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Pim Fortuyn

1948 - 2002

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Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (Dutch: [ˈpɪɱ fɔrˈtœyn] ; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002. Fortuyn worked as a professor at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam before branching into a business career and was an advisor to the Dutch government on social infrastructure. He then became prominent in the Netherlands as a press columnist, writer and media commentator. Initially a Marxist who was sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Netherlands, and later a member of the Dutch Labour Party in the 1970s, Fortuyn's beliefs began to shift to the right in the 1990s, especially related to the immigration policies of the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pim Fortuyn is the 4,517th most popular politician (down from 3,191st in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 138th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pim Fortuyn ranks 4,517 out of 19,576. Before him are John B. Kelly Sr., Oichi, Kenneth Kaunda, Carolina Herrera, Ariovistus, and Catherine I, Latin Empress. After him are Mike DeWine, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zuzana Čaputová, Robert I, Count of Flanders, and Juan Negrín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Pim Fortuyn ranks 97. Before him are René Arnoux, Beppe Grillo, Alan Parsons, Chris de Burgh, Stephen Schwartz, and Rory Gallagher. After him are Steven Chu, Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Kukuczka, Mahesh Bhatt, Michel Suleiman, and Stevie Nicks. Among people deceased in 2002, Pim Fortuyn ranks 53. Before him are Raf Vallone, John Gotti, René Thom, Cyrus Vance, Sigvard Bernadotte, and Aileen Wuornos. After him are Agatha Barbara, Laurent Schwartz, César Milstein, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, María Félix, and Shigeo Sugimoto.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pim Fortuyn ranks 168 out of 1,646. Before him are Bert van Marwijk (1952), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Pieter Lastman (1583), and Famke Janssen (1964). After him are Piet Keizer (1943), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Mariska Veres (1947), and Arjen Robben (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pim Fortuyn ranks 21. Before him are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), and Roméo Dallaire (1946). After him are Ruud Lubbers (1939), Geert Wilders (1963), Wim Duisenberg (1935), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), John II, Count of Holland (1247), and Willem Drees (1886).

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