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Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

1937 - Today

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Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ( gah-YOOM; Dhivehi: މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born Abdulla Maumoon Khairi; 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian statesman, diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978, and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has received more than 405,702 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is the 1,309th most popular politician (up from 1,814th in 2019), the most popular biography from Maldives and the most popular Maldivan Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 21.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ranks 1,309 out of 19,576. Before him are Richard Cromwell, Carloman II, Gustav III of Sweden, Numerian, Stephen, King of England, and Constantine IV. After him are Gordian II, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis I of Spain, Esarhaddon, Talal of Jordan, and Ion Iliescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ranks 20. Before him are Boris Spassky, Renzo Piano, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Queen Paola of Belgium, Madeleine Albright, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. After him are Vanessa Redgrave, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Robert Coleman Richardson, Egon Krenz, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, and Mengistu Haile Mariam.

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In Maldives

Among people born in Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ranks 1 out of 11. After him are Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1962), Ibrahim Nasir (1926), Mohammed Waheed Hassan (1953), Mohamed Amin Didi (1910), Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901), Abdulla Yameen (1959), Mohamed Nasheed (1967), Abdulla Shahid (1962), Ali Ashfaq (1985), Mohamed Muizzu (1978), and Hassan Saaid (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In Maldives

Among politicians born in Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ranks 1. After him are Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1962), Ibrahim Nasir (1926), Mohammed Waheed Hassan (1953), Mohamed Amin Didi (1910), Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901), Abdulla Yameen (1959), Mohamed Nasheed (1967), Abdulla Shahid (1962), and Mohamed Muizzu (1978).

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