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Goodwill Zwelithini

1948 - 2021

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Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was the King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. He became King on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Prince Israel Mcwayizeni acted as the regent from 1968 to 1971 while the King took refuge in the then Transkei province of South Africa for three years to avoid assassination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Goodwill Zwelithini has received more than 692,182 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Goodwill Zwelithini is the 15,037th most popular politician (down from 13,494th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 98th in 2019) and the 41st most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 15,037 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Charles-Mathias Simons, Hoshyar Zebari, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Amda Seyon I, and Elisabetta Casellati. After him are Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Fumio Gotō, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Jens Christian Christensen, Maria Gusakova, and Sahiba Gafarova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 490. Before him are Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Dale Gardner, Radojka Šverko, Edzard Ernst, Itzhak Shum, and Yevhen Arzhanov. After him are Cornel Dinu, George Wendt, Peggy Fleming, Robert Tarjan, Errol Brown, and Charles Maung Bo. Among people deceased in 2021, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 439. Before him are Janet Moreau, Yekaterina Gradova, Moudud Ahmed, Bruce Kirby, Sanja Ilić, and Alfreda Markowska. After him are Karel Loprais, Shirley Fry, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Murray Walker, Juan Masnik, and Pyotr Mamonov.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 121 out of 454. Before him are Denis Goldberg (1933), Pik Botha (1932), Louisa Bolus (1877), Francois Pienaar (1967), Devdas Gandhi (1900), and Tom Naudé (1889). After him are Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Kevin Curren (1958), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), and Enoch Sontonga (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 41. Before him are Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), Julius Malema (1981), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Pik Botha (1932), and Tom Naudé (1889). After him are Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Grace Mugabe (1965), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Zindzi Mandela (1960).

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