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Goodwill Zwelithini

1948 - 2021

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Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was the King of the Zulu Nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. He became King on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Prince Israel Mcwayizeni acted as the regent from 1968 to 1971 while the King took refuge in the then Transkei province of South Africa for three years to avoid assassination. After his 21st birthday and his first marriage, Zwelithini was installed as the eighth monarch of the Zulus at a traditional ceremony at Nongoma on 3 December 1971, attended by 20,000 people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Goodwill Zwelithini is the 10,503rd most popular politician (up from 15,034th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 121st in 2019) and the 29th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 10,503 out of 19,576. Before him are Mastino II della Scala, Dimitrios Gounaris, Constantine III, King of Armenia, Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia, Ruben I, Prince of Armenia, and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Kuber, Sigurd Slembe, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, and Alemdar Mustafa Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 264. Before him are Sho Kosugi, Jim Carter, Josip Katalinski, Andrei Linde, Victor Skumin, and Pavel Grachev. After him are Norair Nurikyan, Judith Miller, Tony Judt, Muse Watson, Todd Rundgren, and David Albahari. Among people deceased in 2021, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 211. Before him are Vasily Lanovoy, Françoise Arnoul, Ronald Inglehart, Roger Hunt, Stephen Sondheim, and Lars Norén. After him are Danilo Popivoda, Edward Cassidy, Jovenel Moïse, Lamine Diack, Eric Carle, and Helmut Jahn.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 65 out of 454. Before him are Louis Botha (1862), Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Piet Cronjé (1836), and Manfred Mann (1940). After him are Laurence Oliphant (1829), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Dave Matthews (1967), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Goodwill Zwelithini ranks 29. Before him are Chris Hani (1942), Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868). After him are Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Oliver Tambo (1917), Piet Joubert (1834), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), and Walter Sisulu (1912).

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