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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 664,558 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Devan Nair is the 12,222nd most popular politician (down from 11,902nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Devan Nair ranks 12,222 out of 15,577. Before him are Thanin Kraivichien, Edward Stettinius Jr., Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Ali Akbar Velayati, Alfonso López Pumarejo, and José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca. After him are Muhammad Naji al-Otari, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Massasoit, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, and Oleksiy Honcharuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Devan Nair ranks 239. Before him are Betsy Blair, Rudolf Augstein, Jamshid Amouzegar, Ida Vitale, James Arness, and Paula Fox. After him are Mikhail Yegorov, Nora Brockstedt, Murray Hamilton, Bryce DeWitt, Paul Xuereb, and William Windom. Among people deceased in 2005, Devan Nair ranks 176. Before him are Fei Xiaotong, Marga López, Ossie Davis, Mustai Karim, Martin Lings, and Françoise d'Eaubonne. After him are Barrington Moore Jr., Vladimir Kotelnikov, Nirmal Verma, John Love, William Rehnquist, and Saunders Mac Lane.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Devan Nair ranks 25 out of 74. Before him are James Wan (1977), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), Tsai Ming-liang (1957), and Ling Liong Sik (1943). After him are Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Putra of Perlis (1920), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), Claudia Wells (1966), Jacky Liew (null), and Salahuddin of Selangor (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Devan Nair ranks 18. Before him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), and Ling Liong Sik (1943). After him are Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Putra of Perlis (1920), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907), and Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962).

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