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Edvard Beneš

1884 - 1948

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Edvard Beneš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II. As president, Beneš faced two major crises, which both resulted in his resignation. His first resignation came after the Munich Agreement and subsequent German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, which resulted in his government's exile in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edvard Beneš has received more than 1,001,184 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Edvard Beneš is the 725th most popular politician (down from 689th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Politician.

Edvard Beneš was the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1948. He is most famous for being the president of Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edvard Beneš ranks 725 out of 19,576. Before him are Sigismund II Augustus, Pedro I of Brazil, Peter I of Serbia, Ion Antonescu, Jair Bolsonaro, and Justin Trudeau. After him are Alexander Kerensky, Charles IX of Sweden, John III of Sweden, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Valentinian I, and Benjamin Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Edvard Beneš ranks 5. Before him are Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Amedeo Modigliani, and Isoroku Yamamoto. After him are İsmet İnönü, Hideki Tojo, Bronisław Malinowski, Casimir Funk, Édouard Daladier, Anton Drexler, and Max Brod. Among people deceased in 1948, Edvard Beneš ranks 5. Before him are Mahatma Gandhi, Sergei Eisenstein, Mileva Marić, and Osamu Dazai. After him are Franz Lehár, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Hideki Tojo, Walther von Brauchitsch, Edgar de Wahl, Antonin Artaud, and Folke Bernadotte.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Edvard Beneš ranks 30 out of 1,200. Before him are Bertha von Suttner (1843), Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), and Jaroslav Hašek (1883). After him are Václav Klaus (1941), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Hans Kelsen (1881), Leoš Janáček (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), and Jan Palach (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Edvard Beneš ranks 3. Before him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850). After him are Václav Klaus (1941), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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