1959 - 2021
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020.First elected as a Member of Parliament in 1995, he served in the Cabinet of Tanzania as Deputy Minister of Works from 1995 to 2000, Minister of Works from 2000 to 2005, Minister of Lands and Human Settlement from 2006 to 2008, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries from 2008 to 2010, and as Minister of Works for a second time from 2010 to 2015.Running as the candidate of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the country's dominant party, Magufuli won the October 2015 presidential election and was sworn in on 5 November 2015; he was re-elected in 2020. He ran on a platform of reducing government corruption and spending while also investing in Tanzania's industries, but his rule had autocratic tendencies, as seen in restrictions on freedom of speech, restrictions on LGBTQ rights, and a crackdown on members of the political opposition and civil society groups. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Magufuli has received more than 2,580,328 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Magufuli is the 9,671st most popular politician (down from 8,324th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 6th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Tanzanian Politician.
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Among politicians, John Magufuli ranks 9,671 out of 15,577. Before him are Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Mohammad Beheshti, Ibn al-Qalanisi, El Hadj Umar Tall, Philinna, and Mirko Cvetković. After him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Charlie Whiting, Demetrius II of Georgia, Al-Musta'in, J. R. Jayewardene, and John I of Trebizond.
124 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,665
1928 - 1981
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,666
1073 - 1160
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,667
1797 - 1864
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,668
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,669
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,670
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 9,671
1729 - 1800
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,672
1952 - 2019
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,673
1259 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,674
1390 - 1430
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,675
1906 - 1996
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,676
1215 - 1238
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9,677
Among people born in 1959, John Magufuli ranks 108. Before him are Donna Murphy, Alessandro Nannini, Stephen Harper, David Shore, Byung-Chul Han, and Jon Fosse. After him are Abdul Ahad Mohmand, R. A. Salvatore, Helmuth Duckadam, Mark Williams, Peter Mensah, and Vazgen Sargsyan. Among people deceased in 2021, John Magufuli ranks 256. Before him are Giacomo Capuzzi, Umberto Colombo, Carla Fracci, Bell hooks, El Risitas, and Zlatko Kranjčar. After him are Graham McRae, Yitzhak Arad, Lee Wan-koo, Vasily Lanovoy, Judith Reisman, and Sándor Puhl.
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 102
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 103
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 104
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 105
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 106
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 107
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 108
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 109
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 110
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 111
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 113
1959 - 1999
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 114
1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 250
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 251
1936 - 2021
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 252
1952 - 2021
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 253
1956 - 2021
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 254
1956 - 2021
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 255
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 256
1940 - 2021
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 257
1926 - 2021
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 258
1950 - 2021
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 259
1934 - 2021
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 260
1935 - 2021
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 261
1955 - 2021
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 262
Among people born in Tanzania, John Magufuli ranks 10 out of 32. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Tippu Tip (1837), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), and Jakaya Kikwete (1951). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Polycarp Pengo (1944), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), and Marin Hinkle (1966).
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 4
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 5
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 6
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 7
1925 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 10
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 11
1834 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 13
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 14
1912 - 1997
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Tanzania, John Magufuli ranks 8. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Tippu Tip (1837), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), and Jakaya Kikwete (1951). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), and Asha-Rose Migiro (1956).
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 3
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 4
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 5
1925 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 7
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 8
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 9
1834 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 12
1926 - 2009
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 14