POLITICIAN

Helen Suzman

1917 - 2009

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Helen Suzman, OMSG, DBE (née Gavronsky; 7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. She represented a series of liberal and centre-left opposition parties during her 36-year tenure in the whites-only, National Party-controlled House of Assembly of South Africa at the height of apartheid. She hosted the meeting that founded the Progressive Party in 1959, and was its only MP in the 160-member House for thirteen years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Suzman has received more than 493,979 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Helen Suzman is the 13,116th most popular politician (up from 13,327th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 95th in 2019) and the 29th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Helen Suzman ranks 13,116 out of 19,576. Before her are Henry Carton de Wiart, Hugh, Duke of Alsace, Yusuf Lule, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, and Gillis Bildt. After her are Robert Habeck, Kriangsak Chamanan, Hans Enoksen, Hermann, Prince of Wied, Spotted Elk, and Phil Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Helen Suzman ranks 205. Before her are Yvette Chauviré, Knut Haugland, Virginia Grey, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Carlsson, and Leandro Remondini. After her are Kriangsak Chamanan, Domenico Bartolucci, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Betty Holberton, Robert Byrd, and Jacqueline Auriol. Among people deceased in 2009, Helen Suzman ranks 201. Before her are Jack Kramer, Knut Haugland, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Gangubai Hangal, Glenn Davis, and Giacomo Bulgarelli. After her are Monica Bleibtreu, José Luis López Vázquez, Tullio Pinelli, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Clodovil Hernandes, and Michel Leblond.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Helen Suzman ranks 84 out of 454. Before her are Laurens van der Post (1906), Nico Diederichs (1903), Koos de la Rey (1847), Louis Raymond (1895), Piet Retief (1780), and Jamie Uys (1921). After her are J. G. Strijdom (1893), Claude Chevalley (1909), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), and Gary Player (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Helen Suzman ranks 29. Before her are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Oliver Tambo (1917), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), and Nico Diederichs (1903). After her are J. G. Strijdom (1893), Eben Dönges (1898), Chris Hani (1942), Ted Moore (1914), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798).

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