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Philémon Yang

1947 - Today

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Philémon Yunji Yang (born 14 June 1947) is a Cameroonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Cameroon from 2009 to 2019, having previous held various ministerial and diplomatic roles particularly in Canada where he served as the ambassador of Cameroon to Canada for over 20 years. He is the longest-serving Prime Minister in Cameroonian history, having served 9 years, 9 months and 3 days. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philémon Yang has received more than 158,139 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Philémon Yang is the 13,592nd most popular politician (down from 12,961st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 16th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cameroonian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philémon Yang ranks 13,592 out of 19,576. Before him are Fernando de Santiago, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Akhtar Mansour, Henri Laurent, Jonathan Motzfeldt, and Cai Xiang. After him are Jon Huntsman Jr., Áedán mac Gabráin, Publius Ostorius Scapula, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Themistoklis Sofoulis, and Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Philémon Yang ranks 446. Before him are Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Sylvester, Dương Thu Hương, Giuseppe Betori, Margaret Geller, and Wolfgang Flür. After him are Martin Ferrero, Pete Ham, Tristan Murail, Benjamin Orr, Klaus Dibiasi, and Brian Herbert.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Philémon Yang ranks 20 out of 156. Before him are Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Rigobert Song (1976), Joseph Ngute (1954), Samuel Umtiti (1993), Mongo Beti (1932), and Vincent Aboubakar (1992). After him are François Omam-Biyik (1966), Christian Tumi (1930), Patrick Baudry (1946), Francis Bebey (1929), Richard Bona (1967), and Jacques Songo'o (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cameroon

Among politicians born in Cameroon, Philémon Yang ranks 5. Before him are Paul Biya (1933), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), and Joseph Ngute (1954). After him are Ephraïm Inoni (1947), and Ferdinand Oyono (1929).

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