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José Eduardo dos Santos

1942 - 2022

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José Eduardo dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ eˈðwaɾðu ðuʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was the 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 1,688,629 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). José Eduardo dos Santos is the 1,550th most popular politician (up from 1,719th 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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  • 66.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1,550 out of 15,577. Before him are Fuad I of Egypt, Maria I of Portugal, Boudica, John VI of Portugal, Lucullus, and Leo IV the Khazar. After him are Chulalongkorn, Chester A. Arthur, Leo I the Thracian, Béla III of Hungary, Lazar Kaganovich, and Kurt Schuschnigg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 34. Before him are Werner Herzog, Ian McShane, John Wayne Gacy, Javier Solana, Giorgio Agamben, and Ehud Barak. After him are Jochen Rindt, Lou Reed, Giancarlo Giannini, Michel Mayor, Mohamed ElBaradei, and Alassane Ouattara. Among people deceased in 2022, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 21. Before him are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Madeleine Albright, Vivienne Westwood, and Ayman al-Zawahiri. After him are Angela Lansbury, Shinzō Abe, Dietrich Mateschitz, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, James Caan, and Margaret Keane.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos ranks 1 out of 59. After him are Agostinho Neto (1922), Jonas Savimbi (1934), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), João Lourenço (1954), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Pepetela (1941), and Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928).

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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), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), João Lourenço (1954), Holden Roberto (1923), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Lopo do Nascimento (1942), Paulo Kassoma (1951), Manuel Vicente (1956), and Marcolino Moco (1953).

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