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José Eduardo dos Santos

1942 - 2022

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José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ eˈðwaɾðu ðuʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and president of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it won independence in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Eduardo dos Santos has received more than 1,752,072 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). José Eduardo dos Santos is the 1,517th most popular politician (up from 1,546th in 2019), the most popular biography from Angola and the most popular Angolan Politician.

José Eduardo dos Santos is the president of Angola. He is most famous for being the president of Angola.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1,517 out of 19,576. Before him are Achaemenes, Clara Petacci, Constantine VIII, Nitocris, Carlos Menem, and Theuderic I. After him are Ferenc Szálasi, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Yu the Great, Lajos Kossuth, Mago Barca, and Isma'il Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 32. Before him are Brian Jones, Calvin Klein, Michael Haneke, Alassane Ouattara, Werner Herzog, and Javier Solana. After him are Lou Reed, Ian McShane, Mohamed ElBaradei, Giorgio Agamben, Tobin Bell, and Michel Mayor. Among people deceased in 2022, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 22. Before him are Madeleine Albright, Monica Vitti, Ben Roy Mottelson, Vivienne Westwood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and Robbie Coltrane. After him are Francisco Gento, Uwe Seeler, Kane Tanaka, Sidney Poitier, Dietrich Mateschitz, and Thích Nhất Hạnh.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1 out of 67. After him are Agostinho Neto (1922), Jonas Savimbi (1934), João Lourenço (1954), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), and Pepetela (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Angola

Among politicians born in Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1. After him are Agostinho Neto (1922), João Lourenço (1954), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lúcio Lara (1929), Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934), Paulo Kassoma (1951), Lopo do Nascimento (1942), Manuel Vicente (1956), and Marcolino Moco (1953).

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