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Heinz Kessler

1920 - 2017

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Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany. His career in the military started when he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, in World War II. Due to his communist convictions, he deserted the Wehrmacht and fought for the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. Upon his return to East Germany, he entered service in the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee) upon its establishment in 1956. Later, he was Minister of Defense of the GDR with the rank of Armeegeneral, a member of the Politbüro of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), and a deputy of the GDR's Volkskammer (parliament). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Kessler is the 9,233rd most popular politician (down from 6,952nd in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Poland (down from 398th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinz Kessler ranks 9,233 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward Fortunatus, Wang Ming, Guillaume de Sonnac, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Karl-August Fagerholm, and Jeremy Thorpe. After him are Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Alu Alkhanov, Brian Mulroney, John Hume, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, and Yahya Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Heinz Kessler ranks 148. Before him are John Maynard Smith, Paik Sun-yup, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Thomas Szasz, and Michael Anderson. After him are Delbert Mann, Martine Carol, Philippa Foot, Josefa Iloilo, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, and DeForest Kelley. Among people deceased in 2017, Heinz Kessler ranks 153. Before him are Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Igor Volk, Ulf Stark, Jiro Taniguchi, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Shadia. After him are Frank Vincent, Pierre Henry, Étienne Tshisekedi, Linda Nochlin, Veljo Tormis, and Cy Young.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 537 out of 1,694. Before him are Alfred Józef Potocki (1817), Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914), Radosław Sikorski (1963), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), Symon Budny (1530), and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595). After him are Józef Brandt (1841), Emil Krebs (1867), Otto Finsch (1839), Stefan Żeromski (1864), Helmut Lent (1918), and Hans Woellke (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 140. Before him are Stanisław Kania (1927), Stanisław Poniatowski (1676), Richard Thomalla (1903), Beata Szydło (1963), Alfred Józef Potocki (1817), and Radosław Sikorski (1963). After him are Zawisza Czarny (1379), Bronisław Geremek (1932), Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890), Paul Löbe (1875), Werner Lorenz (1891), and Bolesław the Pious (1225).

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