POLITICIAN

Yoshirō Mori

1937 - Today

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Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō, born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2000 to 2001. He was unpopular in opinion polls during his time in office, and is known for making controversial statements, both during and after his premiership. Mori was born in present-day Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan, and worked as a journalist before entering politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshirō Mori has received more than 495,081 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshirō Mori is the 5,541st most popular politician (down from 4,940th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Japan (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 161st most popular Japanese Politician.

Yoshirō Mori is most famous for being the prime minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshirō Mori ranks 5,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Efraín Ríos Montt, Antonio Tajani, Lucius Antonius, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Nubar Pasha, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha. After him are Hōjō Masako, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Carlos Andrés Pérez, François Fillon, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Yoshirō Mori ranks 87. Before him are Jerry Reed, Seymour Hersh, Roberta Flack, Richard Møller Nielsen, Manuel Pinto da Costa, and Naji al-Ali. After him are Maryse Condé, Cornelius A. Smith, Rifaat al-Assad, Franz Vranitzky, Boris Pugo, and Bruce McCandless II.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshirō Mori ranks 387 out of 6,245. Before him are Sada Abe (1905), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takeshi Inoue (1928), Akira Yoshino (1948), and Franklin J. Schaffner (1920). After him are Hōjō Masako (1156), Takeo Wakabayashi (1907), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), and Yoshio Furukawa (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yoshirō Mori ranks 161. Before him are Emperor Heizei (773), Hara Takashi (1856), Tanaka Giichi (1864), Ōyama Iwao (1842), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), and Enomoto Takeaki (1836). After him are Hōjō Masako (1156), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Tetsu Katayama (1887), Emperor Ninmyō (808), and Emperor Go-Reizei (1025).

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