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László Bárdossy

1890 - 1946

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László Bárdossy de Bárdos (10 December 1890 – 10 January 1946) was a Hungarian diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from April 1941 to March 1942. He was one of the chief architects of Hungary's involvement in World War II. Bárdossy was appointed Foreign Minister in January 1941 and, following Pál Teleki's suicide in April, succeeded as Prime Minister. Seeking to recover more Hungarian territories lost after the Treaty of Trianon, he pursued a strong pro-German foreign policy and Hungary supported and subsequently joined Germany's invasion of Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Bárdossy has received more than 138,040 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). László Bárdossy is the 8,802nd most popular politician (up from 9,453rd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 273rd in 2019) and the 84th most popular Hungarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, László Bárdossy ranks 8,802 out of 19,576. Before him are Nebettawy, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Christine of Saxony, Charles Savarin, and Björn at Haugi. After him are Jaba Ioseliani, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Danilo Ilić, Albert II, Duke of Bavaria, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, and Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, László Bárdossy ranks 97. Before him are Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, Johannes Vares, Paul Strand, Duke Kahanamoku, and Robert Stroud. After him are Mustafa Shokay, Louis Delluc, Evert Taube, Erwin Jaenecke, Emilio Portes Gil, and Jelly Roll Morton. Among people deceased in 1946, László Bárdossy ranks 89. Before him are Paul Lincke, Hermann von Keyserling, Johannes Vares, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Martin Gottfried Weiss, and Konstantin Rodzaevsky. After him are Jorge Ubico, Chen Gongbo, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Bo Gu, and Louis Zutter.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Bárdossy ranks 258 out of 1,077. Before him are Ferenc Plattkó (1898), David Schwarz (1850), Anton Bernolák (1762), Antal Doráti (1906), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), and Jenő Hubay (1858). After him are László Csatáry (1915), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Béni Kállay (1839), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), and Imre Steindl (1839).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, László Bárdossy ranks 84. Before him are Chaka of Bulgaria (1210), Mátyás Szűrös (1933), Sándor Garbai (1879), Ferenc Gyulay (1799), Miklós Kállay (1887), and József Antall (1932). After him are László Csatáry (1915), Béni Kállay (1839), Prince Álmos (1070), George Friedman (1949), Ferenc Münnich (1886), and Ferenc Nagy (1903).

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