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Arthur Foulkes

1928 - Today

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Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes, ON, GCMG (born 11 May 1928) is a politician who was the ninth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2010 to 2014. Foulkes was elected to the House of Assembly in 1967 and served in the government of Lynden Pindling as Minister of Communications and Minister of Tourism. In 1971, he was co-founder of the Free National Movement, and he was appointed to the Senate in 1972 and 1977 before returning to the House of Assembly in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Foulkes has received more than 58,963 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Foulkes is the 13,040th most popular politician (up from 14,875th in 2019), the most popular biography from The Bahamas (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Bahamian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Foulkes ranks 13,040 out of 19,576. Before him are Franz Blücher, Peada of Mercia, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Marduk-balassu-iqbi, William II of Berg, and Kalkot Mataskelekele. After him are Pedro Montt, Ye Mingchen, Amr ibn al-Layth, Sergius Paulus, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, and Luis Ángel González Macchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Arthur Foulkes ranks 340. Before him are Eno Raud, Anita Brookner, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, André Schwarz-Bart, Morihiro Saito, and Hushang Ebtehaj. After him are Nora Nova, Dara Singh, Art Farmer, Flóra Kádár, Leon Fleisher, and António Ribeiro.

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In The Bahamas

Among people born in The Bahamas, Arthur Foulkes ranks 1 out of 31. After him are Perry Christie (1943), Durward Knowles (1917), Philip Davis (1951), Kimbo Slice (1974), Sebastian Bach (1968), Hubert Minnis (1954), Lynden Pindling (1930), Calvin Lockhart (1934), Donald Thomas (1984), Persia White (1972), and Mark Knowles (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In The Bahamas

Among politicians born in The Bahamas, Arthur Foulkes ranks 1. After him are Perry Christie (1943), Philip Davis (1951), Hubert Minnis (1954), and Lynden Pindling (1930).

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