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Leyla Yunus

1955 - Today

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Leyla Islam qizi Yunusova (née Vəliyeva; born 21 December 1955), better known as Leyla Yunus, is an Azerbaijani human rights activist who serves as the director of Institute of Peace and Democracy, a human rights organisation. She is particularly known for her work helping citizens affected by forced evictions in Baku, on whose behalf she organized several small protests. She was one of the founders of the modern Popular Front party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leyla Yunus has received more than 50,693 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Leyla Yunus is the 15,258th most popular politician (down from 14,726th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 116th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Azerbaijani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leyla Yunus ranks 15,258 out of 19,576Before her are Brock Chisholm, Alexandros Diomidis, Moussa Faki, Sin-Eribam, Cyrille Adoula, and Juan Bautista de Anza. After her are Joan, Lady of Wales, Pak Ui-chun, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Billy Cunningham, Dimitrij Rupel, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Leyla Yunus ranks 349Before her are Güler Sabancı, Lars Bastrup, Philip Hammond, Big Van Vader, Gabriele Zimmer, and Christian Estrosi. After her are Enric Miralles, Juliusz Machulski, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, Virginia Ruzici, Batista, and Chiranjeevi.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus ranks 127 out of 232Before her are Larisa Dolina (1955), Sahiba Gafarova (1955), Sergei Adian (1931), Gurban Gurbanov (1972), Max Black (1909), and Ajdar Ismailov (1938). After her are Vladimir Bagirov (1936), Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935), Anvar Chingizoglu (1962), Sara Ashurbeyli (1906), Arkady Andreasyan (1947), and Vladimir Makogonov (1904).

Among POLITICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus ranks 29Before her are Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (1919), Arsen Avakov (1964), Ganira Pashayeva (1975), Nikolai Baibakov (1911), Yuri Shchekochikhin (1950), and Sahiba Gafarova (1955). After her are Vladimir Makogonov (1904), Alexander Beglov (1956), Jamil Hasanli (1952), Andrey Lugovoy (1966), Elmar Mammadyarov (1960), and Ramil Safarov (1977).