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Didier Ratsiraka

1936 - 2021

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Didier Ignace Ratsiraka (Malagasy: [raˈtsirəkə̥]; 4 November 1936 – 28 March 2021) was a Malagasy politician and naval officer who was the third President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and the fifth from 1997 to 2002. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving President of Madagascar. He was first appointed president in 1975 by the military leadership, he was then reelected twice in 1982 and 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didier Ratsiraka has received more than 263,502 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Didier Ratsiraka is the 5,492nd most popular politician (up from 5,575th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Madagascar (up from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Malagasy Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Didier Ratsiraka ranks 5,492 out of 15,577. Before him are Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, Hadji Murad, Beatrice of Castile, Walter Warlimont, Mirjana Marković, and Rostislav Mikhailovich. After him are Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Rached Ghannouchi, Ugyen Wangchuck, Vologases VI, Ulpia Marciana, and Latinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Didier Ratsiraka ranks 99. Before him are Hideki Shirakawa, Wolf Biermann, Solomon Burke, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Christine Nöstlinger, and Christiane Martel. After him are James Mirrlees, Nicos Poulantzas, Al Oerter, Aleida March, Gianni Vattimo, and André Kolingba. Among people deceased in 2021, Didier Ratsiraka ranks 124. Before him are Jimmy Greaves, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Dusty Hill, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, and Olympia Dukakis. After him are Justo Gallego Martínez, Edmond H. Fischer, Jehan Sadat, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Alan Lancaster, and Libuše Šafránková.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Didier Ratsiraka ranks 6 out of 32. Before him are Claude Simon (1913), Ranavalona III (1861), Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), and Radama I (1793). After him are Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In Madagascar

Among politicians born in Madagascar, Didier Ratsiraka ranks 5. Before him are Ranavalona III (1861), Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), and Radama I (1793). After him are Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Rasoherina (1814), Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906), and Albert Zafy (1927).

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