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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

1939 - Today

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Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي, Malay pronunciation: [abdullah]; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian 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 1,257,418 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is the 5,357th most popular politician (down from 4,519th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 5,357 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Go-Nijō, Emperor Sushun, Bermudo I of Asturias, John I, Duke of Alençon, Cicero Minor, and Princess Margaret of Denmark. After him are Ishbi-Erra, Bess Truman, Naftali Bennett, Ilona Zrínyi, Leo I of Galicia, and Jerzy Buzek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 92Before him are Lee Majors, Leland H. Hartwell, Amancio Amaro, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Guntis Ulmanis, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi. After him are Lily Tomlin, Daniel C. Tsui, Scott McKenzie, Krzysztof Zanussi, Yaphet Kotto, and Carmen Salinas.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 7 out of 74Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Michelle Yeoh (1962), and Abdul Razak Hussein (1922). After him are Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Jimmy Choo (1948), Najib Razak (1953), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Yusof Ishak (1910).

Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 5Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdul Razak Hussein (1922). After him are Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930).