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Vasile Milea

1927 - 1989

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Vasile Milea (1 January 1927 – 22 December 1989) was a Romanian politician and general who was Nicolae Ceaușescu's Minister of Defence during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and was involved in the reprisal phase of the Revolution that caused the deaths of 162 people. Milea committed suicide. However, several members of his family claimed that he was killed on the orders of Ceaușescu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasile Milea has received more than 179,214 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vasile Milea is the 7,438th most popular politician (down from 6,605th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Romania (down from 117th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Romanian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

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  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vasile Milea ranks 7,438 out of 19,576. Before him are Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, John Hancock, Wiman of Gojoseon, and Pierre Messmer. After him are Józef Beck, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Adolfo de la Huerta, Samsu-Ditana, Quintus Petillius Cerialis, and Evagoras I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vasile Milea ranks 116. Before him are Lee Grant, Óscar Míguez, Robert Plutchik, Paul Badura-Skoda, Andy Williams, and Carlo Maria Martini. After him are Mikhail Ulyanov, Raymond Chow, Pierre Henry, Vladimir Shatalov, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, and Marvin Harris. Among people deceased in 1989, Vasile Milea ranks 85. Before him are Pérez Prado, Hassan Fathy, Hans Hartung, Cesare Zavattini, Hibari Misora, and Albert Bormann. After him are James Bond, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Mihály Lantos, Giuseppe Siri, and Nicolás Guillén.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Vasile Milea ranks 127 out of 844. Before him are Michael I Apafi (1632), Serge Moscovici (1925), Ion Creangă (1837), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), and Miklós Nyiszli (1901). After him are Georges Politzer (1903), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Abraham Wald (1902), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Joseph M. Juran (1904), and Mihai Antonescu (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Vasile Milea ranks 57. Before him are Petre Roman (1946), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Victor Stănculescu (1928), Vlad Călugărul (1425), Armand Călinescu (1893), and Michael I Apafi (1632). After him are Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Mihai Antonescu (1904), Manea Mănescu (1916), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), and István Bethlen (1874).

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