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Arthur Chung

1918 - 2008

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Arthur Raymond Chung, OE (10 January 1918 – 23 June 2008) was a Guyanese politician who was the 1st President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese (Chinese Caribbean) to be head of state in a non-Asian country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Chung has received more than 232,916 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Chung is the 11,670th most popular politician (down from 10,261st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guyana (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Guyanese Politician.

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  • 30

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  • 3.84

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  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Chung ranks 11,670 out of 15,577Before him are Lutipri, Ion Gigurtu, Maciej Rataj, Juan Lindo, Theodora Komnene, and Kim Campbell. After him are Trần Trọng Kim, Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Andry Rajoelina, Malcolm Turnbull, John Lilburne, and Siegfried Buback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Arthur Chung ranks 162Before him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Robert Ettinger, Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, Suzanne Flon, and Alfredo Ovando Candía. After him are Shinobu Hashimoto, Barry Morse, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Bill Vukovich, Art Carney, and Georges Berger. Among people deceased in 2008, Arthur Chung ranks 162Before him are Ibrahim Nasir, Sœur Emmanuelle, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Lydia Shum, and Robert Prosky. After him are Yury Glazkov, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Yuri Rytkheu, Barry Morse, León Febres Cordero, and Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 2 out of 19Before him are Eddy Grant (1948). After him are David A. Granger (1945), Neil Ritchie (1897), CCH Pounder (1952), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Walter Rodney (1942), and Moses Nagamootoo (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Guyana

Among politicians born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 1After him are David A. Granger (1945), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Irfaan Ali (1980).