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Michel Barnier

1951 - Today

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Michel Jean Barnier (French: [miʃɛl baʁnje] ; born 9 January 1951) is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. A member of a series of Gaullist parties (UDR, RPR, UMP, LR), Barnier has served in several French cabinet positions under the governments from Édouard Balladur to François Fillon from 1993 to 2009. At the European Union (EU) level, Barnier was European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services from 2010 to 2014 and vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2010 to 2015. From October 2016 to 2021, he was the EU's chief negotiator on Britain's exit from the European Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Barnier is the 2,260th most popular politician (up from 11,155th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from France (up from 3,317th in 2019) and the 167th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Barnier ranks 2,260 out of 19,576Before him are Félix Faure, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Gustav Heinemann, Sergey Bubka, Ephialtes of Trachis, and Géza II of Hungary. After him are Óscar Arias, Danjong of Joseon, Dorgon, Robert Ritter von Greim, Léon Bourgeois, and Moinuddin Chishti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Michel Barnier ranks 26Before him are Kurt Russell, Stellan Skarsgård, Bonnie Tyler, Glenn Hughes, Olivia Hussey, and Akhmad Kadyrov. After him are Bertie Ahern, Paul Breitner, Juan Manuel Santos, Win Myint, Jill Biden, and Aslan Maskhadov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Barnier ranks 737 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), François Guizot (1787), Félix Faure (1841), and Jan Gossaert (1478). After him are Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Louis Blériot (1872), and Adela of Champagne (1140).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Michel Barnier ranks 167Before him are Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Vincent Auriol (1884), Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), René Coty (1882), and Félix Faure (1841). After him are Léon Bourgeois (1851), Louise of Lorraine (1553), Simone Veil (1927), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Arbogast (340), and Gaston Doumergue (1863).