POLITICIAN

Malam Bacai Sanhá

1947 - 2012

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Malam Bacai Sanhá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmalɐ̃ bɐˈkaj sɐˈɲa]) (5 May 1947 – 9 January 2012) was a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 8 September 2009 until his death on 9 January 2012. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President of Guinea-Bissau from 14 May 1999, to 17 February 2000, following the ouster of President João Bernardo Vieira. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malam Bacai Sanhá has received more than 100,431 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Malam Bacai Sanhá is the 7,871st most popular politician (up from 8,058th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Guinea-Bissau (up from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Guinea-Bissauan Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malam Bacai Sanhá ranks 7,871 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Akbar II, José Félix Uriburu, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya, and Joanna, Duchess of Brabant. After him are Li Siyuan, Charles, Duke of Guise, Borisav Jović, Aben Humeya, Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria, and Constance, Duchess of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Malam Bacai Sanhá ranks 179. Before him are Jaume Cabré, Aad de Mos, Greg Lake, James Dyson, Sergio Badilla Castillo, and Alain Connes. After him are Mario Aurelio Poli, Godfrey Chitalu, Mary Simon, Ben Cross, Philippe Herreweghe, and Somchai Wongsawat. Among people deceased in 2012, Malam Bacai Sanhá ranks 112. Before him are Félix Miélli Venerando, Svetozar Gligorić, Bal Thackeray, Sergio Pininfarina, Kaneto Shindo, and Edoardo Mangiarotti. After him are Dorothea Tanning, Wilhelm Brasse, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Alexander Arutiunian, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and Angelo Dundee.

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In Guinea-Bissau

Among people born in Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanhá ranks 5 out of 38. Before him are Amílcar Cabral (1924), João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Luís Cabral (1931), and Carmen Pereira (1937). After him are Kumba Ialá (1953), Henrique Rosa (1946), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), and Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea-Bissau

Among politicians born in Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanhá ranks 4. Before him are João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Luís Cabral (1931), and Carmen Pereira (1937). After him are Kumba Ialá (1953), Henrique Rosa (1946), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), and Raimundo Pereira (1956).

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