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Devan Nair

1923 - 2005

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Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair, better known as Devan Nair, was a Singaporean politician and union leader who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985. Politically active in both Malaysia and Singapore, Nair was a communist as a young adult, having been affiliated with the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). He harboured anti-colonial sentiments and campaigned for the self-determination of Singapore, which was then a British colony, causing him to be detained by the British in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Devan Nair has received more than 708,894 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Devan Nair is the 13,933rd most popular politician (down from 12,180th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 25th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Devan Nair ranks 13,933 out of 19,576. Before him are Said Mohamed Djohar, Alexander II of Epirus, Christian Kern, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Constantine, and Godfrey Binaisa. After him are Juan Orlando Hernández, Ablabius, Atifete Jahjaga, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Laodice II, and Oleksiy Fedorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Devan Nair ranks 303. Before him are Karl-Heinz Metzner, Juan Acuña, Stefan Bozhkov, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Xie Jin, and Red Garland. After him are Vatroslav Mimica, Eric Sykes, Forbes Burnham, Haydée Santamaría, Monica Lovinescu, and Adãozinho. Among people deceased in 2005, Devan Nair ranks 213. Before him are Rong Yiren, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Else Krüger, Per Borten, Natalya Gundareva, and Cliff Allison. After him are Giuliano Bonfante, Pierre Daninos, Attilio Giovannini, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Ramanand Sagar, and Harrison Young.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Devan Nair ranks 39 out of 90. Before him are Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor (1958), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), Sharafuddin of Selangor (1945), Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931), Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917), and Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907). After him are Ismail Petra of Kelantan (1949), Claudia Wells (1966), Siti Nurhaliza (1979), Lee Chong Wei (1982), Francisco Mendes (1939), and Sebastian Francis (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Devan Nair ranks 29. Before him are Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922), Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931), Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917), and Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907). After him are Francisco Mendes (1939), and Penny Wong (1968).

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