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Brigi Rafini

1953 - Today

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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 132,126 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Brigi Rafini is the 10,500th most popular politician (up from 12,622nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Niger and the 11th most popular Nigerien Politician.

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  • 130k

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  • 53.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brigi Rafinis by language

Over the past year Brigi Rafini has had the most page views in the with 10,963 views, followed by French (6,676), and Arabic (2,171). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (181.97%), Galician (106.43%), and Ido (103.47%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Brigi Rafini ranks 10,500 out of 19,576Before him are Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus, Galla, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Huai of Xia, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and Lê Thánh Tông. After him are Harald Klak, Agesilaus I, Vakhtang II of Georgia, Jean de Roquetaillade, Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine, and Emma Bonino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Brigi Rafini ranks 152Before him are Gideon Levy, Kiti Mánver, Slavoljub Muslin, Leon Spinks, Robert Zoellick, and Maryam Rajavi. After him are Attilio Bettega, Colm Meaney, Wim Mertens, Georgina Rizk, Lars Saabye Christensen, and Tamir Pardo.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Brigi Rafini ranks 11 out of 26Before him are Hamani Diori (1916), Ali Saibou (1940), Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), and Daouda Malam Wanké (1946). After him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Hassoumi Massaoudou (1957), Issake Dabore (1940), Ismaël Lô (1956), Ali Lamine Zeine (1965), and Salou Djibo (1965).

Among POLITICIANS In Niger

Among politicians born in Niger, Brigi Rafini ranks 11Before him are Hamani Diori (1916), Ali Saibou (1940), Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), and Daouda Malam Wanké (1946). After him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Hassoumi Massaoudou (1957), Ali Lamine Zeine (1965), Salou Djibo (1965), Hama Amadou (1950), and Seyni Oumarou (1951).