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Mutara III Rudahigwa

1911 - 1959

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Mutara III Rudahigwa (March 1911 – 25 July 1959) was King (umwami) of Rwanda between 1931 and 1959. He was the first Rwandan king to be baptised, bringing Catholicism to the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mutara III Rudahigwa has received more than 129,356 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mutara III Rudahigwa is the 12,779th most popular politician (down from 11,918th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Rwanda (down from 10th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Rwandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mutara III Rudahigwa ranks 12,779 out of 19,576Before him are Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Ali Benflis, Luis Guillermo Solís, Aryeh Deri, Rustem Umerov, and Nico Diederichs. After him are Ino Anastasia, Duatentopet, Vladimir Semichastny, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, William Wain Prior, and Bertuccio Valier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Mutara III Rudahigwa ranks 190Before him are Juan Carlos Zabala, Maurice Schumann, André Navarra, Willem Johan Kolff, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Ralph Kirkpatrick. After him are Gavriil Kachalin, Paul Pietsch, Gustave Gilbert, Lisa Fonssagrives, Amir Hamzah, and Sándor Bíró. Among people deceased in 1959, Mutara III Rudahigwa ranks 114Before him are Lipót Fejér, Kathryn Adams, William J. Donovan, Albert Namatjira, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, and Heleno de Freitas. After him are Edmund Goulding, Pierre Frieden, Charles Starkweather, Friedrich Waismann, Maxwell Anderson, and Benjamin Christensen.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Mutara III Rudahigwa ranks 11 out of 28Before him are Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Paul Rusesabagina (1954), and Faustin Twagiramungu (1945). After him are Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), Scholastique Mukasonga (1956), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), Louise Mushikiwabo (1961), Jean Kambanda (1955), and Théoneste Bagosora (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Mutara III Rudahigwa ranks 9Before him are Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), and Faustin Twagiramungu (1945). After him are Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), Louise Mushikiwabo (1961), Jean Kambanda (1955), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), and Pierre Habumuremyi (1961).