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Walter Ulbricht

1893 - 1973

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Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʔʊlbʁɪçt]; 30 June 1893 – 1 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic. As the First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he was the chief decision-maker in East Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Ulbricht has received more than 1,535,841 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Walter Ulbricht is the 797th most popular politician (down from 792nd in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 221st in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Politician.

Walter Ulbricht was the first secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, and he is most famous for his role in the creation of the Berlin Wall.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Ulbricht ranks 797 out of 19,576. Before him are İsmet İnönü, Enrico Dandolo, Robert the Bruce, Tony Blair, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Eduard Bernstein. After him are Tamar of Georgia, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Hideki Tojo, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Taejong of Joseon, and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Walter Ulbricht ranks 8. Before him are Hermann Göring, Joan Miró, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ip Man, Alfred Rosenberg, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. After him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, Soong Ching-ling, Draža Mihailović, and Chaim Soutine. Among people deceased in 1973, Walter Ulbricht ranks 14. Before him are Erich von Manstein, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fulgencio Batista, Abebe Bikila, Hans Kelsen, and İsmet İnönü. After him are J. Hans D. Jensen, Ivan Konev, Ludwig von Mises, John Ford, Paavo Nurmi, and Pearl S. Buck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Ulbricht ranks 222 out of 7,253. Before him are Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Justus von Liebig (1803), and Eduard Bernstein (1850). After him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), Max Stirner (1806), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Matthias Grünewald (1480), and Johann Pachelbel (1653).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Ulbricht ranks 65. Before him are Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), and Eduard Bernstein (1850). After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), and Friedrich Ratzel (1844).

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