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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

1960 - Today

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman al-Burhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح البرهان عبد الرحمن البرهان, romanized: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Burhān ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Burhān; born 1960) is a Sudanese army general who is the de facto ruler of Sudan. Following the Sudanese Revolution in April 2019, he was handed control of the military junta, the Transitional Military Council, a day after it was formed, due to protesters' dissatisfaction with the establishment ties of initial leader Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has received more than 1,140,062 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is the 6,544th most popular politician (up from 8,968th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Sudanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ranks 6,544 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernardino Rivadavia, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Maharbal, Zuo Zongtang, and Wilhelm Zaisser. After him are T. V. Soong, Emperor Kameyama, Wilhelm Marr, Alberic I of Spoleto, Antonius Felix, and Starina Novak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ranks 71. Before him are Hirohiko Araki, Barham Salih, Daryl Hannah, José Maria Neves, Željko Obradović, and Fayez al-Sarraj. After him are Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, Gazebo, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Igor Belanov, Richard Ramirez, and Laurent Fignon.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ranks 9 out of 38. Before him are Muhammad Ahmad (1844), Omar al-Bashir (1944), Piye (-800), Josephine Bakhita (1868), John Garang (1945), and Gaafar Nimeiry (1930). After him are Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Tayeb Salih (1929), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Manute Bol (1962), and Ismail al-Azhari (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ranks 6. Before him are Mohamed Naguib (1901), Omar al-Bashir (1944), Piye (-800), John Garang (1945), and Gaafar Nimeiry (1930). After him are Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), and Abdalla Hamdok (1956).

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