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Lúcio Lara

1929 - 2016

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Lúcio Rodrigo Leite Barreto de Lara (9 April 1929 – 27 February 2016), also known by the pseudonym Tchiweka, was an Angolan revolutionary, physicist-mathematician, politician , anti-colonial ideologist and one of the founding members (and president) of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). He served as General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan War of Independence and Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of the MPLA, led the first MPLA members into Luanda on 8 November 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lúcio Lara has received more than 97,206 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lúcio Lara is the 13,818th most popular politician, the 15th most popular biography from Angola and the 7th most popular Angolan Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lúcio Lara ranks 13,818 out of 19,576. Before him are László Kovács, Ignacio Milam Tang, Anna Harrison, Masayoshi Ito, Teoctist Arăpașu, and Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Stanisław Narutowicz, Doina Ignat, Jo Myong-rok, Andriy Taran, Giuseppe Delfino, and Alexandros Koumoundouros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Lúcio Lara ranks 331. Before him are Nina Ponomaryova, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Henri Pousseur, Rafael Chimishkyan, Halyna Sevruk, and Azzeddine Laraki. After him are Carlo Clerici, Mikhail Simonov, Jeremy Thorpe, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Germain Derycke, and Karin Lindberg. Among people deceased in 2016, Lúcio Lara ranks 294. Before him are Akhtar Mansour, Pierre Aubert, Prince Buster, Nina Ponomaryova, James Joseph Dresnok, and Alexander Esenin-Volpin. After him are Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, José Parra Martínez, Muhamed Mujić, Doreen Massey, Alcindo, and Motiur Rahman Nizami.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Lúcio Lara ranks 15 out of 67. Before him are Holden Roberto (1923), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950), Pepetela (1941), Rui Jordão (1952), and Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928). After him are Eduardo Camavinga (2002), José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917), José Eduardo Agualusa (1960), Jorge Mendonça (1938), José Morais (1965), and Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Angola

Among politicians born in Angola, Lúcio Lara ranks 7. Before him are José Eduardo dos Santos (1942), Agostinho Neto (1922), João Lourenço (1954), Afonso I of Kongo (1456), Holden Roberto (1923), and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950). After him are Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934), Paulo Kassoma (1951), Lopo do Nascimento (1942), Manuel Vicente (1956), and Marcolino Moco (1953).

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