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Bingu wa Mutharika

1934 - 2012

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Bingu wa Mutharika (; born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom; 24 February 1934 – 5 April 2012) was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012. He was also President of the Democratic Progressive Party, which he founded in February 2005; it obtained a majority in Malawi's parliament in the 2009 general election. During his two terms in office, he was noted for being the Chairperson of the African Union in 2010–2011, as well as for several domestic controversies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bingu wa Mutharika has received more than 441,687 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Bingu wa Mutharika is the 103rd most popular economist (up from 135th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Malawi (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Malawian Economist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 103 out of 414. Before him are Gottfried Feder, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Gérard Debreu, Kristalina Georgieva, Lorenz von Stein, and Oskar Morgenstern. After him are Douglas McGregor, Thomas Schelling, Silvio Gesell, Adolph Wagner, Friedrich von Wieser, and Rudolf Hilferding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 78. Before him are Albert Speer, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Hans Hollein, Henri Konan Bédié, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and Valentin Ivanov. After him are Tassos Papadopoulos, Georges Wolinski, Pratibha Patil, Leonid Rogozov, Marty Feldman, and Ingvar Carlsson. Among people deceased in 2012, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 64. Before him are Ben Gazzara, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Etta James, Chavela Vargas, Rodney King, and Helmut Haller. After him are Joseph Murray, Harry Harrison, Renato Dulbecco, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Chris Marker, and David Kelly.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 2 out of 15. Before him are Lazarus Chakwera (1955). After him are Hastings Banda (1898), Joyce Banda (1950), Peter Mutharika (1940), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Abeid Karume (1905), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Michelle Paver (1960), Anthea Stewart (1944), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Cate Campbell (1992).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Malawi

Among economists born in Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 1. 

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