1953 - Today
Brigi Rafini (born 29 March 1953) is a Nigerien politician who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 2011 to 2021. A native of Iférouane in Agadez Region and an ethnic Tuareg, Rafini was Minister of Agriculture in the late 1980s and Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger from 2004 to 2009. He was appointed as Prime Minister after Mahamadou Issoufou took office as President on 7 April 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brigi Rafini has received more than 132,649 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Brigi Rafini is the 12,665th most popular politician (down from 10,995th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Niger (down from 6th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Nigerien Politician.
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Among politicians, Brigi Rafini ranks 12,665 out of 15,577. Before him are Hrvoje Šarinić, Laodice V, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Stephen A. Douglas, Asander, and Ahmose. After him are Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Itti-Marduk-balatu, Joseph Brant, Thomas Preljubović, Nahas Angula, and Kazimierz Sabbat.
1935 - 2017
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 12,659
150 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 12,660
1593 - 1641
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 12,661
1813 - 1861
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 12,662
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 12,663
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 12,664
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 12,665
1769 - 1812
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 12,666
1200 BC - 1132 BC
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 12,667
1742 - 1807
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 12,668
1310 - 1384
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 12,669
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 12,670
1913 - 1989
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 12,671
Among people born in 1953, Brigi Rafini ranks 224. Before him are Thomas Friedman, Aleksandr Abdulov, Sara Simeoni, Bruce Kulick, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, and Maryam Rajavi. After him are Gernot Rohr, Attilio Bettega, Louie Anderson, Ernest Bai Koroma, Abdelmajid Dolmy, and Oliver Ivanović.
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 218
1953 - 2008
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 219
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 220
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 221
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 222
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 223
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 224
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 225
1953 - 1985
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 226
1953 - 2022
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 227
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 228
1953 - 2017
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 229
1953 - 2018
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 230
Among people born in Niger, Brigi Rafini ranks 11 out of 19. Before him are Seyni Kountché (1931), Ali Saibou (1940), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), and Daouda Malam Wanké (1946). After him are Issake Dabore (1940), Ismaël Lô (1956), Oumarou Ganda (1935), Salou Djibo (1965), Hama Amadou (1950), and Seyni Oumarou (1951).
1931 - 1987
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 5
1940 - 2011
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 8
1949 - 1999
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 9
1946 - 2004
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 11
1940 - 2021
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 13
1935 - 1981
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 14
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 15
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 16
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Niger, Brigi Rafini ranks 11. Before him are Seyni Kountché (1931), Ali Saibou (1940), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), and Daouda Malam Wanké (1946). After him are Salou Djibo (1965), Hama Amadou (1950), and Seyni Oumarou (1951).
1931 - 1987
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 5
1940 - 2011
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 8
1949 - 1999
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 9
1946 - 2004
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 13
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 14