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Jānis Čakste

1859 - 1927

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Jānis Kristaps Čakste (14 September 1859 – 14 March 1927) was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the People's Council (1918–1920), the Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly (1920–1922), and as the first President of Latvia (1922–1927). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Čakste has received more than 79,404 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jānis Čakste is the 6,277th most popular politician (down from 6,211th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Latvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jānis Čakste ranks 6,277 out of 15,577. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Vladimir Purishkevich, Reccared II, Licio Gelli, Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Kurt Huber, Félix Gouin, Pyotr Rumyantsev, Alessandra Mussolini, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Jānis Čakste ranks 40. Before him are Théophile Steinlen, Ravachol, Takeda Sōkaku, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Alexandru Averescu, and Natalie of Serbia. After him are Diana Abgar, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Alfred Hettner, Feng Guozhang, Adolf Hurwitz, and Thibaw Min. Among people deceased in 1927, Jānis Čakste ranks 39. Before him are Boris Kustodiev, Vilhelm Thomsen, Sisowath of Cambodia, Louise Abbéma, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, and Sergey Sazonov. After him are Ahad Ha'am, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Jovan Cvijić, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Inayat Khan.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Čakste ranks 32 out of 284. Before him are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), Pēteris Vasks (1946), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Philippe Halsman (1906), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), and Jānis Lūsis (1939). After him are Rainis (1865), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Abraham Isaac Kook (1865), Jukums Vācietis (1873), and Friedrich Kettler (1569).

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Among POLITICIANS In Latvia

Among politicians born in Latvia, Jānis Čakste ranks 14. Before him are Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), and Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650). After him are Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Laimdota Straujuma (1951), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), and Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884).

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