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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 and Tobagonian 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 496,773 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the 15,967th most popular politician (down from 14,325th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 25th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 15,967 out of 15,577. Before her are Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Veerasamy Ringadoo, Ed Markey, William Wyatt Bibb, Carlos P. Romulo, and Domingos Simões Pereira. After her are Seán Lemass, Jean Ravelonarivo, Marina Kaljurand, Gene Okerlund, Les Aspin, and Kenneth Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 565. Before her are Angela Cartwright, Allan Wells, Mathew Knowles, Jiichiro Date, Jack Wild, and Lars-Erik Skiöld. After her are Rubén Toribio Díaz, Dick Schoenaker, Willington Ortiz, Christine Korsgaard, Asma Jahangir, and Tamás Faragó.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 26 out of 64. Before her are Lorraine Toussaint (1960), Hasely Crawford (1950), Marian Marsh (1913), George Padmore (1903), Anthony Nesty (1967), and Patrick Manning (1946). After her are Winston Duke (1986), Ellis Clarke (1917), Ato Boldon (1973), Noor Hassanali (1918), Silvio Spann (1981), and Stern John (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 8. Before her are George Maxwell Richards (1931), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), Keith Rowley (1949), Anthony Carmona (1953), Eric Williams (1911), and Patrick Manning (1946). After her are Ellis Clarke (1917), Noor Hassanali (1918), and Basdeo Panday (1933).

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