POLITICIAN

Tengiz Kitovani

1938 - 2023

Photo of Tengiz Kitovani

Icon of person Tengiz Kitovani

Tengiz Kitovani (Georgian: თენგიზ კიტოვანი tengiz k’it’ovani; 9 June 1938 – 13 November 2023) was a Georgian politician and military commander with high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War early in the 1990s when he commanded the National Guard of Georgia. Kitovani also served as a minister of defense until being gradually sidelined by Eduard Shevardnadze who had earlier been invited to lead the nation after a successful coup d'etat launched by Kitovani and his allies against President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tengiz Kitovani has received more than 100,082 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tengiz Kitovani is the 7,946th most popular politician, the 77th most popular biography from Georgia and the 44th most popular Georgian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tengiz Kitovani ranks 7,946 out of 19,576. Before him are Amursana, Anacaona, Mary Simon, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Werner I, Count of Klettgau. After him are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Alexander Shliapnikov, Helena Lekapene, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, and Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Tengiz Kitovani ranks 154. Before him are Angelo Amato, Aslan Abashidze, Mohammed Gammoudi, Lill-Babs, Amfilohije Radović, and Giant Baba. After him are Beata Tyszkiewicz, David Baltimore, Igor Sergeyev, Sergei Novikov, Jean Eustache, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Among people deceased in 2023, Tengiz Kitovani ranks 178. Before him are Guy Marchand, Dianne Feinstein, Walter Cunningham, Vassilis Vassilikos, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Giuliano Montaldo. After him are Philippe Sollers, Andrés García, Rita Lee, Antoni Martí, Guðbergur Bergsson, and Lubomír Štrougal.

Others Born in 1938

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2023

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Tengiz Kitovani ranks 77 out of 406. Before him are Ibrahim Bey (1735), Vakhtang VI of Kartli (1675), Aslan Abashidze (1938), Murtaz Khurtsilava (1943), Aslan Usoyan (1937), and Nikolay Chkheidze (1864). After him are Giorgi Margvelashvili (1969), Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589), Irakli Tsereteli (1881), Levan Tediashvili (1948), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), and Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700).

Others born in Georgia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Tengiz Kitovani ranks 44. Before him are Qaitbay (1416), George V of Georgia (1286), Ibrahim Bey (1735), Vakhtang VI of Kartli (1675), Aslan Abashidze (1938), and Nikolay Chkheidze (1864). After him are Giorgi Margvelashvili (1969), Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589), Irakli Tsereteli (1881), Levan Tediashvili (1948), Jaba Ioseliani (1926), and George II of Georgia (1054).

Georgian born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous