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Abdul Razak Hussein

1922 - 1976

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Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein (Jawi: عبدالرزاق بن حسين; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian politician who served as the second prime minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in January 1976. He is referred to as the Father of Development (Bapa Pembangunan). Tun Razak was the prime minister responsible for setting up Barisan Nasional, which is the ruling coalition of political parties that held power in Malaysia till 10 May 2018, with Barisan Nasional losing the 14th Malaysia General Election under his son Najib Razak, taking over from its predecessor, the Alliance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Razak Hussein has received more than 793,919 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abdul Razak Hussein is the 5,035th most popular politician (up from 5,468th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Malaysia and the 5th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 5,035 out of 15,710. Before him are Isabella de' Medici, Karl August Wittfogel, Emperor Huai of Jin, Tomiichi Murayama, Constanze Manziarly, and Bu Bing. After him are Ernő Gerő, Ronald Venetiaan, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Bernard de Tremelay, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 90. Before him are Enrico Berlinguer, Veronica Lake, Damiano Damiani, Salvatore Giuliano, Denholm Elliott, and Miloš Jakeš. After him are Raymond Franz, Paul Marcinkus, Elmer Bernstein, Marek Edelman, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, and Kim Hunter. Among people deceased in 1976, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 61. Before him are Ivan Yakubovsky, Phil Ochs, George Whipple, Mitsuo Fuchida, George Ostrogorsky, and Harry Nyquist. After him are Carol Reed, Mikhail Gurevich, Walter Warlimont, Lee J. Cobb, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Willi Hennig.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 6 out of 54. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939). After him are Michelle Yeoh (1962), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Hussein Onn (1922), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Jimmy Choo (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 5. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939). After him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Hussein Onn (1922), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Anwar Ibrahim (1947).

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