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Wan Li

1916 - 2015

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Wan Li (December 1916 – 15 July 2015) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1988 to 1993. Wan joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1936 and led revolutionary and wartime resistance activities in his native Shandong province. After the founding of the communist state in 1949, Wan served in a series of government ministries, then worked as a member of the municipal leadership in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wan Li has received more than 148,321 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wan Li is the 11,889th most popular politician (down from 11,166th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from China (down from 731st in 2019) and the 409th most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 51.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wan Li ranks 11,889 out of 19,576. Before him are August Sabbe, Makino Nobuaki, John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg, Jaume Bartumeu, Meresankh II, and Yuriy Boyko. After him are Richard Ratsimandrava, Theodora Komnene, Dromichaetes, Mirza Davud Huseynov, Thutmose, and Alopen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Wan Li ranks 145. Before him are Rossano Brazzi, Charlie Christian, Sudirman, José López Rega, Jurij Brězan, and Carlo Rustichelli. After him are Keenan Wynn, Françoise Giroud, Jack Arnold, Arie van Vliet, Evelyn Keyes, and Paul Halmos. Among people deceased in 2015, Wan Li ranks 193. Before him are Jeralean Talley, Jacques Sernas, Jon Vickers, Gerald Götting, Ahmed Chalabi, and Patachou. After him are Slavko Avsenik, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Beau Biden, Daevid Allen, and Charb.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wan Li ranks 787 out of 1,610. Before him are Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), Chen Jiongming (1878), Ricky Hui (1946), Li Yuanchao (1950), Zhou Fohai (1897), and Yang Jiang (1911). After him are Xie Lingyun (385), Ji Yun (1724), Wei Yuan (1794), Xiao Hong (1911), Qiu Ying (1494), and Saifuddin Azizi (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wan Li ranks 409. Before him are Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Chu Suiliang (597), Meng Hongwei (1953), Chen Jiongming (1878), Li Yuanchao (1950), and Zhou Fohai (1897). After him are Ji Yun (1724), Saifuddin Azizi (1915), Qian Qichen (1928), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Li Zhaoxing (1940), and Song Ping (1917).

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