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Posted: June 08 2012 at 15:50 |
European, surely. One brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters.
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 07:48 |
British?
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 09:13 |
No, not British. His second prenomen is derived from an ancient Greek hero.
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 09:23 |
From a Mediterranean country?
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 09:42 |
someone_else wrote:
I think I've found her: Julia Kristeva.
The best match I could find by far.
(@BaldJean: It could not be Tzveta Sofronieva, because she is younger than 60) |
I did not find her in Wikipedia, and the source where I found her gave her year of birth as 1962. Wikipedia is usually not the first source I look up
Edited by BaldJean - June 09 2012 at 09:43
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 10:01 |
@refugee: No, he is not from a Mediterranean country. @BaldJean: It was not easy to find her in Wikipedia by looking in one of the categories; this took quite a detour. And days or years of birth on Wikipedia need to be verified quite often (I try to do so, when necessary, by looking in other languages). But all the languages I checked gave 1941 as the year of her birth. 49
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 12:03 |
Scandinavian?
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Posted: June 09 2012 at 16:28 |
No, not Scandinavian. Three to the power of three.
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Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:56 |
Benelux?
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Posted: June 10 2012 at 11:59 |
Yes, he is from the Benelux. Neither a spectator, nor a dictator, but a facilitator.
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Posted: June 10 2012 at 12:07 |
Netherlands?
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 02:49 |
No, not the Netherlands.
On top of the summit.
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 03:32 |
Belgium?
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 03:51 |
Yes, he comes from Belgium.
His father was an economics professor.
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 04:10 |
An artist?
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 04:42 |
No, not an artist.
Edit: He practises a form of art as a hobby, but that is not the source of his fame.
In his former job, he was preceded and succeeded by the same person.
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 05:09 |
Has he been the head of some international institution?
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 06:46 |
Yes.
Grand Cordon of Leo's Order.
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 10:26 |
Found him: Herman Achille Van Rompuy.
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Posted: June 11 2012 at 10:44 |
Well done again, refugee! It is indeed Herman Achille van Rompuy.
Here are the explanations to some hints:
5-7-5: Van Rompuy has the peculiar hobby of writing haiku's. A haiku has three lines, with 5, 7 and 5 syllables (or something like it, to put it more precisely - I am not very familiar with subtle Japanese arts).
Something like this:
Damp rag's charisma,
Lower bank clerk's appearance:
Herman van Rompuy
(ascribed to Nigel Farage)
Rock 'n Roll Teenage Laddie: In his early teens, he was a fan of Elvis Presley.
49: He was the 49th prime minister of Belgium.
Three to the power of three: The 27 countries of the European Union.
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