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Mátyás Rákosi

1892 - 1971

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Mátyás Rákosi ([ˈmaːcaːʃ ˈraːkoʃi]; 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 620,405 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Mátyás Rákosi is the 1,615th most popular politician (up from 1,677th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 20th 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 1,615 out of 15,577. Before him are Stefan Nemanja, Aung San, Mentor, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Zhao Ziyang, and Yuan Shao. After him are Claudia Octavia, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Henry, King of Portugal, Alaric II, Uzziah, and Olybrius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 28. Before him are Ferdinand Schörner, Arthur Honegger, Engelbert Dollfuss, Erwin Panofsky, Edward Victor Appleton, and George Paget Thomson. After him are Erhard Milch, Marina Tsvetaeva, Ernst Lubitsch, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Stefan Banach, and William P. Murphy. Among people deceased in 1971, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 15. Before him are Lawrence Bragg, Fernandel, Theodor Svedberg, Rudolf Abel, Paul Karrer, and Lin Biao. After him are Wilhelm List, Gotthard Heinrici, Arne Tiselius, Giorgos Seferis, Igor Tamm, and Arne Jacobsen.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 27 out of 564. Before him are Marina Abramović (1946), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Karađorđe (1768), Constantius III (370), Stjepan Mesić (1934), and Draža Mihailović (1893). After him are Stefan Lazarević (1374), Josip Jelačić (1801), Aşub Sultan (1627), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), Miloš Obrenović (1780), and Herennius Etruscus (220).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 20. Before him are Probus (232), Jovian (331), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Karađorđe (1768), Constantius III (370), and Stjepan Mesić (1934). After him are Stefan Lazarević (1374), Aşub Sultan (1627), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), Miloš Obrenović (1780), Herennius Etruscus (220), and Hostilian (230).

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