1946 - Today
Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush. Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Martínez has received more than 404,822 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mel Martínez is the 16,323rd most popular politician (down from 14,937th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Cuba (down from 139th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Cuban Politician.
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Among politicians, Mel Martínez ranks 16,323 out of 15,577. Before him are Petteri Orpo, Smith Thompson, Dennis Skinner, Seyni Oumarou, Laure Manaudou, and David McAllister. After him are Ruth Metzler, Frank Lautenberg, John Hickenlooper, Caesar Augustus Rodney, Philippe Riboud, and George Clymer.
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 16,317
1768 - 1843
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 16,318
1932 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 16,319
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 16,320
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 16,321
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 16,322
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 16,323
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 16,324
1924 - 2013
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 16,325
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 16,326
1772 - 1824
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 16,327
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 16,328
1739 - 1813
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 16,329
Among people born in 1946, Mel Martínez ranks 673. Before him are Zeca, Richard Bauckham, Aruna Roy, Tim Thomerson, Allen Lanier, and James Kelman. After him are Michael Rosen, Ben Vereen, Leo Rossi, Stuart Christie, Barbara Lee, and Sandy Duncan.
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 667
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 668
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 669
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 670
1946 - 2013
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 671
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 672
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 673
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 674
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 675
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 676
1946 - 2020
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 677
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 678
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.29
Rank: 679
Among people born in Cuba, Mel Martínez ranks 151 out of 248. Before him are Guillermo Rigondeaux (1980), María Caridad Colón (1958), Osmany Juantorena (1985), Magaly Carvajal (1968), Yoani Sánchez (1975), and Dayron Robles (1986). After him are Yoel Romero (1977), Silvia Chivás (1954), Orlando Zapata (1967), Jorge Luis Pila (1972), Maritza Martén (1963), and Regla Bell (1970).
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 145
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 146
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 147
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 148
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 149
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 150
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 151
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 152
1954 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 153
1967 - 2010
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 154
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 155
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 156
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 157
Among politicians born in Cuba, Mel Martínez ranks 42. Before him are Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889), Carlos Hevia (1900), Guillermo Fariñas (1962), Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), and Carlos Gutierrez (1953). After him are Orlando Zapata (1967), John H. Sununu (1939), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952), and Yurisleidy Lupetey (1981).
1889 - 1950
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 36
1900 - 1964
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 37
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 38
1895 - 1988
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 39
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 40
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 41
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 42
1967 - 2010
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 43
1939 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.18
Rank: 45
1981 - Present
HPI: 25.34
Rank: 46