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Ferenc Szálasi

1897 - 1946

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Ferenc Szálasi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈsaːlɒʃi]; 6 January 1897 – 12 March 1946) was a Hungarian military officer, politician, Nazi sympathizer and leader of the far-right Arrow Cross Party who headed the government of Hungary during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. Szálasi served with distinction during World War I as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1925, he became a staff officer of the restored Kingdom of Hungary under Regent Miklós Horthy. Initially apolitical, Szálasi embraced right-wing ultranationalism in the early 1930s and became a passionate advocate of the irredentist Hungarism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Szálasi has received more than 757,432 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ferenc Szálasi is the 1,518th most popular politician (down from 1,489th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 12th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Politician.

Ferenc Szálasi was a Hungarian politician and leader of the Arrow Cross Party. He was most famous for being the leader of the Arrow Cross Party and for his role in the Holocaust.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 1,518 out of 19,576. Before him are Clara Petacci, Constantine VIII, Nitocris, Carlos Menem, Theuderic I, and José Eduardo dos Santos. After him are Miguel Primo de Rivera, Yu the Great, Lajos Kossuth, Mago Barca, Isma'il Pasha, and Lothair of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 17. Before him are Wilhelm Reich, Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis Aragon, and Norbert Elias. After him are Soong Mei-ling, Gordon Allport, Tadeusz Reichstein, Frank Capra, Kurt Schuschnigg, and Pola Negri. Among people deceased in 1946, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 25. Before him are Karl Haushofer, Fritz Sauckel, John Logie Baird, Draža Mihailović, Manuel de Falla, and Paul Langevin. After him are Ananda Mahidol, Gilbert N. Lewis, Helene Schjerfbeck, Andrey Vlasov, László Moholy-Nagy, and Wilhelm Marx.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 7 out of 418. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Philipp Lenard (1862), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), and Gustáv Husák (1913). After him are Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), and Béla I of Hungary (1016).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), and Gustáv Husák (1913). After him are Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), and Vladimír Mečiar (1942).

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