DIPLOMAT

Irina Bokova

1952 - Today

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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 420,905 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Irina Bokova is the 28th most popular diplomat (down from 27th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Irina Bokova ranks 28 out of 90. Before her are Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, and Édith Cresson. After her are Hans Blix, Alfonso García Robles, Giovanni Villani, George Blake, Yukiya Amano, and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Irina Bokova ranks 67. Before her are George Strait, Raymond Domenech, Bert van Marwijk, Imran Khan, Reinhard Genzel, and Osvaldo Ardiles. After her are Arkan, Paul Stanley, Alain Giresse, Gus Van Sant, Abbas al-Musawi, and Guillermo Vilas.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Irina Bokova ranks 42 out of 415. Before her are Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Boris Christoff (1914), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), John of Rila (876), Hristo Botev (1848), and Stefka Kostadinova (1965). After her are Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Nikola Zhekov (1865), Ratko Janev (1939), Petar Mladenov (1936), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), and Georgi Markov (1929).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Bulgaria

Among diplomats born in Bulgaria, Irina Bokova ranks 1. 

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