POLITICIAN

Joaquim Chissano

1939 - Today

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Joaquim Alberto Chissano (born 22 October 1939) is a Mozambican politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African democracy. After his presidency, Chissano became an elder statesman, envoy and diplomat for both his home country and the United Nations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joaquim Chissano has received more than 369,829 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Joaquim Chissano is the 4,629th most popular politician (up from 4,954th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Mozambique and the 3rd most popular Mozambican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joaquim Chissano ranks 4,629 out of 19,576Before him are Doquz Khatun, Şehzade Ahmet, Suryavarman II, Michel Suleiman, Peter Delyan, and Imi Lichtenfeld. After him are Sinan Pasha, Naresuan, Shapour Bakhtiar, Teófilo Braga, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, and Zeng Guofan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joaquim Chissano ranks 76Before him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Helmut Haller, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Dariush Mehrjui, Susumu Tonegawa, and Claudio Magris. After him are Ratko Janev, Milva, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Yael Dayan, Sidney Altman, and Warda Al-Jazairia.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano ranks 6 out of 38Before him are Eusébio (1942), Yasuke (1530), Carlos Queiroz (1953), Samora Machel (1933), and Graça Machel (1945). After him are Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Filipe Nyusi (1959), Afric Simone (1956), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), and Eduardo Mondlane (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In Mozambique

Among politicians born in Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano ranks 3Before him are Samora Machel (1933), and Graça Machel (1945). After him are Armando Guebuza (1943), Filipe Nyusi (1959), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), Pascoal Mocumbi (1941), Luísa Diogo (1958), Marcelino dos Santos (1929), Afonso Dhlakama (1953), and Mário da Graça Machungo (1941).