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Pawan Kumar Chamling

1950 - Today

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Pawan Kumar Chamling Rai (born 22 September 1950) is an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 26 May 2019. He is the longest serving Chief Minister in India, surpassing Naveen Patnaik. Chamling is the Founding President of the Sikkim Democratic Front. He also served as the Leader of the opposition, Sikkim Legislative Assembly in the year of 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Pawan Kumar Chamling is the 18,525th most popular politician (down from 18,277th in 2024), the 1,177th most popular biography from India (down from 1,133rd in 2019) and the 278th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pawan Kumar Chamling ranks 18,525 out of 19,576. Before him are Dick Thornburgh, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Balram Jakhar, Terrance Drew, and Antonio Villaraigosa. After him are Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, Roxana Mînzatu, Shannon Johnson, Parkash Singh Badal, Josh Shapiro, and Mélanie Joly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Pawan Kumar Chamling ranks 735. Before him are Charles Krauthammer, Mitch Kapor, Tom Robinson, David Ignatius, Phoebe Snow, and Charles Frazier. After him are Dave Freudenthal, Linda Bassett, Mary Tamm, Megumi Ogawa, Edward P. Jones, and Charlie George.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pawan Kumar Chamling ranks 1,177 out of 1,861. Before him are Rupi Kaur (1992), Richa Chadda (1986), Annapurna Devi (1927), Roop Singh (1908), Kapil Sibal (1948), and Balram Jakhar (1923). After him are Pallonji Mistry (1929), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Indrani Rahman (1930), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), Ameesha Patel (1975), and Leela Chitnis (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Pawan Kumar Chamling ranks 278. Before him are Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Annapurna Devi (1927), Kapil Sibal (1948), and Balram Jakhar (1923). After him are Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Parmanand Jha (1944), Seema Rao (1970), Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920), and Om Birla (1962).

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