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Ruth Dreifuss

1940 - Today

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Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940) is a Swiss economist, unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council from 1993 to 2002. She served as Vice President of Switzerland in 1998 and as President of Switzerland in 1999 for the Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Dreifuss is the 7,017th most popular politician (up from 7,580th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 207th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruth Dreifuss ranks 7,017 out of 19,576. Before her are Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Saitō Makoto, Michael I Komnenos Doukas, and Sadyr Japarov. After her are Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Diponegoro, Yesü Möngke, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, and Tiridates III of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ruth Dreifuss ranks 141. Before her are Vicente Fernández, Denny Doherty, Enrico Bombieri, Taihō Kōki, Lorenzo Baldisseri, and Lei Feng. After her are Antonio Skármeta, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Sadaharu Oh, Víctor Erice, Hiroshi Katayama, and Mike Hailwood.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Ruth Dreifuss ranks 187 out of 1,015. Before her are Anton Graff (1736), Marc Allégret (1900), Marina Doria (1935), Kurt Huber (1893), Werner Leimgruber (1934), and Isabelle Eberhardt (1877). After her are Jonas Furrer (1805), Michel Simon (1895), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), and Jo Siffert (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Ruth Dreifuss ranks 21. Before her are Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Louis of Cyprus (1436), and Kurt Huber (1893). After her are Jonas Furrer (1805), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), Ueli Maurer (1950), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), and Guy Parmelin (1959).

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