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Rumen Radev

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Rumen Georgiev Radev (Bulgarian: Румен Георгиев Радев [ˈrumɛn ˈradɛf]; born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who has been the president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017. Radev previously served as higher commander of the Bulgarian Air Force. He won the 2016 presidential election as an independent candidate supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, defeating GERB candidate Tsetska Tsacheva in the second round. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rumen Radev has received more than 1,102,724 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Rumen Radev is the 3,375th most popular politician (up from 4,061st in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 35th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rumen Radev ranks 3,375 out of 19,576. Before him are Thein Sein, Chivu Stoica, Sverker I of Sweden, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Rudolf Schuster, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta. After him are Theudebald, Lars Porsena, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Stenkil, and Prince Augustus William of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rumen Radev ranks 28. Before him are Jean-Pierre Papin, Rafael Correa, Tori Amos, Yair Lapid, James May, and Randy Couture. After him are Brigitte Nielsen, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Emilio Butragueño, Lisa Kudrow, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Ulf Kristersson.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Rumen Radev ranks 31 out of 415. Before him are Vasil Levski (1837), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), Vlado Chernozemski (1897), Fritz Zwicky (1898), and Christian Rakovsky (1873). After him are Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879), Peter I of Bulgaria (927), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), and Boris Christoff (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Rumen Radev ranks 18. Before him are Kubrat (605), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), and Christian Rakovsky (1873). After him are Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879), Peter I of Bulgaria (927), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), and Nikola Zhekov (1865).

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