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Peter Robinson

1948 - Today

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Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. Until his retirement in 2016, Robinson was involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 years, being a founding member of the DUP along with Ian Paisley. Robinson served in the role of General Secretary of the DUP from 1975, a position which he held until 1979 and which afforded him the opportunity to exert extraordinary influence within the fledgeling party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Robinson has received more than 76,500 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Peter Robinson is the 17,671st most popular politician (down from 16,146th in 2019), the 5,963rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,410th in 2019) and the 648th most popular British Politician.

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  • 77k

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  • 39.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Robinson ranks 17,671 out of 19,576. Before him are Gunning Bedford Jr., Janusz Wójcik, Abdelhakim Belhaj, Gordan Jandroković, Robert Muldoon, and Olympia Snowe. After him are Arthur Goldberg, Margarita Drobiazko, Ernest Gruening, Amadou Sanogo, André Nzapayeké, and Yordan Yovchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Peter Robinson ranks 724. Before him are Tamás Wichmann, Mario Aldo Montano, Günter Haritz, Hans van Helden, Tom Wolf, and Jeff Baxter. After him are Carol Bartz, Eliud Williams, Kapil Sibal, Oinikhol Bobonazarova, Mick Rock, and Sheila Jeffreys.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Robinson ranks 5,963 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Hardy (1991), Birdy (1996), Nigel Hitchin (1946), James Wordie (1889), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), and DeObia Oparei (1971). After him are Douglas Henshall (1965), Beatie Edney (1962), Derek Fowlds (1937), Amelia Warner (1982), Martin Keown (1966), and Joss Stone (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Robinson ranks 648. Before him are Priti Patel (1972), David Davis (1948), Dennis Skinner (1932), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), Francis Pym (1922), and Philip May (1957). After him are William Hague (1961), Nick Leeson (1967), Button Gwinnett (1735), Betty Boothroyd (1929), Leon Brittan (1939), and Francis Lewis (1713).

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