POLITICIAN

Noor Hassanali

1918 - 2006

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Noor Mohamed Hassanali TC (pronounced [nuːrə moːɦəmməd̪ə ɦəsənɑːliː]; 13 August 1918 – 25 August 2006) was a Trinidadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge, he was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Muslim to hold the office of President of Trinidad and Tobago, and he was the first Muslim head of state in the Americas. Hassanali was president during the 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt when an Islamist group bombed the nation's police headquarters, stormed its Parliament and took the prime minister and his Cabinet hostage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Noor Hassanali has received more than 233,414 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Noor Hassanali is the 18,263rd most popular politician (down from 16,497th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 30th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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  • 230k

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  • 45.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Noor Hassanali ranks 18,263 out of 19,576. Before him are Raghubar Das, Jens Spahn, Chris Van Hollen, Oliver Wolcott, Bernard Makuza, and Igor Kravchuk. After him are Edward Schreyer, Jong Song-ok, Tim Johnson, John Dingell, John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, and Ben Cayetano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Noor Hassanali ranks 339. Before him are Bobby Troup, Fred Wacker, Bill Talbert, Helen Wagner, Milt Schmidt, and Henry M. Morris. After him are Marjorie Lord, Nan Grey, Jane Bryan, Nipsey Russell, Edwin O'Connor, and Allen Drury. Among people deceased in 2006, Noor Hassanali ranks 403. Before him are Surinder Kaur, Mihály Fülöp, Sarah Caldwell, Jesús Rollán, Corinne Rey-Bellet, and Henry M. Morris. After him are Raja Rao, Neroli Fairhall, Paul Hunter, Mohammed Bijeh, Chris Heunis, and Francisco Javier Toledo.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Noor Hassanali ranks 33 out of 71. Before him are Patrick Manning (1946), McDonald Bailey (1920), Anthony Nesty (1967), Marian Marsh (1913), Ellis Clarke (1917), and Ato Boldon (1973). After him are Silvio Spann (1981), Jlloyd Samuel (1981), Brian Lara (1969), Stern John (1976), Winston Duke (1986), and Kerron Clement (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Noor Hassanali ranks 12. Before him are Christine Kangaloo (1961), Anthony Carmona (1953), Eric Williams (1911), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), Patrick Manning (1946), and Ellis Clarke (1917).

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