POLITICIAN

Qian Qichen

1928 - 2017

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Qian Qichen (Chinese: 钱其琛; pinyin: Qián Qíchēn; 5 January 1928 – 9 May 2017) was a Chinese diplomat and politician. He served as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member from 1992 to 2002, China's Foreign Minister from April 1988 to March 1998, and as Vice Premier from March 1993 to March 2003. Since then, no other diplomat-turned-politician has attained such a lofty status in China's political hierarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qian Qichen has received more than 113,426 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Qian Qichen is the 12,203rd most popular politician (down from 11,693rd in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from China (down from 750th in 2019) and the 412th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Qian Qichen ranks 12,203 out of 19,576. Before him are Mart Laar, Erishum II, Nicolò Marcello, Domenico II Contarini, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, and Ivan Shuvalov. After him are Gérard Larcher, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Henry Pottinger, Bernhard Hammer, Shukri Ghanem, and Neferkare, ninth dynasty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Qian Qichen ranks 298. Before him are Umberto Maglioli, Bob Crane, Gunnar Andersson, Luciano De Crescenzo, Roald Aas, and Fatemeh Pahlavi. After him are José Bonaparte, Estelle Harris, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Milka Babović, Sisavath Keobounphanh, and Guy Bourdin. Among people deceased in 2017, Qian Qichen ranks 235. Before him are Chiquito de la Calzada, Velasio de Paolis, Holger Czukay, A. R. Penck, Jan Tříska, and John Ashbery. After him are Otto Warmbier, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Jana Novotná, Jeffrey Tate, Ilya Glazunov, and Prodigy.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qian Qichen ranks 804 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Li-hua (1924), Leon Lai (1966), Chen Hongshou (1598), Fang Lizhi (1936), Fou Ts'ong (1934), and Shannon Lucid (1943). After him are Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Wang Changling (698), Jing Fang (-78), Chen Qimei (1878), Wu Jingzi (1701), and Li Zhaoxing (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Qian Qichen ranks 412. Before him are Chen Jiongming (1878), Li Yuanchao (1950), Zhou Fohai (1897), Wan Li (1916), Ji Yun (1724), and Saifuddin Azizi (1915). After him are Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Li Zhaoxing (1940), Song Ping (1917), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Cai Qi (1955), and Qiao Shi (1924).

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