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Edward Lowassa

1953 - 2024

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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 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edward Lowassa is the 11,655th most popular politician (up from 16,642nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Tanzania (up from 25th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edward Lowassas by language

Over the past year Edward Lowassa has had the most page views in the with 70,419 views, followed by Swahili (23,426), and German (5,841). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (1,455.85%), German (715.78%), and French (595.96%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Lowassa ranks 11,655 out of 19,576. Before him are Lawrence Eagleburger, Maciej Rataj, Charles James Fox, Peter Pellegrini, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus. After him are Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Valentina Grizodubova, Max von Hausen, Alberto Demicheli, and John, Duke of Randazzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Edward Lowassa ranks 195. Before him are Francis Cabrel, Serginho Chulapa, Ian Khama, Zoran Janković, Gérard Krawczyk, and Satoru Nakajima. After him are Salvatore Garau, Midge Ure, Robert Wisdom, Dragan Kićanović, Andreas Vollenweider, and Andrey Makarevich. Among people deceased in 2024, Edward Lowassa ranks 105. Before him are Jean Petit, Aribert Reimann, Frédéric Mitterrand, Jesse Jane, Eric Carmen, and Vladimir Aksyonov. After him are Stefan Abadzhiev, John Bruton, Paul Alexander, Damo Suzuki, Jorge Griffa, and Janusz Majewski.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 14 out of 39. Before him are Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Tippu Tip (1837), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), and Mizengo Pinda (1948). After him are John Magufuli (1959), Polycarp Pengo (1944), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Protase Rugambwa (1960), Marin Hinkle (1966), and Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 11. Before him are Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Tippu Tip (1837), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), and Mizengo Pinda (1948). After him are John Magufuli (1959), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Cleopa Msuya (1931), and Amani Abeid Karume (1948).

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