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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

1955 - Today

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Zulu pronunciation: [pʰumziːle m̩lamboᵑǀʱuːkʼa] ; born 3 November 1955) is a South African politician and former United Nations official, who served as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mlambo-Ngcuka served as Deputy President of South Africa from 2004 to 2008, as the first woman to hold the position and at that point the highest ranking woman in the history of South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has received more than 411,112 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the 17,365th most popular politician (down from 16,218th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 206th in 2019) and the 51st most popular South African Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ranks 17,365 out of 19,576Before her are Quintus Veranius, Kathleen Sebelius, Sam Matekane, Domingos Simões Pereira, Sylvie Goulard, and Rui Maria de Araújo. After her are Algirdas Šemeta, Richard Seddon, P. A. Sangma, Gilles Simeoni, Trinidad Jiménez, and Cleopa Msuya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ranks 561Before her are Thelma Aldana, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Douglas Crockford, Egidio Miragoli, Galina Murašova, and Jürg Röthlisberger. After her are Don Hahn, Juha Tiainen, Geoffrey Hull, Rosanne Cash, Brigitte Wujak, and Gerhard Strack.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ranks 220 out of 454Before her are Sid James (1913), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Lucas Radebe (1969), Alfred Swift (1931), Ian Hunter (1900), and Clarence Oldfield (1899). After her are Troye Sivan (1995), Sol Plaatje (1876), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Bram Fischer (1908), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), and Mike Melvill (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ranks 51Before her are Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Robert Sobukwe (1924), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Mzilikazi (1790), Baleka Mbete (1949), and Govan Mbeki (1910). After her are Sol Plaatje (1876), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937), Naledi Pandor (1953), Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), and Chris Heunis (1927).