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Abdulsalami Abubakar

1942 - Today

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Abdulsalami Abubakar ( ; born 13 June 1942) is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdulsalami Abubakar has received more than 639,639 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Abdulsalami Abubakar is the 11,644th most popular politician (up from 13,402nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 34th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdulsalami Abubakar ranks 11,644 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfredo Cristiani, Schuyler Colfax, Uranius, Constantine Lekapenos, Juan Almonte, and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Sempad the Constable, Mithridates I of the Bosporus, Lawrence Eagleburger, Maciej Rataj, Charles James Fox, and Peter Pellegrini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Abdulsalami Abubakar ranks 294. Before him are Lyudmila Zhivkova, Martin Rees, Nobby Stiles, Gunilla Bergström, Janko Prunk, and Philip Catherine. After him are John Shrapnel, Wu Ma, Anneke Grönloh, Fatma Girik, B. J. Thomas, and Imran N. Hosein.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Abdulsalami Abubakar ranks 20 out of 309. Before him are Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Francis Arinze (1932), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), and Rashidi Yekini (1963). After him are Amos Tutuola (1920), Victor Osimhen (1998), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Tijani Babangida (1973), and Ibrahim Babangida (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Abdulsalami Abubakar ranks 7. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Sani Abacha (1943), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951). After him are Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), and Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904).

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