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Mátyás Rákosi

1892 - 1971

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Mátyás Rákosi ([ˈraːkoʃi ˈmaːcaːʃ]; born Mátyás Rosenfeld; 9 March 1892 – 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1947 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1945 to 1948 and then as General Secretary (later renamed First Secretary) of the Hungarian Working People's Party from 1948 to 1956. Rákosi had been involved in left-wing politics since his youth, and in 1919 was a leading commissar in the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mátyás Rákosi has received more than 656,397 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Mátyás Rákosi is the 1,537th most popular politician (up from 1,610th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 27th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Serbian Politician.

Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was leader of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1948 to 1956. He is most famous for his repressive policies and his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 1,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Pachacuti, Tony Tan, Titus Tatius, Louise Mountbatten, Kim Young-sam, and Emil Hácha. After him are Robert Ley, Léon Degrelle, Lin Biao, Sunjo of Joseon, Bona Sforza, and Otto of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 23. Before him are Engelbert Dollfuss, Edward Victor Appleton, Ferdinand Schörner, Martin Niemöller, Arthur Honegger, and J. Paul Getty. After him are Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, George Paget Thomson, Ernst Lubitsch, William P. Murphy, and Shirō Ishii. Among people deceased in 1971, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 14. Before him are Audie Murphy, Lawrence Bragg, Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, Arne Tiselius, and Theodor Svedberg. After him are Lin Biao, Giorgos Seferis, Harold Lloyd, Arne Jacobsen, Donald Winnicott, and Wilhelm List.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 29 out of 661. Before him are Stefan Lazarević (1374), Draža Mihailović (1893), Jovian (331), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Quintillus (220), and Novak Djokovic (1987). After him are Constantius III (370), Hostilian (230), Miloš Obrenović (1780), Vuk Karadžić (1787), Josip Jelačić (1801), and Vojislav Koštunica (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 23. Before him are Karađorđe (1768), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Stefan Lazarević (1374), Jovian (331), Stjepan Mesić (1934), and Quintillus (220). After him are Constantius III (370), Hostilian (230), Miloš Obrenović (1780), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), Maximinus II (270), and Nikola Pašić (1845).

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