1937 - Today
Ramsewak Shankar (born 6 November 1937) is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990. His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramsewak Shankar has received more than 66,009 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ramsewak Shankar is the 13,538th most popular politician (down from 11,419th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Suriname (down from 10th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Surinamer Politician.
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Among politicians, Ramsewak Shankar ranks 13,538 out of 15,577. Before him are Erich Mende, Teuvo Aura, J. B. Kripalani, Ulf Andersson, Drest I, and Eustace Grenier. After him are Theophano of Athens, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Paul Passy, Goodwill Zwelithini, Jiří Paroubek, and Viktor Khristenko.
1916 - 1998
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 13,532
1912 - 1999
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 13,533
1888 - 1982
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 13,534
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 13,535
450 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,536
1001 - 1123
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,537
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,538
701 - 801
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,539
1901 - 1988
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13,540
1859 - 1940
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,541
1948 - 2021
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,542
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,543
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 13,544
Among people born in 1937, Ramsewak Shankar ranks 323. Before him are Nancy Wilson, Toribio Ticona Porco, Sergey Ling, Brian Lumley, Barbara Jones, and Hassan Habibi. After him are Ingrid Pitt, Edward Ruscha, Ron Leibman, Anna Massey, Jan Kaplický, and Mohammad Hamid Ansari.
1937 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 317
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 318
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 319
1937 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 320
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 321
1937 - 2013
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 322
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 323
1937 - 2010
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 324
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 325
1937 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 326
1937 - 2011
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 327
1937 - 2009
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 328
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 329
Among people born in Suriname, Ramsewak Shankar ranks 13 out of 31. Before him are Jules Wijdenbosch (1942), Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934), Aron Winter (1967), Remy Bonjasky (1976), Johan Kraag (1913), and Henck Arron (1936). After him are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (1972), François Levaillant (1753), Fred Ramdat Misier (1926), Henny Meijer (1962), Stanley Menzo (1963), and Edson Braafheid (1983).
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 7
1934 - 1999
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 8
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 10
1913 - 1996
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 11
1936 - 2000
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 12
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 13
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 14
1753 - 1824
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 15
1926 - 2004
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 16
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 17
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 18
1983 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 19
Among politicians born in Suriname, Ramsewak Shankar ranks 10. Before him are Johan Ferrier (1910), Jules Wijdenbosch (1942), Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934), Remy Bonjasky (1976), Johan Kraag (1913), and Henck Arron (1936). After him are Fred Ramdat Misier (1926).
1910 - 2010
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 5
1934 - 1999
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 6
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 7
1913 - 1996
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 8
1936 - 2000
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 10
1926 - 2004
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 11