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Costas Simitis

1936 - Today

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Constantine G. Simitis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Σημίτης; born 23 June 1936) is a Greek retired politician who led the 'Modernization' movement of Greece. He succeeded in leadership Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004. The leadership transition from Papandreou to Simitis was neither orderly nor `friendly.' Simitis faced loyalists of the former Prime Minister who had spent much of their energy trying to prevent such a transition from ever taking place. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Costas Simitis has received more than 175,266 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Costas Simitis is the 8,084th most popular politician (down from 7,436th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Greece (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Greek Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Costas Simitis by language

Over the past year Costas Simitis has had the most page views in the with 81,104 views, followed by English (24,541), and Italian (4,459). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (327.52%), Esperanto (101.56%), and Occitan (99.05%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Costas Simitis ranks 8,084 out of 19,576Before him are Maria of Courtenay, Yegor Gaidar, Temür Qutlugh, Antonis Samaras, Ferruccio Parri, and Claudia Marcella Major. After him are Nguyễn Văn Linh, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Hippocrates of Gela, Matilda of Boulogne, and Emperor Wu of Southern Qi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Costas Simitis ranks 153Before him are Canaan Banana, Robert Downey Sr., Eliahu Inbal, Charles Napier, Siw Malmkvist, and Philippe Sollers. After him are Juliette Mayniel, Federico Sacchi, Klaus Kinkel, Joaquín Peiró, Ziaur Rahman, and Ferran Olivella.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Costas Simitis ranks 425 out of 1,024Before him are Aristomenes (-700), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Dexippus (210), Manolis Glezos (1922), and Antonis Samaras (1951). After him are Hermarchus (-325), Agis I (-957), Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952), Philotheus I of Constantinople (1300), Metrocles (-400), and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Costas Simitis ranks 182Before him are Battus I of Cyrene (-580), Aristomenes (-700), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Manolis Glezos (1922), and Antonis Samaras (1951). After him are Agis I (-957), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), Alexandros Zaimis (1855), Agapenor (null), Patrona Halil (1690), and Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855).