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Élias Sarkis

1924 - 1985

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Élias Sarkis (Arabic: إلياس سركيس; 20 July 1924 – 27 June 1985) was a Lebanese lawyer and politician who served as the 6th president of Lebanon from 1976 to 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Élias Sarkis has received more than 70,828 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Élias Sarkis is the 10,119th most popular politician (down from 10,002nd in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Lebanon and the 37th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Élias Sarkis ranks 10,119 out of 19,576Before him are Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Drusilla, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Robert Lansing, and Ramón Castro Ruz. After him are István Friedrich, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Pietro Grimani, Stephen Harper, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Autobiography of Harkhuf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Élias Sarkis ranks 177Before him are Josef Škvorecký, Guillermo Rodríguez, Arthur Janov, István Nyers, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Ramón Castro Ruz. After him are Aleksandar Tišma, Yuri Orlov, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Werner Kohlmeyer, John Hansen, and Max Roach. Among people deceased in 1985, Élias Sarkis ranks 95Before him are Géza Toldi, Stefan Bellof, Susanne Langer, Evgeny Lifshitz, Paul Castellano, and Omayra Sánchez. After him are Sergei Yutkevich, Edmond O'Brien, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Victor Capesius, Johanna Wolf, and Kenny Clarke.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Élias Sarkis ranks 74 out of 145Before him are Abdalonymus (-305), Philo of Byblos (64), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Etel Adnan (1925), Riad Al Solh (1894), and Wadih El Safi (1921). After him are Selim Hoss (1929), Gabriel Yared (1949), Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), Callinicus of Heliopolis (700), and Georgina Rizk (1953).

Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Élias Sarkis ranks 37Before him are Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Elias Hrawi (1926), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), Samir Geagea (1952), Abdalonymus (-305), and Riad Al Solh (1894). After him are Selim Hoss (1929), Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Rashid Karami (1921), and Elie Saab (1964).