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Walid Jumblatt

1949 - Today

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Walid Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: وليد جنبلاط; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese Druze politician and former militia commander who led the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. While leading the Lebanese National Resistance Front and allying 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. After the civil war, he initially supported Syria but later led an anti-Assad stance during the start of the Syrian Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walid Jumblatt has received more than 495,827 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Walid Jumblatt is the 8,267th most popular politician (down from 7,584th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walid Jumblatt ranks 8,267 out of 15,577Before him are Abbas El Fassi, Mushezib-Marduk, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Manius Curius Dentatus, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, and Erato of Armenia. After him are Wang Ming, William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, Edmund Stoiber, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Arabella Churchill, and Anjang of Goguryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Walid Jumblatt ranks 164Before him are Patrick Duffy, Alexander Godunov, John Savage, Clodoaldo, Trương Tấn Sang, and John Wetton. After him are Judith Resnik, Jeremy Corbyn, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Nebojša Radmanović, Phil Lynott, and Massimo D'Alema.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt ranks 59 out of 138Before him are Elias Hrawi (1926), Omar Karami (1934), Antonella Lualdi (1931), Abdalonymus (-305), Philo of Byblos (64), and Mia Khalifa (1993). After him are Samir Geagea (1952), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), and René Moawad (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt ranks 25Before him are Nicolas Hayek (1928), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Bechara El Khoury (1890), Elias Hrawi (1926), Omar Karami (1934), and Abdalonymus (-305). After him are Samir Geagea (1952), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), Fuad Chehab (1902), and Abbas al-Musawi (1952).