1953 - 2024
Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (26 August 1953 – 10 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. Lowassa went into record as the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania. Following his resignation President Kikwete was obliged to dissolve his cabinet as required by the Constitution and with minimum delay, constituted a new one under a new Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda.After the ruling CCM failed to select him as its candidate for the October 2015 presidential election, he left the party and stood instead as an opposition candidate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Lowassa has received more than 351,316 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Lowassa is the 16,703rd most popular politician (down from 14,925th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 18th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Tanzanian Politician.
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Among politicians, Edward Lowassa ranks 16,703 out of 15,577. Before him are Christine Lieberknecht, Patrick John, Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi, Igor Chudinov, Marianne Thieme, and Mark Gordon. After him are George Osborne, Debbie Stabenow, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Bob Riley, Carl Hayden, and Daniel Günther.
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,697
1938 - 2021
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,698
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,699
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,700
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 16,701
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.58
Rank: 16,702
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 16,703
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 16,704
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 16,705
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 16,706
1944 - Present
HPI: 35.56
Rank: 16,707
1877 - 1972
HPI: 35.56
Rank: 16,708
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.56
Rank: 16,709
Among people born in 1953, Edward Lowassa ranks 563. Before him are John Sessions, Sam Kinison, Glen Ballard, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Helmut Roleder, and Alistair Darling. After him are Karl-Heinz Brunner, David Kennedy, Pat Cadigan, Suleiman Nyambui, Moushumi Chatterjee, and Shelley Moore Capito. Among people deceased in 2024, Edward Lowassa ranks 57. Before him are Chita Rivera, Christian Oliver, Anatoli Polivoda, Wayne Kramer, John Bruton, and N. Scott Momaday. After him are Luis Tejada, Basdeo Panday, Jean Carnahan, Toru Kawashima, Stephen Laybutt, and Shawnacy Barber.
1953 - 2020
HPI: 35.99
Rank: 557
1953 - 1992
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 559
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 560
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.74
Rank: 561
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 562
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 563
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 564
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 565
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 566
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.35
Rank: 567
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 568
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.17
Rank: 569
1933 - 2024
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 51
1972 - 2024
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 52
1947 - 2024
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 53
1948 - 2024
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 54
1947 - 2024
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 55
1934 - 2024
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 56
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 57
1982 - 2024
HPI: 33.44
Rank: 58
1933 - 2024
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 59
1933 - 2024
HPI: 31.87
Rank: 60
1970 - 2024
HPI: 28.37
Rank: 61
1977 - 2024
HPI: 28.19
Rank: 62
1994 - 2024
HPI: 21.21
Rank: 63
Among people born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 25 out of 32. Before him are Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Filbert Bayi (1953), Rachel Luttrell (1971), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), and Hasheem Thabeet (1987). After him are Suleiman Nyambui (1953), Mbwana Samatta (1992), Alan Johnston (1962), Vicky Ntetema (1959), David Adjaye (1966), and Christine Prinsloo (1952).
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 20
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 23
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 24
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 25
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.35
Rank: 26
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.07
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 28
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 29
1966 - Present
HPI: 31.75
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 28.94
Rank: 31
Among politicians born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 17. Before him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Amani Abeid Karume (1948).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 12
1926 - 2009
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 16
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 17