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Rhodri Morgan

1939 - 2017

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Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West from 1987 to 2001. He remains the longest-serving First Minister of Wales, having served in the position for 9 years and 304 days. He was Chancellor of Swansea University from 2011 until his death in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rhodri Morgan is the 16,712th most popular politician (up from 17,049th in 2019), the 5,069th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,401st in 2019) and the 602nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rhodri Morgan ranks 16,712 out of 19,576Before him are Jerónimo Méndez, Rasmus Paludan, Bobi Wine, Senkamanisken, Henri Weber, and Christopher Luxon. After him are Yariv Levin, Albino Jara, Arnaud Montebourg, Gheorghe Fiat, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and José Luis Ábalos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Rhodri Morgan ranks 546Before him are Ramaz Urushadze, András Szente, Erwin Teufel, Svetlana Makarovič, Mavis Staples, and Paul Nihill. After him are Marino Perani, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Barney McKenna, Jan-Just Bos, S. David Griggs, and Bob Clark. Among people deceased in 2017, Rhodri Morgan ranks 521Before him are Lisbeth Korsmo, Ronald Drever, Hugo Budinger, Anne Buttimer, Stefano Rodotà, and Massimo Natili. After him are Marino Perani, Josef Augusta, Mario Tullio Montano, Bajram Rexhepi, Rob Gonsalves, and Hugo Dollheiser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rhodri Morgan ranks 5,071 out of 8,785Before him are James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Jarvis Cocker (1963), Simon Fuller (1960), Cuth Harrison (1906), Robert Smirke (1780), and Mehdi Hasan (1979). After him are Dennis Taylor (1949), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Sam Tingle (1921), and Barbara Shelley (1932).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Rhodri Morgan ranks 602Before him are Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Douglas Hurd (1930), and Henry Hyndman (1842). After him are Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), William Dod (1867), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Dan Crenshaw (1984), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), and Harriet Harman (1950).