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Jigme Thinley

1952 - Today

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Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie: 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las) (born 9 September 1952) is a Bhutanese politician who was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 20 July 1998 to 9 July 1999, 30 August 2003 to 18 August 2004 and 9 April 2008 to 28 April 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Thinley has received more than 127,519 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jigme Thinley is the 15,505th most popular politician (down from 14,185th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Bhutan (down from 5th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Thinley ranks 15,505 out of 19,576Before him are Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Vladimir Resin, Sergey Tereshchenko, Bodil Katharine Biørn, Aldfrith of Northumbria, and Zlatko Lagumdžija. After him are José María Linares, Antonio Martino, Carlos Hevia, Hervé de Charette, Rafał Trzaskowski, and Morrison Waite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jigme Thinley ranks 449Before him are Lorna Luft, Jacob Miller, Santiago Santamaría, Daryl Stuermer, Barbara Hendricks, and Amy Tan. After him are Tovah Feldshuh, Oswaldo Payá, Ellen Streidt, Rhys Chatham, Tim Powers, and Roger Stone.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Thinley ranks 6 out of 17Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), and Lotay Tshering (1969). After him are Tshering Tobgay (1965), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Kunzang Choden (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Jigme Thinley ranks 6Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), and Lotay Tshering (1969). After him are Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).