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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

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Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي, Malay pronunciation: [abdullah]; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian retired politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. He was also the sixth president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political party (at the time) in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, Pak meaning 'Uncle' or 'Sir', while Lah is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has received more than 1,321,728 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is the 4,398th most popular politician (up from 5,343rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Malaysian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 4,398 out of 19,576. Before him are Aga Khan III, Philetaerus, Wei Zhongxian, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Şehsuvar Sultan, and Jacob De la Gardie. After him are Andrea Dandolo, John IV of Trebizond, Authari, Franz Seldte, Ri Chun-hee, and Ramiro II of León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 70. Before him are Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Dale T. Mortensen, Fikret Abdić, Marco Bellocchio, Gangubai Kothewali, and Leland H. Hartwell. After him are Helmut Haller, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Dariush Mehrjui, Susumu Tonegawa, Claudio Magris, and Joaquim Chissano.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 6 out of 90. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michelle Yeoh (1962), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Anwar Ibrahim (1947). After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), and Hussein Onn (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 5. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Anwar Ibrahim (1947). After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895).

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