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Kailash Purryag

1947 - Today

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Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK (born 12 December 1947, also known as Kailash Purryag) is a former Mauritian politician who served as the fifth president of Mauritius from 2012 to May 2015. He was elected president of Mauritius by the National Assembly and took office on 21 July 2012. He succeeded Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who spent nine years as president from 2003 until resigning in March 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kailash Purryag has received more than 107,208 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kailash Purryag is the 17,807th most popular politician (down from 16,360th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Mauritius and the 9th most popular Mauritian Politician.

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  • 39.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kailash Purryag ranks 17,807 out of 19,576. Before him are Martin Sonneborn, Mustapha Adib, Dominique Voynet, Newton D. Baker, Denis Voronenkov, and Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe. After him are Mara Carfagna, Iain Duncan Smith, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Jane Dee Hull, Dolkun Isa, and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kailash Purryag ranks 831. Before him are Olympia Snowe, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, John Johnson, Simi Garewal, Mark Dayton, and Peter Welch. After him are Zoltán Melis, Deidre Hall, Marit Nybakk, Keith Devlin, Carlos Ezquerra, and Lawrence Wright.

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In Mauritius

Among people born in Mauritius, Kailash Purryag ranks 13 out of 14. Before him are Ameenah Gurib (1959), Jean Margéot (1916), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), and Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920). After him are Bruno Julie (1978), Roilya Ranaivosoa (1990), Jonas Raess (1994), Merven Clair (1993), Mathieu Marquet (1994), and Rémi Feuillet (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mauritius

Among politicians born in Mauritius, Kailash Purryag ranks 9. Before him are Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Ameenah Gurib (1959), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), and Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920).

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