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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

1962 - Today

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Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been at the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is the 12,465th most popular politician (down from 12,406th in 2019), the 1,284th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,372nd in 2019) and the 341st most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 12,465 out of 19,576. Before him are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, José María Vargas, Enlil-kudurri-usur, Decimus Junius Silanus, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and Roberto M. Levingston. After him are Xenophon Zolotas, Ed Koch, Kazimierz Sabbat, Viktor Grishin, Edward Bernard Raczyński, and Hertta Kuusinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 157. Before him are Ulisses Correia e Silva, Victor Pelevin, Nigmatilla Yuldashev, Maruschka Detmers, Karel Roden, and Tariq Ramadan. After him are David Foster Wallace, Robert B. Spencer, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Kim Vilfort, Maryna Poroshenko, and Victoria Ruffo.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 1,284 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuli Daniel (1925), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Fritz Schaudinn (1871), Georgy Grechko (1931), Igor Rodionov (1936), and Jacob Theodor Klein (1685). After him are Viktor Grishin (1914), Vladimir Basov (1923), Constantin Fahlberg (1850), Aristarkh Lentulov (1882), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), and Oleg Salyukov (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 341. Before him are William Fermor (1702), Fyodor Rostopchin (1763), Ekaterina Maximova (1939), Mikhail Pokrovsky (1868), Sergey Mironov (1953), and Igor Rodionov (1936). After him are Viktor Grishin (1914), Rustam Minnikhanov (1957), Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693), Ivan Shuvalov (1727), Nur Devlet (null), and Ivan Smirnov (1881).

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