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Isaias Afwerki

1946 - Today

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Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory on 24 May 1991, ending the 30-year-old war for independence from Ethiopia. In addition to being president, Isaias has been the chairman of Eritrea's sole legal political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). As Eritrea has never had a functioning constitution, no elections, no legislature and no published budget, Isaias has been the sole power in the country, controlling its judiciary and military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaias Afwerki has received more than 1,705,315 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Isaias Afwerki is the 1,417th most popular politician (up from 2,307th in 2019), the most popular biography from Eritrea (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Eritrean Politician.

Isaias Afwerki is the president of Eritrea. He is most famous for leading the Eritrean People's Liberation Front to victory in the Eritrean War of Independence.

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  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Isaias Afwerki has had the most page views in the with 357,420 views, followed by German (53,382), and Arabic (41,088). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (5,690.00%), Hebrew (159.26%), and Egyptian Arabic (145.33%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isaias Afwerki ranks 1,417 out of 19,576Before him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Faisal II of Iraq, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Masoud Barzani, and Justin II. After him are Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Walther Funk, Jean-Claude Juncker, Constantine X Doukas, Mohammed VI of Morocco, and Philip of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Isaias Afwerki ranks 44Before him are Timothy Dalton, David Suchet, Marianne Faithfull, Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, and Masoud Barzani. After him are Boris Berezovsky, Arrigo Sacchi, Talia Shire, Liza Minnelli, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and André the Giant.

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In Eritrea

Among people born in Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki ranks 1 out of 13After him are Tedros Adhanom (1965), Remo Girone (1948), Aman Andom (1924), Zeudi Araya (1951), Gianfranco Rosi (1963), Zersenay Tadese (1982), Daniel Teklehaimanot (1988), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995), Biniam Girmay (2000), Merhawi Kudus (1994), and Meb Keflezighi (1975).

Among POLITICIANS In Eritrea

Among politicians born in Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki ranks 1After him are Tedros Adhanom (1965), and Aman Andom (1924).