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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 416,047 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Bingu wa Mutharika is the 137th most popular economist (up from 144th in 2019), the most popular biography from Malawi (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Malawian Economist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 137 out of 315. Before him are Franz Oppenheimer, Robert Reich, Ernest Mandel, Clive Granger, Walt Whitman Rostow, and Joan Robinson. After him are Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Jeremy Rifkin, Ernst Engel, and James Mirrlees.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 89. Before him are Armi Kuusela, Édith Cresson, Clive Granger, George Chakiris, Kenny Baker, and Marty Feldman. After him are Robert Moog, Georges Wolinski, Allen Carr, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Otar Iosseliani, and Valentin Ivanov. Among people deceased in 2012, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 73. Before him are Helmut Haller, Renato Dulbecco, Paul L. Smith, Sergio Oliva, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and David Kelly. After him are Teófilo Stevenson, Scott McKenzie, Hans Werner Henze, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Gore Vidal, and Griselda Blanco.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 1 out of 15. After him are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), Hastings Banda (1898), Peter Mutharika (1940), Joyce Banda (1950), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Abeid Karume (1905), Michelle Paver (1960), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Anthea Stewart (1944), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Russell Mwafulirwa (1983).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Malawi

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

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