POLITICIAN

Ahmad Shah of Pahang

1930 - 2019

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Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah (Jawi: المرحوم سلطان حاج أحمد شاه المستعين بالله إبن المرحوم سلطان أبو بكر رعاية الدين المعظم شاه; 24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was Sultan of Pahang from 1974 until his abdication in 2019, and the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from 1979 to 1984. His abdication as sultan was decided by the Royal Council at an extraordinary meeting on 11 January 2019. A special amendment was passed on the state constitution that gave the body more power for this decision, citing the Sultan's incapability to rule due to his failing health. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Shah of Pahang has received more than 992,017 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ahmad Shah of Pahang is the 7,415th most popular politician (up from 9,347th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 16th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad Shah of Pahang ranks 7,415 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Beopheung of Silla, Democedes, Emanuel Ringelblum, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Khutulun. After him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Leonardo Conti, John VIII, Count of Vendôme, Roman of Bulgaria, Simone Boccanegra, and Aripert I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ahmad Shah of Pahang ranks 137. Before him are Franzl Lang, Lina Kostenko, Marshall Sahlins, Fritz Wunderlich, Kinji Fukasaku, and Ahmed Zaki Yamani. After him are Frank Lucas, Dündar Ali Osman, Guy Ligier, James Baker, Eugenio Castellotti, and Bernard Collomb. Among people deceased in 2019, Ahmad Shah of Pahang ranks 109. Before him are John Conyers, Branko Lustig, Peter Mayhew, Guillermo Mordillo, Paul Badura-Skoda, and György Konrád. After him are Frank Lucas, Rip Torn, Eddie Money, Emanuel Ungaro, Andrés Gimeno, and Hirokazu Kanazawa.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Ahmad Shah of Pahang ranks 15 out of 90. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895). After him are P. Ramlee (1929), Yusof Ishak (1910), Jimmy Choo (1948), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), James Wan (1977), and Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Ahmad Shah of Pahang ranks 13. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895). After him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), and Salahuddin of Selangor (1926).

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