POLITICIAN

Abdoulaye Wade

1926 - Today

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Abdoulaye Wade (French pronunciation: [abdulaj wad]; born 29 May 1926) is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 74, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdoulaye Wade has received more than 514,098 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Abdoulaye Wade is the 3,537th most popular politician (down from 3,306th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Senegal and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Politician.

Abdoulaye Wade is most famous for being the president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He was the first president of Senegal to be elected in a democratic election.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 3,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Sakuramachi, Paul Kagame, Qutalmish, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Yusef of Morocco, and Erhard Heiden. After him are Edvard Kardelj, Carin Göring, Paul Blobel, Emperor Kōtoku, Charles III of Navarre, and Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 66. Before him are Masatoshi Koshiba, Vasily Arkhipov, Sergio Corbucci, Hilary Putnam, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Margot Frank. After him are Richard Matheson, John Fowles, Steve Reeves, Noah Gordon, César Pelli, and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 3 out of 138. Before him are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906), and Ségolène Royal (1953). After him are Patrick Vieira (1976), Macky Sall (1961), Abdou Diouf (1935), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), and Mariama Bâ (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 2. Before him are Ségolène Royal (1953). After him are Macky Sall (1961), Abdou Diouf (1935), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Habib Thiam (1933), Fatma Samoura (1962), Mahammed Dionne (1959), and Aminata Touré (1962).

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