1952 - Today
Irina Georgieva Bokova (Bulgarian: Ирина Георгиева Бокова; born 12 July 1952) is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the National parliament, and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco, and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irina Bokova has received more than 405,101 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Irina Bokova is the 27th most popular diplomat (up from 28th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Diplomat.
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Among diplomats, Irina Bokova ranks 27 out of 52. Before her are Chaim Herzog, George F. Kennan, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, and George Blake. After her are Giovanni Villani, Édith Cresson, Alfonso García Robles, Antony Blinken, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Hans Blix.
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 23
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 24
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 25
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 27
1276 - 1348
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 28
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 29
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 30
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 31
1909 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 32
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1952, Irina Bokova ranks 62. Before her are Gus Van Sant, George Papandreou, Didier Pironi, Stephen Lang, Ari Vatanen, and Reinhard Genzel. After her are Robin Hobb, Osvaldo Ardiles, Joel Silver, Diana Gabaldon, Imran Khan, and Ko Yong-hui.
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 56
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 57
1952 - 1987
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 58
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 59
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 60
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 61
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 62
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 63
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 64
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 65
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 66
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 67
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 68
Among people born in Bulgaria, Irina Bokova ranks 45 out of 372. Before her are Petar Mladenov (1936), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Georgi Markov (1929), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), and Ivan Vazov (1850). After her are John of Rila (876), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Hristo Botev (1848), Peter Deunov (1864), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), and Zhelyu Zhelev (1935).
1936 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 39
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 40
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 41
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 42
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 43
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 45
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 46
1280 - 1330
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 47
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 48
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 49
1324 - 1397
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 50
1935 - 2015
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 51
Among diplomats born in Bulgaria, Irina Bokova ranks 1.