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Konstantin Päts

1874 - 1956

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Konstantin Päts (23 February [O.S. 11 February] 1874 – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's State Elder (equivalent to both president and prime minister). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Päts has received more than 418,319 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Konstantin Päts is the 2,121st most popular politician (down from 2,046th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Politician.

Konstantin Päts was the president of Estonia from 1938 to 1940. He is most famous for his authoritarian rule and for being a leader of the Estonian independence movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Konstantin Päts ranks 2,121 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Taizong of Song, Princess Muna al-Hussein, John I of Castile, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Empress Suiko, and Chilperic II. After him are François Darlan, August Bebel, Heinrich Brüning, Zhu De, Alboin, and Taksin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Konstantin Päts ranks 27. Before him are Talaat Pasha, W. Somerset Maugham, August Krogh, Karl Kraus, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Ernest Shackleton. After him are Nicholas Roerich, Reinhold Glière, Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Gustav Holst, and Luigi Einaudi. Among people deceased in 1956, Konstantin Päts ranks 17. Before him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Lucien Febvre, Robert Walser, A. A. Milne, Risto Ryti, and Alfred Kinsey. After him are Alexander Rodchenko, Bela Lugosi, Reinhold Glière, H. L. Mencken, Josef Hoffmann, and Kenji Mizoguchi.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Konstantin Päts ranks 8 out of 351. Before him are Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Emil Lenz (1804), Arvo Pärt (1935), Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), and Wolfgang Köhler (1887). After him are Lennart Meri (1929), Paul Keres (1916), Louis Kahn (1901), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), and Alar Karis (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Konstantin Päts ranks 3. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), and Alfred Rosenberg (1893). After him are Lennart Meri (1929), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Alar Karis (1958), Felix Kersten (1898), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Kaja Kallas (1977), Siim Kallas (1948), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), and Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622).

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