1951 - Today
Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Boni Yayi has received more than 211,175 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Thomas Boni Yayi is the 6,368th most popular politician (up from 7,185th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Benin (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Beninese Politician.
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Among politicians, Thomas Boni Yayi ranks 6,368 out of 15,577. Before him are Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Tugay Bey, Doubravka of Bohemia, Al-Muti, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Ammuna. After him are Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Wellington Koo, Ivan Vyhovsky, Demetrius III Eucaerus, Silo of Asturias, and Otto Wächter.
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 6,362
1601 - 1651
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 6,363
940 - 977
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 6,364
914 - 974
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,365
1776 - 1848
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,366
1600 BC - 1530 BC
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,367
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,368
1574 - 1610
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,369
1888 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,370
1608 - 1664
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,371
150 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,372
720 - 783
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,373
1901 - 1949
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 6,374
Among people born in 1951, Thomas Boni Yayi ranks 78. Before him are Samuel Doe, Win Myint, Javier Marías, Joe Pantoliano, Fernando Lugo, and Ben Feringa. After him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Edward Witten, Mamoru Oshii, James Newton Howard, Joe Lynn Turner, and Šaban Šaulić.
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 72
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 73
1951 - 2022
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 74
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 75
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 77
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 78
1951 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 79
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 80
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 81
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 82
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 83
1951 - 2019
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 84
Among people born in Benin, Thomas Boni Yayi ranks 5 out of 21. Before him are Phillis Wheatley (1753), Mathieu Kérékou (1933), Do-Aklin (1550), and Djimon Hounsou (1964). After him are Hubert Maga (1916), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Angélique Kidjo (1960), and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917).
1753 - 1784
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 1
1933 - 2015
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 2
1550 - 1700
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 3
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 5
1916 - 2000
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 6
1922 - 2008
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 11
1917 - 2002
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Benin, Thomas Boni Yayi ranks 3. Before him are Mathieu Kérékou (1933) and Do-Aklin (1550). After him are Hubert Maga (1916), Patrice Talon (1958), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917), Christophe Soglo (1909), Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), and Paul-Émile de Souza (1930).
1933 - 2015
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1
1550 - 1700
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 2
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 3
1916 - 2000
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 6
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 7
1917 - 2002
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 8
1909 - 1983
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 9
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 10
1930 - 1987
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 11
1930 - 1999
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 12