1937 - 2022
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 363,538 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Rupiah Banda is the 12,784th most popular politician (down from 11,021st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 7th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.
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Among politicians, Rupiah Banda ranks 12,784 out of 15,577. Before him are Jaume Bartumeu, Vima Kadphises, Umar Shaikh Mirza II, Oliver Ivanović, Abdalá Bucaram, and Malcolm Fraser. After him are Dan Sullivan, Joseph Avenol, Sally Yates, Norbert Ratsirahonana, Jacek Kuroń, and Stacey Abrams.
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 12,778
100 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 12,779
1456 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 12,780
1953 - 2018
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 12,781
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 12,782
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,783
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,784
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,785
1879 - 1952
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,786
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,787
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,788
1934 - 2004
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,789
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12,790
Among people born in 1937, Rupiah Banda ranks 285. Before him are Merle Haggard, William Lombardy, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Vitaly Zholobov, George Chuvalo, and Pino Puglisi. After him are Andrija Anković, Zhang Jie, Jørgen Leth, Yvonne Craig, Jerry Weintraub, and Lawrence Roberts. Among people deceased in 2022, Rupiah Banda ranks 266. Before him are Vittorio Adorni, Loretta Lynn, Bob Rafelson, Guy Lafleur, Michel Deguy, and Louie Anderson. After him are Akira Takarada, Zhang Jie, Barbara Walters, Vic Elford, Bob Falkenburg, and Gilbert Gottfried.
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 279
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 280
1937 - 2012
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 281
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 282
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 283
1937 - 1993
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 284
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 285
1937 - 1980
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 286
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 287
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 288
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 289
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 290
1937 - 2018
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 291
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 260
1932 - 2022
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 261
1933 - 2022
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 262
1951 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 263
1930 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 264
1953 - 2022
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 265
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 266
1934 - 2022
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 267
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 268
1929 - 2022
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 269
1935 - 2022
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 270
1926 - 2022
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 271
1955 - 2022
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 272
Among people born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 9 out of 38. Before him are Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), John Love (1924), and Alexander McCall Smith (1948). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), and Abel Muzorewa (1925).
1919 - 2007
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 3
1978 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 4
1936 - 2003
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 5
1898 - 1967
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 6
1924 - 2005
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 8
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 9
1952 - 2018
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 11
1917 - 1999
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 12
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 13
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 14
1925 - 2010
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 15
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), Lobengula (1845), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).
1924 - 2019
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 2
1919 - 2007
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 3
1936 - 2003
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 4
1898 - 1967
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 5
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 6
1952 - 2018
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 7
1917 - 1999
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 8
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 9
1925 - 2010
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 11
1907 - 1991
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 12