1964 - Today
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Shariif Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: شريف شيخ أحمد; born 25 July 1964) is a Somali politician who was the 7th President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012. From 2004 to 2007, he led the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), subsequently assuming leadership of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) until late 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has received more than 290,144 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the 13,355th most popular politician (down from 12,161st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 18th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Somali Politician.
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Among politicians, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ranks 13,355 out of 15,577. Before him are Abel Matutes, Jean, Count of Paris, Joan of Acre, Ramazan Abdulatipov, Abdullah Ensour, and Robert Borden. After him are Otilio Ulate Blanco, William Lai, Virginia Raggi, Polites, Sarah Childress Polk, and Paul H. O'Neill.
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,349
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,350
1272 - 1307
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,351
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,352
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,353
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,354
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,355
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,356
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,357
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,358
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,359
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,360
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 13,361
Among people born in 1964, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ranks 212. Before him are Karen Karapetyan, Denis Zvizdić, Valérie Lemercier, Thomas Berthold, David Morrissey, and Conleth Hill. After him are Christopher Judge, Ricardo Gomes, Jens Weißflog, Minami Takayama, Michael Müller, and Kikuko Inoue.
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 206
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 207
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 208
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 209
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 210
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 211
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 212
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 213
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 214
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 215
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 216
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 217
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 218
Among people born in Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ranks 19 out of 50. Before him are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Nuruddin Farah (1945), and Hassan Ali Khayre (1968). After him are Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), and Mo Farah (1983).
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 15
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 16
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 18
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 19
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 20
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 21
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 22
1928 - 2002
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 23
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 24
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 25
Among politicians born in Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ranks 14. Before him are Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), and Hassan Ali Khayre (1968). After him are Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), and Omar Sharmarke (1960).
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 8
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 12
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 13
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 15
1928 - 2002
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 16
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 17
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 18
1912 - 2012
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 19
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 20