1949 - Today
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (Tswana pronunciation: [ˈkxɑ.le.mɑ mʊ.ˈtɬʼɑ.n.tʰɛ]; born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who was South Africa's third president between 25 September 2008 and 9 May 2009, following Thabo Mbeki's resignation. Thereafter, he was deputy president under Jacob Zuma until 26 May 2014. Raised in Soweto in the former Transvaal after his family was forcibly removed from Alexandra, Motlanthe was recruited into UMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), after he finished high school. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kgalema Motlanthe has received more than 990,282 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Kgalema Motlanthe is the 6,310th most popular politician (up from 6,691st in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 35th in 2019) and the 13th most popular South African Politician.
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Among politicians, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 6,310 out of 15,577. Before him are Kusaila, Yejong of Goryeo, Emperor Shizong of Jin, Haxhi Lleshi, Filip Vujanović, and Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons. After him are Nureddin al-Atassi, Takelot I, Sergius I of Constantinople, Sabium, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, and Alexandru Averescu.
640 - 688
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,304
1079 - 1122
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,305
1123 - 1189
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,306
1913 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,307
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,308
1635 - 1673
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,309
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,310
1929 - 1992
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,311
1000 BC - 874 BC
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,312
565 - 638
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 6,313
1900 BC - 1831 BC
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 6,314
972 - 1058
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 6,315
1859 - 1938
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 6,316
Among people born in 1949, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 116. Before him are Ivan Patzaichin, Gregg Popovich, Ken Wilber, Dubravka Ugrešić, Émerson Leão, and Ronnie Hellström. After him are David Strathairn, Michael Richards, Andy Kaufman, Robert Sternberg, Peter Agre, and Quini.
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 110
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 111
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 112
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 113
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 114
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 115
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 116
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 118
1949 - 1984
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 119
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 120
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 121
1949 - 2018
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 122
Among people born in South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 33 out of 374. Before him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Seymour Papert (1928), D. F. Malan (1874), Peter Abrahams (1919), Abba Eban (1915), and Basil Rathbone (1892). After him are Kevin Carter (1960), André Brink (1935), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), and Andries Pretorius (1798).
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 27
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 28
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 29
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 30
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 31
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 32
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 33
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 34
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 35
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 36
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 37
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 38
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 39
Among politicians born in South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 13. Before him are P. W. Botha (1916), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), and Abba Eban (1915). After him are Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), Louis Botha (1862), John Vorster (1915), Marais Viljoen (1915), and Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795).
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 7
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 8
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 9
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 10
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 13
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 14
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 15
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 16
1915 - 1983
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 17
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 18
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 19