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Riek Machar

1953 - Today

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Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who served as the First Vice President of South Sudan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riek Machar has received more than 719,202 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Riek Machar is the 11,239th most popular politician (up from 12,345th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from South Sudan and the 2nd most popular South Sudanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Riek Machars by language

Over the past year Riek Machar has had the most page views in the with 86,037 views, followed by Arabic (10,468), and French (8,686). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Asturian (54.34%), Egyptian Arabic (50.75%), and Occitan (44.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Riek Machar ranks 11,239 out of 19,576Before him are Pascual Cervera y Topete, Claude Pompidou, Decimus Junius Silanus, Kurunta, Nasib Yusifbeyli, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Maurice Hilleman, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Duwa, Stepan Petrichenko, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Riek Machar ranks 180Before him are René Houseman, Melchior Ndadaye, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Ladislav Jurkemik, René Vandereycken, and Robert Parish. After him are Klaus Wowereit, Sergey Mironov, Pat Benatar, Mark Thatcher, Sergio Castellitto, and Dominique Perrault.

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In South Sudan

Among people born in South Sudan, Riek Machar ranks 2 out of 9Before him are Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951). After him are Alek Wek (1977), Luol Deng (1985), Guor Marial (1984), James Moga (1983), Thon Maker (1997), Lopez Lomong (1985), and Rose Lokonyen (1995).

Among POLITICIANS In South Sudan

Among politicians born in South Sudan, Riek Machar ranks 2Before him are Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951).