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Elaine Chao

1953 - Today

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Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elaine Chao has received more than 9,170,005 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Elaine Chao is the 12,901st most popular politician (up from 13,610th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Taiwan (up from 30th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elaine Chao ranks 12,901 out of 19,576. Before her are Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Aurel Popovici, Tengiz Sigua, Jin Shuren, František Kriegel, and Theodbert of Bavaria. After her are Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Harry Cohn, Wavel Ramkalawan, Zoran Lilić, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Said bin Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Elaine Chao ranks 228. Before her are Taryn Power, Robert Picardo, Dževad Karahasan, Stanley Williams, Aleksandr Abdulov, and Oliver Ivanović. After her are Zoran Lilić, Gernot Rohr, Alexander Beliavsky, Paul Haggis, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, and Ching Siu-tung.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Elaine Chao ranks 25 out of 116. Before her are Hou Yu-ih (1956), Ko Wen-je (1960), Annette Lu (1944), Steve Chen (1978), Cheng Yen (1937), and Frank Hsieh (1946). After her are Jay Chou (1979), You Si-kun (1948), Wu Den-yih (1948), Yang Chuan-kwang (1933), Sylvia Chang (1953), and Lin Chi-ling (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Taiwan

Among politicians born in Taiwan, Elaine Chao ranks 12. Before her are Zheng Keshuang (1670), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Hou Yu-ih (1956), Ko Wen-je (1960), Annette Lu (1944), and Frank Hsieh (1946). After her are You Si-kun (1948), Wu Den-yih (1948), Eric Chu (1961), Han Kuo-yu (1957), Chen Chu (1950), and Lin Chuan (1951).

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