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Jiang Zemin

1926 - 2022

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Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as president of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang was the third paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiang Zemin has received more than 5,167,835 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Jiang Zemin is the 485th most popular politician (down from 439th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from China (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Chinese Politician.

Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002 and the President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, during which he oversaw significant economic and political developments in China, including the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China.

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  • 73.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiang Zemin ranks 485 out of 15,577Before him are Peter II of Russia, Atahualpa, Alexios I Komnenos, Juan Perón, Charles IV of France, and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Menachem Begin, Şehzade Cihangir, Nader Shah, Macrinus, Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Yazid I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jiang Zemin ranks 7Before him are Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, Fidel Castro, Michel Foucault, Ingvar Kamprad, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. After him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Miles Davis, Sathya Sai Baba, Dario Fo, and Svetlana Alliluyeva. Among people deceased in 2022, Jiang Zemin ranks 7Before him are Elizabeth II, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pelé, Pope Benedict XVI, Luc Montagnier, and Jean-Luc Godard. After him are Vangelis, Sidney Poitier, Monica Vitti, Leonid Kravchuk, Francisco Gento, and Thích Nhất Hạnh.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jiang Zemin ranks 36 out of 1,392Before him are Li Ching-Yuen (1677), Mencius (-372), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Zhuge Liang (181), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), and Hongwu Emperor (1328). After him are Zhou Enlai (1898), Toshiro Mifune (1920), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), and Nurhaci (1559).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Jiang Zemin ranks 18Before him are Qianlong Emperor (1711), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Liu Bei (161), Yongle Emperor (1360), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), and Hongwu Emperor (1328). After him are Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), Nurhaci (1559), and Hong Taiji (1592).