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Egon Krenz

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Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (German pronunciation: [ˈeːgɔn ˈkʁɛnts]; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell. Throughout his career, Krenz held a number of prominent positions in the SED. He was Honecker's deputy from 1984 until he succeeded him in 1989 amid protests against the regime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Krenz has received more than 1,274,173 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Egon Krenz is the 1,559th most popular politician (down from 1,452nd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Polish Politician.

Egon Krenz was the final leader of East Germany, and he is most famous for being the last leader of East Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Egon Krenz ranks 1,559 out of 19,576. Before him are Qutuz, Harsha, Crixus, Ismail Ibn Sharif, Userkaf, and Dick Cheney. After him are Jebe, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Öljaitü, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Mongkut, and Francis I of the Two Sicilies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Egon Krenz ranks 24. Before him are Madeleine Albright, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Vanessa Redgrave, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Robert Coleman Richardson. After him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Gordon Banks, Bruce McLaren, and Abu Nidal.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 93 out of 1,694. Before him are Norbert Elias (1897), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Anton Denikin (1872), and Johannes Hevelius (1611). After him are Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), Horst Köhler (1943), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Stefan Banach (1892), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), and Dziga Vertov (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 22. Before him are Władysław III of Poland (1424), Marie Walewska (1786), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526). After him are Horst Köhler (1943), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Mieszko I of Poland (940), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), and Karl Hanke (1903).

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