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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

1901 - 1965

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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ɡe̯orˈɡi.u ˈdeʒ] ; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (ultimately "Romanian Workers' Party", PMR) from 1944 to 1954 and from 1955 to 1965, and as the first Communist Prime Minister of Romania from 1952 to 1955. Born in Bârlad (1901), Gheorghiu-Dej was involved in the communist movement's activities from the early 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej has received more than 727,218 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej is the 1,587th most popular politician (up from 1,735th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Romania (up from 30th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Romanian Politician.

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party. He was in power from 1947 to 1965. Gheorghiu-Dej is most famous for his role in the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ranks 1,587 out of 19,576. Before him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Michael I Rangabe, Mentor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, John Tyler, and Alexander of Battenberg. After him are Cleopatra III of Egypt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Carol I of Romania, Shapur II, Hu Yaobang, and Bernard Tapie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ranks 32. Before him are Jean Dubuffet, Joaquín Rodrigo, Simon Kuznets, Max Euwe, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Ricardo Zamora. After him are Andrey Vlasov, Henning von Tresckow, Witold Pilecki, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Jaroslav Seifert, and Milton H. Erickson. Among people deceased in 1965, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ranks 13. Before him are Martin Buber, Moshe Sharett, Stan Laurel, Edward Victor Appleton, Eli Cohen, and Louise Mountbatten. After him are Maxime Weygand, Hermann Staudinger, T. S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Paul Hermann Müller, and Helena Rubinstein.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ranks 27 out of 844. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Herta Müller (1953), Ion Iliescu (1930), Vlad II Dracul (1395), and György Ligeti (1923). After him are Klaus Iohannis (1959), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Elie Wiesel (1928), Michael the Brave (1558), and Jacob L. Moreno (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ranks 16. Before him are Leo I the Thracian (401), Carol II of Romania (1893), Béla Kun (1886), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Ion Iliescu (1930), and Vlad II Dracul (1395). After him are Klaus Iohannis (1959), Michael the Brave (1558), Álmos (820), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), and Radu cel Frumos (1438).

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