POLITICIAN
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
1941 - Today
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (Arabic: معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع, romanized: Ma‘āwiyah wuld Sīdi Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭāya‘ / Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya; born 28 November 1941) is a Mauritanian military officer who served as the President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005. During his presidency, he pursued policies of Arab nationalism while deepening ties with the United States. Having come to power through a bloodless military coup, he was ousted by a military coup himself in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has received more than 153,495 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is the 8,341st most popular politician (down from 6,746th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Mauritania (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mauritanian Politician.
Memorability Metrics
150k
Page Views (PV)
55.46
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
31
Languages Editions (L)
4.63
Effective Languages (L*)
3.18
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Tayas by language
Over the past year Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 27,537 views, followed by Arabic (20,132), and French (10,530). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (140.99%), Portuguese (110.61%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (110.34%)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ranks 8,341 out of 19,576. Before him are Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, Nikolai Kibalchich, Ram Chandra Poudel, Idris al-Ma'mun, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, and Leopold, Prince of Salerno. After him are Antoine Pinay, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Eugen Schauman, Charles, Duke of Durazzo, Guido de Marco, and Charles W. Fairbanks.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSoběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
1075 - 1140
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,335
Nikolai Kibalchich
1853 - 1881
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,336
Ram Chandra Poudel
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,337
Idris al-Ma'mun
1186 - 1232
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,338
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,339
Leopold, Prince of Salerno
1790 - 1851
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,340
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,341
Antoine Pinay
1891 - 1994
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,342
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,343
Eugen Schauman
1875 - 1904
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,344
Charles, Duke of Durazzo
1323 - 1348
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,345
Guido de Marco
1931 - 2010
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8,346
Charles W. Fairbanks
1852 - 1918
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 8,347
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1941, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ranks 171. Before him are Aldrich Ames, Robert Guéï, Na Moon-hee, Tom Fogerty, Yuri Norstein, and Josep Maria Fusté. After him are Mariangela Melato, Federico Faggin, Jaan Kaplinski, İdil Biret, Leon Russom, and Amir Pnueli.
Others Born in 1941
Go to all RankingsAldrich Ames
EXTREMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 165
Robert Guéï
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2002
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 166
Na Moon-hee
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 167
Tom Fogerty
MUSICIAN
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 168
Yuri Norstein
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 169
Josep Maria Fusté
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2023
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 170
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 171
Mariangela Melato
ACTOR
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 172
Federico Faggin
PHYSICIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 173
Jaan Kaplinski
WRITER
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 174
İdil Biret
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 175
Leon Russom
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 176
Amir Pnueli
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1941 - 2009
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 177
In Mauritania
Among people born in Mauritania, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ranks 5 out of 20. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), and Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956). After him are Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Abderrahmane Sissako (1961), Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957), and Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957).
Others born in Mauritania
Go to all RankingsMoktar Ould Daddah
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2003
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 2
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 3
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 4
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 5
Mustafa Ould Salek
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2012
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 6
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
POLITICIAN
1953 - 2017
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 7
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2019
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 8
Mohamed Ould Bilal
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 9
Abderrahmane Sissako
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 10
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 11
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 12
Among POLITICIANS In Mauritania
Among politicians born in Mauritania, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ranks 5. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), and Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956). After him are Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957), Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957), and Yahya Ould Hademine (1953).
Moktar Ould Daddah
1924 - 2003
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 2
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 3
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 4
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 5
Mustafa Ould Salek
1936 - 2012
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 6
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
1953 - 2017
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 7
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
1943 - 2019
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 8
Mohamed Ould Bilal
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 9
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 10
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 11
Yahya Ould Hademine
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 12