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Tony Leon

1956 - Today

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Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999-2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He led the DA from its inception in 2000, until his retirement from leadership in 2007. Before that, he led the Democratic Party from 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Leon has received more than 200,059 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tony Leon is the 17,135th most popular politician (down from 15,153rd in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 205th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular South African Politician.

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  • 200k

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  • 32.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tony Leon ranks 17,135 out of 15,577. Before him are Stefan Petzner, Gabriela Guimarães, Martin O'Malley, Basdeo Panday, Ben Wallace, and Michael Chertoff. After him are Anna Gabriel i Sabaté, Tzipi Hotovely, Patrick Femerling, Lodewijk Asscher, Paul G. Kirk, and Eliot Engel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tony Leon ranks 645. Before him are James H. Newman, Andy Gill, Marques Johnson, Valerie Jarrett, Brigitte Kraus, and Kevin Cogan. After him are Takekazu Suzuki, Ketil Stokkan, Hiroshi Sowa, Charlie Adler, Sally Jewell, and Patricia Davies.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tony Leon ranks 253 out of 374. Before him are Ernie Els (1969), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1982), Jonathan Liebesman (1976), Shaun Bartlett (1972), Anele Ngcongca (1987), and Quinton Fortune (1977). After him are Greg Minnaar (1981), Zozibini Tunzi (1993), Justine Waddell (1976), Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Josia Thugwane (1971), and Delron Buckley (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Tony Leon ranks 53. Before him are Grace Mugabe (1965), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Patricia de Lille (1951). After him are Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (1963), Julius Malema (1981), and Mmusi Maimane (1980).

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