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Dawoud Rajiha

1947 - 2012

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Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha (Arabic: داود راجحة‎; 1947 – 18 July 2012) was a Syrian military officer who served as the Minister of Defense of Syria from August 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior government officials and military officers in a bombing claimed by Syrian rebel forces during the country's Civil War. From 2009 to 2011, Rajiha served as chief of staff of the Syrian Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dawoud Rajiha is the 7,841st most popular politician (up from 10,316th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Syria (up from 114th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawoud Rajiha ranks 7,841 out of 19,576. Before him are Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Emperor Gong of Jin, Walter Lini, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and Mihail Kogălniceanu. After him are Nikos Sampson, Aemilia gens, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Taur Matan Ruak, and Tanaka Giichi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Dawoud Rajiha ranks 203. Before him are Aad de Mos, Lois Chiles, Philippe Herreweghe, John Adams, Ben Cross, and Greg Lake. After him are Don Henley, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Ignazio La Russa, Jacob Bekenstein, Petra Kelly, and Muhyiddin Yassin. Among people deceased in 2012, Dawoud Rajiha ranks 118. Before him are Giorgio Chinaglia, Paddy Roy Bates, Wilhelm Brasse, Charles Durning, Gitta Sereny, and Alexis Weissenberg. After him are Vidal Sassoon, Pahiño, Lars Hörmander, Lina Romay, Félix Miélli Venerando, and Neslişah Sultan.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Dawoud Rajiha ranks 108 out of 210. Before him are Vaballathus (266), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), John X of Antioch (1955), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), and Soraya Tarzi (1899). After him are Alciphron (200), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Ibn Asakir (1105), John Moschus (550), Gregory III Laham (1933), and Numenius of Apamea (200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Dawoud Rajiha ranks 57. Before him are Bushra al-Assad (1960), Hussein Arnous (1953), Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Vaballathus (266), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), and Soraya Tarzi (1899). After him are Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), Salih Muslim (1951), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), and Sami al-Hinnawi (1898).

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