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POLITICIAN

Girma Wolde-Giorgis

1924 - 2018

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Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Amharic: ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girma Wolde-Giorgis has received more than 183,485 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Girma Wolde-Giorgis is the 4,633rd most popular politician (down from 3,997th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis is most famous for being the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the 10,000 meter race at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 4,633 out of 15,577Before him are Mamoru Shigemitsu, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Baron Alexander von Bach, Mahmud II, Fan Noli, and Manuel Belgrano. After him are Stefan Vladislav, Nikolay Shvernik, Valentina Matviyenko, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Leo I, King of Armenia, and Treniota.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 72Before him are Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, and Leonid Kogan. After him are Rauf Denktaş, Tomiichi Murayama, James Baldwin, Stanley Donen, Kenneth Waltz, and John Backus. Among people deceased in 2018, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 65Before him are Gene Sharp, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Steve Ditko, Dorothy Malone, and Anthony Bourdain. After him are Ruud Lubbers, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Joe Jackson, Samir Amin, Oskar Gröning, and Eunice Gayson.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 11 out of 89Before him are Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Abiy Ahmed (1976).

Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 9Before him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Meles Zenawi (1955), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Mulatu Teshome (1955).