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Zaid ibn Shaker

1934 - 2002

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Zaid ibn Shaker, GBE, CVO (4 September 1934 – 30 August 2002) (Arabic: الامير زيد بن شاكر) was a Jordanian military officer and politician who served as the commander-in-chief of the Jordanian military for more than twelve years and the 27th Prime Minister of Jordan three times. King Hussein awarded him the non-hereditary title of prince on 4 February 1996. Field Marshal General of the Army Sharif Zaid ibn Shakir was a cousin of King Hussein. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zaid ibn Shaker has received more than 94,577 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Zaid ibn Shaker is the 9,325th most popular politician (up from 12,964th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Jordan (up from 20th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jordanian Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 9,325 out of 19,576. Before him are Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, Clotilde, Mawdud of Ghazni, Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, Eduardo Lonardi, and Hans Delbrück. After him are Herman Willem Daendels, Arthur Griffith, Bernhard Förster, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Anthemius, and Fernando II, Duke of Braganza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 166. Before him are Dionigi Tettamanzi, Nicéphore Soglo, Linda Cristal, Karl-Josef Rauber, Vladimir Posner, and Alexandra Ripley. After him are Rue McClanahan, George Hilton, Bill Cobbs, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Bernard Chiarelli, and Frankie Valli. Among people deceased in 2002, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 113. Before him are Barbara Valentin, Joseph Bonanno, Brad Dexter, Joseph Luns, John Cocke, and Humaira Begum. After him are Herb Ritts, Dudley Moore, David Riesman, Michel Henry, Daniel Gélin, and Günter Wand.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 19 out of 59. Before him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Phinehas (-1300), Meleager of Gadara (-130), Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), Simon bar Giora (100), and Jair (-1000). After him are Fouad Twal (1940), Samih al-Qasim (1939), Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947), Abdullah Ensour (1939), and Abdul Rahman Munif (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Jordan

Among politicians born in Jordan, Zaid ibn Shaker ranks 7. Before him are As-Saffah (722), Hussein of Jordan (1935), Al-Mahdi (744), Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), and Nayef Hawatmeh (1938). After him are Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947), Abdullah Ensour (1939), Haya bint Hussein (1974), Mudar Badran (1934), and Fayez Tarawneh (1949).

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