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Ehud Barak

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Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק [eˈhud baˈʁak] ; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2011. Born on a kibbutz, Barak is the eldest of four sons; his grandparents were murdered in the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ehud Barak has received more than 2,439,657 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Ehud Barak is the 643rd most popular politician (up from 1,477th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Israel (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Israeli Politician.

Ehud Barak was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2007 to 2009. He is also a retired Israeli military officer who served as Chief of Staff, Minister of Defense, and Deputy Prime Minister.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ehud Barak ranks 643 out of 19,576. Before him are Árpád, Charles I of Anjou, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Robert Mugabe, Abd al-Rahman I, and Gaiseric. After him are Farouk of Egypt, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Louis, Dauphin of France, and Hassan Rouhani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ehud Barak ranks 15. Before him are Eusébio, Hu Jintao, Harrison Ford, Jimi Hendrix, Ratko Mladić, and Scatman John. After him are Dino Zoff, Isabel Allende, Peter Handke, Barbra Streisand, Brian Wilson, and Ronnie James Dio.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ehud Barak ranks 40 out of 466. Before him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Joachim (-100), Matthias the Apostle (1), Jeroboam (-1000), and Eusebius (265). After him are Judas Maccabeus (-200), William of Tyre (1130), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Dinah (-1700), Joel (-1), and Amos Oz (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Ehud Barak ranks 13. Before him are Moshe Dayan (1915), Herod Antipas (-20), Rehoboam (-972), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), and Jeroboam (-1000). After him are Ehud Olmert (1945), Hezekiah (-800), Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Abijah of Judah (-1000), and Amalric of Jerusalem (1136).

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