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Árpád Szakasits

1888 - 1965

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Árpád Szakasits (Hungarian: [ˈaːrpaːd ˈsɒkɒʃit͡ʃ]; 6 December 1888 – 3 May 1965) was a Hungarian Social Democrat, then Communist politician. He served as the country's head of state from 1948 to 1950, the first Communist to hold the post. A longtime leader of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, he supported its merger with the Hungarian Communist Party to form the Hungarian Working People's Party. When President Zoltán Tildy was forced to resign, Szakasits was named his successor on 3 August 1948 as part of the final stage of the Communists' complete takeover of the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Árpád Szakasits is the 11,099th most popular politician (down from 10,331st in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 315th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Hungarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Árpád Szakasits ranks 11,099 out of 19,576. Before him are Licinius Valerianus, Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, Quintus Hortensius, Radu Vasile, Amalaberga, and Bretislav III. After him are Nino Burjanadze, Princess Anne of Orléans, Artúr Görgei, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, and Roman Rudenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Árpád Szakasits ranks 123. Before him are Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Josef Beran, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Friedrich Wolf, Sigfried Giedion, and Joachim Lemelsen. After him are Francisco Canaro, Viktor Kingissepp, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Anna Q. Nilsson, Chana Orloff, and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. Among people deceased in 1965, Árpád Szakasits ranks 97. Before him are Abraham Fraenkel, Bob King, Boris Barnet, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, and Linda Darnell. After him are Fred Quimby, Jānis Balodis, Nikolay Lossky, E. E. Smith, Laureano Gómez, and Maria Dąbrowska.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Árpád Szakasits ranks 341 out of 1,077. Before him are Éva Székely (1927), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Antal Dunai (1943), Elizabeth Granowska (1372), György Orth (1901), and Endre Szemerédi (1940). After him are Tivadar Puskás (1844), Moshe Sanbar (1926), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Simon of Kéza (1250), Katalin Szőke (1935), and Péter Palotás (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Árpád Szakasits ranks 97. Before him are Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961), Gyula Károlyi (1871), Johann Löwenthal (1810), Gyula Peidl (1873), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), and Elizabeth Granowska (1372). After him are Moshe Sanbar (1926), Pál Losonczi (1919), József Eötvös (1813), Jenő Fock (1916), Kálmán Darányi (1886), and Ferenc Nagy (1903).

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