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Hamani Diori

1916 - 1989

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Hamani Diori (6 June 1916 – 23 April 1989) was the first President of the Republic of Niger. He was appointed to that office in 1960, when Niger gained independence from France. Although corruption was a common feature of his administration, he gained international respect for his role as a spokesman for African affairs and as a popular arbitrator in conflicts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamani Diori has received more than 177,357 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hamani Diori is the 4,859th most popular politician (up from 6,885th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Niger (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerien Politician.

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  • 59.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hamani Diori ranks 4,859 out of 19,576. Before him are Anaxandridas II, Leo Kanner, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Alexander II of Macedon, Jiroemon Kimura, and Giovanni il Popolano. After him are Eupraxia of Kiev, Momčilo Krajišnik, Lê Lợi, Rudolph I of Burgundy, Valeriy Borzov, and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Hamani Diori ranks 57. Before him are Dino Risi, Ephraim Katzir, Alberto Ginastera, Rafael Caldera, Consuelo Velázquez, and Henri Dutilleux. After him are Glenn Ford, Saburō Sakai, Kristján Eldjárn, Richard Fleischer, Carl Johan Bernadotte, and Georg Henrik von Wright. Among people deceased in 1989, Hamani Diori ranks 59. Before him are Charles J. Pedersen, Kazimierz Deyna, Rashid Behbudov, Carlos Arias Navarro, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, and Irving Stone. After him are Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Kaoru Ishikawa, Karel Zeman, A. J. Ayer, Leonardo Sciascia, and Werner Best.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Hamani Diori ranks 5 out of 26. Before him are Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1009), Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), and Mohamed Bazoum (1960). After him are Ali Saibou (1940), Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Niger

Among politicians born in Niger, Hamani Diori ranks 5. Before him are Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1009), Mamadou Tandja (1938), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), and Mohamed Bazoum (1960). After him are Ali Saibou (1940), Seyni Kountché (1931), Abdourahamane Tchiani (1961), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949).

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