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Alexander Bortnikov

1951 - Today

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Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Бо́ртников; born 15 November 1951) is a Russian intelligence officer who has served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) since 2008. He is one of the most powerful members of the silovik faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle. A Hero of the Russian Federation since 2019, he also holds the rank of General of the Army, the second highest grade in use in the Russian military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Bortnikov has received more than 743,111 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alexander Bortnikov is the 8,967th most popular politician (up from 10,679th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,122nd in 2019) and the 264th most popular Russian Politician.

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  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

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  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 8,967 out of 15,577. Before him are Michel Le Tellier, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Giovanni Visconti, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, and István Bethlen. After him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, Charlie Soong, Jack Lang, and Hotula Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 129. Before him are Orson Scott Card, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Jan Fischer, Jan Timman, Alvin E. Roth, and André Aciman. After him are Ramón Calderón, Abel Ferrara, Li Hongzhi, Michel Aupetit, K. K. Downing, and Fabrice Luchini.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 901 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Novikov (1900), Yulii Khariton (1904), Vasily Livanov (1935), Sergei Kruglov (1907), Andrey II of Vladimir (1222), and Sergey Belyavsky (1883). After him are Kuzma Minin (1616), Nikolai Andrianov (1952), Boris Gryzlov (1950), Marko Vovchok (1833), Abram Arkhipov (1862), and Otto Hesse (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 264. Before him are Viktoria Brezhneva (1907), Konstantin of Rostov (1185), Yusuf Akçura (1876), Alexander Novikov (1900), Sergei Kruglov (1907), and Andrey II of Vladimir (1222). After him are Kuzma Minin (1616), Boris Gryzlov (1950), Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (1196), Peter Struve (1870), Gevork Vartanian (1924), and Tini Beg (1341).

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