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Hamid Karzai

1957 - Today

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Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/Persian: حامد کرزی, Pashto pronunciation: [ˈhɑmɪd karˈzai], Dari pronunciation: [ˈhɒːmɪd kaɾzeˈiː]; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from December 2004 to September 2014. He previously served as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration from December 2001 to July 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamid Karzai has received more than 3,529,755 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamid Karzai is the 580th most popular politician (down from 293rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Afghan Politician.

Hamid Karzai is the president of Afghanistan and is most famous for his role in the Afghan government.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 20.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hamid Karzais by language

Over the past year Hamid Karzai has had the most page views in the with 349,974 views, followed by Persian (60,616), and German (34,862). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (128.41%), Breton (109.75%), and Uzbek (103.49%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hamid Karzai ranks 580 out of 19,576Before him are Xanthippe, Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, Hassan II of Morocco, Khosrow I, Macrinus, and Philip III of France. After him are Irene of Athens, Tigranes the Great, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, Constantius II, Abdülaziz, and Sitting Bull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hamid Karzai ranks 2Before him is Osama bin Laden. After him are Qasem Soleimani, Hans Zimmer, Donald Tusk, Bongbong Marcos, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Clarke Duncan, Aki Kaurismäki, Dolph Lundgren, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai ranks 5 out of 177Before him are Rumi (1207), Al-Farabi (872), Abbas the Great (1571), and Roxana (-347). After him are Abu Dawood (817), Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai ranks 2Before him are Abbas the Great (1571). After him are Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909).