POLITICIAN

Johnny Paul Koroma

1960 - 2003

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Major Johnny Paul Koroma (9 May 1960 – 1 June 2003/11 August 2017) was a Sierra Leonean military officer who was the head of state of Sierra Leone from May 1997 to February 1998. A member of the Limba people, Koroma began his military career in 1985, and quickly rose through the ranks of the Sierra Leonean army. Following the start of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1991, Koroma commanded government forces against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Paul Koroma has received more than 229,348 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Johnny Paul Koroma is the 18,032nd most popular politician (down from 16,547th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 9th most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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  • 230k

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  • 38.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 18,032 out of 19,576. Before him are Karl Erjavec, Wouter Bos, Michelle Bolsonaro, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Grant Shapps, and Hiram Rhodes Revels. After him are Jürgen Ligi, Larry Hogan, Krzysztof Bosak, Ali Mohamed Shein, Elena Poptodorova, and Norman Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 668. Before him are Elizabeth Avellán, Ray Bourque, Andrea Thompson, Karl Erjavec, Philippe Omnès, and Makoto Sugiyama. After him are Falk Boden, Marin Raykov, Petar Lesov, Oliver Parker, Craig Hodges, and Francesco Romano. Among people deceased in 2003, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 370. Before him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Dezső Lemhényi, Gerald Emmett Carter, Chris Brasher, Ellen Drew, and Shawn Lane. After him are Slim Dusty, Nell Carter, Leela Chitnis, Adam Faith, Malcolm Williamson, and Johnny Boyd.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 11 out of 22. Before him are Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), and Valentine Strasser (1967). After him are Roda Antar (1980), Eunice Barber (1974), Zainab Bangura (1959), FannyAnn Eddy (1974), Rodney Strasser (1990), and Fatima Massaquoi (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Johnny Paul Koroma ranks 9. Before him are Foday Sankoh (1937), Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), and Valentine Strasser (1967). After him are Zainab Bangura (1959).

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