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Walid Jumblatt

1949 - Today

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Walid Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: وليد كمال جنبلاط, romanized: Walīd Kamāl Junblāṭṭ; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese politician who was the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. A Druze and former militia commander, Jumblatt led the Lebanese National Resistance Front and allied with the Amal Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He worked closely with Suleiman Frangieh to oppose Amine Gemayel's rule as president in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walid Jumblatt has received more than 594,475 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Walid Jumblatt is the 6,027th most popular politician (up from 8,243rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 59th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Lebanese Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walid Jumblatt ranks 6,027 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafi Eitan, Suryavarman I, Noe Zhordania, Thamphthis, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Rob Roy MacGregor. After him are Louis, Prince of Condé, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Ron Huldai, Lauri Kristian Relander, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and Sophia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Walid Jumblatt ranks 115. Before him are Fernando Collor de Mello, Victor Garber, Brad Davis, Brigitte Bierlein, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Sergei Bagapsh. After him are Armand Assante, John Toshack, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Alan Menken, Bengt Holmström, and Manuel Marín.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt ranks 42 out of 145. Before him are Zeno of Sidon (-150), Mia Khalifa (1993), Maria of Montferrat (1192), Pope Sisinnius (650), Camille Chamoun (1900), and Imad Mughniyah (1962). After him are Pamphilus of Caesarea (240), Marinus of Tyre (100), Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (707), Nimatullah Kassab (1808), Bechara El Khoury (1890), and Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (1065).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt ranks 22. Before him are Tammam Salam (1945), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Maria of Montferrat (1192), Camille Chamoun (1900), and Imad Mughniyah (1962). After him are Bechara El Khoury (1890), Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115), Omar Karami (1934), Nicolas Hayek (1928), Ahmad Shukeiri (1908), and Elie Hobeika (1956).

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