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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 and leader of the 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 701,605 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ferenc Szálasi is the 1,493rd most popular politician (down from 1,481st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 47th in 2019) and the 8th 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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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 1,493 out of 15,577. Before him are Theodore I Laskaris, Lucius Junius Brutus, Djedefre, Orestes, Æthelflæd, and John Sigismund Zápolya. After him are Pepi II Neferkare, Ḫattušili III, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Stjepan Mesić, Theodoric I, and Athaulf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 21. Before him are Norbert Elias, Pola Negri, Thích Quảng Đức, Louis Aragon, Gordon Allport, and Enid Blyton. After him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Frank Capra, Soong Mei-ling, Yun Posun, Tadeusz Reichstein, and Otto Strasser. Among people deceased in 1946, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 25. Before him are Paul Langevin, Karl Haushofer, Fritz Sauckel, Manuel de Falla, Gertrude Stein, and Andrey Vlasov. After him are Draža Mihailović, Amon Göth, Kurt Daluege, Karl Hermann Frank, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Ananda Mahidol.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 12 out of 357. Before him are Franz Lehár (1870), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), and Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778). After him are Béla I of Hungary (1016), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Maurice Benyovszky (1746), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Andrej Babiš (1954), and Ivan Gašparovič (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Ferenc Szálasi ranks 8. Before him are Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), John Zápolya (1487), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Gyula Andrássy (1823), and Francis II Rákóczi (1676). After him are Béla I of Hungary (1016), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Andrej Babiš (1954), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), and Vladimír Mečiar (1942).

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