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Kamla Persad-Bissessar

1952 - Today

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Kamla Persad-Bissessar (pronounced [kəmlɑː prəsɑːd̪-biseːsər] (); born Kamla Susheila Persad, 22 April 1952), often referred to by her initials KPB, is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who is the Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago, political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) political party, and was the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 26 May 2010 until 9 September 2015. She was the country's first female prime minister, attorney general, and Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to chair the Commonwealth of Nations and the first woman of Indian origin to be a prime minister of a country outside of India and the wider subcontinent. Persad-Bissessar became political leader of the UNC in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamla Persad-Bissessar has received more than 538,478 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the 16,817th most popular politician (down from 15,909th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago and the 9th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 16,817 out of 19,576. Before her are Valeriy Heletey, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, Charles Tupper, Chris Hipkins, Rab Butler, and Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch. After her are Æthelred, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Eli Yishai, and Marielle de Sarnez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 571. Before her are Al Parker, Rosa Díez, Ralph Merkle, Juice Newton, Elvira Saadi, and Jenny Shipley. After her are Dahir Riyale Kahin, Adrian Biddle, Mabel Rivera, Ivo Papazov, Pierluigi Marzorati, and Inese Vaidere.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 26 out of 71. Before her are Hasely Crawford (1950), George Padmore (1903), Lorraine Toussaint (1960), Christine Kangaloo (1961), Anthony Carmona (1953), and Eric Williams (1911). After her are Patrick Manning (1946), McDonald Bailey (1920), Anthony Nesty (1967), Marian Marsh (1913), Ellis Clarke (1917), and Ato Boldon (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 9. Before her are Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Basdeo Panday (1933), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), Christine Kangaloo (1961), Anthony Carmona (1953), and Eric Williams (1911). After her are Patrick Manning (1946), Ellis Clarke (1917), and Noor Hassanali (1918).

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