POLITICIAN

Yasuo Fukuda

1936 - Today

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Yasuo Fukuda (福田 康夫, Fukuda Yasuo, born 16 July 1936) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving in that role from 2000 to 2004 under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi. His record was surpassed by Yoshihide Suga, who served almost twice as long. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuo Fukuda has received more than 639,298 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Yasuo Fukuda is the 3,359th most popular politician (down from 3,284th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Politician.

Yasuo Fukuda is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Japan from 2007-2008.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yasuo Fukudas by language

Over the past year Yasuo Fukuda has had the most page views in the with 243,053 views, followed by English (56,260), and Chinese (20,404). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Min Dong (170.13%), Malagasy (127.01%), and Zulu (107.12%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 3,359 out of 19,576. Before him are Shepseskare, Natalya Naryshkina, Yolande of Aragon, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Guy III of Spoleto, and Aimery of Cyprus. After him are Viracocha Inca, Violeta Chamorro, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 50. Before him are Steve Reich, Émile Lahoud, Ghassan Kanafani, Bill Wyman, Raymond Poulidor, and Benedict Anderson. After him are Roger Whittaker, Assia Djebar, Choummaly Sayasone, Richard Wilson, Denny Hulme, and Boniface Alexandre.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 173 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Tenmu (631), Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), and Syukuro Manabe (1931). After him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), and Taira no Kiyomori (1118).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 57. Before him are Emperor Ōjin (210), Emperor Kaika (-208), Emperor Tenmu (631), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Emperor Suinin (-69), and Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918). After him are Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), and Emperor Kōgen (-272).

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