1915 - 2005
Wee Kim Wee (Chinese: 黄金辉; pinyin: Huáng Jīnhuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Kim-hui; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993. Prior to his presidency, Wee served as Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia between 1973 and 1980, Ambassador to Japan between 1980 and 1984, and Ambassador to the South Korea between 1981 and 1984 before being elected by the Parliament. For the ensuing initial presidential election, the first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to contest and retired after his second term had ended. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wee Kim Wee has received more than 403,594 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Wee Kim Wee is the 10,852nd most popular politician (up from 11,014th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Singapore and the 8th most popular Singaporean Politician.
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Among politicians, Wee Kim Wee ranks 10,852 out of 15,577. Before him are Ramón Castilla, Henry III the White, Mireya Moscoso, Sadako Ogata, Teres I, and José Antonio Kast. After him are Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Wang Yang, Jaan Tõnisson, and Mikuláš Dzurinda.
1797 - 1867
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 10,846
1222 - 1266
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 10,847
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 10,848
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 10,849
470 BC - 445 BC
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 10,850
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 10,851
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 10,852
1748 - 1820
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 10,853
1826 - 1902
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 10,854
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,855
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,856
1868 - 1941
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,857
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 10,858
Among people born in 1915, Wee Kim Wee ranks 124. Before him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Hoàng Văn Thái, John Tukey, Tim, John C. Lilly, and Helmut Wick. After him are Eddie Bracken, Alberto Burri, Karl Leisner, Saifuddin Azizi, Liisi Oterma, and Vítězslava Kaprálová. Among people deceased in 2005, Wee Kim Wee ranks 137. Before him are Leo Sternbach, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Romano Scarpa, Yevgeny Grishin, Tilly Fleischer, and Link Wray. After him are Jacques Villeret, Shoji Nishio, Stanley Williams, Zainab al Ghazali, John Spencer, and Eduardo Paolozzi.
1915 - 1980
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 118
1915 - 1986
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 119
1915 - 2000
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 120
1915 - 1984
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 121
1915 - 2001
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 122
1915 - 1940
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 123
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 124
1915 - 2002
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 125
1915 - 1995
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 126
1915 - 1945
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 127
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 128
1915 - 2001
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 129
1915 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 130
1908 - 2005
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 131
1919 - 2005
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 132
1927 - 2005
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 133
1931 - 2005
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 134
1911 - 2005
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 135
1929 - 2005
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 136
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 137
1951 - 2005
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 138
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 139
1953 - 2005
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 140
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 141
1946 - 2005
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 142
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 143
Among people born in Singapore, Wee Kim Wee ranks 9 out of 35. Before him are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), and Vanessa-Mae (1978). After him are Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Julia Nickson (1958), Leslie Charteris (1907), Ho Ching (1953), and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952).
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 3
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 8
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 9
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 12
1907 - 1993
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 13
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 15
Among politicians born in Singapore, Wee Kim Wee ranks 8. Before him are Halimah Yacob (1954), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), and S. R. Nathan (1924). After him are Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and David Marshall (1908).
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 3
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 8
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 11
1908 - 1995
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 12