1897 - 1949
Husni al-Za'im (Arabic: حسني الزعيم Ḥusnī az-Za’īm; 11 May 1897 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian Kurdish military officer and who was head of state of Syria in 1949. He had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France instituted its colonial mandate over Syria after the First World War, he became an officer in the French Army. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Husni al-Za'im has received more than 212,655 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Husni al-Za'im is the 9,741st most popular politician (down from 9,278th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Syria (down from 99th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Syrian Politician.
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Among politicians, Husni al-Za'im ranks 9,741 out of 15,577. Before him are Jens Böhrnsen, Fenenna of Kuyavia, Constantine I, Prince of Armenia, Kyuichi Tokuda, Olympias II of Epirus, and Lou Henry Hoover. After him are Nicholas II Garai, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Georges Catroux, Carl Lutz, Robert Blum, and Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 9,735
1276 - 1295
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,736
1035 - 1102
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,737
1894 - 1953
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,738
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,739
1874 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,740
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,741
1367 - 1433
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 9,742
1671 - 1710
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9,743
1877 - 1969
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9,744
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9,745
1807 - 1848
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9,746
1773 - 1839
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9,747
Among people born in 1897, Husni al-Za'im ranks 143. Before him are Lazare Ponticelli, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, John Bagot Glubb, Natacha Rambova, Lepke Buchalter, and Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Manlio Brosio, Paul Gallico, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Zhang Guotao, and Walter Pidgeon. Among people deceased in 1949, Husni al-Za'im ranks 83. Before him are Traicho Kostov, Alfred J. Lotka, Othon Friesz, Josep Maria Jujol, Henri Rabaud, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are André-Louis Debierne, Ehmetjan Qasim, Joaquín Torres-García, Laura Montoya, Otto Nerz, and Jankel Adler.
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 137
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 138
1897 - 1986
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 139
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 140
1897 - 1944
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 141
1897 - 1981
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 142
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 143
1897 - 1980
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 144
1897 - 1976
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 145
1897 - 1970
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 146
1897 - 1948
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 147
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 148
1897 - 1984
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 149
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 77
1880 - 1949
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 78
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 79
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 80
1873 - 1949
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 81
1866 - 1949
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 82
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 83
1874 - 1949
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 84
1914 - 1949
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 85
1874 - 1949
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 86
1874 - 1949
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 87
1892 - 1949
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 88
1895 - 1949
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 89
Among people born in Syria, Husni al-Za'im ranks 104 out of 181. Before him are Gaius Julius Priscus (250), John X of Antioch (1955), John Moschus (550), Ibn Abi Usaibia (1204), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), and Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073). After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Michael Ansara (1922), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899), and Jean Carzou (1907).
250 - 251
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 98
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 99
550 - 619
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 100
1204 - 1269
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 101
100 BC - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 102
1073 - 1160
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 103
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 104
1930 - 2012
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 105
1875 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 106
1922 - 2013
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 107
1000 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 108
1899 - 1968
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 109
1907 - 2000
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 110
Among politicians born in Syria, Husni al-Za'im ranks 51. Before him are Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Salih Muslim (1951), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), and Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073). After him are Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Walid Muallem (1941), Antiochus Hierax (-266), Hussein Arnous (1953), and Dawoud Rajiha (1947).
685 - 738
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 46
200 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 47
250 - 251
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 48
100 BC - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 49
1073 - 1160
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 50
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 51
1875 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 52
1000 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 53
1941 - 2020
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 54
266 BC - 226 BC
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 55
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 56
1947 - 2012
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 57