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Mangosuthu Buthelezi

1928 - 2023

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Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (; 27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023. He was appointed to this post by King Bhekuzulu, the son of King Solomon kaDinuzulu, a brother to Buthelezi's mother Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu. Buthelezi was chief minister of the KwaZulu bantustan during apartheid and founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975, leading it until 2019, and became its president emeritus soon after that. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mangosuthu Buthelezi has received more than 1,270,308 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mangosuthu Buthelezi is the 14,708th most popular politician (down from 12,890th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 110th in 2019) and the 40th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ranks 14,708 out of 15,577. Before him are Dolly Buster, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Oswulf of Northumbria, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Folke Rogard, and Berthold Englisch. After him are Charles Townshend, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Domnall Brecc, Suen-magir, and Bisher Al-Khasawneh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ranks 421. Before him are Aleksandr Ivanov, William Alexander Morgan, John Ostrom, Joaquín Capilla, Stig Sjölin, and Antonio Ozores. After him are Sheila Jordan, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Karin Söder, Ed Macauley, Peter Hacks, and Arthur Foulkes. Among people deceased in 2023, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ranks 316. Before him are Anita Thallaug, Danilo Astori, Yaakov Ziv, Ernesto Castano, Francis Lee, and Trevor Francis. After him are Jerónimo Saavedra, Friedel Lutz, Simone Segouin, Alexei Starobinsky, Juan Carlos Sarnari, and Superstar Billy Graham.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ranks 127 out of 374. Before him are Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Harold Kitson (1874), Tony Maggs (1937), Corrie Sanders (1966), Janet Suzman (1939), and Eddie Kramer (1942). After him are Cariba Heine (1988), Paddy Driver (1934), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Louisa Bolus (1877), Wilfrid Napier (1941), and Johan Kriek (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ranks 40. Before him are Jim Fouché (1898), Pik Botha (1932), Eben Dönges (1898), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Ted Moore (1914), and Tom Naudé (1889). After him are Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), and Sol Plaatje (1876).

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