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Edvard Kardelj

1910 - 1979

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Edvard Kardelj (pronounced [ˈéːdʋaɾt kaɾˈdéːl]; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans, and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II. During the war, Kardelj was one of the leaders of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People and a Slovene Partisan. After the war, he was a federal political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He led the Yugoslav delegation in peace talks with Italy over the border dispute in the Julian March. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edvard Kardelj is the 3,914th most popular politician (down from 3,538th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovene Politician.

Edvard Kardelj was a Yugoslavian communist who was instrumental in the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement. He was one of the leading theoreticians of the Yugoslavian Communist Party and was also a member of the party's Politburo.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edvard Kardelj ranks 3,914 out of 19,576. Before him are Hetepheres I, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Gustav Radbruch, Cuitláhuac, Amadou Toumani Touré, and Catherine of Valois–Courtenay. After him are Halsten Stenkilsson, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Shukri al-Quwatli, Neferefre, and Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Edvard Kardelj ranks 48. Before him are Tjalling Koopmans, Luise Rainer, António de Spínola, Pierre Schaeffer, Ne Win, and Erich Kempka. After him are Momofuku Ando, Robert van Gulik, Francisco Varallo, Tancredo Neves, Meša Selimović, and Jean-Louis Barrault. Among people deceased in 1979, Edvard Kardelj ranks 41. Before him are Wilhelm Bittrich, Abul A'la Maududi, Francisco Macías Nguema, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Rachele Mussolini, and Giulio Natta. After him are Wilfred Bion, Mamie Eisenhower, Dimitri Tiomkin, Otto Robert Frisch, Jean-Marie Villot, and Alfredo Ottaviani.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Edvard Kardelj ranks 13 out of 340. Before him are Hugo Wolf (1860), Franz Miklosich (1813), Jože Plečnik (1872), Santorio Santorio (1561), Milan Kučan (1941), and Janez Drnovšek (1950). After him are Hemma of Gurk (980), Primož Trubar (1508), Borut Pahor (1963), Ivan Cankar (1876), Jernej Kopitar (1780), and Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovenia

Among politicians born in Slovenia, Edvard Kardelj ranks 5. Before him are Arkan (1952), Barbara of Cilli (1392), Milan Kučan (1941), and Janez Drnovšek (1950). After him are Borut Pahor (1963), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), Danilo Türk (1952), Janez Janša (1958), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), and Anton Korošec (1872).

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