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Georgi Dimitrov

1882 - 1949

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Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (; Bulgarian: Георги Димитров Михайлов) also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Димитров; 18 June 1882 – 2 July 1949), was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 1933 to 1949, and the first leader of the Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1949. From 1935 to 1943, he was the General Secretary of the Communist International. Born in western Bulgaria, Dimitrov worked as a printer and trade unionist during his youth. He was elected to the Bulgarian parliament as a socialist during the First World War and campaigned against his country's involvement in the conflict, which led to his brief imprisonment for sedition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgi Dimitrov is the 720th most popular politician (down from 651st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Georgi Dimitrov was a Bulgarian communist politician who was instrumental in the formation of the Comintern and served as the first leader of the communist government in Bulgaria.

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Among politicians, Georgi Dimitrov ranks 720 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Conrad III of Germany, Umberto I of Italy, Viktor Yushchenko, and Xerxes II of Persia. After him are Grover Cleveland, Volusianus, Mustafa III, Juliana of the Netherlands, Philip I of France, and Valentinian III.

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Among people born in 1882, Georgi Dimitrov ranks 10. Before him are Virginia Woolf, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Wilhelm Keitel, Georges Braque, Sigrid Undset, and Max Born. After him are Ion Antonescu, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Emmy Noether, Günther von Kluge, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Abdullah I of Jordan. Among people deceased in 1949, Georgi Dimitrov ranks 5. Before him are Maurice Maeterlinck, Richard Strauss, Sigrid Undset, and George Gurdjieff. After him are Edward Thorndike, Leonard Bloomfield, Kim Jong-suk, Margaret Mitchell, Friedrich Bergius, Hassan al-Banna, and James Ensor.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Dimitrov ranks 7 out of 415. Before him are Aesop (-620), Flavius Aetius (390), Belisarius (505), Ahmed III (1673), Elias Canetti (1905), and Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937). After him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), and Marcian (396).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Georgi Dimitrov ranks 3. Before him are Ahmed III (1673), and Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937). After him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Marcian (396), Tiberius II Constantine (520), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), and Talaat Pasha (1874).

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