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Rafael Correa

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Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel βiˈsente koˈre.a ðelˈɣaðo]; born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR. Since 2017, he has been living in exile in Belgium. Born to a lower middle-class mestizo family in Guayaquil, Correa studied economics at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Correa has received more than 2,059,775 page views. His biography is available in 156 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 157 in 2019). Rafael Correa is the 3,093rd most popular politician (up from 4,228th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 4th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ecuadorean Politician.

Rafael Correa is most famous for being the president of Ecuador. He was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2009.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 68.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 156

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Correa ranks 3,093 out of 19,576. Before him are Gülbahar Hatun, Spitamenes, Demetrius I Soter, Fuad II of Egypt, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, and Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Abd al-Mu'min, Stjepan Radić, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Otto Ernst Remer, Jean Moulin, and Publius Cornelius Scipio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rafael Correa ranks 23. Before him are Geert Wilders, Rick Rubin, Thomas Anders, Donnie Yen, James Hetfield, and Jean-Pierre Papin. After him are Tori Amos, Yair Lapid, James May, Randy Couture, Rumen Radev, and Brigitte Nielsen.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Rafael Correa ranks 3 out of 147. Before him are Guillermo Lasso (1955), and Huayna Capac (1476). After him are Lenín Moreno (1953), Manuela Sáenz (1797), María Capovilla (1889), Alberto Spencer (1937), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), Alfredo Palacio (1939), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Gustavo Noboa (1937), and Eloy Alfaro (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ecuador

Among politicians born in Ecuador, Rafael Correa ranks 3. Before him are Guillermo Lasso (1955), and Huayna Capac (1476). After him are Lenín Moreno (1953), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), Alfredo Palacio (1939), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Gustavo Noboa (1937), Eloy Alfaro (1842), Álvaro Noboa (1950), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), and Jamil Mahuad (1949).

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