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Masoud Barzani

1946 - Today

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Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مه‌سعوود بارزانی, romanized: Mesûd Barzanî; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masoud Barzani has received more than 744,825 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Masoud Barzani is the 1,898th most popular politician (up from 2,057th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 80th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Iranian Politician.

Masoud Barzani is most famous for being the president of the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq.

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  • 65.49

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Masoud Barzani ranks 1,898 out of 15,577Before him are Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Quintus Sertorius, Salome Zourabichvili, and Abd al-Rahman II. After him are John I of Castile, Ismail II, Attalus I, Georgios Papadopoulos, William V, Prince of Orange, and Milo of Croton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Masoud Barzani ranks 47Before him are Nicos Anastasiades, Marianne Faithfull, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Barry Gibb, Liza Minnelli, and Robert Fripp. After him are Charles Dance, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Arrigo Sacchi, André the Giant, Lars Vilks, and Talia Shire.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Masoud Barzani ranks 72 out of 528Before him are Achaemenes (-800), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Gaykhatu (1300), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Barkiyaruq (1081), and Ibn Majah (824). After him are Ismail II (1533), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Tekuder (1247), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Moshe Katsav (1945), and Mohammad Khodabanda (1531).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Masoud Barzani ranks 36Before him are Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), Gaykhatu (1300), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), and Barkiyaruq (1081). After him are Ismail II (1533), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Tekuder (1247), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Moshe Katsav (1945), and Mohammad Khodabanda (1531).

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