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Sauli Niinistö

1948 - Today

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Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯li ˈʋæi̯næmø 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 1,842,030 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Sauli Niinistö is the 952nd most popular politician (up from 1,260th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Finland and the 2nd most popular Finnish Politician.

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

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sauli Niinistö ranks 952 out of 15,577. Before him are Mausolus, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Margaret of Parma, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Philip III of Macedon, and Andrew Johnson. After him are Emperor Yao, George Marshall, Astyages, Harold Wilson, Kayqubad I, and Gediminas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Sauli Niinistö ranks 12. Before him are Svetlana Alexievich, Jean-Michel Jarre, Terry Pratchett, Cat Stevens, Eckhart Tolle, and Ozzy Osbourne. After him are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Jeremy Irons, Hassan Rouhani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jan Palach, and Kathy Bates.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sauli Niinistö ranks 7 out of 642. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), Jean Sibelius (1865), Simo Häyhä (1905), Tove Jansson (1914), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), and Paavo Nurmi (1897). After him are Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Mika Waltari (1908), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832).

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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), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865).

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