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Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

1926 - 2006

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Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (29 June 1926 – 15 January 2006) (Arabic: الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Jābir al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ), also known as Jaber III, was Emir of Kuwait from 31 December 1977 until his death in 2006. The third monarch to rule Kuwait since its independence from Britain, Jaber had previously served as minister of finance and economy from 1962 to 1965 when he was appointed prime minister prior to becoming Kuwait's ruler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has received more than 691,049 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is the 3,438th most popular politician (up from 5,169th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Kuwait and the 5th most popular Kuwaiti Politician.

Jaber al-ahmad al-sabah is most famous for being the leader of Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion in 1990.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ranks 3,438 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Ku, Harald Quandt, Herbert Backe, Di Renjie, Lu Xun, and Ana Pauker. After him are Marcus Atilius Regulus, Janet Yellen, Cao Mao, H. H. Asquith, Idomeneus of Crete, and Mike Pence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ranks 64. Before him are Maria Schell, Shohei Imamura, Masatoshi Koshiba, Vasily Arkhipov, Sergio Corbucci, and Hilary Putnam. After him are Margot Frank, Abdoulaye Wade, Richard Matheson, John Fowles, Steve Reeves, and Noah Gordon. Among people deceased in 2006, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ranks 47. Before him are Shohei Imamura, Zoia Ceaușescu, Telmo Zarra, P. W. Botha, Nam June Paik, and Claude Jade. After him are Steve Irwin, Gordon Parks, William Styron, Shelley Winters, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ranks 5 out of 42. Before him are Saud of Saudi Arabia (1902), Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1937), Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929), and Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1940). After him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1930), Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885), Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895), Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837), Queen Rania of Jordan (1970), Sabah I bin Jaber (1700), and Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kuwait

Among politicians born in Kuwait, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ranks 5. Before him are Saud of Saudi Arabia (1902), Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1937), Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929), and Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1940). After him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1930), Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885), Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895), Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837), Sabah I bin Jaber (1700), Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1913), and Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864).

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