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Aleksandar Ranković

1909 - 1983

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Aleksandar Ranković (nom de guerre Marko, nicknamed Leka; Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ранковић Лека; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Serbian and Yugoslav communist politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj. Ranković was a proponent of a centralized Yugoslavia and opposed efforts that promoted decentralization that he deemed to be against the interests of the Serbian people; he ensured Serbs had a strong presence in Serbia's Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo's nomenklatura. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandar Ranković has received more than 294,617 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Aleksandar Ranković is the 2,688th most popular politician (up from 3,281st in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 48th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Serbian Politician.

Aleksandar Ranković was the Yugoslav Minister of the Interior from 1966 to 1969, and he is most famous for his role in the suppression of the Croatian Spring movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 2,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Gim Yu-sin, Richard I of Normandy, Ahmed Qurei, Zhang Liang, Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Princess Charlotte of Wales. After him are Rudy Giuliani, Christopher I of Denmark, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Artur Axmann, and Pharnaces II of Pontus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 27. Before him are Ernst Gombrich, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Carmen Miranda, Magda Schneider, Souphanouvong, and Marinus van der Lubbe. After him are Benny Goodman, Errol Flynn, Fred Perry, John Fante, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Jessica Tandy. Among people deceased in 1983, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 25. Before him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Buckminster Fuller, Gerhard Barkhorn, Alfred Tarski, Gloria Swanson, and Ulf von Euler. After him are John Fante, Klaus Nomi, Luis Monti, Anna Seghers, Muddy Waters, and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 49 out of 661. Before him are Aleksandar Vučić (1970), Ellac (425), Mihajlo Pupin (1858), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), Krum (710), and Milorad Pavić (1929). After him are Milan Nedić (1878), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), Bora Milutinović (1944), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Danilo Kiš (1935), and Mihailo Obrenović (1823).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 36. Before him are Herennius Etruscus (220), Alboin (530), Aleksandar Vučić (1970), Ellac (425), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), and Krum (710). After him are Milan Nedić (1878), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Radomir Putnik (1847), Saliha Sultan (1680), and Aşub Sultan (1627).

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