POLITICIAN

Keith Holyoake

1904 - 1983

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Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also as the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980. He is the only New Zealand politician to have held both positions. Holyoake was born near Pahiatua in the Wairarapa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keith Holyoake has received more than 325,916 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Keith Holyoake is the 17,321st most popular politician (down from 15,952nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 101st in 2019) and the 24th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Keith Holyoake ranks 17,321 out of 19,576. Before him are Martín Vázquez, John Kennedy, Shashi Tharoor, Bruce Golding, Sofia Sakorafa, and William Paca. After him are Alexander Bustamante, Nick Clegg, Guntars Krasts, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Doug Burgum, and Edward Carson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Keith Holyoake ranks 342. Before him are Hendrik Timmer, Léon Rosenfeld, Raphael Tracey, Marian Nixon, Frank Amyot, and Silvio Pietroboni. After him are George Formby, Charles R. Drew, Virginia Brown Faire, Sally Rand, Milburn Stone, and Patrick Kavanagh. Among people deceased in 1983, Keith Holyoake ranks 266. Before him are Bjarne Pettersen, Antonio Siddi, William Demarest, Marian Nixon, Pedro Quartucci, and Marie Mosquini. After him are Billy Fury, Alexei Guryshev, Vic Lindquist, Ruby Myers, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, and Terence Cooke.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Keith Holyoake ranks 116 out of 303. Before him are Callan Mulvey (1975), Richard Pearse (1877), Winston Peters (1945), Kerry Fox (1966), Jerry Mateparae (1954), and Trevor Coker (1949). After him are Jim Bolger (1935), Georgina Beyer (1957), Walter Buller (1838), Andrew Dominik (1967), John Walker (1952), and Dudley Storey (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Keith Holyoake ranks 24. Before him are Bill English (1961), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), Winston Peters (1945), and Jerry Mateparae (1954). After him are Jim Bolger (1935), Georgina Beyer (1957), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Christopher Luxon (1970), and Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900).

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