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Burhan Ghalioun

1945 - Today

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Burhan Ghalioun (Arabic: برهان غليون, romanized: Burhān Ghalyūn; born 11 February 1945 in Homs, Syria) is a French-Syrian professor of sociology at the Université de Paris III Sorbonne University in Paris, and the first chairman of the Syrian opposition Transitional National Council (SNC). He was named chairman on 29 August 2011. His chairmanship was criticized for his perceived closeness to the Muslim Brotherhood, his early reluctance to arm opposition forces, and what opponents called the autocratic nature of his leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burhan Ghalioun has received more than 76,338 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Burhan Ghalioun is the 13,853rd most popular politician (down from 12,467th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Syria (down from 131st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Burhan Ghalioun ranks 13,853 out of 15,577. Before him are Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Annemarie Renger, Pencho Zlatev, Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, Dean Barrow, and Wilbur Ross. After him are Jean-Claude Gaudin, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Abdul Aziz Hotak, Ceolred of Mercia, Vistahm, and Alexandros Diomidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Burhan Ghalioun ranks 380. Before him are Tommy Svensson, Peter Pace, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Roland Moreno, Lasse Berghagen, and Lloyd Kaufman. After him are Jozef Moravčík, Katri Helena, Nikolai Tanayev, Tobias Wolff, Robert T. Bakker, and Patrick Malahide.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Burhan Ghalioun ranks 147 out of 181. Before him are Ila-kabkabu (-1850), Francis Marrash (1837), Zakaria Tamer (1931), George Sabra (1947), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), and Ali Farzat (1951). After him are Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), Omar Souleyman (1966), George Wassouf (1961), Wafa Sultan (1958), Issam Zahreddine (1961), and Eulogius of Alexandria (501).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Burhan Ghalioun ranks 72. Before him are Akram al-Hawrani (1912), Salim Idris (1957), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), George Sabra (1947), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), and Ali Farzat (1951). After him are Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), Adel Safar (1953), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954).

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