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Bolesław Bierut

1892 - 1956

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Bolesław Bierut ([bɔˈlɛswaf ˈbʲɛrut] ; 18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956) was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of communist-ruled Poland from 1947 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 to 1947, President of Poland from 1947 to 1952, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1948 to 1956, and Prime Minister of Poland from 1952 to 1954. Bierut was a self-educated person. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bolesław Bierut has received more than 514,212 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Bolesław Bierut is the 2,792nd most popular politician (up from 2,848th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Poland and the 43rd most popular Polish Politician.

Bolesław Bierut was a Polish communist politician. He was the first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1948 to 1956, and president of Poland from 1955 to 1956.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bolesław Bierut ranks 2,792 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Theophano, Gudrun Burwitz, Chilperic I, Absalon, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. After him are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Causantín mac Cináeda, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Mykola Azarov, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, and Jacob Zuma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Bolesław Bierut ranks 43. Before him are Bruno Schulz, Darius Milhaud, Corneille Heymans, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Arthur Friedenreich, and Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet. After him are Władysław Anders, Richard Neutra, Alexandre Koyré, Nikolai Kondratiev, V. Gordon Childe, and Mary Pickford. Among people deceased in 1956, Bolesław Bierut ranks 24. Before him are Alexander Rodchenko, Bela Lugosi, Reinhold Glière, H. L. Mencken, Josef Hoffmann, and Kenji Mizoguchi. After him are Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, Joseph Wirth, Alexander Dovzhenko, Émile Borel, and Daniel Swarovski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bolesław Bierut ranks 165 out of 1,694. Before him are Christa Wolf (1929), William I of Württemberg (1781), Hermann Balck (1893), Georg Michaelis (1857), Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Witold Lutosławski (1913). After him are Daniel Libeskind (1946), Władysław Anders (1892), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), Jan Potocki (1761), Andrzej Duda (1972), and Günther Anders (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Bolesław Bierut ranks 43. Before him are Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Maxim Litvinov (1876), William I of Württemberg (1781), and Georg Michaelis (1857). After him are Władysław Anders (1892), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), Andrzej Duda (1972), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), John I Albert (1459), and Casimir I the Restorer (1016).

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