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Taur Matan Ruak

1956 - Today

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José Maria de Vasconcelos (born 10 October 1956), popularly known as Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for "Two Sharp Eyes"), is an East Timorese politician who served as 8th prime minister of East Timor from 2018 to 2023. He also served as 5th president of East Timor from 2012 to 2017. Before entering politics, he was the commander of the FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), the military of East Timor, from 2002 until 6 October 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taur Matan Ruak has received more than 323,784 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Taur Matan Ruak is the 7,831st most popular politician (up from 7,842nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Timor-Leste and the 4th most popular East Timorese Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Taur Matan Ruak ranks 7,831 out of 15,577. Before him are Saman Khuda, Paul Martin, Justo José de Urquiza, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Stephen Držislav of Croatia, and Sibylle of Cleves. After him are Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Fabia Eudokia, William II, Count of Flanders, Artuk Bey, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Taur Matan Ruak ranks 85. Before him are Baruch Goldstein, Randy Rhoads, King Diamond, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Catherine Ashton, and Boris Trajkovski. After him are Miguel Bosé, Andrus Ansip, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Alexey Pajitnov, Mimi Rogers, and Bruce Greenwood.

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In Timor-Leste

Among people born in Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak ranks 5 out of 11. Before him are Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (1948), José Ramos-Horta (1949), Xanana Gusmão (1946), and Francisco Guterres (1954). After him are Mari Alkatiri (1949), Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946), Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937), Rui Maria de Araújo (1964), Estanislau da Silva (1952), and Fernando de Araújo (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Timor-Leste

Among politicians born in Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak ranks 4. Before him are José Ramos-Horta (1949), Xanana Gusmão (1946), and Francisco Guterres (1954). After him are Mari Alkatiri (1949), Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946), Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937), Rui Maria de Araújo (1964), Estanislau da Silva (1952), and Fernando de Araújo (1963).

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