1941 - Today
Goh Chok Tong (Chinese: 吴作栋; pinyin: Wú Zuòdòng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Chok-tòng; born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1992 to 2004. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade SMC from 1976 to 1988, and Marine Parade GRC from 1988 to 2020. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he was the country's deputy prime minister, where he advocated for the Medisave, a scheme that allows Singaporeans to set aside part of their income into a Medisave account to meet future medical expenses. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Goh Chok Tong has received more than 1,306,304 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Goh Chok Tong is the 5,238th most popular politician (up from 6,482nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Singapore and the 5th most popular Singaporean Politician.
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Among politicians, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5,238 out of 15,577. Before him are Liamine Zéroual, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Anne Hidalgo, Basina of Thuringia, and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia. After him are Qasar, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Marcus Aurelius Marius, and Krishnadevaraya.
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,232
1641 - 1716
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,233
895 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,234
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,235
438 - 477
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,236
1204 - 1267
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,237
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,238
1164 - 1214
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,239
1612 - 1648
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,240
1933 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5,241
1591 - 1644
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 5,242
250 - 269
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 5,243
1471 - 1529
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 5,244
Among people born in 1941, Goh Chok Tong ranks 112. Before him are Sergio Oliva, Karl Barry Sharpless, Grace Zabriskie, Stephen Jay Gould, Florinda Bolkan, and Liamine Zéroual. After him are George Smith, Eduardo Duhalde, Rached Ghannouchi, Roger Lemerre, Mircea Snegur, and Suzanne Mubarak.
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 106
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 107
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 108
1941 - 2002
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 109
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 110
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 111
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 112
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 113
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 114
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 115
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 116
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 117
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 118
Among people born in Singapore, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5 out of 35. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), and Parameswara (1344). After him are Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Benjamin Sheares (1907), and Julia Nickson (1958).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 3
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 8
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 9
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Singapore, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), and Parameswara (1344). After him are Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and David Marshall (1908).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 3
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 8
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 11
1908 - 1995
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 12