1972 - Today
Maia Sandu (pronounced [ˈmaja ˈsandu]; born 24 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the founder and former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 until 14 November 2019, when the government collapsed after a vote of no-confidence. Sandu was Minister of Education from 2012 to 2015 and member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2014 to 2015, and again in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maia Sandu has received more than 1,515,308 page views. Her biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Maia Sandu is the 4,610th most popular politician (up from 12,927th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Moldova (up from 38th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Moldovan Politician.
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Among politicians, Maia Sandu ranks 4,610 out of 15,577. Before her are François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Enrico Berlinguer, Emperor Bidatsu, Sinsharishkun, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson. After her are Phraates V, Mario Beccaria, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Alexandre Pétion, Marcus Antonius, and Sher Ali Khan.
1818 - 1900
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4,604
1922 - 1984
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4,605
538 - 585
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4,606
700 BC - 612 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4,607
1477 - 1539
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4,608
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,609
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,610
100 BC - 4
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,611
1920 - 2003
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,612
114 BC - 63 BC
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,613
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,614
143 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,615
1825 - 1879
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,616
Among people born in 1972, Maia Sandu ranks 18. Before her are Andrzej Duda, Wentworth Miller, Luís Figo, Vanessa Paradis, Jennifer Garner, and Mauricio Pochettino. After her are Lisa Ann, Rui Costa, Najwa Nimri, Pedro Sánchez, Rubens Barrichello, and Lilian Thuram.
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 12
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 13
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 14
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 15
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 16
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 17
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 19
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 20
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 22
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 24
Among people born in Moldova, Maia Sandu ranks 8 out of 92. Before her are Anton Rubinstein (1829), Vladimir Voronin (1941), Lewis Milestone (1895), Nicolae Timofti (1948), Emil Constantinescu (1939), and Nikolay Zelinsky (1861). After her are Mikhail Larionov (1881), Mircea Snegur (1941), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Iona Yakir (1896), Boris Kolker (1939), and Maria Cebotari (1910).
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 3
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 6
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 8
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 9
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 10
1870 - 1920
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 11
1896 - 1937
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 13
1910 - 1949
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Moldova, Maia Sandu ranks 4. Before her are Vladimir Voronin (1941), Nicolae Timofti (1948), and Emil Constantinescu (1939). After her are Mircea Snegur (1941), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Avigdor Lieberman (1958), Petru Lucinschi (1940), Meir Dizengoff (1861), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), Anatoliy Kinakh (1954), and Yevgeny Shevchuk (1968).
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 1
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 5
1870 - 1920
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 7
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 8
1861 - 1936
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 10
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 11
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 12