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Sérgio Vieira de Mello

1948 - 2003

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Sérgio Vieira de Mello (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁʒju viˈejɾɐ dʒi ˈmɛlu]; 15 March 1948 – 19 August 2003) was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked on several UN humanitarian and political programs for over 34 years. The Government of Brazil posthumously awarded the Sergio Vieira de Mello Medal to honor his legacy in promoting sustainable peace, international security and better living conditions for individuals in situations of armed conflict, challenges to which Sérgio Vieira de Mello had dedicated his life and career. He was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq along with 20 other members of his staff on 19 August 2003 while working as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the rank of Under-Secretary-General, and United Nations Special Representative for Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sérgio Vieira de Mello has received more than 1,713,850 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Sérgio Vieira de Mello is the 4,811th most popular politician (down from 4,637th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 80th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Sérgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian diplomat and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. He was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on August 19, 2003.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sérgio Vieira de Mello ranks 4,811 out of 19,576. Before him are Yael Dayan, Nicolae Iorga, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Helen Clark, Ablai Khan, and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Emperor Kōgon, Timoleon, Emperor Sushun, Suintila, Pothinus, and Abi-Eshuh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Sérgio Vieira de Mello ranks 91. Before him are Pedro López, Mahesh Bhatt, Amadou Toumani Touré, Michel Suleiman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Lars Lagerbäck. After him are Giovanni Angelo Becciu, John Noble, Dominique Sanda, Mischa Maisky, Barbara Hershey, and Nicolae Timofti. Among people deceased in 2003, Sérgio Vieira de Mello ranks 49. Before him are Jack Elam, Roberto Bolaño, Mario Beccaria, Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Denis Thatcher. After him are Waichiro Omura, Moktar Ould Daddah, Frank Sheeran, Anna Lindh, Rasul Gamzatov, and Annemarie Schimmel.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sérgio Vieira de Mello ranks 87 out of 2,236. Before him are Chico Buarque (1944), Leonardo Boff (1938), Tancredo Neves (1910), Marcelo (1988), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), and Deco (1977). After him are Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Chico Mendes (1944), Edu Coimbra (1947), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Pepe (1983), and Sônia Braga (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Sérgio Vieira de Mello ranks 17. Before him are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Zumbi (1655), Ernesto Geisel (1907), and Tancredo Neves (1910). After him are Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), José Sarney (1930), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), João Figueiredo (1918), Bernardino Machado (1851), and Fernando Collor de Mello (1949).

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