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Kārlis Ulmanis

1877 - 1942

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Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (Latvian: [ˈkaːrlis ˈɑuɡusts ˈvilxɛlms ˈuɫmɑnis]; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and a dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to June 1940 and served as the country's first prime minister. He served four times as prime minister, the last time as the head of an authoritarian regime, during which he subsequently also adopted the title of President of Latvia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kārlis Ulmanis has received more than 332,186 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Kārlis Ulmanis is the 2,823rd most popular politician (down from 2,616th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Politician.

Kārlis Ulmanis was most famous for being the president of Latvia from 1934 to 1940.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kārlis Ulmanis ranks 2,823 out of 19,576. Before him are Norman Angell, Michelle Obama, James III of Scotland, Emperor Go-Sai, Anastasio Somoza García, and John, King of Denmark. After him are Manuel Godoy, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Louis Barthou, Władysław Anders, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Emperor Go-Daigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Kārlis Ulmanis ranks 17. Before him are G. H. Hardy, Louis Renault, Raoul Dufy, Kees van Dongen, Said Nursî, and Gabriele Münter. After him are Maurice Halbwachs, Alfred Cortot, Edgar Cayce, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Enrico De Nicola, and Oswald Avery. Among people deceased in 1942, Kārlis Ulmanis ranks 25. Before him are François Darlan, Irène Némirovsky, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Sabina Spielrein, Yanka Kupala, and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Carole Lombard, Hector Guimard, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Herschel Grynszpan, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Prince George, Duke of Kent.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Kārlis Ulmanis ranks 9 out of 323. Before him are Mark Rothko (1903), Mikhail Tal (1936), Isaiah Berlin (1909), Mariss Jansons (1943), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), and Nicolai Hartmann (1882). After him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Gidon Kremer (1947), and Peter von Biron (1724).

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Among POLITICIANS In Latvia

Among politicians born in Latvia, Kārlis Ulmanis ranks 1. After him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), Peter von Biron (1724), Ernst Johann von Biron (1690), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Egils Levits (1955), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), and Jānis Čakste (1859).

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