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Yahya Sinwar

1962 - 2024

Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (Arabic: يحيى إبراهيم حسن السنوار, romanized: Yaḥyá Ibrāhīm Ḥasan al-Sinwār; 29 October 1962 – 16 October 2024) was a Palestinian militant and politician who served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August 2024, and as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from February 2017, until his death in October 2024, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh in both roles. Sinwar was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-occupied Gaza in 1962 to a family who had been expelled or fled from Majdal 'Asqalan during the 1948 Palestine War. He finished his studies at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he received a bachelor's degree in Arabic studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yahya Sinwar has received more than 4,125,654 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Yahya Sinwar is the 3,708th most popular politician.

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4.1M
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61.59
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
30
Languages Editions (L)
4.10
Effective Languages (L*)
1.40
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Among politicians, Yahya Sinwar ranks 3,708 out of 19,576. Before him are Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Roza Otunbayeva, Maria Theresa of Austria, Giovanni Leone, Heng Samrin, and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Drusus Julius Caesar, Beatrice of Portugal, André Maginot, Baruch ben Neriah, Lenín Moreno, and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg.

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HPI: 61.60
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HPI: 61.59
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HPI: 61.59
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Heng Samrin
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HPI: 61.59
Rank: 3,706
Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
1580 - 1637
HPI: 61.59
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HPI: 61.59
Rank: 3,708
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HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3,709
Beatrice of Portugal
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HPI: 61.58
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André Maginot
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HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3,711
Baruch ben Neriah
590 BC - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3,712
Lenín Moreno
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3,713
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HPI: 61.58
Rank: 3,714