1940 - Today
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf) 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 1,330,479 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf is the 5,606th most popular politician (down from 5,467th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 138th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Iraqi Politician.
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Among politicians, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 5,606 out of 15,577. Before him are Ordoño III of León, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Khutulun, At-Ta'i, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Boris Skossyreff. After him are Alparslan Türkeş, Moktar Ould Daddah, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Bardylis, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Yukhym Zvyahilsky.
926 - 956
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 5,600
1274 - 1319
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 5,601
1260 - 1306
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 5,602
932 - 1003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,603
1455 - 1499
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,604
1896 - 1989
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,605
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,606
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,607
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,608
1641 - 1691
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,609
448 BC - 358 BC
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,610
1535 - 1619
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,611
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,612
Among people born in 1940, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 115. Before him are Mate Boban, Rudi Dutschke, Jimmy Greaves, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Ali Hassan Salameh, and Iva Zanicchi. After him are Thomas A. Steitz, Pedro Rodríguez, Mike Hailwood, Wayne Dyer, Phil Ochs, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi.
1940 - 1997
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 109
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 110
1940 - 2021
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 111
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 112
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 113
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 114
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 115
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 116
1940 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 117
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 118
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 119
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 120
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 121
Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 144 out of 338. Before him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Manishtushu (null), Ar-Radi (909), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Nuri al-Said (1888), and At-Ta'i (932). After him are Pacorus II (50), Al-Mu'tamid (844), Al-Mustansir (1192), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Al-Muttaqi (908), and Al-Muqtadi (1056).
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 138
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 139
909 - 940
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 140
1935 - 2010
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 141
1888 - 1958
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 142
932 - 1003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 143
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 144
50 - 105
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 145
844 - 892
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 146
1192 - 1242
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 147
587 - 659
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 148
908 - 968
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 149
1056 - 1094
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 150
Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 91. Before him are Alulim (null), Ishbi-Erra (-2100), Manishtushu (null), Ar-Radi (909), Nuri al-Said (1888), and At-Ta'i (932). After him are Pacorus II (50), Al-Mu'tamid (844), Al-Mustansir (1192), Al-Muttaqi (908), Abi-Eshuh (-1800), and Shar-Kali-Sharri (null).
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 85
2100 BC - 2060 BC
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 86
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 87
909 - 940
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 88
1888 - 1958
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 89
932 - 1003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 90
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 91
50 - 105
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 92
844 - 892
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 93
1192 - 1242
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 94
908 - 968
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 95
1800 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 96
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 97