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Enda Kenny

1951 - Today

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Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2011, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Labour and Department of Education with responsibility for Youth Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo West from 1975 to 1997 and for Mayo from 1997 to 2020. Kenny led Fine Gael to a historic victory at the 2011 general election, his party becoming the largest in the country for the first time, forming a coalition government with the Labour Party on 9 March 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enda Kenny has received more than 1,887,768 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Enda Kenny is the 13,338th most popular politician (down from 13,273rd in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 196th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Irish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Enda Kennies by language

Over the past year Enda Kenny has had the most page views in the with 107,328 views, followed by Spanish (3,842), and French (3,552). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (250.38%), Simple English (124.18%), and Waray (87.16%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Enda Kenny ranks 13,338 out of 19,576. Before him are Marija Pejčinović Burić, Arvīds Pelše, Alivardi Khan, Chung Un-chan, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, and John Spata. After him are Liu Yandong, Taki Inoue, Benerib, Phormio, Clodovil Hernandes, and Jiří Hájek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Enda Kenny ranks 285. Before him are Anthony Phillips, Tony Amendola, Sandahl Bergman, Marco Antônio, Dragan Pantelić, and John Mellencamp. After him are Charlaine Harris, Luther Vandross, David Almond, Bill Bryson, Bob Gale, and Domitien Ndayizeye.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Enda Kenny ranks 173 out of 549. Before him are Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Violet Gibson (1876), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), and Patrick Hillery (1923). After him are Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Catald (700), Pat McDonald (1878), Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), and William Trevor (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Enda Kenny ranks 31. Before him are Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Pat Cox (1952), John Bruton (1947), Edward Bruce (1275), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), and Patrick Hillery (1923). After him are Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Micheál Martin (1960), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and W. T. Cosgrave (1880).

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