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Wu Bangguo

1941 - 2024

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Wu Bangguo (22 July 1941 – 8 October 2024) was a Chinese politician who served as the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012, and as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2013. Wu was an electrical engineer by profession, and rose to political prominence during his work in Shanghai. During the early 1980s, he was in charge of science and technology related work in Shanghai, where he worked with Jiang Zemin, then mayor and later Communist Party secretary of the city, leading Wu to be affiliated with Jiang's political faction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Bangguo has received more than 137,432 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Wu Bangguo is the 11,594th most popular politician (down from 10,994th in 2019), the 769th most popular biography from China (down from 715th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wu Bangguo ranks 11,594 out of 19,576. Before him are Ulric Manfred II of Turin, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Karin Kneissl, Audrey Azoulay, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona. After him are John II, Duke of Cleves, Egon Klepsch, Judith, Duchess of Bavaria, Lagus, Rodney Williams, and King Ai of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Wu Bangguo ranks 271. Before him are Tania Mallet, David Crystal, Richie Havens, Pino Donaggio, Bakili Muluzi, and Cristina Peri Rossi. After him are Chieko Baisho, Signe Toly Anderson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Manny Charlton, Daniel Schmid, and Kálmán Mészöly. Among people deceased in 2024, Wu Bangguo ranks 218. Before him are Frédéric Mitterrand, William Calley, Jesse Jane, Eric Carmen, Vladimir Aksyonov, and Tony Todd. After him are Edward Lowassa, Bora Đorđević, Mykhaylo Fomenko, Liam Payne, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Roland Dumas.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Bangguo ranks 769 out of 1,610. Before him are Longchenpa (1308), Zhang Tingyu (1672), Yu Hua (1960), Xu Caihou (1943), Xu Xiangqian (1901), and Huang Hua (1913). After him are Dai Zhen (1724), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Lang Lang (1982), Huang Zongxi (1610), Chu Suiliang (597), and Zhang Xuan (713).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wu Bangguo ranks 402. Before him are Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), Zhang Tingyu (1672), Xu Caihou (1943), Xu Xiangqian (1901), and Huang Hua (1913). After him are Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Chu Suiliang (597), Meng Hongwei (1953), Chen Jiongming (1878), Li Yuanchao (1950), and Zhou Fohai (1897).

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