1953 - Today
Meng Hongwei (simplified Chinese: 孟宏伟; traditional Chinese: 孟宏偉; pinyin: Mèng Hóngwěi; born November 1953) is a former Chinese politician and police officer who was the president of Interpol from 2016 to 2018. He also served as vice-minister of Public Security in China from 2004 to 2018. Meng purportedly resigned in absentia in October 2018 via Chinese officials after he was secretly detained and accused of taking bribes by Chinese anti-corruption authorities. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meng Hongwei has received more than 506,606 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Meng Hongwei is the 11,018th most popular politician (down from 10,646th in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from China (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 378th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Meng Hongwei ranks 11,018 out of 15,577. Before him are Erich von Hornbostel, Einar Gerhardsen, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Idrimi, and Margot Wallström. After him are Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Boiorix, Henri Namphy, Jayavarman III, Arvid Posse, and Wu Bangguo.
1877 - 1935
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 11,012
1897 - 1987
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 11,013
1778 - 1832
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 11,014
1662 - 1731
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 11,015
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 11,016
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,017
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,018
1719 - 1798
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,019
200 BC - 101 BC
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,020
1932 - 2018
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,021
800 - 877
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11,022
1820 - 1901
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 11,023
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 11,024
Among people born in 1953, Meng Hongwei ranks 151. Before him are Pamela Sue Martin, Paul Haggis, Billy Sheehan, Robert Parish, Klaus Wowereit, and Jane Badler. After him are Periko Alonso, Stanley Williams, Shavarsh Karapetyan, Desmond Child, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and Halid Bešlić.
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 145
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 146
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 147
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 148
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 149
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 150
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 151
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 152
1953 - 2005
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 153
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 154
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 155
1953 - 1994
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 156
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 157
Among people born in China, Meng Hongwei ranks 715 out of 1,392. Before him are Song Yingxing (1587), Bing Xin (1900), Huang Zongxi (1610), Ng Man-tat (1952), Sakya Pandita (1182), and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929). After him are Wei Yuan (1794), Wu Bangguo (1941), Chen Jiongming (1878), Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Huang Hua (1913), and Fujio Akatsuka (1935).
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 709
1900 - 1999
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 710
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 711
1952 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 712
1182 - 1251
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 713
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 714
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 715
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 716
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 717
1878 - 1933
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 718
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 719
1913 - 2010
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 720
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 721
Among politicians born in China, Meng Hongwei ranks 378. Before him are Shi Lang (1621), Wang Yang (1955), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Li Yuanchao (1950), and Saifuddin Azizi (1915). After him are Wu Bangguo (1941), Chen Jiongming (1878), Huang Hua (1913), Wang Huning (1955), Xu Caihou (1943), and Zhang Qun (1889).
1621 - 1696
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 372
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 373
1897 - 1991
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 374
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 375
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 376
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 377
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 378
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 379
1878 - 1933
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 380
1913 - 2010
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 381
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 382
1943 - 2015
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 383
1889 - 1990
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 384