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Rashid Karami

1921 - 1987

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Rashid Karami (Arabic: رشيد كرامي; 30 December 1921 – 1 June 1987) was a Lebanese statesman. He is considered one of the most important political figures in Lebanon for more than 30 years, including during much of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), and served as prime minister eight times, according to the Guinness Book of World Records this would make him the most elected democratic prime minister in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rashid Karami has received more than 180,983 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rashid Karami is the 11,629th most popular politician (down from 10,607th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Lebanese Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rashid Karami ranks 11,629 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Joseph Lebeau, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Florencio Campomanes, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Artavasdes I of Armenia. After him are Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Arvid Posse, Ian Khama, and Giovanni Lanza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Rashid Karami ranks 204. Before him are Augusto Monterroso, Harry Schell, Viktor Chukarin, Carmen Laforet, Joseph A. Walker, and Jacques Lecoq. After him are Judy Holliday, Ziya Bunyadov, Pierre Bec, Max Noether, Kurt Adolff, and Søren Kam. Among people deceased in 1987, Rashid Karami ranks 124. Before him are Patrick Troughton, Bernhard Grzimek, Ivo Lapenna, Vladimir Basov, Petro Grigorenko, and Jackie Gleason. After him are M. G. Ramachandran, Richard Marquand, Victoria Kent, Gilberto Freyre, Charles Malik, and Arne Brustad.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Rashid Karami ranks 89 out of 145. Before him are Mika (1983), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Nancy Ajram (1983), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Fayza Ahmed (1934), and Tigran Mansurian (1939). After him are Ardem Patapoutian (1967), Steve Kerr (1965), Charles Malik (1906), Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), Said Akl (1911), and Amal Clooney (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Rashid Karami ranks 42. Before him are Riad Al Solh (1894), Élias Sarkis (1924), Selim Hoss (1929), Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), and Bashir Shihab II (1767). After him are Elie Saab (1964), Rula Ghani (1948), Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972), Emily de Jongh-Elhage (1946), and Mustapha Adib (1972).

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