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Sauli Niinistö

1948 - Today

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Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯li ˈʋæinæmø ˈniːnistø], born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Party (NCP) from 1994 to 2001, Minister of Justice from 1995 to 1996, Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2003, Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2001 and the NCP candidate in the 2006 presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sauli Niinistö has received more than 1,927,950 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Sauli Niinistö is the 669th most popular politician (up from 950th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Finland (up from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Politician.

Sauli Niinistö is most famous for being the current president of Finland.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sauli Niinistö ranks 669 out of 19,576. Before him are Nizam al-Mulk, Philip the Good, Catiline, Moctezuma II, Olaf Scholz, and Afonso I of Portugal. After him are Manuel I Komnenos, Edward V of England, Samo, Rudolf Höss, Lycurgus of Sparta, and Sargon II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Sauli Niinistö ranks 12. Before him are Svetlana Alexievich, Eckhart Tolle, Jean-Michel Jarre, Cat Stevens, Samuel L. Jackson, and Hassan Rouhani. After him are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ozzy Osbourne, Jan Palach, Jeremy Irons, Olivia Newton-John, and Antonín Panenka.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sauli Niinistö ranks 6 out of 751. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), Jean Sibelius (1865), Simo Häyhä (1905), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), and Tove Jansson (1914). After him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Mika Waltari (1908), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Tarja Halonen (1943), and Urho Kekkonen (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Sauli Niinistö ranks 2. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867). After him are Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Mauno Koivisto (1923), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865).

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