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Miriam Defensor Santiago

1945 - 2016

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Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago (née Defensor; June 15, 1945 – September 29, 2016) was a Filipino scholar, academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miriam Defensor Santiago has received more than 1,988,774 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Miriam Defensor Santiago is the 16,031st most popular politician (down from 14,868th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Philippines (down from 71st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Filipino Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miriam Defensor Santiago ranks 16,031 out of 15,577Before her are Ron Brown, Ivans Klementjevs, Bruce Golding, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, and Jim Bolger. After her are Amadou Sanogo, Tulsi Giri, Evans Paul, Zsolt Baumgartner, John Bruton, and Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Miriam Defensor Santiago ranks 538Before her are Odd Iversen, Max Hastings, Hanan al-Shaykh, Bo Ralph, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, and Suzanne Farrell. After her are Fyodor Simashev, Wilma Mankiller, August Wilson, Pat Conroy, Ron Glass, and Brewster H. Shaw. Among people deceased in 2016, Miriam Defensor Santiago ranks 488Before her are Yūko Mizutani, Wiesław Rudkowski, Ernestine Anderson, Noel Neill, Arsen Pavlov, and Sverre Kjelsberg. After her are Roger Cicero, Terry Wogan, Pat Conroy, Bernie Worrell, Ron Glass, and Guy Clark.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Miriam Defensor Santiago ranks 73 out of 126Before her are Gregorio Aglipay (1860), Jejomar Binay (1942), Freddie Aguilar (1953), Carlos P. Romulo (1899), Ricardo Vidal (1931), and Julio Rosales (1906). After her are Fe del Mundo (1911), Jose Advincula (1952), Alfredo Lim (1929), Leni Robredo (1965), Gabriel Elorde (1935), and Rufino Santos (1908).

Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Miriam Defensor Santiago ranks 33Before her are Nur Misuari (1939), Aileen Baviera (1959), Mariano Trías (1868), Bongbong Marcos (1957), Jejomar Binay (1942), and Carlos P. Romulo (1899). After her are Alfredo Lim (1929), Leni Robredo (1965), Juan Ponce Enrile (1924), Noli de Castro (1949), Salvador Laurel (1928), and Arturo Tolentino (1910).