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Chris Hani

1942 - 1993

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Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993; born Martin Thembisile Hani ) was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary who served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheid government, and was assassinated by Janusz Waluś, a Polish immigrant and sympathiser of the Conservative opposition on 10 April 1993, during the unrest preceding the transition to democracy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Hani is the 7,955th most popular politician (up from 13,878th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 94th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chris Hani ranks 7,955 out of 19,576. Before him are Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Arduin of Ivrea, Henry III, Duke of Brabant, Bogud, Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, and Gotarzes I. After him are Il-Arslan, Tommy Burns, Kang Sheng, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Giuseppe Motta, and Rached Ghannouchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Chris Hani ranks 193. Before him are Gianfranco Ravasi, Jozef Adamec, Ann Dunham, Don S. Davis, Walter Lini, and Janusz Korwin-Mikke. After him are Kang Kek Iew, Jim Rogers, Tony Sirico, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Pierre Clémenti, and Valeriy Brumel. Among people deceased in 1993, Chris Hani ranks 74. Before him are Hervé Villechaize, Thomas Watson Jr., Jimmy Doolittle, Pierre Bérégovoy, René Pleven, and Myrna Loy. After him are Desanka Maksimović, Maurice Yaméogo, Ishirō Honda, Leon Ames, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, and John Connally.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 54 out of 454. Before him are Basil Rathbone (1892), Tom Naudé (1889), Louis Raymond (1895), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Rudolph Lewis (1887), and Sid Atkinson (1901). After him are Kevin Carter (1960), Rory Byrne (1944), Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), and Esther Brand (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Chris Hani ranks 23. Before him are Jan Smuts (1870), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Abba Eban (1915), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), and Tom Naudé (1889). After him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), and Goodwill Zwelithini (1948).

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