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Joseph Boakai

1944 - Today

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Joseph Nyumah Boakai (born 30 November 1944) is a Liberian politician who is the 26th and current president of Liberia. He previously served as the 29th vice president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and as the minister of agriculture from 1983 to 1985. Boakai ran for president in 2017, losing the election to George Weah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Boakai has received more than 488,519 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Boakai is the 10,065th most popular politician (up from 15,064th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 14th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Liberian Politician.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Boakai ranks 10,065 out of 19,576. Before him are Guillermo Rodríguez, Constantine I, Prince of Armenia, James R. Schlesinger, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Ragenfrid, and Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. After him are Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Auguste Vaillant, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Francisco León de la Barra, and Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Joseph Boakai ranks 275. Before him are Jill Clayburgh, Lucía Topolansky, Richard Belzer, Peter Bieri, Raoul Lambert, and Carl Bernstein. After him are Rick Davies, Rick Barry, Andrew G. Vajna, Jan-Carl Raspe, Whitfield Diffie, and Elmar Wepper.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Joseph Boakai ranks 8 out of 20. Before him are George Weah (1966), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), Leymah Gbowee (1972), and Charles D. B. King (1875). After him are William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), Ziad Fazah (1954), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Amos Sawyer (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Joseph Boakai ranks 6. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), and Charles D. B. King (1875). After him are William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Amos Sawyer (1945).

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