethe Vestager ranks 365 out of 1,032. Before her are Martha of Denmark (1277), Vilhelm Buhl (1881), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), Georg Jensen (1866), Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120), and Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758). After her are Kristian Zahrtmann (1843), Christian August Lorentzen (1749), Kim Vilfort (1962), Else Alfelt (1910), Pilou Asbæk (1982), and Gitte Hænning (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Margrethe Vestager ranks 119. Before her are Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1573), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Inge Sørensen (1924), Harald Klak (null), and Vilhelm Buhl (1881). After her are Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), Peter Georg Bang (1797), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), and Viggo Kampmann (1910).

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