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Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

1940 - Today

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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940) is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf has received more than 1,444,331 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf is the 5,572nd most popular politician (up from 5,591st in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 97th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 5,572 out of 19,576. Before him are Lugalbanda, Frederick the Simple, Tigranes III, Clement Greenberg, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and Theudigisel. After him are Stratonice of Syria, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Valentina Matviyenko, Bolesław IV the Curly, Wilfried Martens, and Beatrice of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 114. Before him are Alan Kay, Sadaharu Oh, Saul Kripke, Vicente Fernández, Masahiro Hamazaki, and Régis Debray. After him are Just Jaeckin, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Max Mosley, Lei Feng, Jerzy Buzek, and Ali Saibou.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 154 out of 384. Before him are Ninus (null), Al-Muqtadi (1056), Ishbi-Erra (-2100), Ammi-Ditana (-1700), Ar-Rashid (1109), and Lugalbanda (null). After him are Al-Musta'in (836), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Surena (-84), and Al-Mustazhir (1078).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 97. Before him are Ar-Radi (909), Ninus (null), Ishbi-Erra (-2100), Ammi-Ditana (-1700), Ar-Rashid (1109), and Lugalbanda (null). After him are Al-Musta'in (836), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Al-Mustazhir (1078), and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904).

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