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Hage Geingob

1941 - 2024

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Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 2012 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2012 Geingob served as Minister of Trade and Industry.In November 2014, Geingob was elected president of Namibia by an overwhelming margin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hage Geingob has received more than 1,122,941 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Hage Geingob is the 2,347th most popular politician (up from 4,646th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Namibia and the 2nd most popular Namibian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Hage Geingob has had the most page views in the with 382,636 views, followed by German (50,142), and Chinese (47,792). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (1,014.29%), French (266.42%), and Russian (209.03%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hage Geingob ranks 2,347 out of 19,576. Before him are Salva Kiir Mayardit, Emperor Zhenzong, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Wang Zhaojun, Damdin Sükhbaatar, and Theodoric II. After him are Aleksandar Vučić, Urraca of León, Valdas Adamkus, Fausta, Theudebert I, and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Hage Geingob ranks 50. Before him are Bobby Moore, Gheorghe Zamfir, Wolfgang Petersen, Art Garfunkel, Princess Muna al-Hussein, and Nona Gaprindashvili. After him are Riccardo Muti, Ivan Gašparovič, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Pete Best, Jordi Savall, and Dan Shechtman. Among people deceased in 2024, Hage Geingob ranks 21. Before him are Carl Weathers, Roger Guillemin, Kurt Hamrin, Dries van Agt, Andreas Brehme, and Zvi Zamir. After him are Herbert Kroemer, Seiji Ozawa, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Maurizio Pollini, Roberto Cavalli, and Marcello Gandini.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Hage Geingob ranks 2 out of 15. Before him are Sam Nujoma (1929). After him are Nǃxau ǂToma (1944), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938), Frankie Fredericks (1967), Behati Prinsloo (1988), Collin Benjamin (1978), Percy Montgomery (1974), and Michelle McLean (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Namibia

Among politicians born in Namibia, Hage Geingob ranks 2. Before him are Sam Nujoma (1929). After him are Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), and Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938).

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