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Pierre Messmer

1916 - 2007

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Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (French: [pjɛʁ mɛsmɛʁ]; 20 March 1916 – 29 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999; his seat was taken over by Simone Veil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Messmer is the 7,047th most popular politician (up from 7,436th in 2019), the 2,031st most popular biography from France (up from 2,179th in 2019) and the 496th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Messmer ranks 7,047 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas Gresham, Masayoshi Ōhira, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Charles de Freycinet, Augustinas Voldemaras, and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden. After him are Khentkaus III, Sergei Ivanov, Tsutomu Hata, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Agostino Chigi, and Emile Vandervelde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Pierre Messmer ranks 79. Before him are Richard Fleischer, Giorgio Bassani, Sterling Hayden, Luigi Comencini, Jack Vance, and Julio César Turbay Ayala. After him are Pietro Rava, Stjepan Filipović, Archie Moore, Archduke Felix of Austria, Manea Mănescu, and Shirley Jackson. Among people deceased in 2007, Pierre Messmer ranks 97. Before him are Sol LeWitt, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Denny Doherty, Luigi Comencini, André Gorz, and Sri Chinmoy. After him are Viliam Schrojf, Floyd Westerman, Gianfranco Ferré, Julien Gracq, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, and Edward Yang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 2,031 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Pelliot (1878), Paul Andreu (1938), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), François de la Chaise (1624), and Charles de Freycinet (1828). After him are Adalberon (947), Marguerite Gérard (1761), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), François Faber (1887), François Lemoyne (1688), and Dominique Venner (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 496. Before him are André Tardieu (1876), Camille Chautemps (1885), Jacques Thibaud (1880), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), and Charles de Freycinet (1828). After him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Michel Rocard (1930), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), Wilfred the Hairy (840), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), and François Georges-Picot (1870).

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