MILITARY PERSONNEL

Qasem Soleimani

1957 - 2020

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Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی, romanized: Qâsem Soleymâni; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination by the United States in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations, and played a key role in the Syrian civil war through securing Russian intervention. He was described as "the single most powerful operative in the Middle East" and a "genius of asymmetric warfare". Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani's strategies had "personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qasem Soleimani is the 356th most popular military personnel (down from 83rd in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Iran (down from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Military Personnel.

Qasem Soleimani is most famous for his leading role in the Iran-Iraq War and the Iran-Iraq War.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Qasem Soleimani ranks 356 out of 2,058. Before him are Italo Balbo, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Wang Jian, Georg von Frundsberg, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, and Fyodor Tolbukhin. After him are Luigi Cadorna, Jonas Savimbi, Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Shunroku Hata, and Duško Popov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Qasem Soleimani ranks 33. Before him are Gloria Estefan, Paul Kagame, Steve Buscemi, Falco, Carole Bouquet, and Ofra Haza. After him are Dr. Alban, Richard E. Grant, Spike Lee, Dani Rodrik, Peter North, and Stefan Löfven. Among people deceased in 2020, Qasem Soleimani ranks 46. Before him are Kenny Rogers, Dmitry Yazov, Michael Lonsdale, Luis Sepúlveda, Jiří Menzel, and Bill Gates Sr.. After him are Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Nexhmije Hoxha, Oliver E. Williamson, and Christopher Tolkien.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Qasem Soleimani ranks 112 out of 631. Before him are Vologases I of Parthia (1), Orodes II (-70), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Yazdegerd II (500), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), and Ali Shariati (1933). After him are Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Bardiya (-580), and Tahmasp II (1704).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iran

Among military personnels born in Iran, Qasem Soleimani ranks 2. Before him are Tughril (990). After him are Bahram Chobin (600), Datis (-600), Hossein Salami (1960), Harpagus (-700), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Jalil Zandi (1951), Razi Mousavi (1962), and Nasser Shabani (1957).

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