1946 - Today
Issa Hayatou (born 9 August 1946) is a Cameroonian sports executive, former athlete and football administrator best known for serving as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) between 1988 and 2017. He served as the acting FIFA president until 26 February 2016 as previous president Sepp Blatter was banned from all football-related activities in 2015 as a part of the that year's FIFA corruption investigation. In 2002, he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by Blatter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Issa Hayatou has received more than 739,409 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Issa Hayatou is the 6,225th most popular politician (up from 8,274th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Cameroon (up from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cameroonian Politician.
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Among politicians, Issa Hayatou ranks 6,225 out of 15,577. Before him are Willy Claes, Ferenc Mádl, George XII of Georgia, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Phriapatius, and Isidor Straus. After him are Ye Wanyong, Simeon Uroš, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Gyula Gömbös, Carlos Correia, and Sergey Sazonov.
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 6,219
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,220
1746 - 1800
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,221
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,222
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,223
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,224
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,225
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,226
1326 - 1371
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,227
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,228
1886 - 1936
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,229
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,230
1860 - 1927
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,231
Among people born in 1946, Issa Hayatou ranks 141. Before him are Laurent Fabius, Candice Bergen, Ellison Onizuka, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jochen Mass, and Artur Jorge. After him are Brenda Blethyn, Tony Levin, Ismail Khan, Georges J. F. Köhler, Alpha Oumar Konaré, and Duane Allman.
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 135
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 136
1946 - 1986
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 137
1946 - 2016
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 138
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 139
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 140
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 141
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 142
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 143
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 144
1946 - 1995
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 145
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 146
1946 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 147
Among people born in Cameroon, Issa Hayatou ranks 7 out of 132. Before him are Paul Biya (1933), Roger Milla (1952), Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Samuel Eto'o (1981), and Manu Dibango (1933). After him are Thomas N'Kono (1956), Patrick M'Boma (1970), Christian Tumi (1930), Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), Samuel Umtiti (1993), and Achille Mbembe (1957).
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 2
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 3
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 4
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 5
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 9
1930 - 2021
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 10
1975 - 2003
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 12
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Cameroon, Issa Hayatou ranks 3. Before him are Paul Biya (1933) and Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924). After him are Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), Ferdinand Oyono (1929), and Ephraïm Inoni (1947).
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 5
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 7