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Erich Mielke

1907 - 2000

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Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmiːlkə]; 28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatsicherheit – MfS), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Dubbed "The Master of Fear" (German: der Meister der Angst) by the West German press, Mielke was one of the most powerful and most hated men in East Germany. A working-class native of the Wedding slum district of Berlin and a second-generation member of the Communist Party of Germany, Mielke was one of two gunmen in the 1931 murders of Berlin Police captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Mielke has received more than 1,082,911 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Erich Mielke is the 2,356th most popular politician (up from 2,431st in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 663rd in 2019) and the 172nd most popular German Politician.

Erich Mielke was the head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi). He was responsible for the Stasi's surveillance and repression of the East German population.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erich Mielke ranks 2,356 out of 19,576. Before him are Valdas Adamkus, Fausta, Theudebert I, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Alfonso IX of León, and Eric I of Denmark. After him are Magnus IV of Sweden, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Léon Bourgeois, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, and Vajiravudh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Erich Mielke ranks 38. Before him are Daphne du Maurier, Otto Ohlendorf, Hans Selye, Burgess Meredith, Giovanna of Italy, and Maurice Blanchot. After him are Roman Shukhevych, Dora Maar, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Lucien Laurent, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, and Compay Segundo. Among people deceased in 2000, Erich Mielke ranks 20. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Louis Néel, Lída Baarová, Gherman Titov, Konrad Emil Bloch, and Giovanna of Italy. After him are Walter Matthau, Pierre Trudeau, Tommaso Buscetta, Carl Barks, Empress Kōjun, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Mielke ranks 642 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Michael Thonet (1796), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), Erich Hoepner (1886), and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503). After him are Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), John of Saxony (1801), and Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Erich Mielke ranks 172. Before him are Otto Strasser (1897), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503). After him are Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), John of Saxony (1801), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), and George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595).

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