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Paulias Matane

1931 - 2021

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Sir Paulias Nguna Matane (21 September 1931 – 12 December 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010. His memoir My Childhood in New Guinea has been on the school curriculum since the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulias Matane has received more than 75,961 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paulias Matane is the 7,497th most popular politician (up from 14,498th in 2019), the most popular biography from Papua New Guinea (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Papua New Guinean Politician.

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  • 76k

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  • 55.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paulias Matane ranks 7,497 out of 15,577. Before him are Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Manuel I of Trebizond, Godepert, Alexander Yakovlev, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and Maurice Couve de Murville. After him are René Duguay-Trouin, Časlav, Alexander of Tralles, Charles, Duke of Calabria, Sisenand, and Ilir Meta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Paulias Matane ranks 132. Before him are Barbara Bain, Magali Noël, Pascal Lissouba, Dries van Agt, Rip Torn, and Freddy Quinn. After him are Claude Piron, Morris Chang, Lamberto Dini, Jan Troell, Don Walsh, and Roman Opałka. Among people deceased in 2021, Paulias Matane ranks 188. Before him are Ronald Inglehart, Jaan Kaplinski, Mario Camus, Rodney Alcala, Carlyle Glean, and Marshall Sahlins. After him are Alexander Gradsky, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Jovan Divjak, Roger Hunt, Ned Beatty, and Elgin Baylor.

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In Papua New Guinea

Among people born in Papua New Guinea, Paulias Matane ranks 1 out of 7. After him are Michael Somare (1936), Manasseh Sogavare (1955), Michael Ogio (1942), James Marape (1971), John Ribat (1957), and Peter O'Neill (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Papua New Guinea

Among politicians born in Papua New Guinea, Paulias Matane ranks 1. After him are Michael Somare (1936), Manasseh Sogavare (1955), Michael Ogio (1942), James Marape (1971), and Peter O'Neill (1965).

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