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Sonia Gandhi

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Sonia Gandhi (Hindi: [ˈsoːnɪjaː ˈɡaːndʱiː], Italian: [ˈsɔːnja ˈɡandi]; née Maino [ˈmaino]; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, her husband and a former Prime Minister of India, and remained in office until 2017 after serving for twenty-two years. She returned to the post as interim president in 2019 and remained the President for another three years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sonia Gandhi is the 234th most popular politician (down from 222nd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Italy (down from 89th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Politician.

Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician and the widow of former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, one of the major political parties in India, and has been a prominent figure in Indian politics for several decades.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sonia Gandhi ranks 234 out of 19,576. Before her are Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Mithridates VI of Pontus, Murad IV, Manmohan Singh, Jacques Chirac, and Bhumibol Adulyadej. After her are George H. W. Bush, Hosni Mubarak, Abdul Hamid II, Möngke Khan, Henry III of France, and Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Sonia Gandhi ranks 11. Before her are Cher, George W. Bush, Hassanal Bolkiah, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Bill Clinton, and David Lynch. After her are Marina Abramović, Isaias Afwerki, Patti Smith, Alan Rickman, Marianne Faithfull, and Ted Bundy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sonia Gandhi ranks 114 out of 5,161. Before her are Pope Gregory I (540), Pope Sylvester I (300), Pope Innocent X (1574), Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Pope Gregory XV (1554), and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194). After her are Federico Fellini (1920), Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Gregory XII (1335), Vitruvius (-75), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), and Pope Paul V (1552).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Sonia Gandhi ranks 25. Before her are Mark Antony (-83), Vespasian (9), Domitian (51), Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194). After her are Lucius Verus (130), Antoninus Pius (86), Numa Pompilius (-753), Cardinal Mazarin (1602), Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), and Nerva (30).

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