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Nicolaas Pierson

1839 - 1909

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Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839 – 24 December 1909) was a Dutch economist and Liberal statesman who served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901. Pierson was a professor economics and statistics at the University of Amsterdam and director and presiding director (president-directeur) of the De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch national bank. He was minister of Finance in the Cabinet Van Tienhoven. During his term of office he introduced an important tax revision. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaas Pierson is the 15,004th most popular politician (down from 14,893rd in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 791st in 2019) and the 107th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolaas Pierson ranks 15,004 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Márquez Sterling, Harald Edelstam, Claudette Werleigh, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow. After him are Joe Kennedy III, Lupus of Friuli, Zinovios Valvis, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Gilles Andriamahazo, and László Lukács.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Nicolaas Pierson ranks 84. Before him are Nicolás de Piérola, Almon Brown Strowger, Ludwig Mond, Julius Wilbrand, Julius von Hann, and Tage Reedtz-Thott. After him are Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Ignacio Andrade, Casimiro de Abreu, Ivan Kuratov, William T. Anderson, and John Ballance. Among people deceased in 1909, Nicolaas Pierson ranks 83. Before him are Ernest Reyer, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Higinio Uriarte, Otto Sinding, and Karel Halíř. After him are Hugo Egmont Hørring, Furqat, Miguel Antonio Caro, William Powell Frith, Carl Bolle, Clorinda Matto de Turner, and Petre S. Aurelian.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Pierson ranks 767 out of 1,646. Before him are Huub Rothengatter (1954), Femke Halsema (1966), Thérèse Schwartze (1851), Martin van Creveld (1946), Doutzen Kroes (1985), and Jaap Eden (1873). After him are Dirk Hartog (1580), Ed de Goey (1966), Cornelis Ketel (1548), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), and Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Pierson ranks 107. Before him are Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797), Sandra Roelofs (1968), Jan Heemskerk (1818), Sigrid Kaag (1961), Job Cohen (1947), and Femke Halsema (1966). After him are Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846), Badr Hari (1984), Hans van Mierlo (1931), Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816), and Frans Andriessen (1929).

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