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Kumba Ialá

1953 - 2014

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Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Ialá Embaló. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kumba Ialá has received more than 117,261 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Kumba Ialá is the 10,171st most popular politician (up from 11,826th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Guinea-Bissau (up from 9th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Guinea-Bissauan Politician.

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  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kumba Ialá ranks 10,171 out of 19,576. Before him are Sangoulé Lamizana, Burnaburiash I, Fa of Xia, John Komnenos, Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and Nicolae Rădescu. After him are Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Isabelle of France, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Marino Grimani, Roberto Fiore, and Laches.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kumba Ialá ranks 142. Before him are Otmar Hasler, Pavlo Lazarenko, Chaka Khan, Sophie Calle, Steve Bannon, and Eric Tsang. After him are Leonel Fernández, José Costa, Esther Hayut, Gideon Levy, Kiti Mánver, and Slavoljub Muslin. Among people deceased in 2014, Kumba Ialá ranks 149. Before him are Leslie Manigat, Frans Brüggen, Reuven Feuerstein, James R. Schlesinger, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Tadeusz Różewicz. After him are Manuel Uribe, James Rebhorn, Vasiľ Biľak, Horace Silver, Tomaž Šalamun, and Magda Olivero.

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In Guinea-Bissau

Among people born in Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Ialá ranks 6 out of 38. Before him are Amílcar Cabral (1924), João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), and Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947). After him are Henrique Rosa (1946), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), and Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea-Bissau

Among politicians born in Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Ialá ranks 5. Before him are João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), and Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947). After him are Henrique Rosa (1946), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), and Raimundo Pereira (1956).

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