POLITICIAN
Rifaat al-Assad
1937 - Today
Rifaat al-Assad
Rifaat Ali al-Assad (Arabic: رِفْعَتُ عَلِيِّ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Rifʿat al-ʾAsad; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the late President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, and Jamil al-Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President Bashar al-Assad. He was the commanding officer of the ground operations of the 1982 Hama massacre ordered by Hafez al-Assad. After launching a failed coup attempt against Hafez al-Assad in 1984, Rifaat lived in exile in France for 36 years and returned to Syria in October 2021 after being found guilty in France of acquiring millions of euros diverted from the Syrian state. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rifaat al-Assad has received more than 571,638 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rifaat al-Assad is the 6,470th most popular politician (down from 6,051st in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
570k
Page Views (PV)
56.51
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
4.23
Effective Languages (L*)
2.43
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Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Rifaat al-Assad ranks 6,470 out of 15,577. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar III, Birabongse Bhanudej, Enrique Peña Nieto, Rhesus of Thrace, Edgar, King of Scotland, and William I, Count of Hainaut. After him are Wacho, Sergio Pininfarina, Hans Globke, Valamir, Felipe Calderón, and Charles IV, Duke of Alençon.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
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Nebuchadnezzar III
600 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,464
Birabongse Bhanudej
1914 - 1985
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,465
Enrique Peña Nieto
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,466
Rhesus of Thrace
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,467
Edgar, King of Scotland
1074 - 1107
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,468
William I, Count of Hainaut
1287 - 1337
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,469
Rifaat al-Assad
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,470
Wacho
500 - 540
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,471
Sergio Pininfarina
1926 - 2012
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,472
Hans Globke
1898 - 1973
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6,473
Valamir
420 - 465
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,474
Felipe Calderón
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,475
Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,476
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1937, Rifaat al-Assad ranks 110. Before him are Kōichirō Matsuura, Nikolai Kapustin, Rubin Carter, Peter Burke, Robert Gallo, and Tsukasa Hosaka. After him are Joseph Kobzon, Steven Berkoff, Hibari Misora, Daniel McFadden, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Emerich Jenei.
Others Born in 1937
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Kōichirō Matsuura
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 104
Nikolai Kapustin
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 105
Rubin Carter
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 106
Peter Burke
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 107
Robert Gallo
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 108
Tsukasa Hosaka
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 109
Rifaat al-Assad
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 110
Joseph Kobzon
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 111
Steven Berkoff
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 112
Hibari Misora
1937 - 1989
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 113
Daniel McFadden
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 114
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 115
Emerich Jenei
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 116
