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Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi

1947 - 2004

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Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (Arabic: عبد العزيز الرنتيسي‎; 23 October 1947 – 17 April 2004) was a Palestinian political leader and co-founder of Hamas, along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1987. He also served as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from March 2004 until his assassination in April 2004 and the first deputy chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from December 1987 until March 2004. Rantisi was born in Yibna, Mandatory Palestine in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi has received more than 489,894 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi is the 1,654th most popular politician (up from 6,266th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Israel (up from 144th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Israeli Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ranks 1,654 out of 19,576. Before him are Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Euric, Francis, Duke of Guise, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, and Ananda Mahidol. After him are Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Menelik II, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Stephen V of Hungary, Emeric, King of Hungary, and Princess Birgitta of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ranks 31. Before him are Michael Porter, O. J. Simpson, France Gall, Iggy Pop, Carlos Santana, and Robert Kiyosaki. After him are Glenn Close, Farrah Fawcett, Herman Van Rompuy, Tom Clancy, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Gloria Gaynor. Among people deceased in 2004, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ranks 18. Before him are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Ustinov, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Susan Sontag, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. After him are Christopher Reeve, Akhmad Kadyrov, Janet Leigh, Helmut Newton, Maurice Wilkins, and Renata Tebaldi.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ranks 76 out of 466. Before him are Haggai (-550), Simeon (null), James, brother of Jesus (-20), Gal Gadot (1985), Jehoiakim (-634), and Edward Said (1935). After him are Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Penitent thief (-18), Amon of Judah (-660), George Habash (1926), and Yitzhak Navon (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi ranks 28. Before him are Zedekiah (-617), Isaac Herzog (1960), Ezer Weizman (1924), Uzziah (-900), Manasseh of Judah (-800), and Jehoiakim (-634). After him are Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Amon of Judah (-660), Yitzhak Navon (1921), Jeconiah (-700), and Unas (-2400).

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