POLITICIAN

Saufatu Sopoanga

1952 - 2020

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Saufatu Sopoanga (22 February 1952 – 15 December 2020) was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries. He later served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2004 to 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saufatu Sopoanga has received more than 36,295 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Saufatu Sopoanga is the 17,024th most popular politician (up from 17,254th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Tuvalu (up from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Tuvaluan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saufatu Sopoanga ranks 17,024 out of 19,576Before him are Zeid Raad Al Hussein, Don Young, John Graves Simcoe, Yevgeny Roizman, Aleksy Antkiewicz, and Dietmar Woidke. After him are Henry Hyndman, David Adeang, Joseph Urusemal, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Adnan Terzić, and C. Douglas Dillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Saufatu Sopoanga ranks 606Before him are Bappi Lahiri, Guillermo La Rosa, Andrzej Fischer, Mel Smith, Siegfried Brietzke, and Yukitaka Omi. After him are Joseph Urusemal, John Toll, Rubén Toribio Díaz, Willington Ortiz, Jacqueline Barton, and Sam McMurray. Among people deceased in 2020, Saufatu Sopoanga ranks 691Before him are Yuko Takeuchi, Danny Hodge, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Jan Morris, Aleksandr Kabanov, and Tomás Herrera Martínez. After him are Ellis Marsalis Jr., Timothy Ray Brown, Dimitar Largov, Maxim Martsinkevich, Soumaïla Cissé, and Herman Cain.

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In Tuvalu

Among people born in Tuvalu, Saufatu Sopoanga ranks 6 out of 8Before him are Filoimea Telito (1945), Iakoba Italeli (1959), Kausea Natano (1957), Apisai Ielemia (1955), and Enele Sopoaga (1956). After him are Maatia Toafa (1954), Tomasi Puapua (1938), Willy Telavi (1954), and Karalo Maibuca (1999).

Among POLITICIANS In Tuvalu

Among politicians born in Tuvalu, Saufatu Sopoanga ranks 5Before him are Iakoba Italeli (1959), Kausea Natano (1957), Apisai Ielemia (1955), and Enele Sopoaga (1956). After him are Maatia Toafa (1954), Tomasi Puapua (1938), and Willy Telavi (1954).