1964 - Today
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Shariif Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: شريف شيخ أحمد; born 25 July 1964) is a Somali politician who served as President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012. He is the founder and leader of Himilo Qaran political party and also the founder and head of the Forum for National Parties (Somali: Madasha Xisbiyada Qaran) of Somalia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has received more than 250,016 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the 13,623rd most popular politician (down from 12,163rd 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 13,623 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: 13,617
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,618
1272 - 1307
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,619
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,620
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,621
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,622
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,623
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,624
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,625
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,626
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,627
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,628
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 13,629
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 Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952), and Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912).
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
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 15
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 16
1928 - 2002
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 17
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 19
1912 - 2012
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 20