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Michal Kováč

1930 - 2016

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Michal Kováč (3 August 1930 – 5 October 2016) was the first president of Slovakia, having served from 1993 through 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michal Kováč has received more than 105,093 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Michal Kováč is the 4,877th most popular politician (down from 4,465th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 36th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Slovak Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michal Kováč ranks 4,877 out of 19,576Before him are Emperor Seiwa, Dieter Wisliceny, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Walter Christaller, and Jeong Mong-ju. After him are Fu Hao, Pietro II Orseolo, Gaston, Count of Eu, Alberic II of Spoleto, Sigurd Ring, and Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Michal Kováč ranks 92Before him are Robert Loggia, Barbara, Son Sen, Ernst Albrecht, Ed White, and Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Mario Adorf, Edgar Mitchell, Hilderaldo Bellini, Frank Drake, Harvey Milk, and Itamar Franco. Among people deceased in 2016, Michal Kováč ranks 84Before him are Iolanda Balaș, Toots Thielemans, Corry Brokken, Ashraf Pahlavi, Claude Gensac, and Takahito, Prince Mikasa. After him are Chris Amon, Edgar Mitchell, Bata Živojinović, Kenny Baker, Meir Dagan, and Yasuo Takamori.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Michal Kováč ranks 37 out of 418Before him are Edita Gruberová (1946), Richard Réti (1889), Andrej Babiš (1954), Lajos Batthyány (1807), Pál Maléter (1917), and Peter Lorre (1904). After him are Milan Hodža (1878), Lucia Popp (1939), Matthew III Csák (1260), Joseph Petzval (1807), Ferdinand Daučík (1910), and Teréz Brunszvik (1775).

Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Michal Kováč ranks 22Before him are Rudolf Schuster (1934), Pribina (800), Andrej Hlinka (1864), Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), Andrej Babiš (1954), and Lajos Batthyány (1807). After him are Milan Hodža (1878), Teréz Brunszvik (1775), Ernő Gerő (1898), András Hadik (1710), Vazul (1000), and Andrej Kiska (1963).