1942 - Today
Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body, from 1992 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hu Jintao has received more than 6,644,114 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia. Hu Jintao is the 249th most popular politician (up from 301st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from China (up from 20th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Politician.
Hu Jintao is most famous for being the president of China from 2003 to 2013.
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Among politicians, Hu Jintao ranks 249 out of 15,577. Before him are Şehzade Bayezid, Woodrow Wilson, Helmut Kohl, Henry II of France, Philip V of Spain, and António de Oliveira Salazar. After him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles XII of Sweden, Safiye Sultan, Bill Clinton, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Antoninus Pius.
1525 - 1561
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 243
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 244
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 245
1519 - 1559
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 246
1683 - 1746
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 247
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 248
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 249
1708 - 1765
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 250
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 251
1550 - 1619
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 252
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 253
1640 - 1705
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 254
86 - 161
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 255
Among people born in 1942, Hu Jintao ranks 8. Before him are Stephen Hawking, Muammar Gaddafi, Joe Biden, Aretha Franklin, Martin Scorsese, and Amitabh Bachchan. After him are Jimi Hendrix, Ratko Mladić, Eusébio, Harrison Ford, Paul McCartney, and Barbra Streisand.
1942 - 2018
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 2
1942 - 2011
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 4
1942 - 2018
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 6
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 8
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 10
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 14
Among people born in China, Hu Jintao ranks 15 out of 1,392. Before him are Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Sima Qian (-145), Xi Jinping (1953), and Puyi (1906). After him are Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), Du Fu (712), Cao Cao (155), Wu Zetian (624), and Qianlong Emperor (1711).
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 9
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 10
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 11
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 13
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 15
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 16
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 17
712 - 770
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 18
155 - 220
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 19
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 20
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 21
Among politicians born in China, Hu Jintao ranks 9. Before him are Huang Xianfan (1899), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Xi Jinping (1953), and Puyi (1906). After him are Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Liu Bei (161), and Yongle Emperor (1360).
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 3
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 4
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 7
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 10
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 11
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 12
1654 - 1722
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 13
161 - 223
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 14
1360 - 1424
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 15