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Anote Tong

1952 - Today

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Anote Tong (simplified Chinese: 汤安诺; traditional Chinese: 湯安諾; pinyin: Tāng Ānnuò; born 11 June 1952) is an I-Kiribati environmental activist and former politician for the Pillars of Truth party with half Chinese heritage, who served as the fourth president of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016. He won the election in July 2003 with a slim plurality of votes cast (47.4%) against his older brother, Harry Tong (43.5%) and the private lawyer Banuera Berina (9.1%). The elections were contested by the opposition, due to allegations of electoral fraud but the High Court of Tarawa had confirmed that there was no fraud. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anote Tong has received more than 153,356 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Anote Tong is the 8,814th most popular politician (up from 9,886th in 2019), the most popular biography from Kiribati and the most popular I-Kiribati Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anote Tong ranks 8,814 out of 19,576. Before him are Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen, Mesih Pasha, Jorge Ubico, László Csatáry, Manuel II of Trebizond, and Hermann of Salm. After him are Hypatius, Aristodemus of Cumae, Mustafa Akıncı, Paul Ramadier, Manfred Wörner, and Masaniello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Anote Tong ranks 151. Before him are Marilyn Chambers, David A. Stewart, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Petar Stoyanov, Nikolai Andrianov, and Rafael Caro Quintero. After him are Jean-Dominique Bauby, Per Petterson, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Edward Zwick, Sergei Stepashin, and Klaus Teuber.

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In Kiribati

Among people born in Kiribati, Anote Tong ranks 1 out of 6. After him are Taneti Mamau (1960), Teatao Teannaki (1936), Ieremia Tabai (1949), Teburoro Tito (1953), David Katoatau (1984), Madlen Radukanova (2000), Lataisi Mwea (2000), Zhong Jiaqi (1999), and Kinaua Biribo (1993).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kiribati

Among politicians born in Kiribati, Anote Tong ranks 1. After him are Taneti Mamau (1960), Teatao Teannaki (1936), Ieremia Tabai (1949), and Teburoro Tito (1953).

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