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Álvaro Cunhal

1913 - 2005

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Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈalvɐɾu kuˈɲal]; 10 November 1913 – 13 June 2005) was a Portuguese communist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of the Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992.Arrested in 1940 and subjected to torture, he resumed the struggle as soon as he was released, after a few months' imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro Cunhal has received more than 118,618 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Cunhal is the 6,674th most popular politician (down from 6,510th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 140th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Álvaro Cunhal ranks 6,674 out of 15,577Before him are Jacob Stainer, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Ahilyabai Holkar, Shutruk-Nakhunte, Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans, and Tokugawa Ieyoshi. After him are Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Sardanapalus, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Fritz Fischer, Ida of Lorraine, and Fujiwara no Michinaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Álvaro Cunhal ranks 96Before him are José Sánchez del Río, Alexander Marinesko, Victor Mature, Franck Pourcel, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Willi Hennig. After him are Mickey Cohen, Heinrich Bär, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, 'Abd al-Ilah, Pinetop Perkins, and Masatoshi Nakayama. Among people deceased in 2005, Álvaro Cunhal ranks 78Before him are Maurice Trintignant, Vincent Schiavelli, Melita Norwood, Amrish Puri, Charly Gaul, and Augusto Roa Bastos. After him are John Garang, Erich Topp, Richard Pryor, Cicely Saunders, Ed McBain, and Alexander Yakovlev.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Álvaro Cunhal ranks 146 out of 555Before him are Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Leonor Teles (1350), Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), João de Barros (1496), and Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894). After him are Gil Eanes (null), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Mafalda of Portugal (1197), Humberto Delgado (1906), Urraca of Portugal (1150), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Álvaro Cunhal ranks 78Before him are Américo Tomás (1894), Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Leonor Teles (1350), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), and Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894). After him are Humberto Delgado (1906), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Infanta Benedita of Portugal (1746), Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), Sidónio Pais (1872), and Beatrice of Portugal (1347).