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Yahya Jammeh

1965 - Today

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Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and military dictator who overthrew the elected government and became President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 to 1996. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, in West Coast Region of the Gambia, and is a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group. He attended Gambia High School in Banjul from 1978 to 1983 and served in the Gambian National Gendarmerie from 1984 to 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yahya Jammeh has received more than 1,867,026 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Yahya Jammeh is the 7,975th most popular politician (up from 8,333rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from The Gambia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Gambian Politician.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yahya Jammeh ranks 7,975 out of 19,576. Before him are Gnaeus Flavius, Gytha of Wessex, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Goukouni Oueddei, Achille Van Acker, and Willi Münzenberg. After him are David Hurley, Fang Xuanling, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Aristomenes, Magdalena of France, and Muhammad XIII of Granada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Yahya Jammeh ranks 65. Before him are Frank Grillo, Linda Evangelista, Zakir Naik, KRS-One, Valeria Golino, and Katarina Witt. After him are Satoshi Tajiri, Darko Pančev, Haddaway, Scottie Pippen, Martin Lawrence, and Melissa McBride.

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In The Gambia

Among people born in The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh ranks 2 out of 19. Before him are Dawda Jawara (1924). After him are Adama Barrow (1965), Ansumane Mané (1940), Fatou Bensouda (1961), Biri Biri (1948), Bakary Gassama (1979), Musa Barrow (1998), Omar Colley (1992), Assan Ceesay (1994), Momodou Ceesay (1988), and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In The Gambia

Among politicians born in The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh ranks 2. Before him are Dawda Jawara (1924). After him are Adama Barrow (1965), Ansumane Mané (1940), and Fatou Bensouda (1961).

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