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Władysław Gomułka

1905 - 1982

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Władysław Gomułka (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswav ɡɔˈmuwka] ; 6 February 1905 – 1 September 1982) was a Polish Communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970. Born in 1905 in Galicia, Gomulka was of proletarian origin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław Gomułka has received more than 569,306 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Władysław Gomułka is the 2,309th most popular politician (up from 2,495th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Poland (up from 144th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Polish Politician.

Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician who served as the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1956 to 1970. He was removed from power after a major economic and political crisis in 1970.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Władysław Gomułka ranks 2,309 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Gordon Brown, Albert III, Duke of Austria, Anund Jacob, and Eleanor of Toledo. After him are Prajadhipok, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Julia Avita Mamaea, Fatma Sultan, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, and Heinrich Lübke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Władysław Gomułka ranks 26. Before him are Marcel Lefebvre, Raymond Aron, Guillermo Stábile, Artem Mikoyan, Emilio Segrè, and Gerard Kuiper. After him are Raymond Cattell, Carl Gustav Hempel, Dalton Trumbo, Ulf von Euler, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and Marian Rejewski. Among people deceased in 1982, Władysław Gomułka ranks 37. Before him are William Giauque, Mikhail Suslov, Stanford Moore, Curd Jürgens, Ivan Bagramyan, and Hans Selye. After him are Cevdet Sunay, Bachir Gemayel, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Hermann Balck, Walther Wenck, and Lee Strasberg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 139 out of 1,694. Before him are Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), Adolf Anderssen (1818), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), and Klaus von Klitzing (1943). After him are Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Anna Anderson (1896), Zvi Zamir (1925), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), Albrecht von Roon (1803), and Edward Sapir (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 34. Before him are Karl Hanke (1903), Kurt Daluege (1897), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), and Géza I of Hungary (1040). After him are Zvi Zamir (1925), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), and Maxim Litvinov (1876).

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