POLITICIAN

Han Myeong-sook

1944 - Today

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Han Myeong-sook (born March 24, 1944; Korean: 한명숙 [han mjʌŋsʰuk]) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007. She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included). She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab, and is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Han Myeong-sook has received more than 83,048 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Han Myeong-sook is the 10,629th most popular politician (up from 11,509th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 87th in 2019) and the 67th most popular North Korean Politician.

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  • 83k

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  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Han Myeong-sooks by language

Over the past year Han Myeong-sook has had the most page views in the with 16,614 views, followed by English (10,149), and Chinese (3,501). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (404.48%), Egyptian Arabic (186.89%), and Ido (79.80%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Han Myeong-sook ranks 10,629 out of 19,576Before her are Vicente López y Planes, Sewadjkare, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Rainald of Dassel, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, and Mihailo Vojislavljević. After her are Demetrius of Montferrat, Catherine of Bulgaria, Alexander Dutov, Pedro Santana, Ernest Monis, and Branko Crvenkovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Han Myeong-sook ranks 291Before her are Aleksandr Serebrov, Sandra Faber, Boris Mikhailov, Jerry Springer, Pedro Barreto, and Gladys Knight. After her are Vlastimil Hort, Lars Norén, Catherine Schell, Alex Metreveli, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Jim Gray.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Han Myeong-sook ranks 88 out of 162Before her are Hong Song-nam (1929), Ri Sol-ju (1980), Kim Yo-jong (1988), Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), and Sansang of Goguryeo (200). After her are Akira Takarada (1934), Sindae of Goguryeo (89), Kim Jong-chul (1981), Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Kim Hyon-hui (1962), and Pak Seung-zin (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In North Korea

Among politicians born in North Korea, Han Myeong-sook ranks 67Before her are Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), Hong Song-nam (1929), Kim Yo-jong (1988), Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), and Sansang of Goguryeo (200). After her are Sindae of Goguryeo (89), Kim Jong-chul (1981), Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), and Seocheon of Goguryeo (250).