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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

1946 - Today

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Ismaïl Omar Guellé (Somali: Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle; Arabic: إسماعيل عمر جيله; born 27 November 1947) is a Djiboutian politician who has served as the President of Djibouti since 1999, making him one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa. He is often referred to by his initials, IOG. Guelleh was first elected as President in 1999 as the handpicked successor to his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had ruled Djibouti since independence in 1977. Guelleh was re-elected in 2005, 2011, 2016 and in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has received more than 675,209 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is the 2,846th most popular politician (up from 3,700th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is most famous for being the president of Djibouti since 1999. He is also the first president to be democratically elected in the country.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ranks 2,846 out of 19,576. Before him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Nicola Amati, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, Joseph Babinski, Felipe González, and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. After him are Gerard de Ridefort, Vuk Branković, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Netjerkare Siptah, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Francisco de Almeida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ranks 76. Before him are Rade Šerbedžija, Michele Placido, Chris Slade, Uri Geller, Daniel Libeskind, and Nicos Anastasiades. After him are Lasse Hallström, Julian Barnes, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Xanana Gusmão, Ahmed Zewail, and Philip Pullman.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ranks 10 out of 105. Before him are Abraha (600), Menelik II (1844), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895). After him are Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), and Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ranks 7. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892), Zewditu (1876), Menelik II (1844), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik I (-954), and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895). After him are Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), and Meles Zenawi (1955).

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