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Malalai Kakar

1967 - 2008

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Malalai Kakar (Pashto: ملالۍ کاکړ; 1967 – 28 September 2008) was the most high-profile policewoman in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021) during its existence. As lieutenant colonel, she was the head of Kandahar's department of crimes against women. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malalai Kakar has received more than 59,730 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Malalai Kakar is the 18,244th most popular politician (down from 16,485th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 131st in 2019) and the 101st most popular Afghan Politician.

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  • 45.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malalai Kakar ranks 18,244 out of 19,576. Before her are Carl Hayden, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Pedro Cateriano, John Hoeven, Giuliano Poletti, and Gesine Lötzsch. After her are Pat Quinn, John Thune, Franck Riester, Ed Schafer, Samuel Bodman, and Rehman Malik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Malalai Kakar ranks 638. Before her are Kim Ki-hoon, Giovanni Parisi, Ike Shorunmu, Petr Zelenka, Artashes Minasian, and Franck Silvestre. After her are Eddie McClintock, Arcelia Ramírez, Ross Robinson, Rachel Cusk, Alex Azar, and Nick Nurse. Among people deceased in 2008, Malalai Kakar ranks 396. Before her are Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Alexey Prokurorov, Larry Norman, Hrvoje Ćustić, Karen Asrian, and François Sterchele. After her are Eudy Simelane, G. David Low, Es'kia Mphahlele, Tim Russert, György Kolonics, and Bill Brown.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Malalai Kakar ranks 144 out of 177. Before her are Zablon Simintov (1960), Abdul Rahman (1965), Sitara Achakzai (1957), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Islam Bibi (1974), and Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961). After her are Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Maria Bashir (1970), and Aryana Sayeed (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Malalai Kakar ranks 101. Before her are Ali Shah Durrani (1800), Dadullah (1966), Suhail Shaheen (null), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Sitara Achakzai (1957), and Nasrin Oryakhil (1964). After her are Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Malalai Joya (1978), Fawzia Koofi (1975), and Zarifa Ghafari (1992).

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