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Lee Myung-bak

1941 - Today

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Lee Myung-bak (Korean: 이명박; ; Korean: [i.mjʌŋ.bak̚]; born 19 December 1941) often referred to by his initials MB, is a South Korean businessman and former politician who served as 10th (17th election) president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, and the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Myung-bak has received more than 1,256,796 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 66 in 2019). Lee Myung-bak is the 918th most popular politician (up from 975th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Japan (up from 31st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Politician.

Lee Myung-bak is most famous for being the president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.

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  • 69.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lee Myung-bak ranks 918 out of 15,577. Before him are Ivan VI of Russia, Béla Kun, Cassander, Raymond Poincaré, Charles I of Hungary, and Jugurtha. After him are Benjamin Harrison, Lev Kamenev, Jiang Qing, Chaim Weizmann, Basil II, and Andrew II of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Lee Myung-bak ranks 17. Before him are Cesária Évora, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Martha Argerich, Plácido Domingo, Bruno Ganz, and Fethullah Gülen. After him are Nick Nolte, Laura Antonelli, Tadao Ando, Dick Cheney, Robert Forster, and Faye Dunaway.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Lee Myung-bak ranks 30 out of 6,048. Before him are Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Olivia de Havilland (1916), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Yayoi Kusama (1929), and Osamu Tezuka (1928). After him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kane Tanaka (1903), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Himiko (175), and Emperor Kōmei (1831).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Lee Myung-bak ranks 7. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Emperor Meiji (1852), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Hideki Tojo (1884), and Sasaki Kojirō (1583). After him are Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Itō Hirobumi (1841).

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