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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

1934 - 2012

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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somali: Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, Arabic: عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012) was a Somali politician and former military officer. He was one of the founders of the rebel Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), as well as the Puntland state of Somalia, the latter of which he served as the first president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has received more than 381,750 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed is the 8,389th most popular politician (down from 6,729th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Somali Politician.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 8,389 out of 19,576. Before him are Sengge Rinchen, King An of Zhou, Amir Kabir, Mulatu Teshome, Srinagarindra, and Laura Chinchilla. After him are Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Svein Knutsson, Grigory Petrovsky, Franz Six, Arturo Alessandri, and Theodemir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 144. Before him are Van Cliburn, Freddie King, Lakhdar Brahimi, Audre Lorde, Eileen Atkins, and Zurab Tsereteli. After him are Pierre Clastres, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Ralph Nader, Kenzo Ohashi, Lucien Muller, and Nadine Trintignant. Among people deceased in 2012, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 117. Before him are Edoardo Mangiarotti, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Dorothea Tanning, Wilhelm Brasse, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, and Alexander Arutiunian. After him are Angelo Dundee, Jack Tramiel, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Paddy Roy Bates, Henry Hill, and Russell Means.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 7 out of 58. Before him are Waris Dirie (1965), Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Siad Barre (1919), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), and Iman (1955). After him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Aden Adde (1908), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), and Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 5. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Siad Barre (1919), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916). After him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Aden Adde (1908), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962).

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