POLITICIAN

Khalid Bakdash

1912 - 1995

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Khalid Bakdash (occasionally spelled Khalid Bagdash or Khaled Bekdache, Arabic: خالد بكداش) (1912 – July 15, 1995) was a Syrian politician who was the founder of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) and lead it from 1936 until his death in 1995. In 1954, Bakdash became the first member of a communist party to be elected to an Arab parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalid Bakdash has received more than 85,680 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Khalid Bakdash is the 12,242nd most popular politician (up from 12,263rd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Syria (down from 131st in 2019) and the 69th most popular Syrian Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khalid Bakdash ranks 12,242 out of 19,576. Before him are Gualberto Villarroel, William B. Travis, Karl Arnold, Mahmud Tarzi, Kim Campbell, and Shu-turul. After him are Charles Duclerc, Margit Slachta, Gilles Andriamahazo, Manuel Doukas, Arsites, and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Khalid Bakdash ranks 196. Before him are Antal Szalay, Viviane Romance, Jacques Soustelle, Bojan Adamič, Ernst Lehner, and Winthrop Rockefeller. After him are Luiz Gonzaga, Nihat Erim, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, Bayard Rustin, John Frost, and Northrop Frye. Among people deceased in 1995, Khalid Bakdash ranks 167. Before him are Koloman Gögh, Madge Sinclair, Michael V. Gazzo, Bryan Johnson, Bojan Adamič, and Hansa Jivraj Mehta. After him are Georges Candilis, Robert Monroe, Esmat Dowlatshahi, Butterfly McQueen, Henri Laborit, and Franco Fabrizi.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Khalid Bakdash ranks 138 out of 210. Before him are Bassel al-Assad (1962), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Alopen (600), Muhammed Faris (1951), Ghada al-Samman (1942), and Émile Eddé (1883). After him are Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Rezin (null), and Salim Idris (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Khalid Bakdash ranks 69. Before him are Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Alopen (600), and Émile Eddé (1883). After him are Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Rezin (null), Salim Idris (1957), Akram al-Hawrani (1912), George Sabra (1947), and Khalid al-Azm (1903).

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