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Kumi Naidoo

1965 - Today

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Kumi Naidoo (born 1965) is a South African human rights and climate justice activist. He is the current President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, a joint diplomatic and civil society campaign to create a treaty to stop fossil fuel exploration and expansion and phase-out existing production in line with the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement, while supporting a just transition to renewable energy. He was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2015) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 through 2019). Naidoo served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, the international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kumi Naidoo is the 783rd most popular social activist (down from 734th in 2024), the 307th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kumi Naidoo ranks 783 out of 840. Before him are Máxima Acuña, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, and Rouzan al-Najjar. After him are Sarah Hegazi, Ayanda Denge, Suraya Pakzad, Aqeela Asifi, Adam Bodnar, and Peter Tatchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kumi Naidoo ranks 970. Before him are Rustem Dautov, Leroy Watson, Milan Janša, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Kim Jong-boo, and Marianne Dahlmo. After him are Tripp Eisen, Kenny Smith, Terri Lyne Carrington, Marina Shmonina, Steffen Zühlke, and Brian Baker.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo ranks 306 out of 454. Before him are Nick Price (1957), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Jonathan Liebesman (1976), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), and Hector Pieterson (1963). After him are Ayanda Denge (1982), Sibusiso Zuma (1975), Rosalyn Fairbank (1960), Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Zhang Jian (null), Elana Meyer (1966), and Doctor Khumalo (1967).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo ranks 14. Before him are Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Denis Goldberg (1933), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), and Hector Pieterson (1963). After him are Ayanda Denge (1982), Ayakha Melithafa (2002), Zackie Achmat (1962), and Nkosi Johnson (1989).

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