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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 207,246 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Noor Hassanali is the 16,558th most popular politician (down from 13,441st in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Noor Hassanali ranks 16,558 out of 15,577Before him are Eduardo Campos, Richard Grenell, Deval Patrick, Rod Blagojevich, Irakli Okruashvili, and Ann Veneman. After him are John Boozman, Mike Parson, Donna Shalala, Benjamin Stoddert, Vincent Peillon, and Michael Kretschmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Noor Hassanali ranks 291Before him are Fay McKenzie, Allenby Chilton, Art Cross, Milt Schmidt, P. H. Newby, and Bertie Mee. After him are George Constantine, Wilf Mannion, Nan Grey, Marjorie Lord, Jane Bryan, and Nipsey Russell. Among people deceased in 2006, Noor Hassanali ranks 355Before him are Naushad, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nandini Satpathy, Irving Kaplansky, Shekhar Mehta, and Ed Bradley. After him are Nadira, Gernot Jurtin, Raja Rao, Surinder Kaur, Elizabeth Allen, and Mervyn Wood.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Noor Hassanali ranks 30 out of 64Before him are Anthony Nesty (1967), Patrick Manning (1946), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), Winston Duke (1986), Ellis Clarke (1917), and Ato Boldon (1973). After him are Silvio Spann (1981), Stern John (1976), Deon Lendore (1992), Basdeo Panday (1933), Heather Headley (1974), and Jlloyd Samuel (1981).

Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Noor Hassanali ranks 10Before him are Keith Rowley (1949), Anthony Carmona (1953), Eric Williams (1911), Patrick Manning (1946), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), and Ellis Clarke (1917). After him are Basdeo Panday (1933).