POLITICIAN

Poul Schlüter

1929 - 2021

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Poul Holmskov Schlüter (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰʌwl ˈhʌlmskʌw ˈslytɐ]; 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first (and to date, only) member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901. Schlüter was a member of the Folketing (Danish parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Poul Schlüter is the 7,834th most popular politician (down from 7,370th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Poul Schlüter ranks 7,834 out of 19,576Before him are Andronikos III of Trebizond, Keisuke Okada, Blanche of Lancaster, William A. Wheeler, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, and Ahmed Zaki Yamani. After him are Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Emperor Gong of Jin, Walter Lini, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and Mihail Kogălniceanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Poul Schlüter ranks 145Before him are Charles Moore, Vladimír Menšík, Robert Faurisson, Walter Brandmüller, Luis García Meza, and Alexis Weissenberg. After him are Gaston Glock, Chespirito, Lee Shau-kee, Gabriel Urgebadze, Christos Sartzetakis, and Kateb Yacine. Among people deceased in 2021, Poul Schlüter ranks 149Before him are James Levine, Mark Eaton, Haya Harareet, Hank Aaron, Jimmy Greaves, and Ahmed Zaki Yamani. After him are David Yonggi Cho, Marshall Sahlins, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Igor Oistrakh, Anna Chromý, and Terry Cooper.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Poul Schlüter ranks 207 out of 1,032Before him are Mette Frederiksen (1977), Poul Nielsen (1891), King Diamond (1956), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768). After him are Hastein (810), Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520), Marie Krøyer (1867), Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), and Princess Louise of Denmark (1750).

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