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Denis Sassou Nguesso

1943 - Today

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Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer who became president of the Republic of the Congo in 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. Sassou Nguesso headed the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) for 12 years during his first period as president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Sassou Nguesso has received more than 956,563 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Denis Sassou Nguesso is the 1,611th most popular politician (up from 2,116th in 2019), the most popular biography from Republic of the Congo and the most popular Congolese Politician.

Denis Sassou Nguesso is most famous for being the president of the Republic of Congo.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Denis Sassou Nguesso ranks 1,611 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Biya, Albert II, Duke of Austria, Constantius III, Louis the Child, Hostilian, and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Jehoiakim, Alaric II, David IV of Georgia, Gregor Strasser, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, and Miloš Obrenović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Denis Sassou Nguesso ranks 37. Before him are Horst Köhler, Raffaella Carrà, David Cronenberg, Bernard Tapie, John Kerry, and Khalifa Haftar. After him are Johnny Hallyday, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Wright, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Gianni Rivera, and Mario Monti.

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In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso ranks 1 out of 21. After him are Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), and Serge Ibaka (1989).

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Among POLITICIANS In Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso ranks 1. After him are Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), Marien Ngouabi (1938), Fulbert Youlou (1917), Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), and Isidore Mvouba (1954).

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