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János Kádár

1912 - 1989

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János József Kádár (; Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈkaːdaːr]; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in 1989 after being hospitalized for pneumonia. Kádár was born in Fiume in poverty to a single mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of János Kádár has received more than 723,126 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). János Kádár is the 1,051st most popular politician (up from 1,239th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 11th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Croatian Politician.

János Kádár was the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1956 to 1988. He is most famous for his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, János Kádár ranks 1,051 out of 15,577. Before him are Grigory Zinoviev, Edmund I, Yazdegerd III, Warren G. Harding, Archduke Otto of Austria, and Xuande Emperor. After him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Roh Tae-woo, Yesugei, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Creon, and Queen Paola of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, János Kádár ranks 15. Before him are Otto von Habsburg, Michelangelo Antonioni, Heinrich Harrer, John Cage, Carlo Ponti, and Clara Petacci. After him are Alfredo Stroessner, Raoul Wallenberg, Jorge Amado, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Chuck Jones, and Adolf Galland. Among people deceased in 1989, János Kádár ranks 20. Before him are Lee Van Cleef, Andrei Gromyko, Laurence Olivier, Osamu Tezuka, Vladimir Horowitz, and Bette Davis. After him are Silvana Mangano, Dolores Ibárruri, Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Hu Yaobang, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, János Kádár ranks 10 out of 589. Before him are Rüstem Pasha (1500), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Valens (328), Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valentinian I (321), and Laura Antonelli (1941). After him are Pope John IV (600), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Mario Andretti (1940), and Svetozar Boroević (1856).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, János Kádár ranks 7. Before him are Josip Broz Tito (1892), Diocletian (244), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Valens (328), Franjo Tuđman (1922), and Valentinian I (321). After him are Crispus (305), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Tomislav of Croatia (null), Ivan Ribar (1881), Stjepan Radić (1871), and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968).

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