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Malietoa Tanumafili II

1913 - 2007

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Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007), addressed Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007. He was co-head of state in 1962 with the tama-a-'aiga Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole and became the sole head of state on 15 April 1963 upon the death of his co-regent. At the time of his death, he was the oldest national leader in the world, and was also the last incumbent president-for-life in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malietoa Tanumafili II has received more than 430,552 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Malietoa Tanumafili II is the 9,368th most popular politician (down from 8,825th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Samoa (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Samoan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Malietoa Tanumafili IIS by language

Over the past year Malietoa Tanumafili II has had the most page views in the with 55,074 views, followed by Italian (6,938), and Russian (5,105). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (96.31%), Galician (92.09%), and Samoan (81.03%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 9,368 out of 19,576. Before him are Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Yves Leterme, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Ahmad bin Yahya, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld. After him are Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Hermes da Fonseca, Khabash, Umor of Bulgaria, Domenico I Contarini, and Alexander of Judaea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 139. Before him are Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Géza Kalocsay, George Koval, Véra Clouzot, Stefan Heym, and Eiji Toyoda. After him are Johann Niemann, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Motoo Tatsuhara, Elisaveta Bykova, Alfonso López Michelsen, and Edith Pargeter. Among people deceased in 2007, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 133. Before him are Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Ivica Račan, Dabbs Greer, Andranik Margaryan, Barbara West, and Maria Gripe. After him are Katsuko Saruhashi, Marais Viljoen, Bauer, Ichiji Otani, Alfonso López Michelsen, and Fons Rademakers.

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In Samoa

Among people born in Samoa, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 3 out of 8. Before him are Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (1947), and Tufuga Efi (1938). After him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1945), Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (1957), David Tua (1972), Pua Magasiva (1980), and Frankie Adams (1994).

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Among POLITICIANS In Samoa

Among politicians born in Samoa, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 3. Before him are Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (1947), and Tufuga Efi (1938). After him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1945), and Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (1957).

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