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Janet Jagan

1920 - 2009

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Janet Rosenberg Jagan (née Rosenberg; 20 October 1920 – 28 March 2009) was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female president of Guyana. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997. The wife of Cheddi Jagan, whom she succeeded as president, she was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence, in 1993, and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Gold Medal for Women's Rights in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Jagan is the 13,678th most popular politician (down from 9,171st in 2019), the 6,213th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,142nd in 2019) and the 501st most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Janet Jagan ranks 13,678 out of 19,576. Before her are Federico Tinoco Granados, Saskia Esken, Riek Machar, Liu Yandong, Eulalio Gutiérrez, and Abu Sa'id Uthman II. After her are Levan Tediashvili, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Ashur-nirari III, Elizabeth Fry, and Florence Bascom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Janet Jagan ranks 270. Before her are Mustafa Khalil, Bengt Ekerot, Eugênio Sales, Anne-Cath. Vestly, George Herbig, and Karen Khachaturian. After her are Ross Martin, Maxi Herber, Kenneth E. Iverson, Roy Jenkins, Eddie Slovik, and Eiji Okada. Among people deceased in 2009, Janet Jagan ranks 199. Before her are Mohamed M. Atalla, Ruth Ford, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Ivan Gubijan, Jack Kramer, and Grigore Vieru. After her are Riccardo Cassin, Kim Manners, Ron Silver, Yukio Endo, Clodovil Hernandes, and Willem Johan Kolff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Jagan ranks 6,214 out of 20,380. Before her are Shelley Long (1949), Thomas Say (1787), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Road Dogg (1969), Paul Chambers (1935), and John Agar (1921). After her are Edmund Gettier (1927), Herbert Friedman (1916), Lee Falk (1911), Florence Bascom (1862), Edward Binns (1916), and Colleen Moore (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Janet Jagan ranks 501. Before her are Michael Kahn (1935), Otis Bowen (1918), Sally Yates (1960), Anna Harrison (1775), William Cohen (1940), and Marty Walsh (1967). After her are Florence Bascom (1862), Mike Huckabee (1955), Daniel Morgan (1736), Richard H. Truly (1937), Bobby Seale (1936), and Black Kettle (1803).

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