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Rupiah Banda

1937 - 2022

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Rupiah Bwezani Banda (19 February 1937 – 11 March 2022) was a Zambian politician who served as the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011, taking over from Levy Mwanawasa. Banda was an active participant in politics from early in the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, during which time he held several diplomatic posts. In October 2006, he was appointed the vice-president by Mwanawasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupiah Banda has received more than 379,775 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Rupiah Banda is the 11,795th most popular politician (up from 12,741st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 9th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rupiah Banda ranks 11,795 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Vineh of Bulgaria, Chen Jiongming, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, and Sitt al-Mulk. After him are Rafael Núñez, Jeong In-ji, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Nebiriau II, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Beatrice of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Rupiah Banda ranks 254. Before him are Dyan Cannon, Vlatko Marković, Yukio Endo, Richard Marquand, Hiroshi Ninomiya, and Jaime Lerner. After him are Renato Longo, Lorraine Gary, John Phillip Law, Vittorio Adorni, Juan José Saer, and Marlene Schmidt. Among people deceased in 2022, Rupiah Banda ranks 233. Before him are Kazuki Takahashi, Chaim Kanievsky, Fatma Girik, Susana Dosamantes, Manny Charlton, and Peter Straub. After him are Yoko Shimada, Kálmán Mészöly, L. Q. Jones, Mitchell Ryan, Ercole Baldini, and Pablo Milanés.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 7 out of 45. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), and Albert Lutuli (1898). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Abel Muzorewa (1925), and Paula Hawkins (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 6. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), and Albert Lutuli (1898). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Roy Welensky (1907), and Phelekezela Mphoko (1940).

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