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Jose Maria Sison

1939 - 2022

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Jose Maria Canlas Sison (Tagalog: [hoˈse mɐˈɾija ˈkɐnlas ˈsisɔn]; February 8, 1939 – December 16, 2022), also known as Joma, was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which would be known as National Democracy. His ideology was formed by applying Marxism–Leninism–Maoism to the history and circumstances of the Philippines. Sison was born in Ilocos Sur to a landowning political family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jose Maria Sison has received more than 1,097,754 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jose Maria Sison is the 15,204th most popular politician (down from 13,845th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 48th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Filipino Politician.

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  • 42.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jose Maria Sison ranks 15,204 out of 15,577Before him are John Nelson, Tsetska Tsacheva, Jozefina Topalli, Adnan Badran, Paulo Muwanga, and Henri Weber. After him are Fabián Alarcón, Kinga Göncz, Marc Garneau, Reem Frainah, Prince Ali bin Hussein, and Anand Satyanand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jose Maria Sison ranks 469Before him are Cleve Moler, Alexey Korneyev, Wilhelm Bungert, Don Williams, Robert A. M. Stern, and Josef Černý. After him are Mary Peters, Harvey Pekar, Sergio Bianchetto, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Gianfranco Leoncini, and Józef Grudzień. Among people deceased in 2022, Jose Maria Sison ranks 361Before him are Pat Carroll, Kjell Espmark, Marietta Giannakou, Scott Hall, Frédérick Tristan, and Maria Gusakova. After him are Larry Storch, Bappi Lahiri, Boris Lagutin, Egon Franke, Roberto Maroni, and Clu Gulager.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Jose Maria Sison ranks 54 out of 126Before him are Josefa Francisco (1954), Luis Antonio Tagle (1957), Jose Tomas Sanchez (1920), Leon O. Chua (1936), Francisco Guilledo (1901), and Reggie Lee (1975). After him are Tony Settember (1926), Lav Diaz (1958), Pedro Calungsod (1654), Nur Misuari (1939), James Cooke Brown (1921), and Gaudencio Rosales (1932).

Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Jose Maria Sison ranks 25Before him are Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Carlos P. Garcia (1896), Macario Sakay (1878), Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero (1832), Leopoldo Serantes (1962), and Pedro Paterno (1857). After him are Pedro Calungsod (1654), Nur Misuari (1939), Aileen Baviera (1959), Mariano Trías (1868), Bongbong Marcos (1957), and Jejomar Binay (1942).